Sunday, January 31, 2021

‘Like Wartime’: Canadian Companies Unite to Start Mass Virus Testing
Peru mourns its 'pandemic soldiers,' doctors who died treating Covid
China temporarily bars entry of foreigners travelling from Canada
Hungary signs deal for Chinese Sinopharm's COVID-19 vaccine, first in EU
The Dogs Trained to Sniff Out COVID-19
German officials say AstraZeneca vaccine shouldn't be given to over-65s, citing lack of data
Surging in remote and poor areas, Brazil's COVID-19 death toll is 2nd-highest in the world
Grieving families in China offer stark warning for visiting WHO scientists: Don't be fooled
Woman killed in hit-and-run on I-5 near La Center
'I do not have a boyfriend': Lunar New Year masks shut down nosy relatives
The ultimate touchstone of friendship is not improvement, neither of the other nor of the self: the ultimate touchstone is witness, the privilege of having been seen by someone and the equal privilege of being granted the sight of the essence of another, to have walked with them and to have believed in them, and sometimes just to have accompanied them for however brief a span, on a journey impossible to accomplish alone. - David Whyte
How Sulfites Became Public Enemy No.1 in Wine
Nearly Two Centuries Later, Chinook Might Be Compensated for Their Land
Look at you, no longer controlling anything or anyone because you understand that there are infinite ways for the Universe to bring you what you want. Wisdom looks good on you. - Desmond E.F.

Listen to the wind, it talks. Listen to the silence, it speaks. Listen to your heart, it knows. - Native American Proverb

Our greatest gifts and deepest wounds reside in the same area. - Michael Meade

If you hear a voice within you say, 'You cannot paint,' then by call means paint, and that voice will be silenced. - Vincent Van Gogh

When you do things from your soul, you feel a river of joy within you. - Rumi

There is no shortcut. It takes time to build a better, stronger version of yourself. - unknown

Offers to help will not always be accepted or even wanted, but when love is genuinely offered, it is then out there in the world, changing the energy, shifting the momentum.
Whether it’s stopping on a busy road to check on someone, setting food on a porch with a note, sending a heartfelt text message, making a donation, or providing a place to stay, that offering, whether accepted or not, is out there in the world, where it can stick and serve as armor.
....
Sometimes when people need help, they can’t say yes,
But the offer still stands,
Like a beacon in the night on a cold winter’s day,
Reminding them that someone cared enough to ask. - Rachel Macy Stafford
Actor And Author Ethan Hawke: Writing 'Forces You To Think Through Things'
'MyPillow Guy' Gets Conspiracy Theories From His Talking Pillow In 'SNL' Takedown
‘Saturday Night Live’s’ Return Analyzes Marjorie Taylor Greene, the COVID Vaccine Rollout
SNL skewers Marjorie Taylor Greene, the vaccine rollout and GameStop, reminding us that things are still very bad
Robinhood, in Need of Cash, Raises $1 Billion From Its Investors
Reddit WallStreetBets Founder Calls GameStop Stock Frenzy A 'Symbolic Movement'
Robinhood says it temporarily curbed buying of some securities as deposit requirement increased ten-fold
‘Meme stock’ rally rescues AMC theaters from $600M debt
From Elon Musk To AOC, Everybody Has A Tweet About GameStop
Game Back On: GameStop Stock Rebounds As SEC Warns Against Market Manipulation
Warren calls on SEC to crackdown on market manipulation, explain GameStop rally
Game Back On: GameStop Stock Rebounds As SEC Warns Against Market Manipulation
Study: Average American Can Stand Four Seconds of Ted Cruz
AOC Rejects Ted Cruz’s Help In Investigating Robinhood: ‘You Almost Had Me Murdered Three Weeks Ago’
Ocasio-Cortez To Ted Cruz: ‘You Almost Had Me Murdered ... You Can Resign’
AOC, Ted Cruz slam Robinhood for freezing some trades amid GameStop volatility – TechCrunch
Robinhood’s Customers Are Hedge Funds Like Citadel, Its Users Are the Product
Robinhood blocks purchase of GameStop, AMC, and BlackBerry stock
GOPer Demands Ocasio-Cortez Apologize To Cruz For Blasting His Dangerous Rhetoric
SEC 'closely monitoring' price volatility of 'certain stocks' amid GameStop saga
Congress plans hearings after GameStop stock frenzy
GameStop shareholder sells off stake valued at over $1 billion
Billionaire blasts ‘Robinhood market’ as Jon Stewart, others herald GameStop stock rebellion
GOP congressman demands Ocasio-Cortez apologize following Twitter exchange with Cruz
Class-action lawsuit filed against Robinhood for restricting trading
Why a Reddit group pumped GameStop shares up 1,000% on a lark to make short sellers lose their shirts
‘Small army’ of online investors drives stock market frenzy
The Hedge Fund Genius Who Started GameStop’s 4,800% Rally Now Calls It “Unnatural, Insane, And Dangerous”
16/12《星期三港案》將荒誕的香港改圖
Oregon Prisoners Could Get the Right to Vote While Incarcerated Under New Senate Bill
‘Who pours the kibble?’ And other answers about daily life for dogs in the White House

