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Reading this article, There is no ‘free’ lemonade today sparked a little fuse in me. Sorry, Terry, I just don’t agree here. Our kids having a giving spirit will not be, nor IS the cause of the economic downfall. The dog-eat-dog mentality is detrimental to the prosperity of our society. We’ve had too many generations [...]

This being human is a guest house Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them all! Even if they are a crowd of sorrows, who violently sweep your house empty of its furniture, still treat each guest honorably. He may [...]

So India truly was a mixed bag of emotions and encounters, some areas were the hardest I’ve experienced as a woman traveling alone and some were closely touching the surface of perfection. I still feel I left too much unseen and experienced but such is life. Some day, with my learnings to keep me firmly [...]

Enjoyed a beautiful day out on the sea.
I’m making a foot movement…
Feet over the ocean of Oahu!
Next stop India!

more about “Ocean Feet“, posted with vodpod

The greatest achievement is selflessness.
The greatest worth is self-mastery.
The greatest quality is seeking to serve others.
The greatest precept is continual awareness.
The greatest medicine is the emptiness of everything.
The greatest action is not conforming with the worlds ways.
The greatest magic is transmuting the passions.
The greatest generosity is non-attachment.
The greatest goodness is a peaceful mind.
The greatest patience [...]

Kavita Ramdas tells the stories of three inspiration women around the world who embrace the beauty of being a woman, in the fight for equality but are also investing in tradition. A devout Muslim in Afghanistan, a group of harmonizing lesbians in Croatia and a taboo breaker in Liberia. This may be my favorite TED [...]

HUG O’ WAR
I will not play at tug o’war.
I’d rather play at hug o’war,
Where everyone hugs
Instead of tugs,
Where everyone giggles… See More
And rolls on the rug,
Where everyone kisses,
And everyone grins,
And everyone cuddles,
And everyone wins.
…so simple, so sweet

IF YOU DON’T HAVE

If you don’t have enough madness in you,
Go and rehabilitate yourself.
If you’ve lost a hundred times the chest game of life,
Be prepared to lose one more.
If you’re holding the wounded string of a harp on this stage,
Play once more and resonate no more.
If you’re that exhausted bird fighting a falcon for too [...]

The Bridge of Sighs
One more Unfortunate,
Weary of breath,
Rashly importunate,
Gone to her death!
Take her up tenderly,
Lift her with care;
Fashion’d so slenderly
Young, and so fair!
Look at her garments
Clinging like cerements;
Whilst the wave constantly
Drips from her clothing;
Take her up instantly,
Loving, not loathing.
Touch her not scornfully;
Think of her mournfully,
Gently and humanly;
Not of the stains [...]

“There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in.” Leonard Cohen
This statement couldn’t be more poignant on this day. Suffering a loss is never easy, but losing a child is a loss of unspeakable sorrow. Last night just after conquering an eighth year of life, Upile Chatha has left this physical world. [...]