“The Golden Leaf” "In the depths of the human heart, fidelity reveals itself in the encounter with another person and in the feeling of that wondrous inner meeting. Fidelity means sensing and cherishing the radiance of that being. Fidelity means holding fast to an inner relationship with the child, as when one first perceives the child's golden aura. A newborn is like the whole sky cradled in my hands, the very divinity of creation. It is pure gold, and I see it. When the child grows and that first image is clouded, when the child tries my patience, I, as...