Metanoia

In the mailbox this Sunday morning, a reminder: Metanoia is a Greek word that got translated as “repent,” when to the Greeks it meant “change your mind.”

“We would rather be ruined than changed, / We would rather die in our dread / Than climb the cross of the moment / And let our illusions die.” – W. H. Auden (1907–1973).

“...understand that behind all of the masks of individual differences you are a being of beauty, of love, of awareness... Have compassion for yourself. Allow yourself to be beautiful and all the rest will follow.” – Ram Dass