We are here because there is no refugefinally from ourselvesuntil a person confronts himself in the eyes and hearts of othershe is runninguntil he suffers them to share his secrets he has no safety from themafraid to be known he will know neither himself nor any otherhe will be alonewherelse but on this common ground can we find such a mirrorhere at last a person can appear clearly to himselfnot as the giant of his dreams nor the dwarf of his fearsbut as a man, part of a whole with his share in its purposeon this common ground we can each take root and grownot alone anymore as in deathbut alive to ourselves and to the othersWe are not alonewe are not alone...
The portage philosophy
We are here because there is no refugefinally from ourselvesuntil a person confronts himself in the eyes and hearts of othershe is runninguntil he suffers them to share his secrets he has no safety from themafraid to be known he will know neither himself nor any otherhe will be alonewherelse but on this common ground can we find such a mirrorhere at last a person can appear clearly to himselfnot as the giant of his dreams nor the dwarf of his fearsbut as a man, part of a whole with his share in its purposeon this common ground we can each take root and grownot alone anymore as in deathbut alive to ourselves and to the othersWe are not alonewe are not alone...