Tony Woodlief | Author

Month: December 2010

Prodigal

Last night I had a drink with a friend, and he told me about his transformed life. He didn’t call it that, but there it is, and here he is, the prodigal son returned, the lost sheep brought home to the fold, the newly fitted vessel overflowing. He talked to me as if I know …

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Understood

“Where misunderstanding serves others as an advantage, one is helpless to make oneself understood.” Lionel Trilling, “Art and Fortune,” in The Liberal Imagination I need to be reminded of this from time to time, if only to assure that I do not take leave of my senses in the process of trying to help others …

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