| p25 | To stand still and look to the sky, to hear bird song, to view the moon, to feel the earth beneath one's feet, and not be standing in meaning is to not see the jewel hidden in plain sight. The sacred is alluded to. Children have innocence. The earth has meaning. The human person grown to maturity has dignity or she has nothing. Dignity is faith in the abiding sense of meaning that is life as it is. Life as it is, is the North Star guiding like a compass to the ground of being that is present to it. |