To not be limited by fear or narrow definitions

From NYTimes Article on Barack Obama’s mother:

“She felt that somehow, wandering through uncharted territory, we might stumble upon something that will, in an instant, seem to represent who we are at the core,” said Maya Soetoro-Ng, Mr. Obama’s half-sister. “That was very much her philosophy of life — , to not build walls around ourselves and to do our best to find kinship and beauty in unexpected places.”

“She always felt that marriage as an institution was not particularly essential or important,” said Nina Nayar, who later became a close friend of Ms. Soetoro. What mattered to her, Ms. Nayar said, was to have loved deeply.

~ by mentalimaging on July 7, 2008.