#heartbreak #lovewins

19 of Oregon's most polluted places
Trump's impeachment defense is out. Bannon is reportedly encouraging him to go to the Senate himself.
Republican Party future in balance as Trump trial looms
Donald Trump's entire legal team quits week before impeachment trial
GOP Gov.: Marjorie Taylor Greene's behavior 'absolutely unacceptable'
Bill Cassidy says Trump defense should focus on impeachment charge
Trump's Top Impeachment Lawyers Leave Team Days Before Trial
Combating Misinformation When A Loved One Is Caught In A Web Of Conspiracies
Who Are The Lawyers Defending Trump In His 2nd Impeachment Trial?
The ‘Shared Psychosis’ of Donald Trump and His Loyalists
Trevor Noah Horrified by QAnon Nut Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Murder Fantasies
The QAnon Conspiracy Theory is Proved Wrong after ...
Checked by reality, some QAnon supporters seek a way out
Jan. 6 Rally Funded by Top Trump Donor, Helped by Alex Jones, Organizers Say
Trump’s top impeachment lawyer has left his team
Donald Trump's legal team in disarray after he parts ways with lead impeachment lawyers
'QAnon Shaman' willing to testify in impeachment trial, lawyer says
'QAnon Shaman' willing to testify in impeachment trial, lawyer says
Fear is the memory of pain. Addiction is the memory of pleasure. Freedom is beyond both. - Buddha
I meet my self in stillness, And we breathe. - S.W.Berry

Imagine the best case scenario for all situtaions. Your mind will start to attract soluations. - unknown

Life will give you whatever experience is most helpful for the evolution of your consciousness. - Eckhart Tolle

Knowing how to be solitary is central to the art of loving. When we can be alone, we can be with others without using them as a means of escape. - Bell Hooks

Consciousness is the proof of presence of the Soul, as Sunshing or light is the proof of the presence of Sun or Energy. - Bhagvat Gita 13.34

Little by little, day by day, what's meant for you will find its way. - Unknown

This is because thoughts act like a barrier to intuition much like branches and debris would act like a barrier to the free flow of water in a stream. You are awareness - that is all you are - so if this awareness is lost to thought, it is not free to receive tuition from within (intuition) or the highest aspect of your being aka true Self. So the words Be Still (mentally) and know that I AM (true Self) make sense now right? - Tracy

This is because thoughts act like a barrier to intuition much like branches and debris would act like a barrier to the free flow of water in a stream. You are awareness - that is all you are - so if this awareness is lost to thought, it is not free to receive tuition from within (intuition) or the highest aspect of your being aka true Self. So the words Be Still (mentally) and know that I AM (true Self) make sense now right?

The answers you seek never come when the mind is busy, they come when the mind is still. - unknown
I think my favorite feeling is laughing with someone and realizing halfway through how muhc I enjoy them and their presence. - unknown

“It’s not so much what we have in this life that matters. It’s what we do with what we have.” - Fred Rogers

“There is a love that cannot die. There is a light that cannot be extinguished, that time cannot touch. There is an intimacy so strong and immediate we spend our lives wondering where it’s gone. Do not seek joy; let it find you, let it creep up on you in your private moments, unexpected; let it reach you in the depths of your brokenness and despair and your exhaustion from seeking it in time. Love the place where you are, love the ground upon which you stand, for it is this very ground that joy is heading toward, the ground from which your new life will grow, even if now upon the ground, you find your own inability to wait.
Remain open to the possibilities of Grace, for she moves in mysterious patterns and cannot be captured by anyone who tries.” - Jeff Foster

If you light the lamp for someone else, it will also brighten up your path. - Buddha

The truth is. You need to learn how to love yourself and not be so dependant on other people's love. - r.m.drake

Those who are willing to be vulnerable move among mysteries. - Roethke

Eventually, you will come to understand that love heals everything, and love is all there is. - Gary Zukav

“There is a light that never goes out.” - unknown

Now is where love breathes. - Rumi

Every choice contains the seeds of a lesson that can improve our choices in the future. Even choices that turned out poorly can teach us to listen to the inner wisdom we may have ignored. It’s not whether a choice turns out good or bad that matters. It’s whether we learned something from it that helped us to make better choices in the future and live our life as our best self. - Spiritual Awakenings ॐ

If it's not making you better, it isn't love. True love makes you more of who you are, not less. - unknown

If you don't have a relationship with yourself, all other relationships become shallow. And if your relationshop with yourself is so profound and steady then you naturally develop the skill to handle any kind of relationship around you. - Sri Sri

Being different isn't a bad thing. It just means you're brave enough to be yourself. - Luna
Man leaves €2m to French village that hid his family from Nazis
Auschwitz survivors mark anniversary online amid COVID-19 pandemic

Saturday, January 30, 2021

Do realize that is not you who moves from dream to dream, but the dreams flow before you and you are the immutable witness. No happening affects your real being - this is the absolute truth. - unknown

If life can remove someone you never dreamed of losing, it can replace them with someone you never dreamt of having. - unknown

