1. People who have given us their complete confidence believe that they have a right to ours. The inference is false, a gift confers no rights. 2. He that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted. 3. The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think […]
The Seven Blunders of the World is a list that Mahatma Gandhi gave to his grandson Arun Gandhi, written on a piece of paper, on their final day together, not too long before his assassination. The seven blunders are: Wealth without work Pleasure without conscience Knowledge without character Commerce without morality Science without humanity Worship without […]
So I have not written in this particular blog in awhile. It is hard to always write on a screen as an environmentalist. So many thoughts are inspired by nature, so it is not with much frequency that anything of importance is recorded while in a room in front of this electronic box. My hand-written […]
i am a tree and a tear and a concert at the courthouse playing for peace. they say heaven is all around you but there is no respect some days to witness. where are ideas of family, community tranquility? before the show begins you should pray to the deity that made your soul transcend what […]
Remember the children? In Somalia, Rwanda, Darfur, kitchen floors of broken homes and shelters… It is as though love is sacrificed, crucified through eternities of anger that defy structure, organization, a hierarchy of you, me, my brother, friend. Who speaks for the fringe in monotony’s madness? Simple, it is inherent music & poetics… Qualities of […]
The man sings his song to capitalism on the corner of Pennsylvania and 21st, “Ice cold water! One dollar!” And whilst the shakers just move and shuffle beyond, he proclaims still. Where does Jesus stand in the midst of despair in the land that is free, brave and blessed? Perhaps he serenades his love through […]
Young people percolate through the pores of the lack of existence. Knives and sticks and stones build strong structures and solidify souls. Again all nearly embracing freedom both of and from fear. I am inspired by the movements of the mind more than the body. So, fight war not wars and instantly resonate through fear […]
We hold all the tools in such a manner that we think we can control or understand the plumbing of the earth. Yet the contraptions and mechanisms are not within our grasp. Again, we turn to Emerson, we are the tools we have created. This far over-reaching extension of humanity traps our souls. Indeed, even […]
I’ve begun to realize that indeed we are not alone. All around the world, diverse peoples, populations, and cultures exist, but we are all the same in our desires. It is like clouds and water and ice; all the same and all different. And it can be still or moving, or frozen, but it is […]
