“Whenever you detect love growing awake in you, feed it so it may open its eyes further.” Rumi
If you read nothing else this year, read these words by bell hooks on forgiveness and Trayvon Martin. Here is an excerpt: “The growing number of gated communities in our nation is but one example of the obsession with safety…. The person who is really the threat here is the home owner who has
“Deep summer is when laziness finds respectability.” -Sam Keen.
“The purpose of our lives is to give birth to the best which is within us.” Marianne Williamson, A Return to Love.
“It is only through our own personal awakening that the world can be awakened. We cannot give what we don’t have.” Marianne Williamson, A Return to Love.
“It’s never really a circumstance that needs to change – it’s we who need to change. The prayer isn’t for [the Universe] to change our lives, but rather for [It] to change us.” Marianne Williamson, A Return To Love.
This is what people in power should do. First, educate yourself about women. Second, do something. Angelina is amazing. She went directly to the UN Security Council! and simply said what we all know is true: To use rape as a weapon in war is totally unacceptable. All the Council (that represents hundreds of countries around the world)
“All truth passes through three stages. First it is ridiculed. Second it is violently opposed and third it is accepted as being self-evident.” Schopenhauer.
Wow, I wish I had thought of it myself. Go to Indiegogo (crowd sourcing) and donate to a great idea. www.indiegogo.com/projects/app-camp-for-girls
“Pornography is the undiluted essence of anti-female propaganda.” Susan Brownmiller “Pornography is about dominance … Erotica is about mutuality” Gloria Steinem.