“As a father and grandfather, I have witnessed firsthand the joy of new life entering the world. I know the pain and apprehension that goes along with premature births and birth defects.” KnowsWorldPainJoyFatherBirthGrandfatherNew LifeEnteringDefectsApprehensionPrematureFathers And GrandfathersBirth Defects Author:Solomon Ortiz
“From that awful encounter of the soul with the outer world, enunciation, wisdom, and charity are born; and with their birth a new life begins. To take into the inmost shrine of the soul the irresistible forces whose puppets we seem to be - Death and change, the irrevocableness of the past, and the powerlessness of Man before the blind hurry of the universe from vanity to vanity - to feel these things and know them is to conquer them.” KnowsMenWorldFeelsSoulSeemsPastUniverseForceBornBirthBlindCharityAwfulConquerVanityEncountersNew LifeIrresistiblePuppetsPowerlessnessShrinesOuter WorldsIrresistible Force Book:Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays Source: Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays
“The artist and the mother are vehicles, not originators. They don't create the new life, they only bear it. This is why birth is such a humbling experience. The new mom weeps in awe at the little miracle in her arms. She knows it came out of her but not from her, through her but not of her.” KnowsLittlesMotherArtistArmsMomBearsBirthMiracleAweVehicleNew LifeHumblingHumbling ExperiencesNew Mom Author:Steven Pressfield