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Love isn’t a state of perfect caring. It is an active noun like struggle. To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or she is, right here and now. Fred Rogers Meditation: The art of loving begins in childhood. Children are usually unconditional in their acceptance of themselves andContinue reading “Loving Means Striving and Struggling…”

Yet the obvious fact that virtually all the rampage school shooters were middle-class white boys barely broke a ripple in the torrent of public discussion. Michael Kimmel (“Angry White Men: American Masculinity at the End of an Era”) Meditation: Within the first 48 days of this New Year there were already 18 school shootings inContinue reading “18 School Shootings in 48 Days…”

There would be no need for love if perfection were possible. Love arises from our imperfection, from our being different and always in need of the forgiveness, encouragement and that missing half of ourselves that we are searching for, as the Greek myth tells us, in order to complete ourselves. Eugene Kennedy Meditation: The imperfectionsContinue reading “The Missing Half Of Ourselves…”

I remember a specific moment, watching my grandmother hang the clothes on the line, and her saying to me, ‘you are going to have to learn to do this,’ and me being in that space of awareness and knowing that my life would not be the same as my grandmother’s life. Oprah Winfrey Meditation: MyContinue reading “My Grandmother’s Life…”

No matter how difficult and painful it may be, nothing sounds as good to the soul as the truth. Martha Beck Meditation: In the Christian tradition “truth” is a deeply relational term. It does not just mean “saying and believing correct facts”. But it means being in relationship in an authentic, vulnerable and trusting way. AsContinue reading “The Truth Will Set Us Free…”

I believe today that my conduct is in accordance with the will of the Almighty Creator. I do not see why man should not be just as cruel as nature. Adolf Hitler Our rights are not given to us by man. Our rights come to us from our Creator. No matter what, no earthly forceContinue reading ““Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing”…”

We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature – trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence… We need silence to be able to touch souls. Mother Teresa Meditation:Continue reading “God Is The Friend Of Silence…”

There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest. Elie Wiesel  Meditation: As a Holocaust survivor, Elie Wiesel reminds us never to forget what happened to his people. When growing up the message I received from the generation before me (whoContinue reading “Never Fail To Protest…”

The very first essential for success is a perpetually constant and regular employment of violence. The great strength of the totalitarian state is that it forces those who fear it to imitate it. Adolf Hitler When somebody challenges you, fight back. Be brutal, be tough. Donald Trump Meditation: Intimidation and violence are the principles ofContinue reading “Perpetual, Constant And Regular Violence…”

All great movements are popular movements. They are the volcanic eruptions of human passions and emotions, stirred into activity by the ruthless Goddess of Distress or by the torch of the spoken word cast into the midst of the people. Adolf Hitler Meditation The principles that Hitler knew and applied are being applied by TrumpContinue reading “He Wants A Parade!…”