Care For The Soul

"The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches, but to reveal to him his own." -- Benjamin Disraeli

Excerpt from "Second Innocence - Rediscovering Joy and Wonder", John Izzo, Ph. D.

There is a Chinese proverb: "The one who plants the tree rarely enjoys its shade." I have shared that saying with thousands of people over the years and it seems to strike a chord. Maybe it hits home with us because we spend so much time planting trees and so little time sitting in the shade, maybe it hits home because we rearely feel we see the results of our work. Or maybe, just maybe, it is an expression of our deepest hopes, that part of us which is still innocent and idealistic, that believes one day all of our work will bear fruit and the world will be a better place because of something we did. If we are to reclaim our innocence, we must rediscover our faith in seeds, our belief in the power of something to grow even when we cannot see it. And faith above all things is about believing in the things we cannot see or hold in our hands.

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