Some days I am goddess, some days I am wild child. And some days, I am a fragile mess. Most days I am a bit of all three. But every day, I am here, trying. - S.C. Lourie

When there is no mind there is no question of certainty or uncertainty. Those concepts don't exist. The mind has concepts. The mind wants to be certain about something or it's uncertain about something. But when there is no mind there is no one to have those experiences. All experiences are of the mind. Many people after they get into this teaching they become fearful after a while. They believe they will lose all their reason. They will lose their mind. That's exactly what is supposed to happen. They're supposed to lose your mind. They've been brought up to believe if you lose your mind you become insane. That's usually associated with losing your mind. Let me be insane. The mind is what keeps you glued to the world. The mind is what makes you emotional. What causes the stress, the anxiety, the uncertainty, the anger, the reaction all that comes from the mind. Consequently wouldn't it be wonderful if you lost your mind. All of those traits would be totally transcended. You would be one pointed, you would be at peace. All the various thoughts about the world, your body anything external to yourself would totally disappear. There will no longer be a God who punishes you. There will no longer be karma who wants to get even with you. There will no longer be a past. There would be absolute nothingness. - Robert Adams

Everything is energy and that's all there is to it. Match the frequency of the reality you want and you cannot help but get that reality. It can be no other way. This is not philosophy. This is physics. - Albert Einstein

You have a soft heart, and a pure soul, that's why you feel everything so deeply. Be clear on one thing: this is your superpower, not your weakness. The world needs more of you so don't suppress who you are. It is not your job to heal every person you meet, but it's your job to make sure your kind nature remians intact throughout your journey. Stay close to those who genuinely appreciate you, and stay far away from thsoe whoe only goal is to take advantage of your energy. You are one of the rare gems the Universe has blessed with heightened clairvoyance and divinity. Keep shininig your light everywhere you go. - Esther T.

Birth and death are but points in time. Life weaves eternally its many webs. The weaving is in time, but life itself is timeless. Whatever name and shape you give to its expressions, it is like the ocean - never changing, every changing. - Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

Millions of people never analyze themselves. Mentally they are mechanical products of the factory of their environment, preoccupied with breakfast, lunch, and dinner, working and sleeping, and going here and there to be entertained. They don't know what or why they are seeking, nor why they never realize complete happiness and lasting satisfaction. By evading self- analysis, people go on being robots, conditioned by their environment. True self- analysis is the greatest art of progress. - unknown

Some of the kindest souls I know have lived in a world that was not so kind to them. Some of the best human beings I know have been through so much at the hands of others, and they still love deeply, they still care. Sometimes, it's the people who have been hurt the most who refuse to be hardened in this world, because they would never want to make another person feel the same way they have felt. If that isn't something to be in awe of , I don't know what is. - unknown

I am trusting the uncertainty and believing I will end up somewhere right and good. - Rupi Kaur

Still.. #lovewins

The worst kind of pain is getting hurt by the person you explained your pain to. - unknown

The only thing that matters is how much you love. In the end it doesn't matter what your body looks like, how successful your career is, how big you house is, how big your house is, how advanced your yoga practice is, or what your bank statement says. Let me repeat this: The only thing that matters is how much you love. Your purpose on this earth is to love. And love is a two-way street. We give, we get. With love we will turn this crazy world around. - unknown

Did you ask for a relationship where you would be loved, honored, and celebrated and instead, ended up with the opposite?
It happens all the time.
The problem isn't you (or them). It's the mindset.
Of course, this one sucks. It has to, because it's not the one you asked for.
It's only when we're in enough pain that we either fix it or leave it.
God isn't failing you. The universe is inviting you to learn the lessons you need in order to receive exactly what you asked for.
Say YES!
Or at least say, "Fine! OKAY ALREADY!!!" - Stacy

What if... everything you are going though is preparing you for what you asked for? - Stacy

