I am reading Jim Whittaker's "A Life On The Edge" right now. He was the first American to summit Mt. Everest. It has been a solid read & I cannot put it down. I just read this part & wanted to share it:
"And gradually, over the years, my faith has deepened and broadened. You cannot travel the world and experience new customs and religions, as I have been privileged to do, without eventually concluding that there is no single, "true" path to God. There are as many paths as there are searchers for the way, and part of the essence of being a spiritual being lies in treating other travelers on that road as you would have them treat you--with an open mind and a compassionate heart. These days, all I know is that the more I explore the world and its faiths, the less anxious and the more humble I become." (Whittaker pg. 56)
This sums up so much of how I feel & what I believe these days...
Here here! I'll have to check that book out.
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ReplyDeleteA passage for you--and other followers: from Mark Schoofs, 2000 pulitzer winner, as quoted in The aWAKE Project (2002), an anthology of essays regarding the African Aids Crisis:
Beneath the corporate economy, millions of Africans subsist by cultivating their own plot of land. When someone in the family comes down with AIDS, the other members have to spend time caring for that person, which means less time cultivating crops. And when death comes, the family loses a crucial worker. Studies have shown that among rural AIDS-stricken families, food production falls, savings dwindle, and children are more likely to be undernourished. (P. 157)
From the back cover: 'By the year 2010 there will be 40 million AIDS orphans in Africa.'
Canadian Ambassador to the UN Stephen Lewis (p. 106) notes that Family Health International does a lot of work in Kenya. www.FHI.org
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