most of the southern states do not recognize martin luther king jr day. noises were made today regarding their backwater approach to civil rights and the fact that they are so 'behind the times'. i pointed out that neither does canada. sure mlk was an american citizen. but what recognizing a day in his honour is supposed to represent transcends borders. today, i am a little ashamed to be a canadian for that reason.
in our house (our being the kiddo and my house of tea and baking, lit by candles, warmed by love and scented with cinammon and coffee) there were three rules which we tried to abide. they were printed off on plain 8.5x11 white paper, in arial font, and stuck to the fridge with odds and ends of shakespearean fridge magnet poetry.
1)Say what you mean, mean what you say.
2)Be good, do good, feel good.(stolen from yogi tea)
and the third, and the one that i believe in most strongly was the wiccan threefold law - that is, whatever, whatever you send out will be returned to you threefold. this is the rule, the law, the basic building block of life that deserves the strongest contemplation for it reminds us that we are directly responsible for the state of the world - we are active participants in our own quality of life and in the lives of others.
my resolution is to treat myself better. part of that is treating my world better - approaching my world with positivity and love because, if i do, it will come back to me threefold.
here are some things to think about today:
"what is hateful to you, do not to your fellow man" - the talmud
"i object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent" - mohandas k gandhi
"you must be the change you wish to see in the world" - mahatma gandhi
"if we have no peace it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other" - mother teresa
"We were born to make manifest
The Glory of the Universe
that is within us.
It's not just in some of us;
It is in everyone.
As we let our own light shine,
we unconsciously give other people
permission to do the same."
- nelson mandela
"If the human race wishes to have a prolonged and indefinite period of material prosperity, they have only got to behave in a peaceful and helpful way toward one another" - winston churchill
"there is no way to peace. peace is the way" - a.j muste
"If humanity is to progress, Gandhi is inescapable. he lived, thought, and acted, inspired by the vision of humanity evolving toward a world of peace and harmony. We may ignore him at our own risk" - martin luther king jr
"The real thing is not the goal, but the beauty of the journey, the travelling itself. If you are too concerned about the goal, you will miss the journey. The journey is life. It is an infinite journey. There is no beginning and there is no end. In fact there is no goal. It is the creation of the mind. Every moment is the goal" - rajneesh
i have decided this year to look after myself better. i will seek out love in all its forms. i will do what i can, in my way, to send love out into the world for if i stand by and let the negativity take stronger hold then i am no better than anyone.
go read this girl she writes it better than i do.
We’re not going anywhere.
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