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"Hope is like a road in the forest. There never was a road, but when many people walk that way, the road comes into existence." Lin Yu-Tang
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Living in Crisis Time
For billions of people in the world, the crisis is not new and will not go away when the shutdowns are lifted or COVID is cured. The pandemic is just making existing challenges more intense. But we are here; the time is now, and the old ways can’t go on. Can we change ourselves and make the new ones better? Continue reading
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Tagged COVID-19, Helping others, resistance, self-care
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Strengthen Your Immune System
By eating right, getting sleep and exercise, touch, and laughter, we can greatly reduce our risk of COVID and other infections. Continue reading
Posted in healing, Reasons to Live, Uncategorized
Tagged COVID19, exercise, Health, hugs, Nutrition, stress
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Chaos is the New Normal
Caitlin Johnstone says, “Things may get better; they may get worse. But they are never going back to normal. Normal is gone for good.” We have to create something better. Continue reading
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Tagged bailouts, CIA, corona virus, courage, Great Depression, rent parties
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Corona Lockdown: Catastrophe and Blessing
The damage capitalism does can best be seen in the good things that happen when it grinds to a halt. Continue reading
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Tagged corona virus, environment, homelessness, incarceration, pollution, quarantine
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How I Became Oppressed
“If you have come to help me, you are wasting your time. But if you see your liberation as bound up with mine, let us work together.” Lilla Watson, Aboriginal activist Continue reading
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Tagged 9/11, Charles Manson, CIA, gaslighting, hippies, Kennedy assassination, liberation
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Parting with Money
People in Gaza or Gambia whom I meet online can share with me personal details and pictures; we can video chat on messenger apps. Now I know them, their families and their need. Continue reading
Posted in Reasons to Live, spirituality, Uncategorized
Tagged charity, Gaza, money, politics, poverty
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Grateful for Mistakes
“What seems a mistake sometimes turns out a vital way forward on our healing path.” – Stephen Mitchell. How often do your missteps turn into good things? Mine sometimes do. Though sometimes, as in this story, it takes a very hard road to realize the benefit. Continue reading
Posted in healing, miracles, Self-Care Support, Uncategorized
Tagged Buddhism, healing, hospitals, multiple sclerosis, physical therapy
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Behold!
Without our beholding it, beauty might not exist at all. Appreciating beauty is part of creating it. Continue reading
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Tagged Art. beauty, attention, awareness, creativity
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Can Class Solidarity Beat Racial Division?
What made Paul Robeson and Fred Hampton so dangerous? They were able to unite people of different races and ethnicities on the basis of class, the unity our rulers fear more than anything else. Is anyone speaking like them now? Yes. Bernie Sanders. Continue reading