“If your knowledge of fire comes from words alone, then you must walk into the fire. There is no certainty until you burn.” ~ Rumi
“Becoming aware of the intense suffering of billions of animals and of our own participation in that suffering can bring up painful emotions: sorrow and grief for the animals; anger at the injustice and deception of the system; despair at the enormity of the problem; fear that trusted authorities and institutions are, in fact, untrustworthy; […]
“I guess the most major event was the discovery of my first white hair last week. It’s strange the effect that a white hair can have on you. I can handle the extra weight that seems impossible to lose, the need to sleep more after a party , the extra folds, the fact that all […]
“The only way Love can truly exist is if it’s unconditional. The truth is this: LOVE is not determined at all by the one being Loved, but rather solely by the one choosing to do the Loving.” ~ via Stephen Kendrick
“Life is not about how you survive the storm, but about how you dance in the rain.” ~ unknown
To all those who believe that our society’s troubles can be solved via the political process, I offer the following: Remember the wisdom of Einstein: that there are no solutions to problems using the same thinking that created them in the first place. Investing in politics is exactly such a dead-end. There are those who […]