The Martin Sheen Podcast | Storytelling, Human Interest & Conversations6 Syys

Discovery

Martin takes the listener back to his early days at Holy Trinity Grade School where he fondly remembers his teachers, all nuns of the order of the Sisters of Notre Dame. As his story unfolds he reveals that the greatest lesson he learned from them throughout the years while in their care was compassion.

This is followed by a rich tapestry of quotes and poetry, spanning from Dickinson to Whitman and beyond. It’s an episode brimming with insight, reflection and discovery.

A complete list of the writers and poets from Episode 6 Discovery

The story “With Thanks and Praise” by Ramon Gerard Estevez AKA Martin Sheen is included here by granted copyright permission.

Consider This Ralph Waldo Emerson “To laugh often…”

“A Sight in Camp at Daybreak Gray & Dim” Walt Whitman

“Jerusalem” William Blake

“Blessed Among Us: Edith Stein” Robert Ellsberg

“Because I Could Not Stop for Death” Emily Dickinson

Consider This FDR “Books are weapons of freedom…”

“What to do with the Garden” Robert Bly

“Where the Mind is Without Fear” Rabindranath Tagore

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