By: Gabriela Yareliz We got an unseasonably warm and sunny day at Fonthill Castle, Henry Mercer’s home and tile empire headquarters. The sun was dancing with the daffodils and revealing to us the clear nature of the stream below the castle terrace. Who is Henry Chapman Mercer? That is a good question (I had noContinue reading “Becoming Fascinating”
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Bored Enough to Think
By: Gabriela Yareliz This morning, I was reminded, as I read Greg Mckeown, that we need to have designated times and spaces to think. Technology has made it so that we are never bored and never truly focused on the art of thinking. We will stream something (TV or a podcast), open a social mediaContinue reading “Bored Enough to Think”
Thoughts on Peace
Quotes from: New Seeds of Contemplation, by Thomas Merton ”If men really wanted peace they would sincerely ask God for it and He would give it to them. But why should He give the world a peace which it does not really desire? The peace the world pretends to desire is really no peace atContinue reading “Thoughts on Peace”
GABRIELA YARELIZ 