"We are the architects of our destiny" - Albert Einstein

"The true meaning is not in knowledge, but in imagination." - Albert Einstein

What you think, you create. What you feel, you attract. What you imagine, you become. - unknown
News & Guts: January 29, 2021
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'Sea Prison': COVID-19 Has Left Hundreds Of Thousands Of Seafarers Stranded
What's behind the China-Taiwan divide?
U.S. must be prepared to impose costs on China - Biden security adviser
Britain says China has damaged trust in global trade system
Britain could join 'Asian Nato' under proposal to expand its membership to counter China
Biden, Japan PM discuss China action near Senkaku Islands
Don't treat China as 'strategic rival', says China's ambassador to U.S.
To Counter China’s Rise, the U.S. Should Focus on Xi
Philippines protests new China law as `verbal threat of war’
China sharpens language, warns Taiwan that independence 'means war'
U.S. carrier group enters South China Sea amid Taiwan tensions
China takes new foreign investment top spot from US
Why retailers everywhere should look to China
As Democrats Call For Marjorie Taylor Greene's Removal, Republicans Stay Silent
Marjorie Taylor Greene suggested Ruth Bader Ginsburg had been replaced by a body double
Just how nuts is the Republican Party?
How Many House Republicans Believe the Jews Attacked California With a Space Laser?
GOP Congresswoman Blamed Wildfires on Secret Jewish Space Laser
Democratic lawmakers call for removal of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene over incendiary rhetoric
'I Carry a Gun': Video Shows QAnon Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene Bullying and Harassing Parkland Survivor David Hogg
Pelosi Blasts GOP Leadership's Underreaction To Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's Remarks
The GOP struck a bad bargain. That’s how it got stuck with Marjorie Taylor Greene.
Marjorie Taylor Greene uses offensive slur in rant referencing Down’s syndrome
'Trump Just Used Us and Our Fear': One Woman's Journey Out of QAnon
After Capitol Riot, Republican Ties to Extremist Groups Are Under Scrutiny
Parkland, Sandy Hook Parents: Marjorie Taylor Greene Has 'No Place' In Congress
Without Their 'Messiah,' QAnon Believers Confront A Post-Trump World
A reporter tried to ask Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene about her false claims. The journalist was threatened with arrest.
Analysis | Republicans assign QAnon supporter to House education committee. She also called school shootings ‘false-flag’ events.
U.S. Congress Republicans face dilemma in controversies around Cheney, Greene
Biden news - live: Republican Party suffers ‘mass exodus’ as Marjorie Taylor Greene scandal consumes Congress
Republicans disavow Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's 'disgusting' comments, give her a committee seat
Outdoor service offers Clark County diners a breath of fresh air
Who’s doing the vaccines right, Washington or Oregon? We’re seeing an ethics experiment in real time
Teepees in Montana honor tribal members lost to COVID-19
Researchers Are Tracking Covid-19’s Long-Term Effects On Brain Health
Study finds Pfizer vaccine effective against mutations in new COVID-19 variants
Legacy Salmon Creek hospital locked down after protest
COVID face mask painted on giant English chalk figure
'We wish we could stay open this time': Tillamook County to resume indoor dining Friday
How sewage led researchers to contagious COVID-19 variant in Central Oregon
Over a third of Washington business owners struggling to pay January rent, poll finds
Seven Washington counties to advance to Phase 2 under modified plan
11 Big-Deal Banh Mi in Portland
Portland’s 20 Best Cheeseburgers, Exhaustively Argued and Ranked
Opinion | The GOP isn’t doomed. It’s dead.
GOP Strategist Predicts What Will Become Of The GOP If Donald Trump Isn’t Convicted
Oregon House Republicans disavow their party’s position on Capitol attack
Oregon Republican Party falsely calls U.S. Capitol riot a ‘false flag’ meant to ‘discredit President Trump’
Symbols of white supremacy confront Redmond teen
How Oregon just proved Donald Trump isn't going anywhere
Oregon Bill Would Enable People to Vote from Prison
Josh Hawley seeks probe of 7 Democrats, including Oregon’s Ron Wyden, for ethics complaint against him
China is arresting citizens for posting criticism on social media
China boosts cadres in Hong Kong by 100, as Beijing tightens supervision of city, media report
Hong Kong mulls mainland-style real name SIM card registration for mobile phones
Jailed Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong pleads guilty to taking part in 2019 unauthorised assembly
Hong Kong eyes push on mobile phone SIM cards that could stoke privacy fears
The day Marie Curie got snubbed by the French science world
《移民不移民?》22/ 1 第三集 —— 我係移民師,你問我答 《移民不移民?》7 / 1 第二集 —— 離開?不了。離開不了⋯⋯ 《移民不移民?》28 / 12 第一集——三代不同堂 《移民不移民?》28/ 1 第四集 —我願餘生歸香港 27/1 《星期三港案》累?又如何。— 一位移民爸爸的心聲
Biden reportedly expected to nominate judges with legal backgrounds 'historically underrepresented on the federal bench'
Biden’s Buddy Tom Vilsack Is No Friend to Farmers
Biden rescinds abortion restrictions on U.S. foreign aid
Biden drops Trump’s antiabortion ‘global gag rule.’ Here’s what that means for abortion access worldwide.
Biden signs 'Buy American' order, pledges to renew U.S. manufacturing
Biden starts staffing a commission on Supreme Court reform
Supreme Court wipes out lower court rulings in Texas abortion battle
Federal Judges Are Retiring Now That Joe Biden Will Pick Their Replacements
Biden To Revoke Trump Abortion Policy, Expand Obamacare With New Executive Orders
Biden moving to nix Trump plan on opioid-treatment prescriptions
Biden plans to replace federal fleet with American-made electric vehicles
Feeling Lonely? Wearing Cat Ears May Help
Tim Cook May Have Just Ended FacebookLooks like it's no more Mr. Nice Guy.
Apple Car expected to shake up auto industry in Asia and world
Signs point to Apple making its Seattle presence clear as logo appears at new office near Amazon
What’s holding up the next test of SpaceX’s Starship? Elon Musk blames the FAA.
New Yorkers Lunge, Twist And Zumba Their Way hrough The Pandemic Together
Women Tending to Their Basic Needs Is Not Self-Care
Will I ever share my bed with a partner again?
The Real Key To Being Satisfied With Your Friend Group
The Pandemic Is Resetting Casual Friendships
Lost touch: how a year without hugs affects our mental health
Makers of Sophia the robot plan mass rollout amid pandemic
SOPHIE, Electronic Music's Transgressive Pop Star, Dead At 34
Prostitution, out of the shadows

