https://anitamathias.com Anita Mathias's Blog on Faith and Art Tue, 12 Jan 2016 10:46:12 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://anitamathias.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/cropped-Anita_lgr_hi_res_square_512-32x32.jpg https://anitamathias.com 32 32 https://anitamathias.com/2015/10/12/calm-of-mind-all-passion-spent-in-mid-october-days-when-the-light-is-golden/ https://anitamathias.com/2015/10/12/calm-of-mind-all-passion-spent-in-mid-october-days-when-the-light-is-golden/#comments Mon, 12 Oct 2015 09:45:50 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/?p=65058 Viktor Frankl , the Jewish psychiatrist imprisoned in Auschwitz, said there were two races of men, the decent and the indecent, and he observed both races among the German concentration camp guards and the Jewish prisoners. Well, when my children were younger, they were convinced that there were two races of men, Mathiases and non-Mathiases. Mathiases […]

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