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The Chant of Eternity
All that is dear to me and everyone I love are of the nature to change. There is no way to escape being separated from them.
My actions are my only true belongings. I cannot escape the consequences of my actions. My actions are the ground upon which I stand.
~Buddha’s Five Remembrances, offered by Thich Nhat Hanh
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It is in the last step that one finds the unfathomable beginning ;
it is in the aloneness that one discovers himself never alone ;
it is in the deep silence that one hears the hidden music ,
the chant of eternity ,
the whisper of Love.
~H .K. O’Hara
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Janusz Korczak — Polish educator, writer and doctor. He refused to save his life three times in total.
The first time he refused to emigrate before the occupation of Poland because he did not want to leave the “Orphanage House”.
The second time — when he refused to escape the Warsaw ghetto.
And the third time, when all the inhabitants of the “Orphan House” boarded the train that was going to Treblinka camp and was approached by an SS officer and asked:
