Inspiration

Wild Geese  poem by Mary Oliver

An Affirmation of Hope author unknown
"We who are bearers of the dream,
affirm that a new vison of hope is emerging..."

The 14th Dalai Lama on Life's Difficulties
"Basically, the purpose of life is to serve other people.
From that point of view, a difficulty is really a great opportunity."

10-point Hopi checklist:
1) Where do you live (not just geographically)?
2) What is it that you do?
3) How are your relationships?
4) Are you in right relation with the Earth?
5) Where is your water?
6) Know your garden (and nature around you).
7) Speak your truth; it is time now.
8) Be good to each other.
9) Don't look outside yourself for the leader.
10) This could be a good time.     

 

150 of our Most Favorite Quotes   

The Real Millennium Bug by Paul Eagle

Dream Deferred  by Langston Hughes
  What happens to a dream deferred?
  Does it dry up
  Like a raisin in the sun?
  Or fester like a sore--
  And then run?
  Does it stink like rotten meat?
  Or crust and sugar over--
  like a syrupy sweet?
  Maybe it just sags
  like a heavy load.
  Or does it explode?

"The only true aging is the erosion of values."
      ~  Ralph Nader

"Come to the edge," he said. They said: "We are afraid."
"Come to the edge," he said. They came.
He pushed them, and they flew.
            ~ Guillaume Apollinaire

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