Blessing heals hate and contempt
These days I am spending a great deal of time reading and meditating on (the book) The Gentle Art of Blessing. I cannot tell you how much good it does to me. Its strange. I read it quite a few years ago, underlining the passages that seemed important but it seems that...Blessing heals resentment and solves a problem
Some time ago I gave a very precious garden bench to a local carpenter for repairs. The bill for the job hit the ceiling, but I decided to pay without comments because this bench (which could comfortably seat four people) was so precious to me. However, immediately...Blessing brings deep peace after a theft
Recently, I was on the train, entering phone numbers into my i-phone, with my laptop in a closed black cover in a black bag touching my thigh. Some time later, I happened to look for my laptop … and no laptop. Someone had managed to steal it without either me or the...Harmony restored before concert
With a Cameroonian friend, I was organizing a benefit concert in favor of peasant-farmer groups in Senegal. The concert had been publicized on the radio and in the local press and was to be held in a large auditorium of a Geneva college which was lending it to us free...Stolen bag returned
On my way to visiting a friend who lived close to Lausanne (Switzerland), I boarded the train in Geneva on a Saturday, and left my small rucksack on the seat nearest to the carriage exit while I went to the toilet. I returned less than two minutes later – no...Thoughts to ponder
