limits define the strengths What stands out about Gandhi, Jesus and the like is that they knew what they were good at, they did it, and they let it speak for itself. In this, they were remarkably self contained. Perhaps more important, they knew what they weren't good at, and they made that work for them as well. They didn't fight it or try to hide it, but used it to make a more complete whole. The limits define the strengths. Jesus didn't try to lead armies, he did what he could: he was a man and a martyr. Gandhi didn't try to run a business or behave like fashionable people. These folks lived their lives unusually cleanly, or leanly, because they let what they happened to be work for them: they aspired to be only more of what they already were, which is the way it's supposed to be. This is the way trees and rocks and rivers behave. A river that wanted to be the sky would just make itself look silly, and it knows it so it doesn’t try.
	location: Berkeley, California date: 1985 average rating: [not rated] your rating (0-10):