Humility

Today, February 28, 2013, history is being made.  The Roman Catholic Church is without a Pope.  Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, resigned his post.  The photo today is of a concrete sculpture at St. Andrew's Abbey, a Benedictine community, in Valyermo, CA.  Black & white conveys the intense nature of the sculpture and the proverb of a rich man, a camel, the eye of a needle and entrance into heaven.  After a brief, but steep hike, the visitor will find himself atop a mesa which overlooks the stark beauty of the Antelope Valley, and the cemetery for the Benedictine Oblate and monks.  Although retired, Pope Benedict is still with us.  One can't help but consider his time as Pope, and the humility of his resignation, and then visit the Abbey, witness the simple lives of the monks and put life into perspective.