Category: Peace
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Say Sorry
War, conflict, debate……any kind of contention is inevitable in life. We can accept that, deal with it, and not struggle against the fact these tough situations will happen. Unfortunately, many of us overstep our bounds in these situations, say and do things that are personal, meant to hurt, and our…
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Takes Two To Tango
You, and I. Their team, our team. Their party, our party. Their country, their country. It takes two to make something positive, or negative. If we say something terrible with the intent to harm the other person, they can either choose to be hurt and retaliate, or they can walk…
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Our Day and Age
There is an old Chinese curse that goes something like “May you be born in an interesting time.” The least we can say about our world in 2024 is that it is…..interesting. We live in an age of planes, electric cars, spaceships, artificial intelligence, microchips, robots, smart phones, mass communication,…
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Rectify the names
Zilu said: ‘If the Lord of Wei were waiting for you to run the government, what would you give priority to?’ The Master said: “What is necessary is to rectify names, is it not?’ Zilu said: ‘If this were to take place, it would surely be an aberration of yours.…
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Words, not volume
“Raise you words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.” – Rumi Everyday we are likely to meet with the temptation to raise our voice. Anger, frustration, pain, envy, confusion, hatred….a number of feelings can spark the fire or wrath unleashed in the form of loud speech.…
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Native American Code of Ethics
This originally appeared in the “Inter-Tribal Times,” October, 1994 Keep the old warm, to provide understanding of the new. I’m confident this old wisdom can help us navigate our new world, for it is timeless.
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The Process of Happiness
If you work at that which is before you, following right reason seriously, vigorously, calmly, without allowing anything else to distract you, but keeping your divine part pure, as if you were bound to give it back immediately; if you hold to this, expecting nothing, but satisfied to live now…
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Eye of the Storm
“Believe me friend hullabaloo! The greatest events are not our noisiest, but our stillest hours.” – Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche ‘Thus Spoke Zarathustra’ In every hurricane there is an eye in the middle where the storm is absent. In every soul there is a center undisturbed by the world. In our…
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Stillness for Strength
“The nearer a man comes to a calm mind, the closer he is to strength.” - Marcus Aurelius Any man or woman can benefit from calming their mind. Anyone can find this center peace. I have no way to tell one how to find that center for I struggle to find…
KEEP THE OLD WARM 