We hear the beating of wings over Bethlehem and a light that is not of the sun or of the stars shines in the midnight sky. Let the beauty of the story take away all narrowness, all thought of formal creeds. Let it be remembered as a story that has happened again and again, to men of many different races, that has been expressed through many religions, that has been called by many different names. Time and space and language lay no limitations upon human brotherhood. ~New York Times, 25 December 1937, quoted in Quotations for Special Occasions by Maud van Buren, 1938, published by The H.W. Wilson Company, New York
“Blessed is the seas
“Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love.” Hamilton Wright Mabie
“A journey of a thou
“A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.” Lao Tzu
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“We will examine how
“We will examine how the general consumer may enter into a corporate scheme through which individual debt and consumption may more widely be used as leverage to finance ingenuity and innovation; while also, managing the depletion of finite resources. Obviously, with a limited resource base, humanity is restricted in the scope of wealth redistribution. We cannot convert granite mountains into fields of gold. Nor, can we harvest nourishing crops from infertile lands; nor, gather endlessly from the provisions of our oceans and seas. Then, how can it be proposed to create a wider redistribution of wealth : assets and opportunity ? Well, as with the seemingly endless boundaries of our universe; there is a generally boundless capacity for our Earth to adequately provide for our species with sustenance and security. ” H H Bancroft
“…It’s not the
“…It’s not the lack of time that modern people suffer from, but a lack of connection to things timeless, mythic and eternal…” From Michael Meade: “The World Behind the World ~ Living at the Ends of Time”
Joseph Campbell said
Joseph Campbell said If you follow your bliss you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while, waiting for you, and the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living. When you can see that, you begin to meet people who are in the field of your bliss, and they open the doors to you. I say, follow your bliss and don’t be afraid …
The Chinese use two
The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word ‘crisis.’ One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity. In a crisis, be aware of the danger – but recognize the opportunity. John F. Kennedy, Speech in Indianapolis, April 12, 1959 35th president of US 1961-1963 (1917 – 1963)
“Do what you can, wi
“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” Theodore Roosevelt
My beloved brand new
My beloved brand new Peugot was waiting for me at home after five weeks of being a New Yorker pedestrian. I hop in, turn the key, and nothing happens. Shit the battery has gone dead! Roadside Assist arrive within the hour to start my car and it is recommended that I drive for at least an hour to charge the battery. So off I go on a mini suburban jaunt just me and my car. Over the freeway, up the hill, down into the semi rural valley until it begins to cough and splutter and make unfamiliar noises. I stop but keep the engine running – nothing smells, the engine isn’t smoking – ok I’ll turn around and return home. Finding my way back to the long stretch of freeway when all of a sudden red lights start flashing that all systems have failed. The word STOP flashes every five seconds and then my brakes and steering wheel lock up – all while I’m doing 90km/hr. So I slow down as best I can and as there is nowhere to stop on the freeway – no side lanes and it is chock a block with peak hour traffic. Crawling carefully and slowly, passing cars begin to beep, people hang their heads out of windows and yell words that would make my grandmothers hair curl. Unfazed, I simply focused on not having an accident. It was almost as if every frustrated public servant magnetically found my car and javellined their poisonous day directly at my poor spluttering peugot. So I smiled and waved at them – blew kisses – did the royal wave – played my stereo full blast – sang loudly and danced in my seat. Interestingly enough, that made some people even MORE furious!!! And then I thought – wow – how many times do we get angry with people when they don’t fulfill our expectations and we beep or yell or abuse, and they are simply focused on survival. It really made me think and see how quickly we judge – make up stories – and create pain for others – just because our story now looks a little different. I mean – how easy is it just to drive around someone and leave them be? What a fantastic case study!
