
The Beautiful Soul Circus: interview with Claudia Love Mair
“If we would just relax and BE, knowing that we’re always supported by Love, and that we don’t have to change the essence of who we are to be acceptable, a whole lot more of us would take up the mantle of a deep and abiding spirituality.” —Claudia Love Mair

#notthisgirl: Michaela Loukas
After enduring ongoing bullying in school, 10-year-old Michaela wrote and delivered a version of this speech in a public speaking competition at her school (Sydney, Australia).

Buona Seda, Bedda: Maura Alia Badji
During the last summer of her life
I watch my grandmother undress
by the light of a holy candle,
disrobe before Jesus, His merciful eyes . . .