Quotes, Poems, & Sayings...

[Genesis]

"At the center of your being, you have the answer;
you know who you are and you know what you want."
- Lao Tzu

[Genesis]

[Genesis]

[Genesis]

"Ours is not the task of fixing the entire world all at once,
but of stretching out to mend the part of the world that is within our reach."
- Clarissa Pinkola Estes

[Bubala]

"Hillary Clinton belongs in the White House. Donald Trump belongs on my show." Jerry Springer

[Genesis]

“my sweet heart,
You have aroused my passion,
Your touch has filled me with desire,
i am no longer separate from You,
these are precious moments,
i beseech You,
don’t let me wait...”

- Rumi, The Essential Rumi

[Genesis]

[Genesis]

[Genesis]

"If you obsess over whether you are making the right decision,
you are basically assuming that the universe will reward you for one thing and punish you for another.
The universe has no fixed agenda.
Once you make any decision,
it works around that decision.
There is no right or wrong,
only a series of possibilities that shift with each thought, feeling,
and action that you experience.
- Deepak Chopra

[Orema]

Only be sacrificing everything to pleasure ... may one succeed in sowing a few roses. —Marquis de Sade

[Genesis]

[Genesis]

"Go back and take care of yourself.
Your body needs you, your feelings need you, your perceptions need you.
Your suffering needs you to acknowledge it.
Go home and be there for all these things."

Thich Nhat Hanh

[Genesis]

"Often we treat certain aspects of ourselves as junk, having no value.
We try to throw parts of ourselves in the garbage.
But a human being is an ecosystem, and everything in that system is of value to the whole."
Stephen Schwartz

[Genesis]

"We don't accomplish anything in this world alone ...
and whatever happens is the result of the whole tapestry of one's life
and all the weavings of individual threads from one to another that creates something."
Sandra Day O'Connor

[Genesis]

[Genesis]

“There is beauty all around us,
and the light finds us when we realize,
we are all part of that beauty and worth the cherishing.
If we despise any, we journey to despise ourselves.
See all as beautiful, even if they choose to see themselves through you, as being less than so.
We have the power to see for each, and be the reflection of what they may yet see.”
- Tom Althouse

[Genesis]

[Genesis]

[Genesis]

[Orema]

Trump Goes Low

Sniffing and glowering, Mr. Trump prowled behind Mrs. Clinton as she presented herself again as the only adult on stage, the only one seeking to persuade the great majority of Americans that she shares their values and aspirations. Mr. Trump, by contrast, fell back on the tricks he has learned from his years in pro wrestling and reality television, making clear how deep his cynicism goes....

When Mr. Trump so grandly accepted the Republican nomination in July, he said, “I have joined the political arena so that the powerful can no longer beat up on people that cannot defend themselves.” By then, though, he had already campaigned for months by beating up on vulnerable Americans, including minorities and the disabled. Only in recent days has the Republican establishment started to acknowledge the magnitude of his hypocrisy.

The videotape disclosed Friday provided gruesome evidence that the Republican standard-bearer has for years used his powerful status to prey on women. Other revelations followed, including that in 2005 he told Howard Stern on his radio show that, when he owned the Miss Universe pageant, he made a practice of “inspecting” naked contestants backstage. “You know, they’re standing there with no clothes. … And you see these incredible-looking women, and so, I sort of get away with things like that.”

Now, as he struggles to close the biggest deal of his lifetime, a woman is getting the better of him. That’s not surprising, but it is apt.

—New York Time Editorial Board, October 10, 2016