Last year I got quite a bit of flack for sacrilegiously publishing my all-too-accurate portrayal of the United States (linked in comment box #01 below) on its “day of independence”, so this year I thought I would give you all a break on July 4th and not post anything at all — kind of let […]
“Whether the whole world is watching or no one at all, whether the message gets you an award or gets you killed, just keep living Love.” ~ inspired by Shane Claiborne . “Love without courage & wisdom is sentimentality, as with the ordinary church member. Courage without love and wisdom is foolhardiness, as with the […]
“The beginning of Love is to let those we Love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image.” ~ Thomas Merton . “I have become uncertain of the wisdom of making plans, as God seems to be in the business of messing them up … Rather than waiting for God’s […]
Even though we as a species are indeed falling, we CAN use such times of fear & bewilderment to empower Great Acts of LOVE … And, once just enough of us choose do so for just long enough, we as a species will indeed collectively awaken once more to the Truth that we are merely […]
“Love one another and you will be happy. It’s as simple – and as difficult – as that.” ~ Michael Leunig . “You can give without loving, but you can never Love without giving.” ~ unknown . “Love is, above all, the gift of oneself.” ~ Jean Anouilh
The great thing about addictions is that they are amazingly potent (and disturbingly persistent) opportunities for personal emPowerment. Getting down on ourselves for repeatedly succumbing to cravings for our own unique forms of “dope” (be they cigarettes or alcohol or meat or sugar or politics or religion or negativity) only makes those addictions stronger … […]
“True love is a discipline in which each divines the secret Self of the other & refuses to believe in the mere daily self.” ~William Butler Yeats . “Love is when you can be your True Self with someone, & you only want to be your True Self because of them.” ~Terri Guillemets . “It […]
“We give dogs time when we can spare it, space when we can spare it and love when we can spare it. In return, dogs give us everything they’ve got to give. It’s the best deal humankind has ever made.” ~ inspired by M. Acklam Of course, the more we Awaken, the more we realize […]
America is falling, my Friends — and she, like so many nations before her, is falling hard; hard & fast into the chilling darkness of poverty & hunger & homelessness — hard & fast into the steaming haze of bigotry & divisiveness & anger — hard & fast into the slobbering maw of war falsely […]
The quote that follows is probably the best synopsis of the brilliant book “The Giving Tree” that I have ever read … It absolutely nails it — just like the book absolutely nails it. Some folks are starting to wake up to the fact that the only true Joy in life comes not merely when […]
Two fun facts: There are 613 religious laws (called “mitzvot”) in the Hebrew Bible … and the Beatles used the word “Love” 613 times during their songwriting careers. Aside from the very real possibility of this being a simple coincidence, it could also represent quite a few things both wonderful & amazing … hmmmmm “When […]
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