We join spokes together in a wheel
but it is the center hole
that makes the wagon move
We shape clay into a pot
but it is the emptiness inside
that holds whatever we want
We hammer wood into a house
but it is the inner space
that makes it livable
We work with being
But non-being is what we use.
(Lao Tzu)
Helen Thomas is 89 years old and requires some assistance to get to and from the daily White House briefing. Yet her backbone has proved stronger than that of the president she covers....
"Has the president given up on the public option?" she inquired from her front-row-middle seat...."...[W]hy do you keep asking me?" Gibbs inquired.
"Because I want your conscience to bother you," Thomas replied.
