Calling all Trolls … (01/23/14)
“To truly live is to war with trolls.” ~ Henrik Ibsen Yesterday, during a rather intense online chat about the myths meat-eaters use to justify treating animals as mere commodities vs. the merits of living as a vegan (i.e. seeing animals as equally worthy sentient beings), it finally happened: I was called — among other […]
Judge not! … (01/22/12)
“A hallucination is a fact, not an error; what is erroneous is a judgment based upon it.” ~ Bertrand Russell We have a habit of criticizing others … We have a habit of analyzing their choices and attempting to correct their mistakes … We have a habit of witnessing a certain behavior and then formulating […]
extreme gentleness … (01/21/13)
“Though I was initially disappointed at being categorized as an extremist, I gradually gained a measure of satisfaction from the label. After all, was not Jesus an extremist for Love, telling us to Love our enemies, bless those who curse us, and do good to them that hate us? So I guess the real question […]
Action is the Healer … (10/21/13)
“[There is a] strangely irrational notion that there is something in the very flow of time that will inevitably cure all ills. Actually, time itself is neutral; it can be used either destructively or constructively … Human progress never rolls in on wheels of inevitability; it comes through the tireless efforts of men willing to […]
We shall overcome … (01/21/13)
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr. enough said … yet still far from enough done. “We shall overcome … and with this faith, we will go out and adjourn the councils of despair, and bring new […]
setting Love free … (01/20/13)
“If you close your arms tightly around another, then your LOVE will slip right by them. Even though you are holding the other tightly, they are receiving none of how much you truly Care. And yet whenever we catch ourselves doing so, we can awaken to realize that we are not really holding the other […]
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