wishes won’t work unless we do
A web of wishes by a million monks cannot lift a leaf a hair’s breadth in the air. The sum of human hope cannot change a moment past or shift a summer breeze. Yet petition is making ready to make do. Petition to and the recipient is you. Petition for and desire leans into deeds (for all the good they will do).
Roger Kenyon was North America’s first lay canon lawyer and associate director at the Archdiocese of Seattle. He was involved in tech (author of Macintosh Introductory Programming, Mainstay) before teaching (author of ThinkLink: a learner-active program, Riverwood). Roger lives near Toronto and offers free critical thinking and character development courses online.
“When not writing, I’m riding—eBike, motorbike, and a mow cart that catches air down the hills. One day I’ll have Goldies again.”
