This "Coral Tree Life Lesson" is an extract from Tutu's piece ‘I Am Sorry’ – the Three Hardest Words to Say (originally published in the Guardian, I think). I felt this particular passage -- about the constant practice of forgiveness parents are forced to practice --...
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Do Good Anyway: Wisdom from Mother Teresa
Do Good Anyway: Wisdom from Mother Teresa People are often unreasonable,illogical and self-centered.Forgive them anyway. The good you do today,people will often forget tomorrow.Do good anyway. Give the world the best you have,and it may never be enough.Give your best...
Let Life Humble You: Wisdom for the First Day of Hanukkah
Happy first day of Hanukkah, Merry Christmas, & Lama Tsong Khapa Day... For this powerful, triple-threat holy day, we're sharing some words of wisdom from Paul Weinfield. “Let Life Humble You” by Paul Weinfield Let life humble you. Leonard Cohen said his teacher...
Healing & Forgiveness Are the Only Source of Life: Wisdom for This First Week of Advent
“Healing & Forgivess Are the Only Source of Life” By Walter Brueggemann What to do while we watch and wait this Advent season? Move from the large vision of Isaiah to the small discipline of John. If John embodies all that is old & Jesus embodies all that is...
A Vedic Prayer for Peace
I desire neither earthly kingdom, nor even freedom from birth and death. I desire only the deliverance from grief of all those afflicted by misery. Oh Lord, lead us from the unreal to the real; from darkness to light; from death to immortality. May there be peace in...
Finn Reflects on the Feast of St. Francis
KIND HUMANS! Finn here, again. As you know, I was all ready for my blessing at Our Lady Queen of Angels Catholic Church, Newport Beach yesterday for the Feast of St. Francis (one of my favorite holidays), but I just couldn’t focus! Turns out, someone (ahem… Mr. Donald) put my FAVORITE FRISBEE in the car, and I got a little too distracted.
Finn Celebrates World Animal Day
Humans of Newport & beyond! (This is Finn, again, BTW. Coral Tree’s Chief Pawficer of Office Morale and Management — Mr Donald told me the longer my title, the more impressive I’d be. Go figure.) Anyway, I have a VERY IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT to make! Today is WORLD...
‘I Am Sorry’ – the Three Hardest Words to Say
Desmond Tutu "My father has long since died, but if I could speak to him today, I would want to tell him that I had forgiven him. What would I say to him? I would begin by thanking him for all the wonderful things he did for me as my father ... Why would I do such a...
Wisdom from Three Modern Masters of Religion
This CBSN 30-minute documentary explores the lives and influence of three religious teachers, Thomas Merton, His Holiness the 16th Karmapa and Karen Armstrong. Thomas Merton For much admired Trappist monk Thomas Merton, the “deeply spiritual life” meant the “experience” of God’s presence and love at all times, combining that with action in everyday life. […]