Archive for Month: March 2024
Fix, Fit or Free
“Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility. For the person who is unwilling to grow up, the person who does not want to carry his or her own weight, this is a frightening prospect.” —Eleanor Roosevelt “Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.” —Martin Luther King, Jr. “It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.” —Voltaire “The only Read More
The Emptiness of Fullness
“Emptiness is the ground of everything. Thanks to emptiness, everything is possible.” —Nagarjuna, 2nd century Buddhist philosopher “Your thoughts emerge from the nothingness of silence. Your very essence emerged from emptiness.” —Wayne Dyer, 21st-century populist philosopher My wife and I recently watched Broadchurch, an ITV crime-mystery series. It was captivating, well-acted (Olivia Coleman, as always, was amazing), and surprisingly insightful. Each episode hinted at a different, possible suspect and lured us into believing our assumptions Read More
Causes and Consequences of Complicity
“Donald, following the lead of my grandfather and with the complicity, silence, and inaction of his siblings, destroyed my father. I can’t let him destroy my country.” Mary L. Trump “I came to poetry through the urgent need to denounce injustice, exploitation, and humiliation. I know that’s not enough to change the world. But to remain silent would have been an intolerable complicity.” Tahar Ben Jelloun, a Moroccan writer One of my favorite songs is Read More
One Life
“The wise man looks into space, and does not regard the small as too little, not the great as too big; for he knows that there is no limit to dimensions.” Lao Tsu A dear friend of mine just passed away. She was 76 years old and had been struggling with dementia. She recently suffered a fall and related complications. She died in peace in a beautiful hospice setting surrounded by her loving family. She Read More