Friday, January 29, 2021

Despite rising salaries, the skilled-labor shortage is getting worse
A Florida Senator Wants to Exclude People With Felony Convictions from the State’s Minimum Wage Increase
Austin May Use Money Cut From Police Budget To Buy Permanent Supportive Housing
Feds providing $25 billion in pandemic rental aid: Here's how to apply
How to protect yourself from the new coronavirus strains
Opinion | Everyone should be wearing N95 masks now
Biden administration orders 200 million more doses of Covid-19 vaccines
Covid-19 Upended Americans’ Finances, Just Not in the Ways We Expected
The True Cost of Convenience
In Jewish mysticism, we are taught that there are two spiritual states: mokhin d'katnut, "diminished spirit," and mokhin d'gadlut, "expansive spirit." Fear is a state that strangles us down to a place of diminished spirit, complaining, angry, hurt, unable to permit ourselves to hope. Curiously, it occurs not when we are beaten down by our situation, but, often, when we are standing on the threshhold of escape from all that holds us down.

It is at that moment when we ourselves are the weight that holds ourselves down. The state of mokhin d'katnut rushes in just at the moment when we might give ourselves to joy rather than fear. Here is what it truly means to enter the wilderness. To leave Egypt is to leave that which is comfortingly familiar, even if it stifles growth and freedom and dreams. To leave Egypt is to walk into a wilderness which is only romantic on a bumper sticker; in real life we often see such a moment as scary and unsafe, and we do not see that it is our invitation into mokhin d'gadlut, a chance - that may not come again - to hold out our arms and embrace existence, and to sing its praises. Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh. Trust, HaShem tells Moshe, not in what is, but in what is not yet. I will be what I will be; we will be what we are not yet. On this Shabbat, consider: what do you long to hear, yet run from? Can you begin to understand how it holds not only you back from the ability to trust others, and life itself - and how that holds you, and me as well, from exploring the freedom we might share to move through the wilderness in joy?
United Arab Emirates says it will offer citizenship to some
You are not the darkness you endured. You are the light that refused to surrender. - John Mark Green

Imagine yourself as a magnetic person who always attracts great experiences. unlimited opportunities, and good news. Believe that you're just naturally blessed all the time. - unknown
Amnesia nation: To "forget" the Trump era is a toxic act of privilege — and very dangerous
Trump may poison the party, but Republicans have decided they need him
Former House GOP leader: Fear of telling 'truth' to voters led to Capitol riot
Senate Republicans unite behind failed effort to challenge Trump impeachment trial
Just five GOP senators vote Trump impeachment trial is constitutional
Leaving the GOP After 46 years and feeling 'politically homeless'
GOP chairwoman urged Trump not to form third party on final day in office: report
Self-styled militia members planned Capitol stormingin advance
GOP Senator Backs Legislation to Ratify ERA Now After McConnell Blocked Senate Vote
4 Ways to Live Love Now By Rachel Macy Stafford


1. Be human

Imagine never hearing the words, “I’m sorry,” from someone you love. Imagine living with someone who never admits he messed up or that she was wrong. Imagine how you would view your own mistakes. Remember this: Being human allows others to be human. Getting back up after you fall down gives others the courage to do the same. Asking for help, forgiveness, or a do-over models the most compassionate response you can give yourself and others … and that is love.
2. Meet mistakes with compassion

Nothing blocks love from another human being more than exasperation, annoyance, or shame in response to mistakes or missteps. Watch the other person’s face when you say, “That happens to me too,” or “Making mistakes means we are trying and learning.” Instead of fear, embarrassment, or frustration, you will likely see relief, hope, or determination on that face you love. You also become a trusted source for larger infractions in the future. Being someone’s safe haven in times of trouble is love.
3. Notice positives; nurture strengths

I experienced a positive shift in my home when I made a conscious effort to notice at least one positive about my loved one each day. When we had a quiet moment, I’d say, “I noticed something special about you today,” and then I described a strength I observed. The look of peace on their faces spoke volumes about the impact of this practice. Not only did it increase desired behavior, but it also increased confidence and risk-taking. By shifting our focus from what our loved ones CANNOT do to what they CAN do, we create an environment where humans can thrive.

4. Offer acceptance

We live in a society that constantly tells us we are not enough. It is vitally important that our homes are not another place where our loved ones feel like they are inadequate.
Living love means making it abundantly clear that you love your family members AS IS – that they do not need to DO anything, BE anything, or CHANGE anything to be loved by you. Make a point to frequently say, “I love you because YOU are you.”
Feeling known and accepted by the people in your home impacts the interactions your loved one has throughout the day. Offering unconditional love at home creates a ripple of kindness into the world.

Live love.
It’s what we need now.

