["Hands of Hope" mural in Cobh, County Cork, Ireland. Black lettered words Hope. Courage. Resilience on background of multi-colored handprints.] You’ve got this. And, when you don’t, we’ve got you. -me This is hard. So here are some things to help lift you up. Every
Defender la alegria y organizar de la rabia. [We must defend our joy and organize around our rage.] - Organizing Principle from Mexican activists shared by Costa Rican artist and activist Natalia Astuácas Another week is before us. Where are you celebrating and defending your joys? * This week includes the
Defender la alegria y organizar de la rabia. [We must defend our joy and organize around our rage.] - Organizing Principle from Mexican activists shared by Costa Rican artist and activist Natalia Astuácas [This is a long one. So I am going to start with stuff I often put at
“To hope is to gamble. It's to bet on your futures, on your desires, on the possibility that an open heart and uncertainty is better than gloom and safety. To hope is dangerous, and yet it is the opposite of fear, for to live is to risk.” -
Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way. - Viktor Frankl An essential goal of the strategy of overwhelm we’re facing is to push
In Buddhism, we say it takes a strong back and a soft front. It takes tremendous strength of the back to uphold yourself in the midst of conditions, and that is the mental quality of equanimity. But, it also takes a soft front, the capacity to really be open to
Your power is relative, but it is real. And if you do not learn to use it, it will be used, against you, and me, and our children. Change did not begin with you, and it will not end with you, but what you do with your life is an
Hope is a discipline. - Mariame Kaba Good morning, beautiful humans, The dark, cold, and more solitary nature of this time of year has always been difficult for me. Then, a few years before I moved to Ohio, I realized that there are a number of celebrations around this time
“Unease, anxiety, tension, stress, worry — all forms of fear — are caused by too much future, and not enough presence. Guilt, regret, resentment, grievances, sadness, bitterness, and all forms of non-forgiveness are caused by too much past, and not enough presence.” — Eckhart Tolle "The most radical thing any of us
“‘You can't be neutral on a moving train,' I would tell them. . . . Events are already moving in certain deadly directions, and to be neutral means to accept that.” - Howard Zinn Good morning, hot mamas and papas and awesome beings, (Don't usually do two days
Let go or be dragged. - Zen proverb Good morning, beloveds, We are about to embark on another week. Given what I (and others) experienced last week (and the coming weeks), I thought I’d share some thoughts about emotions and thoughts overwhelming us. Many of you have heard me
"I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in the stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Council-er or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate who is more devoted to "order" than to justice; who