The Word Grace

Grace means more than gifts. In grace something is transcended, once and for all overcome. Grace happens in spite of something; it happens in spite of separateness and alienation. Grace means that life is once again united with life, self is reconciled with self. Grace means accepting the abandoned one. Grace transforms fate into a meaningful vocation. It transforms guilt to trust and courage. The word grace has something triumphant in it.

Yrjo Kallinen

Triumphs and Disappointments

We will all experience triumphs and disappointments in our lifetime. What will separate them are how we celebrate the triumphs and not dwell on the disappointments. It's our nature to dwell on the disappointments, rather than celebrate the triumphs no matter how small they are.

- Kaoru

Dare Mighty Things

Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.

- Theodore Roosevelt