Sunday, March 31, 2019

Saturday, March 30, 2019

True self care is not soft baths and chocolate cake. It is making the choice to build a life you don't need to regularly escape from. - unknown
I don't think anyone can grow unless he's loved exactly as he is now, appreciated for what he is rather than what he will be. - Fred Rogers

Love isn't a state of perfect caring. It is an active noun like struggle. To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or she is, right here and now. - Fred Rogers
Sometimes when things are falling apart, they may actually falling into place. - Jason C.

Some people will never like you because your spirit irritates their demons. - Denzel Washington

Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another stepping stone to greatness. - Oprah Winfrey

Friday, March 29, 2019

Pete Buttigieg: Donald Trump’s Administration Is Radicalizing Americans

“AOC sucks” is the new “Lock her up”
The Latest Immigration Crackdown May Be Fake Social Security Numbers
Trump threatens to shut border with Mexico next week
Trump threatens to close the southern border next week, voicing heightened frustration with Mexico
Analysis: As Trump swaggers after Mueller probe's end, he creates new policy controversies
Dems mock 'scaredy-cat' GOP, demand Mueller's full 300 pages
President Donald Trump calls Democrats 'sick people,' takes victory lap on Mueller report during rally in Michigan
Mueller Probe Cost $25 Million So Far, Report Says. It’s Pulled in $48 Million From Tax Cheats
Getting rid of Obamacare would be a headache for Trump
Say It One More Time: The Economy Is Slowing
Betsy DeVos Wants to Eliminate Federal Funding for the Special Olympics
DeVos defends plan to eliminate Special Olympics funding
Betsy DeVos Defends Slashing Funds for the Special Olympics
Proposed Special Olympics funding cut outrages local families, politicians
Betsy DeVos grilled in Congress over proposed elimination of Special Olympics funding
DeVos Defends $18 Million Cut to Special Olympics Funding While Asking Congress for $60 Million for Charter Schools
'Shame On You’: Betsy DeVos Slammed For Trying To Defund Special Olympics
Single Payer: The Pros, The Cons And What’s Possible
Trump’s Budget Would Deny Food to 400,000 Children and Pregnant People
Betsy DeVos defends Special Olympics budget cuts: 'We had to make some difficult decisions'
Scientists Getting New Tools To Monitor The Northwest's Volcanoes
Gifts, Not Burdens. Children are gifts, if we accept them.—Kathleen Turner Crilly

Children are gifts. Our children, if we have children, are a gift to us. We, as children, were gifts to our parents.
Sadly, many of us did not receive the message from our parents that we were gifts to them and to the Universe. Maybe our parents were in pain themselves; maybe our parents were looking to us to be their caretakers; maybe we came at a difficult time in their lives; maybe they had their own issues and simply were not able to enjoy, accept, and appreciate us for the gifts we are.
Many of us have a deep, sometimes subconscious, belief that we were, and are, a burden to the world and the people around us. This belief can block our ability to enjoy life and our relationships with others. This belief can even impair our relationship with a Higher Power: we may feel we are a burden to God.
If we have that belief, it is time to let it go.
We are not a burden. We never were. If we received that message from our parents, it is time to recognize that issue as theirs to resolve.
We have a right to treat ourselves as a gift—to ourselves, to others, and to the Universe. We are here, and we have a right to be here.
Today, I will treat myself, and any children I have, as though we are a gift. I will let go of any beliefs I have about being a burden—to my Higher Power, my friends, my family, and myself. - The Language of Letting by Melody Beattie
“Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and living alone won’t either, for solitude will also break you with its yearning. You have to love. You have to feel. It is the reason you are here on earth. You are here to risk your heart. You are here to be swallowed up. And when it happens that you are broken, or betrayed, or left, or hurt, or death brushes near, let yourself sit by an apple tree and listen to the apples falling all around you in heaps, wasting their sweetness. Tell yourself you tasted as many as you could.” - Louise Erdrich - The Painted Drum
Every now and then, a person with no agenda, no ulterior motive, and no self-interest with take pleasure in helping you to succeed, grow, and live your purpose. This person will operate in love, will seek no praise, and will want nothing in return. This person is a gift. - unknown

