(Time to read: ~ 2 minutes) The following quotations were taken from “New Statesman” – the article “The Power of a Dangerous Idea” by Mehdi Hasan which can be found at this link: http://www.newstatesman.com/religion/2011/12/violence-faith-violent-arab “We chose non-violence not from cowardice or weakness but out of moral conviction; we don’t want to reach victory by having […]
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Love and Power – Dr. Martin Luther King
“Power properly understood is nothing but the ability to achieve purpose… One of the great problems of history is that the concepts of love and power have usually been contrasted as opposites — polar opposites — so that love is identified with a resignation of power, and power with a denial of love… What is […]
My Best New Year’s Eve Ever
(Time to read: ~ 2 minutes) One of the things I began to focus on in 2011 was how I wanted to celebrate some of the significant annual holidays. One event that has a lot of meaning for me is New Year’s Eve, but I had not really focused on how I wanted to celebrate […]
Annual Letter 2010
(Time to read: ~6 minutes) Sunday, Dec 26, 2010 I have noticed that each time I start to write one of these letters, my attention goes to the things that were new or different about the past year. This year I’ve decided to start with the “constants” in my life – the things that are […]
Keeping Your Balance
“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.” – Albert Einstein – Shared by Ron Reding
Getting people to consider a new possibility
“The quickest way I know to get people to consider a new possibility is to show respect for the life in them that led them to the old possibility.” – Marshall Rosenberg
Apple AirPrint vs HP ePrint – The Difference
(Time to read: ~3 minutes) If you’ve been following Apple news for the past 8+ months, you’ve almost certainly heard of AirPrint. And if your printer (like my 8-year-old HP LaserJet) doesn’t support AirPrint, you may have been researching printers that do – as I have. In the process (since HP produced the first AirPrint-enabled […]
Delighted with my new HP ePrinter! (1st Day)
(Time to read: ~ 5 minutes) From the moment I opened the box, I’ve been delighted with my new HP eprinter! You know the usual wrestling match you have, trying to get any new electronic device out of its protective cuccoon? Well HP packed this printer inside a bag and looped the handles through the […]
Tough Day
(Time to read: ~2 minutes) Today was a tough day for me. I had supper with some dear friends who were in town to give a workshop. They all seem to know what they are supposed to be doing with their lives. And I’m not sure. Some days it is amazing to be seeking to […]
My Birthday Appreciations 2011
(Time to read: 1 minute for the first 2 sections, 9 minutes for the whole thing) Third Time Lucky I have been working for three years to get this decade’s birthday celebration to feel complete for me, and I think it has finally happened, with much thanks to John. I had a wonderful birthday lunch […]
“...there was a new voice which you slowly recognized as your own, that kept you company as you strode deeper and deeper into the world, determined to do the only thing you could do -- determined to save the only life you could save.”
― Mary Oliver
