empowerment & inner transformation…
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"At the top of the pyramid which we call civilization there is still the terrible fact of war. We cannot call ourselves a fully civilized people as long as that possibility exists and is, indeed, taken for granted." - John Kenneth Galbraith
"It's very, very important for us to take action at the local level. Because sometimes when we think of global problems, we get disempowered. But when we take action at the local level, we are empowered." - National Council of Women in Kenya (NCWK), Wangari Maathai *** "Every one of us can make a contribution.... Continue Reading →
"Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense." - Gertrude Stein *** "It's impossible to move, to live, to operate at any level without leaving traces, bits, seemingly meaningless fragments of personal information." - William Gibson *** "Technology is so much fun but we can drown in our technology.... Continue Reading →
"Adopting the bold stance involved in restoration work can catalyze a different kind of transformation. By becoming active partners in regenerating the health of their localities--and, in a less dramatic way, of the Earth as a whole -- people start to reverse the soul-numbing patterns of exploiting and abusing the source of so many life-sustaining... Continue Reading →
"One reason so few of us achieve what we truly want is that we never direct our focus; we never concentrate our power. Most people dabble their way through life, never deciding to master anything in particular."- Tony Robbins "Most people have no idea of the giant capacity we can immediately command when we focus... Continue Reading →
“Maturity is that time when the mirrors in our mind turn to windows and instead of seeing the reflection of ourselves we see others.” - Unknown *** “Maturity begins to grow when you can sense your concern for others outweighing your concern for yourself.” - John MacNaughton
“To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.” - Henri Bergson *** “The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of a mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one.”... Continue Reading →
“The current state of the news media is partially to blame for the public’s general lack of information vital for responsible citizenship in a democracy. The news media has become an aspect of show business, offering merely infotainment. It has evolved into an entity that tends to function as a public relations agency for wealthy... Continue Reading →
“When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.” - Sophia Loren *** “We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey.” - Kenji Miyazawa *** “If we're growing, we're always going to... Continue Reading →
“A mature person is one who does not think only in absolutes, who is able to be objective even when deeply stirred emotionally, who has learned that there is both good and bad in all people and all things, and who walks humbly and deals charitably” - Eleanor Roosevelt
“It is not because the truth is too difficult to see that we make mistakes... we make mistakes because the easiest and most comfortable course for us is to seek insight where it accords with our emotions - especially selfish ones.” - Alexander Solzhenitsyn
empowerment & inner transformation... 