The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction not a destination. - Carl Rogers

Very little is needed to make a HAPPY LIFE, it is all within you, in your way of THINKING - unknown

Understanding is an Art…AND not everyone is an Artist! - unknown

Trevor Noah tries to answer all your questions about Pete Buttigieg, the almost-too-perfect 2020 Democrat
Small Donors Hold The Key To Campaign Buzz And The Democrats' Debate Stage
From a Bogus Website to Bernie Sanders's Inner Circle
MSNBC's Scarborough hits O'Rourke on his message: 'It's all goop'
Washington Governor Jay Inslee Brings Presidential Campaign to Oregon
Opinion | Renée Graham: If Joe Biden wants to win, he needs Stacey Abrams — now
Could Pete Buttigieg become the first millennial president?
What to Know About Mayor Pete (Buttigieg)
9 Reasons a Biden–Abrams Ticket Is a Brilliant Idea for Both Biden and Abrams
Democrats push financial inclusion as 2020 election race heats up
Examining Bernie Sanders’s Electability Argument
Nobody Knows Anything About ‘Electability’
Warren Focuses On Policy, Which Looks Like A Tough Sell With Voters
Elizabeth Warren Is Dominating The Policy Discussion — But Not The Democratic Race
Elizabeth Warren Is Right. Let's Abolish The Electoral College
Biden Reportedly Might Pick a Running Mate Early. He Should.
Democratic Candidates Embrace The Risk Of Radical Ideas
Bernie Sanders hires Beto O'Rourke critic as top aide in 2020 race
Sanders names women to majority of top campaign posts
What the Media Missed in Its Beto Backlash
Meet Andrew Yang: A 'fairly normal guy' running for president on a radical platform
2020 Democrats: You might be surprised by Mayor Pete Buttigieg. He reminds me of Obama.

陳奕迅 - 好久不見MV

好久不見MV
遠在咫尺
Love shouldn't be exhausting. It shouldn't leave you feeling stressed out, less than, and unappreciated. Love is supposed to be free, natural, and almost a complete release from the monotony and routines of life. Real love won't leave you drained, it won't leave you depressed, lost, or distraught. Love is a healer, love is a friend, and love is a protector. Loving isn't easy, it's a challenge, but when it's good, it's a treasure. Real love won't break you, it will build you and it will bring out the best in you. - mama mayhem

"I'm On My Second Marriage, and My Happiness No Longer Depends on Anyone But Myself."

Sweetheart, it's ok to quit on a man who is not even trying. You deserve effort. - Poetic style

Opinion | The Dalai Lama and Arthur Brooks: All of us can break the cycle of hatred
Love Found: A Diverse Illustrated Collection of Classic Poems Celebrating Desire, Longing, and Devotion

No relationship is ever a waste of time. If it didn't bring you what you want, it taught you what you don't want.

How someone makes you feel emotionally and mentally is way more important than what they can do for me materialistically and physically. I will always choose love, affection, and emotional support over being showered with gifts. All I want dismay energy reciporated. - unknown
Last pandas at San Diego Zoo are leaving for China There are still pandas at Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington, D.C., Zoo Atlanta and the Memphis Zoo... OK Zoo Atlanta, here we come.
If you want to know who your tribe is, speak your truth. Then see who sticks around. Those are the people who get a spot in your blanket fort. - Nanca Hoffman

