you get to the blessings of the last three beatitudes by means of the first four. Nourish the roots and you get shoots; water the shoots and you will get the fruits. Now let’s change the analogy and use an image that gave rise to the title of this book. Picture a series of seven rings, each suspended on a rope from a high ceiling. At either end of these rings there is a high platform, and your goal is to get from one platform to the other by swinging from ring to ring. You