Gravitas was one of the Roman virtues, along with pietas, dignitas and virtus. It may be translated variously as weight, seriousness, dignity, or importance, and connotes a certain substance or depth of personality....
While I sit at a cafe in Copenhagen--people watching and taking in all the colors and smells of this city of Vikings, I realize just how fortunate I am. How fortunate WE ALL have the possibility of being. There is NO greater gift...