If the mountains seems too bug today then climb a hill instead. If the morning brings you sadness it's okay to stay in bed. If the day ahead weighs heaver and your plans feel like a curse, there's no shame in rearranging; don't make yourself feel worse. If a shoer stings like needles and a bath feels like you'll drown, if you haven't washed your hair for days, don't throw away your crown. A day is not a lifetime, a rest is not defeat. Don't think of it as failure, just a quiet, kind retreat. It's okay to take a moment from an anxious, fractured mind. The world will not stop turning while you get realigned. The mountain will still be there when you want to try again. You can climb it in your own time. Just love yourself tim then. - Laura Ding

Two simple principles for a happy life :) Use things, not people! and LOVE people, not things! Simple as that. - unknown

Your smile is your logo, your personality is your business card, how you leave others feeling after an experience with you becomes our trademark. - Jay Danzie
You want to perform a miracle? Forgive yourself. - Rune Lazuli

May we grow in joy and peace as we walk through this adventurous, tumultuous, amazing, terrible, wonderful life. Adventures are fraught with dragons and cliffhangers, but there is great treasure at the end and wonder along the way. - April Boneski

There is a joy available that the deepest grief cannot put out. No circumstance or person can take away the joy god gives. - Tim Keller

20 things that women should stop wearing the age of 30: 1-20: The weight of other people's expectations and judgements. - Maura Quint

At your absolute best, you still won't be good enough for the wrong person. At your worst, you'll still be worth it to the right person. - unknown

We don’t have to be defined by one thing; the only thing stopping you is you. - Jennifer Lopez

At the end of the day, i'd rather be excluded for who I include than included for who I excluded. - Rev. Eston Williams

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around. - Leo Buscaglia

It's during the worst storms of your life that you will get to see the true colors of the people who say they care of you. -unknown

Don't treat people as bad as they are, treat them as good as you are. - unknown

If you get that gut feeling that something isn't right about a person or situation, trust it. - unknown

Always believe that something wonderful is about to happen. -unknown
Mueller report finds no evidence of collusion, though leaves obstruction question unanswered
Obstruction of justice is no minor footnote
Mueller report: The best day of Trump's presidency
Mueller report: Key lines from Bill Barr summary
Faith, Reason, and Immigration
The Trump Scandals That Have Slipped by Congress
Robert Mueller delivers a boost to Donald Trump
Key Takeaways From Attorney General’s Summary of Mueller Report
Democrats Press On With Their Probes of Trump
We Drew Congressional Maps for Partisan Advantage. That Was the Point.
Nunes on Mueller report: 'We can just burn it up'
Impeachment Just Got Less Likely And 6 Other Takeaways From The Barr Letter
Next Steps And Big Unanswered Questions As The Nation Moves Into Post-Mueller Era
The Supreme Court Takes Another Look At Partisan Redistricting
William Barr Can’t Exonerate Donald Trump
Bill Barr’s Weasel Words
How big a story was Trump/Russia? Here are the details
Mueller Report Doesn't Find Russian Collusion, But Can't 'Exonerate' On Obstruction
U.S. runs largest monthly budget deficit on record in February
A Complete Guide to All 17 (Known) Trump and Russia Investigations
THE MUELLER REPORT IS DONE. NOW COMES THE HARD PART
Americans Don’t Need the Mueller Report to Judge Trump
Timeline: Big moments in Mueller investigation of Russian meddling in 2016 U.S. election
How the Mueller report represents the beginning of ‘a new phase’
Read the Attorney General’s Letter Confirming That Mueller’s Investigation Is Over
100-Person Poll: How Will the Trump Presidency End?
Radio Atlantic: President Trump’s Post-Mueller Corruption Problem
Imagining Trump’s America Without Robert Mueller
Trump Is a Massive Failure — and Getting Exactly What He Wants
U.S. Posts Largest Monthly Budget Deficit on Record in February
Trump Economic Team: Welfare Cuts Poverty. So, Let’s Cut Welfare.
Trump renews call to pull arts, PBS funding