Opinion | Scrap the filibuster and make D.C. a state
Why is the language of lovemaking so hard to learn?
Why is the body so often dumb flesh?
Why does the mind so often choose to fly away
at the moment the word waited for all one’s life
is about to be spoken? – Alice Walker, The Temple of My Familiar
In Philadelphia, A Scandal Erupts Over Vaccination Start-Up Led By 22-Year-Old
Union Members Get Invitation for COVID-19 Vaccines
Philly Fighting COVID CEO admits taking vaccine doses home despite patient demand
Inslee visits mass vaccination site at Clark County fairgrounds
A city’s problematic vaccine rollout raises larger questions
Role of race in US vaccine rollout gets put to the test
Washington’s mass COVID-19 vaccination sites open — with a celebrity sighting
Washington state’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout: Do you live in a multigenerational household?
Washington study finds pregnant patients with COVID-19 have a higher risk of death, hospitalization
As prison COVID-19 deaths rise rapidly, inmates’ relatives, advocates sound alarm
Oregon health-care workers were stuck in a snowstorm with expiring vaccines. So, they gave shots to strangers caught in traffic.
Oregon stops sharing details of each COVID-19 death; reports 20 new fatalities, 731 cases
They got stuck in snowbound traffic — and scored a COVID-19 vaccination
Oregon health workers, stuck in snow, administer COVID-19 vaccine to stranded drivers
Philadelphia let ‘college kids’ distribute vaccines. The result was a ‘disaster,’ volunteers say.
Pharmacist To Plead Guilty To Ruining Hundreds Of Doses Of COVID-19 Vaccine, DOJ Says
What Kamala Harris means to women who are childfree by choice
No one has ever made himself great by showing how small someone else is. - unknown

Be strong enough to walk away from what isn't best for you, and be patient enough to wait for the belssings you deserve. - unknown

The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence. - Krishnamurti
Portland Lawyer Pepper-Sprayed by Mayor Ted Wheeler Is a Repeated Donor to Trump Political Action Committees
Portland Man Pepper-Sprayed by Mayor Apologizes to Mayor
Man pepper-sprayed by Portland mayor identified as lawyer, heir to Alpenrose Dairy
Sam Adams Recorded Audio of Ted Wheeler Pepper-Spraying a Man Outside McMenamins. Here’s the Tape.
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler Pepper-Sprayed a Heckler Outside a McMenamins. Former Mayor Sam Adams Was a Witness.
Portland police identify local attorney as man pepper-sprayed by Mayor Ted Wheeler
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler pepper-sprayed a maskless man who accused him of disregarding coronavirus measures
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler pepper-sprayed man who accosted him for outdoor dining, according to police report
I’m Being Censored, and You Can Read, Hear, and See Me Talk About It in the News, on the Radio, and on TV
GOP Sen. Josh Hawley wrote a column in defense of militia members in the wake of Oklahoma City bombing when he was 15
The beginning of love is to let we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we lvo only the refelction of ourselves we find in them. - Thomas Merton

Love is the bridge, the transfer of energy between form and formless, matter and spirit. Love holds the universe together. - unknown

None of you understand what love really is. It's not lust, or dependence, or infatuation, or familiarity. Love isn't a fondness or butterflies in your stomach.
Then what is it?, Elis managed to ask.
Love is the degree to which you are willing to sacrifice your own interests for those of another. - Michael J. Sullivan

Fall in love with taking care of yourself. Fall in love with the path of deep healing. Fall in love with becoming the best version of yourself but with patience, with compassion and respect to your own journey.
UK offers Hong Kong residents route to citizenship, angering China
Boris Johnson hails launch of 'new route' for Hong Kong citizens to UK
China will ‘no longer recognise’ UK-issued BNO passports for Hongkongers
China derecognizes British National Overseas passport
China to 'no longer recognise' British overseas passports in Hong Kong
HSBC 'aiding crackdown on democracy', British lawmakers say
Hong Kong begins 'ambush lockdowns' to prevent residents escaping
Polls shows Hong Kong residents' distrust of Chinese vaccines
Dual Hong Kong-Canadian citizens asked to denounce a citizenship
Hong Kong legislature passes HK$1.5 billion for mega-bridge a day after gov’t rejects compensation for Covid lockdown residents
Don't mistake your heart from being an emotion or desire. No. It is a sense of rightness born intuitively. It brings comfort even if the action you take means death. It is your conscience. - unknown

Inner peace is not always a pristine calmness, sometimes it is accepting the tension inside of you without reacting to it, literally feeling it without reinforcing it and then moving gently through your day. - Yung Pueblo

Boredom, anger, sadness, or fear are not " yours", not personal. They are conditiions of the human mind. They come and go. Nothing that comes and goes is you. - Eckhart Tolle

Much suffereing, much unhappiness arises when you take each thought that comes into your heard for the truth. - Eckhart Tolle

I believe every path is right to the limit of questions that road can answer.
Then we need to step out of every scheme now known and from every support that has created the answers so the new way can really begin. - Umberto Ridi

The path of least resistance is the ath that feels best to you. - Abraham Hicks

Joy, in part, is the justice we give ourselves. - Drew Lanham

Remember no one makes you angry. You decide to use anger as a response. - unknown

Realizing & staying focused within your centre, - a centre that is a peace that passes all understanding, means this mad chaotic world cannot affect you. Stay centred, choose love... Tracy

