Le rire et le sommeil sont les meilleurs remèdes du monde. (Laughter and sleep are the are the best medicines in the world) -Irish proverb

Happy new year. May 2023 bring hope of a better future for us all. “Our lives are an education that no one ever completes. Hope is a choice, strengthened through practice; not a reflection of light, but light itself.” - David Von Drehle

“A kind act can sometimes be as powerful as a sword.” - Rick Riordan

The heart, when it's open, is one of the most brilliant, insightful, intuitive, wise organs. It’s a means to understand the world, and yet we have been taught not to trust it. - V (formerly Eve Ensler)

”Remind yourself that the world is what we make it, and that to the making of it each one of us can contribute something. This thought makes hope possible: and in this hope, though life will still be painful, it will be no longer purposeless.”— Bertrand Russell

Nadia Nadim. Born in Afghanistan. Father killed by Taliban when 11. Family fled to Denmark. Has scored over 200 goals in pro soccer, Danish national team. Finished medical school, studying to be a surgeon. Speaks 11 languages fluently. Show your daughter a role model.

“If only the moral sciences could be improved as well. Perhaps men would cease to be wolves to one another…and human beings could learn to be human.” - Benjamin Franklin

“Stupidity is a more dangerous enemy of good than malice. One may protest evil; it can be exposed, and if need be, prevented by use of force. {The} stupid person, in contrast to the malicious one, is utterly self satisfied…” - Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“It was only a sunny smile, and little it cost in the giving, but like morning light it scattered the night and made the day worth living.” - F. Scott Fitzgerald

“The Earth this week appears to be hotter than any week than we’ve observed since we’ve been recording temperatures.” - UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain—and that was before the Southwestern heat wave.

“Questioning the status quo does not bring peace, but arguments. Still, these arguments awaken truths within man.” - Rebecca Wallace Keene

As I enter the final chapters of my life, I’ve decided to make a conscious choice to see life as an opportunity for great things to happen and to take small steps everyday to improve myself, versus having the dour satisfaction of being right about how bad everything is around me.

National Suicide Prevention Hotline Call: 0800 689 5652 (UK) 1-800-273-8255 (USA) or 988 1.833.456.4566 (Canada)

Should government protect the wealthy to exploit the people, accumulate wealth & control our government, or should we protect the rights of ordinary Americans to have healthcare, affordable housing, education, jobs providing a living wage & build a strong middle class?

You are the author of your own story. Don't let anyone else hold the pen. Embrace your uniqueness, follow your passions, and create a life that aligns with your values and dreams. The world needs your authentic voice, so go out there and make your mark. - Terry Levine

ALL GAVE SOME SOME GAVE ALL MEMORIAL DAY “on this day, at least, we still meet and rejoice in the closest tie which is possible between men—a tie which suffering has made indissoluble for better, for worse”

"As nightfall does not come at once, neither does oppression. In both instances there is a twilight when everything remains seemingly unchanged." - William O. Douglas

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“Life is forever being resurrected, not from nothing but from that speck of continuity that breaks off as a bud, seed or egg, leaving the old blown-up construction of the body lagging behind in time to stumble & die. Each fragment that begins anew…has time built into it.”Berrill

Happy New Year