Friday, March 22, 2019

Instagram Is the Internet’s New Home for Hate
Mueller delivers final Russia report to Justice Department
Everything We’ve Learned From Robert Mueller’s Investigation (So Far)
Pompeo says ‘it’s possible’ Trump was sent to save the Jewish people
Schwarzenegger Steps In to Defend John McCain’s Legacy
A collection of weird Florida mugshots from Google Image Search, all made easily publicly available by Florida's public record laws. How Florida's Proud Open Government Laws Lead to the Shame of "Florida Man" News Stories
Trump keeps up attacks on 'horrible' McCain, despite calls from GOP, veterans
White House rejects Dem request for documents on Trump-Putin communications
Instagram Is the Internet’s New Home for Hate
The Much-Heralded End of the Mueller Investigation
With Thousands Of Migrants Crossing The Border Daily, We Asked 'Why Now?'
Among False Claims, Trump Attacked McCain For Failing Veterans
President Trump Backs Israeli Sovereignty Claim Over Golan Heights
For Trump, attacking McCain is a way to appeal to his political base
Donald Trump’s Unhinged Obsession with “a Man Named John McCain”
Trump reelection campaign shifted $1.3 million of donor money into his businesses
Trump's Golan Announcement Was No Impulse Tweet
Judge Blocks Wisconsin Republicans’ Power Grab, Rules “Extraordinary Session” Convened Illegally
Trump Carries On Criticism Of McCain, As A Republican Calls His Words 'Deplorable'
‘Gone by Tonight’: Trump, Maps in Hand, Predicts the Collapse of ISIS
President Trump Still Wants to Repeal Obamacare
Any relationship you have that could get ruined by having a conversation about your feelings, standards, and /or expectations wasn't really stable enough to begin with. - tinnybuddha.com

王菲 - 但願人長久


明月幾時有 把酒問青天
不知天上宮闕 今夕是何年

我欲乘風歸去 唯恐瓊樓玉宇 高處不勝寒
起舞弄清影 何似在人間
轉朱閣 低綺戶 照無眠
不應有恨 何事長向別時圓 (別時圓)
人有悲歡離合 月有陰晴圓缺
此事古難全 但願人長久 千里共嬋娟

