Friday, September 22, 2006


It’s funny:

I always imagined when I was a kid that adults had some kind of

inner toolbox, full of shiny tools:

the saw of discernment,
the hammer of
wisdom,
the sandpaper of patience.

But then when I grew up I found that life
handed you these rusty bent old tools –
friendship,
prayer,
conscience,

honesty
– and said,
‘Do the best you can with these, they will have to do.’

And mostly, against all odds, they’re enough.’

.