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Truth
“I believe that truth is the glue that holds government together, not only our Government but civilization itself. … In all my public and private acts as your President, I expect to follow my instincts of openness and candor with full confidence that honesty is always the best policy in the end. My fellow Americans, […]
Krishnamurti’s Secret
From Eckhart Tolle’s ‘A New Earth – Awakening to your Life’s Purpose’ (Michael Joseph 2005): J. Krishnamurti, the great Indian philospher and spiritual teacher, spoke and travelled almost continually all over the world for more than fifty years attempting to convey through words…that which is beyond words. At one of his talks in the later […]
Transformation (Brian McLaren)
“… Thinking about justice, talking about peace, debating public policy, and working for social change are important … but not as a substitute for the very personal choice to “prepare him room” in our hearts, so that (as the saying goes) we can be the change we want to see in the world. … how […]
Peace-making
If this task of building a peaceful world is the most important task of our time, it is also the most difficult. It will, in fact, require far more discipline, more sacrifice, more planning, more thought, more co-operation and more heroism than war ever demanded. — Thomas Merton
Burnout
Can’t Get No Satisfaction In a culture where work can be a religion, burnout is its crisis of faith. a.. By Jennifer Senior People who are suffering from burnout tend to describe the sensation in metaphors of emptiness—they’re a dry teapot over a high flame, a drained battery that can no longer hold its charge. […]
The Road to burnout
The road to burnout Everyone’s rushing around, everyone seems to be complaining about working too hard. No surprises then that more people are saying they’re feeling burnt out. It applies to all lines of work: bankers, IT workers, advertisers, management consultants, lawyers, social workers, teachers. Even journalists. But what exactly causes burnout? Some interesting insights […]
Pathways-to-peace.com
I know this maybe a tad long, but it’s well worth seeing,very thought provoking. http://www.pathways-to-peace.com
Winning Isn’t the Only Thing
Dec. 10, 2006 By Harry T. Cook The victorious but fractious Democrats are poised to run Congress with their one-vote majority in the Senate and a barely comfortable margin in the House. They will ride back in to Washington, D.C., at the new year on the crest of a strong antiwar sentiment and try to […]
Lack of Hospitality
It was a cold, wet, and windy night in outback Australia, and a swagman knocked on door of a farm. An old woman opened the door, and grudgingly let him in so he could sit by the fire – and, after all, he might be looking for work. The farmer family were having dinner, but […]
Best countries
Last Updated: Wednesday, 17 November, 2004, 19:27 GMT Ireland is named ‘best country’ Dubliners have reason to be cheerful, the survey finds Ireland is the best place to live in the world, according to a “quality of life” assessment by Economist magazine. The country’s combination of increasing wealth and traditional values gives it the conditions […]
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