When someone steals another’s clothes, we call him a thief. Should we not give the same name to one who could clothe the naked and does not? The bread in your cupboard belongs to the hungry; the coat hanging unused in your closet belongs to the one who needs it; the shoes rotting in your closet belong to the one who has no shoes; the money which you hoard up belongs to the poor.
From my perspective, “Are we going to make it?” is the wrong question. As you would expect, I must return to the only two questions that matter: Who do I want to be, and what did I come here to do?
Carolyn Baker