Chakana Mandala is almost complete. Last week I worked on the four corners. The lower right corner is an illustration of a story about Frog who was preparing to cross a river when Scorpion began to plead for a favor: "I can't cross the river myself. Please, take me across the river on your back." Frog instinctively said, "No, you will sting me, then we will both drown." But Scorpion wanted a free ride and persisted, "I promise I won't sting you if you carry me across the rive

I recently participated in a workshop where the most profound learning took place in the break room. During a casual encounter, one of the facilitators stepped toward me, opened her arms wide in a gesture to give me a bear hug, in the gesture of two old college roommates discovering each other after years, or a greeter at a church wanting to make a visitor feel like the prodigal child welcomed home at last—to gain a new member and a donation in the basket. With teeth gleaming