Intuition is a sense of knowing how to act spontaneously, without needing to know why. - Sylvia Clare

Zen does not give you anything; it simply takes away all the layers of the onion and then says to you, look, this is you, just pure nothingness. - Osho

Good things come from bad things. With gratitude, optimism is sustainable. - Michael J. Fox

If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together - Paulo Coelho

The Universe is not making you wait. You are simply in the space between realizing where you're meant to be and feeling you're ready to go there. This is when you phase out of denial, release the anchors, the attachments, the false beliefs. This is not a punishment for being unfinished, it's a sacred part of your journey. You are not stuck. You are just becoming the person who can finally take the leap. - Brianna Wiest

The answers you seek never come when the mind is busy; they come when the mind is still, when silence speaks loudest. - Spiritual Awakenings ॐ

Consider that if the doorknob doesn’t want to turn, it is best not to force it. You’ll only succeed in breaking the key. Perhaps you need to try another door. If things don’t flow smoothly into place, then they probably weren’t meant to be. Life shouldn’t be such a struggle. - Spiritual Awakenings ॐ

Life only comes around once. So do what makes you happy, and be around those who make you smile! - unknown

I am realistic, I expect miracles. - Wayne Dyer
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Cherish those kindred spirits who get your vibe, they are yoru tribe. - unknown
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Thursday, January 28, 2021


Once you learn to let go, you gain everything you were holding onto. - unknown

Forgive yourself for not always reaching for the stars, for being fragile, for unnecessary guilt, for blaming yourself for your misery, for striving for unattainable perfection, for turning against yourself, for closing your heart to yourself and to others, for rehashing hurtful accusations others made against you and for hating yourself sometimes.
In short, forgive yourself, for you are only human and not perfect. It is through your mistakes how you learn, and through forgiveness you will learn to love yourself. - Spiritual Awakenings ॐ

If you miss someone who does not miss you, or who is unattainable... Then take all the love you once felt for them and spread it around other places... Put your love in worthwhile people and things, turn the passions into hobbies or admiration for others and enrich your own life. Focus on yourself and those who actively make you happy. - Spiritual Awakenings ॐ

Get clear on what you want. Make a plan. Keep that plan front of your mind every morning. Success isn't one big moment that comes out of nowhere. Success is made from the small wins and the consistency from showing up each day. - unknown

Never beg for a friendship or a relationship with anyone. If you don't receive the same efforts you give, cut them off. - unknown

Life teaches you the art of letting go in every event. When you have learnt to let go, you will be joyful and as you start being joyful, more will be given to you. - Sri Sri

Life is so ironic, it takes sadness to know what happiness is, noise to appreciate silence and absence to value presence. - unknown

If we are balanced with ourselves, our force of action can have that harmony that we reflect in our help. Differently it will be a giving and receiving each other within the limits of what we want and what we are willing to give; that is conditional help.
It would be nice to be able to have that freedom of action that, wanting nothing in return, makes love its true meaning. - Umberto Ridi

Never let the sadness of your past, and the fear of your future, ruin the happiness of your present. - unknown

Trust your journey. No matter how many detours we take or delays we encounter, we will always be led back to where we're meant to be. - unknown

Be happy, not because everything is perfect. But because you choose to focus on the perfect moments. - unknown

Be the energy you want to attract. -unknown

When you learn how much you are worth, you will stop giving people discounts. - unknown

Life is a balance between holding on and letting go. - Rumi

By changing the beliefs we are holding, we can amend the experiences we are having. - David Bingham, The Greatest Secret

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Growth mindset


The courageous heart is the one that is unafraid to open to the world. - Jack Kornfield

Buddhist teachings often speak of compassion for all beings. But for most of us, compassion is developed one person and one difficult situation at a time. - Jack Kornfield, The Wise Heart

Let your faith be bigger than your fear - unknown

There are apologies I'm stilll owed and apologies that will probably never come, but by far the most important apolgies are the ones I owe myself. For not thinking I was enough, for not thinking I was worthy, for not realizing my magic before. - unknown

Let's hope for peace, let's seek rest from the uproar of events and a mind that won't stop shouting its dissatisfaction.
We're a bit like a juggler on a tight rope; ours is a dynamic balance, made of continuous movements, corrections and adjustments; trouble if we stopped and trouble if we stopped progressing.
With every moment of serenity, they immediately follow other stimulus that will put new problems and new uncertainties into motion.
This is life, but for many this is suffering and ′′ the valley of tears ′′ so exalted by our traditional religion.
Anxiety and uncertainty of what we have to do, in some cases, can become such a size that even the smallest thing can become a problem and everything comes with that negative veil that makes it difficult to reason in other words.
What is this pain for? This so destructive way of seeing what should be the beauty of a display of harmony and love?
My are rhetorical questions naturally, because the answer has been given to us, but it remains in the theoretician of a mind that must be able to break the patterns of habit and stagnation; it must find a new dimension of one's self and move on the thread of life with that dynamism necessary to achieve the true goals of our being.
At this point, as far as I understand, there is no different indication except that which the same pain or discomfort is suggesting.
It only takes courage. - Umberto Ridi
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"As many of us have found out, silence can be violence when it is used in an effort to wound. It is one of the most potent ways to cause deep suffering. And its very effective, particularly when utilized on highly relational beings. Because highly relational beings are built for dialogue. They are ready, willing and able to process the material that comes up between them and those they are connected with. They don’t know any other way. When they are denied that opportunity, they suffer. And not just on an emotional level- they suffer immunologically as well. They become more at risk of disease when the bridge to expression is blocked. Because all those unsaid words and unprocessed feelings congeal inside, risking their physical well-being. If you are someone who is still carrying the remnants of unresolved material that was denied expression by silent treatment, do your best to move that material through you. If you can’t do it with the silencing aggressor, do it with a therapist, or with another friend. Don’t allow someone else’s silence to imprison you in a museum of old pain. Express it fully, move it on through. It’s not yours for the keeping..." - Jeff Brown


