Resolution Offers Apology For Enslavement And Racial Segregation Of African-Americans
Laughing
“In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.”Kahlil GibranWhen laughter is shared it connects people. It also has the ability to spread among people in a disarming way. A belly-laugh is hard to ignore and can easily bring a smile to someone even if they have no idea what the laughter is about. Vigorous laughter gives the body a release from tension and has been reported to boost t... Read Full Story
Call and Response from 6/28/09 Service
ReaderYou are worthy of all God’s Love for God cares without condition for all us children. And god, God is waiting, waiting to welcome you home. There’s no, no need to worry, Love wants you just as you are. No matter how far away from Love you have strayed, it is ready to answer your call – Love’s waiting for you are worth, worthy of all God’s love.CongregationThere is one Life, that Life is God’s life, that Life is perfect, that Life is my life now. My life is a manifestation of God’s Love.... Read Full Story
Playfulness
Everything you can imagine is real.Pablo PicassoA playful approach to life is a wonderful way to spread gladness. And it is a wonderful way to exercise child like creativity, that capacity to dream up impossible futures and wonderful endings and fantastic stories. If you know that you are reasonably safe from delusion and not prone to living in denial, you might be able to really get some wonderful creative glee from spending time describing a wonderful scenario that you would like to experie... Read Full Story
Humor
I know that two and two make four -- and should be glad to prove it too if I could -- though I must say if by any sort of process I could convert 2 and 2 into five it would give me much greater pleasure.”Lord ByronWhat makes one person experience something as humorous may have no such effect on another person. Humor apparently is as personal as our taste in food, romantic attractions and anything else that is influenced by culture, age, education, intelligence and context. I particularly enjo... Read Full Story
Pleasure
“Pleasure for one hour, a bottle of wine. Pleasure for one year a marriage; but pleasure for a lifetime, a garden.”Chinese ProverbsThe philosopher Epicurus defined pleasure as the absence of suffering. Imagine that. American philosopher Ernest Holmes believed that the ultimate goal of life is the complete emancipation from discord of every nature. Imagine that! I think of these ideas from time to time to remind myself to nurture little suffering-free moments in my life. It can be so simple to... Read Full Story
Pleasure
Pleasure for one hour, a bottle of wine. Pleasure for one year a marriage; but pleasure for a lifetime, a garden.The philosopher Epicurus defined pleasure as the absence of suffering. Imagine that. American philosopher Ernest Holmes believed that the ultimate goal of life is the complete emancipation from discord of every nature. Imagine that! I think of these ideas from time to time to remind myself to nurture little suffering-free moments in my life. It can be so simple to take a walk in th... Read Full Story
Dog Pack Attacks Gator In Florida Fascinating!
(Thanks Michael)Dog Pack Attacks Gator In FloridaAt times nature can be cruel, but there is also a raw beauty, and even a certain justice manifested within that cruelty.The alligator, one of the oldest and ultimate predators, normally considered the "apex predator", can still fall victim to implemented 'team work' strategy, made possible due to the tight knit social structure and "survival of the pack mentality" bred into the canines.See the remarkable photograph below courtesy of Nature Maga... Read Full Story
Queen Kunti's Prayer (adapted)
Oh KrishnaAs the river Ganges forever flows to the seaLet my mind, my being Be constantly drawn to theeOh most gentleOh original personalityMaster of the sensesSeated in the hearts of all that beExisting both within and withoutSeeing allBut seen by noneUnto you i offer all my respectsOh KrishnaOh soul of the universeBeyond the ranger of our perceptionCovered by the curtain of misconceptionWe are bewildered by your movementsThough you work you are inactiveThought you take birth you are unbornA... Read Full Story
Memorial Day Message