Gretchen

September 22, 2018

Dear Subscriber:

Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. The theme for this week is good and evil in honor of Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, which begins on September 18.

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A name poem for a universal giver of good:

Gretchen is a universal giver,

Replenishing our reservoirs within.

Each act of kindness swells a righteous river,

Tears that flow against the tide of sin.

Could kindness only be like blood transfused,

How simple it would be to heal the heart!

Even so, every drop is used,

Needed tincture for the healer’s art.

© by Nicholas Gordon

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This week’s theme: Good and Evil

9/17: Cynicism Comes from Self-Disgust

9/18: You Wrap Your Mind Around the Consequence

9/19: Year After Year, You Promise to Atone

9/20: Proverbs on Ideological Idealism

9/21: The Problem Isn’t Simply One of Rules

9/22: Gretchen