Shushan Purim!
“Everything is possible. The impossible just takes longer.” - Dan Brown
12 Fabulous Ways To Properly Celebrate Turning 40
The Real Roots of Midlife Crisis
Screen Time in the Car Is Hurting Our Toddlers
Love’s labour
The 50 happiest cities in America, ranked
Living in the age of 'continuous parenting' is burning out parents
The Art of Being Single
12 ways to create magical moments with your kids, a la 'Mary Poppins Returns'
Watching you sleep is the exact way I needed to end this tough day
This Is What No One Tells Women About What Happens To Your Body In Your 40s
邁向40歲,要學著捨棄的14件事
A First Aid Kit for When Life Falls Apart
“It will get better. There is a meaning to what you’re going through. You will feel like living again. If you can’t do anything else but breathe, do just that; you don’t have to do anything else. Don’t fight it. Let it be. It is as it should be and it’s okay. Just be. Don’t judge. Let go. Look at what’s beautiful. Listen to what gives you peace. Eat what tastes good. Do what feels nice. Even if it feels pointless right now, it’s good for your soul. Ask for help. Let other people help you. Let other people take care of you. Cry. Scream. Wail. Laugh. Sleep. Close your eyes. Do whatever you need to do. Let it out. And embrace. It will get better. I promise.” ~ Helena Önneby
You make me smile every time I think about you. You shine. Keep being you. I am a better person because you are in my life. - Kris A.
The ‘Devin Nunes’ cow’ parody account now has more Twitter followers than the actual Devin Nunes , this cow is really awesome.. holy cow!
In Wake Of Mass Shooting, New Zealand's Ardern Calls For Global Fight Against Racism
Rep. Devin Nunes Sues Twitter and Individual Users, Including @DevinNunesMom, for Defamation
The Evidence That Could Impeach Donald Trump
Donald Trump's craziest day ever on Twitter
Devin Nunes Sues Twitter for Allowing Accounts to Insult Him
White House misses Democrats' deadline to turn over docs
Robert Mueller’s team says it will be very busy in the coming days
The real reason the Trump administration is constantly losing in court
Brexit: New vote not ruled out despite Bercow decision
'Real leaders do exist': Jacinda Ardern uses solace and steel to guide a broken nation
Jacinda Ardern is showing the world what real leadership is: sympathy, love and integrity
Muslims Praise New Zealand Prime Minister For Her Empathy, Actions After Attack
Britain’s Distrust of Europe Helped Cause Brexit. Now It Could Stop It.
A long Brexit delay spells danger for the EU
Putin signs bills outlawing 'fake news'
Russia Criminalizes The Spread Of Online News Which 'Disrespects' The Government
White Nationalist Groups Increase Recruiting And Propaganda Across The West
Rep. Devin Nunes Sues Twitter For Supposedly Censoring Conservatives
President Tough shows his courage
A Damaged Soul and a Disordered Personality
'Ridiculous!': Donald Trump says the 'Fake News media' is 'working overtime' to blame him for New Zealand mosque shooting
Trump's accusations about socialism should be taken seriously — because when it comes to business, he's a socialist
On The Brink Of Brexit, PM Theresa May Pushes For Extension With EU Support
No deal beckons: EU presses May on Brexit deal
Obscure no-deal Brexit group is UK's biggest political spender on Facebook
The Great Realignment of Britain
John Bercow Rules There Cannot Be Another Brexit Deal Vote By MPs – Unless It Changes
The Chaotic Triumph of Arron Banks, the “Bad Boy of Brexit”
Brexit: No new vote on May's deal without DUP support - chancellor
Well done, Brexit ultras – the EU has never had more power over Britain
Brexit: Labour set to endorse a plan to put May’s deal to a public vote
Brexit: DUP in talks with ministers ahead of third vote
Donald Trump criticizes Theresa May for 'how badly' Brexit talks have gone
Brexit: More Labour resignations over second referendum vote – as it happened
Britain is trapped in the purposeless austerity that gave us Brexit
ID cards a possibility after Brexit, says UK immigration minister
British Politics Enters the Meltdown Phase
The prime minister got one thing right: we can’t blame the EU for this
Chance of no-deal Brexit has 'significantly increased', says EU – Politics live
To my ERG colleagues, I urge you to hold your nose and support May’s deal
May secures ‘legally binding changes’ in Strasbourg to Brexit deal – Politics live
EU Officials Move To Clarify Rules For U.S. Travelers After Erroneous 'Visa' Reports
Germany to close all 84 of its coal-fired power plants, will rely primarily on renewable energy
Theresa May battles to save Brexit deal amid threats to oust her
Two things to remember in life…Take care of your thoughts when you're alone and take care of your words when you're with people. - unknown

Happy Purim!

Chag Purim Sumach! Be happy!

Tuesday, March 19, 2019

The words with which a child's heart is poisoned, whether through malice or through ignorance, remain branded in his memory, and sooner or later they burn his soul. - Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Be the person who breaks the cycle. If you were judged, choose understanding. If you were rejected, choose acceptance. If you were shamed, choose compassion. Be the person you needed when you were hurting, not the person who hurt you. Vow to be better than what broke you, to heal instead of becoming bitter so you can act from your heart, not your pain. - unknown

Don't allow others to make you feel bad or guilty for living your life. It's your life, live it the way you want. - unknown
I didn't leave because I stopped loving you. I left because the longer I stayed, the less I loved myself. - Rumi
We can't all look good at the same time. It's either me, the kids, or the house. - unknown
I think probably kindness is my number ne attribute in a human being. I';; put it before any of the things like courage or bravery or generosity or anything else... Kindness- that simple word. To be kind - it covers everything. to my mind. If you're kind, that's it. - Roald Dahl