Peru 2012

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    An amazing and challenging three weeks in a retreat in rural Peru. Click on a picture to find out a little more about it.

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What Is He? by DH Lawrence

  • What is he?
    - A man, of course.
    Yes, but what does he do?
    - He lives and is a man.
    Oh quite! But he must work. He must have a job of some sort.
    - Why?
    Because obviously he's not one of the leisured classes.
    - I don't know. He has lots of leisure. And he makes quite beautiful chairs.
    There you are then! He's a cabinet maker.
    - No, no!
    Anyhow a carpenter and joiner. - Not at all.
    But you said so.
    - What did I say?
    That he made chairs, and was a joiner and carpenter.
    - I said he made chairs, but I did not say he was a carpenter.
    All right then, he's just an amateur?
    - Perhaps! Would you say a thrush was a professional flautist, or just an amateur?
    I'd say it was just a bird.
    - And I say he is just a man.
    All right! You always did quibble.

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Risk

  • To laugh
    is to risk appearing the fool

    To weep
    is to risk being called sentimental

    To reach out to another
    is to risk involvement

    To expose feelings
    is to risk showing your true self

    To place your ideas and your dreams before the crowd
    is to risk being called naive

    To love is to risk not being loved in return

    To live is to risk dying

    To hope is to risk despair

    To try is to risk failure

    But risks must be taken, because the greatest risk in life is to risk nothing

    The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing, and becomes nothing

    He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he simply cannot learn, feel, change, grow or love

    Chained by his certitude, he is a slave; he has forfeited his freedom

    Only the person who risks is truly free