Speak Up. Do Something

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." -Martin Luther King Jr

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The Diary of Anne Frank

"People will always follow a good example; be the one to set a good example, then it won't be long before the others follow... How lovely to think that no one need wait a moment, we can start now, start slowly changing the world! How lovely that everyone, great and small, can make their contribution toward introducing justice straightaway... And you can always, always give something, even if it is only kindness!" -Anne Frank

Peacemaking

"The most effective gestures of peacemaking are those that involve acts of genuine sacrifice." -Marc Gopin

Channeling the Worx Community

"Community. Somewhere, there are people to whom we can speak with passion without having the words catch in our throats. Somewhere a circle of hands will open to receive us, eyes will light up as we enter, voices will celebrate with us whenever we come into our own power. Community means strength that joins our strength to do the work that needs to be done. Arms to hold us when we falter. A circle of healing. A circle of friends. Someplace where we can be free." -Starhawk

"Share the well, share with your brother, Share the well my friend. It takes a deeper well to love one another, Share the well my friend"

-Share the Well, Caedmons Call

 

"We cannot love God unless we love each other, and to love we must know each other. We know Him in the breaking of bread and we know each other in the breaking of bread, and we are not alone anymore. Heaven is a banquet and life is a banquet, too, even with a crust, where there is companionship.  We have all known the long loneliness and we have learned that the only solution is love and that love comes with community.  It all happened while we were sitting there talking, and it is still going on." –Dorothy Day

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Right Place, Right Time (How I Met Your Mother)

"The great moments of your life won't necessarily be the things you do. They'll also be the things that happen to you. Now, I'm not saying you can't take action to affect the outcome of your life. You have to take action. And you will! But never forget, that on any day, you could step out the front door, and your whole life could change forever. You see the Universe has a plan kids; and that plan is always in motion. A butterfly flaps its wings, and it starts to rain. It's a scary thought, but it's also kind of wonderful. All these little parts of the machine constantly working... Making sure that you end up exactly where you're supposed to be.. exactly when you're supposed to be there. The right place. At the right time."

Gaining Knowledge from Another...

Some people create blogs to write their own thoughts and then share them with people. I prefer to take others thoughts and share them with the world. I also normally don't actually write about why I picked these quotes. I don't think that is the point. And while I don't know who even reads this, I felt today needed an explanation. 

I know this wonderful woman named Mary Theresa. She is great. And even though I haven't seen or spoken to her since 2009, I still think about her a lot. She will always have a special place in my heart. She has a blog, which I have only read a handful of times but after the latest post, I would highly recommend it. Mary's blog is where today's quote comes from. From her heart, her brain. Enjoy!

“You, my dear, are stronger than this.  Stop coping.  Start living.  You have the strength to be the woman you so want to be.  It will be hard.  And, to be honest, I am not quite sure what it will look like or how it will take shape, but you must do it.  You don’t really have a choice.  You will never forgive yourself if you give into difficulty, pain and fear.  You’re going to be okay, I promise.  In fact, I think that in a lot of ways you are better than okay.  Think of how much healing has already occurred within you!  Forgive yourself for not having it all figured out.  And more importantly, my love, have patience with yourself.

“Remember: ‘Human beings are not like bread.  We are never done.’

“Now, embrace the journey.  Take time to remember how much value you find in discomfort, in overcoming fear, in acts of liberation, in growth and in learning, in challenging yourself, in living, in motion, in uncertainty, in trusting, and in letting go.  These things only bring you closer to your most authentic self.  And, let me tell you; she is waiting for you with open arms!  More importantly, she is waiting with more joy and more love than you can imagine.  Trust in her.  Run full speed towards her.  And don’t look back.  The past cannot define you any longer, my dear.  Set yourself free.  It’s time.”

Picture Quotes

Saving the World

Kony 2012

"We didn't have all the answers, we just knew we had to do something"

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." -Margaret Mead

“I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.” -Mother Teresa 

Finding Meaning

“i hope you come to find that which gives life a deep meaning for you. something worth living for, maybe even worth dying for. something that energizes you, enthuses you, enables you to keep moving ahead. i can't tell you what it might be, that's for you to find, to choose, to love. i can just encourage you to start looking & support you in the search."

Your Job...

Your job today is to change the world, and to do it in your own special way. Your job today is to move the world closer to the best it can be by pushing yourself toward the best you can be.

The world will be different at the end of the day because of the way you have lived. The world will change during the day because of the thoughts you have focused upon and the actions you have taken.

There is no one else who can do your job for you. There is no one else who can give to life the unique value that you’re able to give.

It is an awesome responsibility and a magnificent opportunity. For the more you give yourself, the more life will resemble the best vision you have for it.

That is your job today, to give the best of what you have and to truly make life better for the effort. Do that job well, and the rewards will be rich indeed.

Ralph Marston

Channeling Creativity

There she stood with wide eyes and an open heart waiting for the world to take its course.

It's interesting, he said, to look back on the life you've lived. Why's that she asked. He smiled and simply said, because, if all this good has come already there is hope that something better is on its way.

The sun is still shinning above the clouds.