"We allow our ignorance to prevail upon us and make us think we can survive alone, alone in patches, alone in groups, alone in races, even alone in genders." -Maya Angelou back
we can survive alone…
you don’t have a soul
“You don't have a soul. You are a Soul. You have a body.” - C.S. Lewis Don't ask me why but for some strange reason this quote always makes me think of this quote: When you devote yourself to achieving your goal, you will not be bothered by shallow criticism. Nothing important can be accomplished... Continue Reading →
develop inner strength…
Mr. Toda once said to a young woman, "If you aren't going to create happiness in the place were your are now, where else are you going to find it?" We must develop inner strength. We need to transform ourselves and become people who aren't defeated by life's struggles. The English poet John Milton wrote,... Continue Reading →
love is letting go of fear . . .
I am responsible for what I see. I can elect to change all thoughts that hurt. I could see peace instead of THIS. The past is over - it can touch me not. This instant is the only time there is. Today I will judge nothing that occurs. I am not the victim of the... Continue Reading →
pointless for a plum blossom…
It would be pointless for a plum blossom to try to remake itself as a cherry blossom, no matter how deeply the plum yearns to do so. The plum is happiest when it blooms as itself in full glory. How much of the color and wonder of life would be lost if it weren't for... Continue Reading →
jimmy carter center…
“War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each others children.” - Jimmy Carter “We become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different... Continue Reading →
everyone has a doctor in him or her…
It is more important to know what sort of person has a disease than to know what sort of disease a person has. – Hippocrates
education…
"Education at its best is a process of liberation from prejudice which frees the human heart from its violent passions. Through education people can be delivered from powerlessness, from the burden of mistrust directed against themselves. And those who have learned to trust in themselves are then naturally able to believe in the latent capacities... Continue Reading →
liberty in the concrete…
"Liberty in the concrete signifies release from the impact of particular oppressive forces; emancipation from something once taken as a normal part of human life but now experienced as bondage... Today, it signifies liberation from material insecurity and from the coercions and repressions that prevent multitudes from participation in the vast cultural resources that are... Continue Reading →
what is tolerance?
What is tolerance? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each others folly - that is the first law of nature. - Voltaire
empowerment & inner transformation... 