Have I that nonviolence of the brave in me? My death alone will show that.  If someone killed me and I died with prayer for the assassin on my lips, and Gods remembrance and consciousness of His living presence in the sanctuary of my heart, then alone would I be said to have had the nonviolence of the brave. ”  MAHATMA GANDHI FROM GANDHI THE MAN  BY EKNATH EASWARAN

It has been a hard, bitter week addressing the violent disasters spinning off our nations recent actions, so I will open this week with some direction, if not the direction that guides this writer and this Project forward.  Remember and contemplate this quote from the man who nonviolently won India’s liberation from an overpowering colonial existence by deciding out of goodness.  He died for his efforts and I have no doubt his reflections above became the true story of his journey into death. 

A Heartfelt Acknowledgment of Good

I cannot expand on Gandhi’s sense of good.  In so many ways he is the model for living the power of good. When I say we need his courage and leadership in our situation in America today it feels like a shout up into a cold darkness.  Still and all, Gandhi’s words and life are a candle in our darkness today, but we need millions more candles of his kind of courage, love and integrity to find our way back to the country we want to be.  That would be good.