Waking Point by Helen Noakes ‘Healing,’ Papa would tell me, ‘is not a science, but the intuitive art of wooing nature.’—W. H. Auden SAN FRANCISCO California—(Weekly Hubris)—5/2/11—A typical Reiki treatment lasts for one…

Waking Point by Helen Noakes “Just for today, do not worry. Just for today, do not be angry. Earn your living honestly. Count your blessings. Honor your parents, teachers, and friends. Show gratitude…

Waking Point by Helen Noakes “Say what’s your purpose then,” I said. “Or tell me mine. I think I have lost it.”—Katherine Beutner, “Alcestis” SAN FRANCISCO, CA—(Weekly Hubris)—2/28/22—Myths never die. They might disappear…

Waking Point by Helen Noakes “The greatest degree of inner tranquility comes from the development of love and compassion. The more we care for the happiness of others, the greater is our own…

Waking Point by Helen Noakes “. . . wounds we have had . . .” —William H. Gass, Emma Enters a Sentence of Elizabeth Bishop’s SAN FRANCISCO, CA—(Weekly Hubris)—1/3/11—2011. Even after eleven years,…

Waking Point by Helen Noakes “And in despair I bowed my head/‘There is no peace on earth,’ I said/‘For hate is strong and mocks the song/Of peace on earth, good will to men.’”—Henry…

Waking Point by Helen Noakes “’But I don’t want to go among mad people,’ said Alice. ‘Oh, you can’t help that,’ said the cat. ‘We’re all mad here.’” —Lewis Carroll SAN FRANCISCO, CA—(Weekly…

Waking Point by Helen Noakes “Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy.” —Earnest Benn SAN FRANCISCO, CA—(Weekly…

Waking Point by Helen Noakes “Do not go gentle into that good night,/ Old age should burn and rage at close of day;/Rage, rage against the dying of the light.” —Dylan Thomas SAN…

Waking Point by Helen Noakes “It is important for the human race to spread out into space for the survival of the species. Life on Earth is at the ever-increasing risk of being…