“Just as the body cannot exist
without blood, so the soul needs
the matchless and pure strength
of faith.”

The weather will be warm all week, in 60’s or 70’s; the weather will be sunny most days with some rain showers. If it is sounds like spring it is. The Ground Hogs who predicted an early spring are right and the ones more winter are wrong. Now I need personally, for body and for growing, need to spend more time outside in the gardens. Since there is only so much time each day something I am doing must go. What is it? I cannot give up the works of mercy like driving my friend with mental illnesses to see his mother with dementia in a home in the suburbs. I cannot give up the works of resistance to stop the teaching of killing at Marquette University. I cannot give up shopping and cooking for the household or other household tasks. I do not know what it will be but know I must give up something to do something that is great for my health, spirits and for eating — the G.R.A.F gardens.

Also it cannot be my faith. As Gandhi says: “Just as the body cannot exist without blood, so the soul needs the matchless and pure strength of faith.” Resources for my faith comes in many forms, often in reflection and prayer and today in conversations with a Capuchin priest and kind words in emails about my letter to the editor published in today’s Milwaukee Journal Sentinel about the need for hospitals for persons with severe mental illnesses. Also my wife, Pat, who listens to me and offers me support and encouragement is a messenger from God in strengthening my faith.

Also with so much to do and so little time I need to remember that is is not how much you do but how you do it. Less is more when it comes to doing and more, meaning deeper, is better than more, meaning more things.

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