The worst sin to our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that is the essence of unhumanity. - George Bernard Shaw

1. dehumaize 2. manipulate 3. rejection 4. self esteem issue 5. physical pain 6. detroys relationship
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I believe that love, as a donation of oneself to others and especially as recognition of other people's needs and sensitivity, is the foundation of every creature's life.
Despite this I've learned that selfishness is not something we have to fight, nor can we do it unless it distorts our true nature and thus creating further neuroses and behavioral problems.
So it's better to know how to accept it as the expansion of our truth, as a means (albeit limited) of knowing reality starting from ourselves as a center of attention, even if this limit carries with it the fears and discomforts of an existence that must Feeding herself in her self-centeredness.
Then the only thing to do is recognize the origin of these fears, accept them and fight them with the means we have at our disposal.
Unfortunately serenity cannot be in the fight, but only after it produces its results.
Now it's time for struggle, for exaltation, for the right fear that generates ransom and determination. It's also time when one's own certainties of truth can also be used for the reward necessary for our inner balance.
This is how we work (our self works). It wouldn't be right to disown him because we'd renege ourselves for the way we are now.
The goal we can only achieve gradually and paradoxically by realizing our self, is to ′′ die to ourselves ", ′′ lose ourselves and then find ourselves ".
The 13th Tarot Card (Death), if it is read in the sequence of the story, which the Major Arcans indicate, means a total renovation.
This is something about me and its complete overrun. But what we can now do is work on the conventions, conditions and habits we have often resigned to.
We can start from little and close to knowing the insides of the self that builds that cage we are so fond of.
Physical death will be the completion of a work that will only be fruitful if we are dead a thousand times in life. We shouldn't be afraid of it, or we shouldn't be afraid to discover ourselves different from what we built ourselves to ′′ appear ′′ more than to ′′ be ".
Dying to yourself is a conquest of a thousand small attitudes, protracted over time; of small choices, small will efforts that shape character and discover new sources of inner energy.
The latter are often suffocated by habit and presumption; they are prevented by those walls defending our fragility.
We know (we need to know) that there are unimaginable potentials in us that are just waiting for the right act of will to give themselves in all their energy.
The only thing to do, as I said before, is to learn to know and accept each other, not with resignation, but with the joy of discovering the truth and the... always right that we are representing.
The rest comes from itself. - Umberto Ridi
I think some souls have a way of connecting without our knowledge. That's why you cna meet someone for the first time, but inside you just know. You know it is not the first time you 've felt them. - JmStorm

A seed grows with no sound, but a tree falls with huge noise. Destruction has noise, but creation is quiet. This is the power of silience. Grow siliently. There is so much we can understand, if we can just remain silent for a minute. We pray and ask for an answer, but keep rambling in our mind. Quiet the mind to hear the answers. - unknown

Being an old soul is difficult. Because you are not here for greed, lust, inflations, quantity, comparison, competeition nor constant experiences. You are here for solitary, peace, tranquility, soul, wisdom, deepness, love and empathy. - unknown

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Love and trust, in the space between what’s said and what’s heard in our life, can make all the difference in the world. - Fred Rogers

Love is a state of being. Your love is not outside; it is deep within you. YOU can never lose it, and it cannot leave you. - Eckhart Tolle

Never seek love in an object for if you do there will come a time when you will lose that love, for objects, being subject to time and space in turn have a life and death. Love is not an object but a state of being - it is a quality within ones self - an experience that is not limited to time and space. So it is with your true Self being Love. - Tracey

How do you express your love, to someone you love? Love is not what you say, love is what you do. - unknown

Real love doesn't meet you at your best. It meets you in your mess. - J.S. Park

Unfortunately, people have a right to decline your love no matter how pure your intentions are. You are not what they want and that is okay. - @shashankie

You can be filled with joy and sadness at the same time. - unknown

If you're not kind to unkind people, you are one of them. Unconditional kindness is not declaration of who deserves it, it's a declaration of who you are. - unknown

The best kind of people are the ones that come into your life, and make you see the sun where you once saw clouds. The people that believe in you so much, you start to believe in you too. The people that love you, simply for being you. The once in a lifetime kind of people. - Steve maraboli

Love is the most powerful vibrational frequencey in the Universe. - unknown
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