The tough question…August 17, 2021
“Who put this brain inside of me?” – Charles Bukowski
Bravery…Pema Chodron
Pema Chödrön “The essence of bravery is being without self-deception. However it’s not so easy to take a straight look at what we do. Seeing ourselves clearly is initially uncomfortable and embarrassing. As we train in clarity and steadfastness, we see things we’d prefer to deny—judgmentalness, pettiness, arrogance. These are not sins but temporary and
Major climate changes inevitable and irreversible – IPCC’s starkest warning yet
Report warns temperatures likely to rise by more than 1.5C bringing widespread extreme weather. IPCC’s verdict on climate crimes of humanity: guilty as hell Climate crisis ‘unequivocally’ caused by humans, says IPCC Human activity is changing the Earth’s climate in ways “unprecedented” in thousands or hundreds of thousands of years, with some of the changes
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In these chaotic, terrifying and destructive times, a message from Clarissa Pinkola Estes
A Potent, gorgeous prayer and affirmation…a call to wise action…a treatise of courageous presence…Every paragraph stands on its own. “My friends, do not lose heart. We were made for these times. I have heard from so many recently who are deeply and properly bewildered. They are concerned about the state of affairs in our world
Our task in these turbulent and shocking times–Clarissa Pinkola Estes
“Ours is not the task of fixing the entire world all at once, but of stretching out to mend the part of the world that is within our reach. Any small, calm thing that one soul can do to help another soul, to assist some portion of this poor suffering world, will help immensely. It
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The Essence of Courage by Pema Chodron
Pema Chödrön “The essence of bravery is being without self-deception. However, it’s not so easy to take a straight look at what we do. Seeing ourselves clearly is initially uncomfortable and embarrassing. As we train in clarity and steadfastness, we see things we’d prefer to deny—judgmentalness, pettiness, arrogance. These are not sins but temporary and
