A big misconceptionis that you need to be motivated to get rollong.
You don't.
Research: Motivation often follows action, not the other way around.
In Practice: You don't need to feel good to get going; you need to get going to give yourself a chance at feeling good. - @bstulberg

To love is not about merging. it is a noble calling for the individual to ripen, to differentiate, to become a world in oneself in response to another... only in this sense may we use the love that has been given us.. the love that consists of two solitudes that protect, border, and greet each other. - Rainer Maria Rilke

If you love something, love it completely, cherish it, say it, but most importantly show it. Life is finite and fragile, and just because something is there one day, it might not be the next. Never take that for granted. Say what you need to say, then say a little more. Say too much. Show too much. Love too muhc. Everything is temporary but love. Love outlives us all. - R.Queen

The way you eat is inseparable from your core beliefs about being alive. Your relationship with food is an exact mirror of your feelings about love, fear, anger, meaning and transformation. - Greeneroth.comg

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

If you remember anyuthing of me after I leave this world, remmeber that I loved even when it was foolish. That I cared even when it was unwanted. When my body is gone remmeber my heart. - tiny Buddha

Many people think that patience is a sign of weakness. I think this is a mistake. It is anger that is a sign of weakness, whereas patience is a sign of strength. - unknown

Yugen

A profound awareness of the universe that triggers feelings too deep and musterious for words. - unknown

A good person gives love because they want love in return. A spiritual person gives love becasue thye want more love in the world. - unknown

Angry people want you to see how powerful they are.
Loving people want you to see how powerful you are. - unknown

Be happy, it drives people crazy. - unknown

Only peopel who are not happy with themselves are mean to others. - unknown

You're unbreakable. This is why you made it this far. You're truly resilent and spiritually storng. Keep going. - unknown

Don't ever save anything for a special occasion.
Being alive is the special occasion!
Enjoy life today because uesterday is gone and tormorrow is never promised. - unknown

Learn to be okay with not being invited, included or considered. - unknown

We breathe the air exhaled from trees whose leaves are made of starlight. Our veins echo the patterns of rivers, branches, and root systems. We are not part of nature. We are nature. - Marysia Miernowska

You are a child of the universe, no less than the tress and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. - Max Ehrmann

Why a Tree Is the Friend We Need Right Now

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 silence…grow silently… - Alice W.

If you want to touch the past, touch a rock.
if you want to touch the present, touch a flower.
If you want to touch the future, touch a life. - unknown

There is nothing more rare, or more beauitful than a woman being unapologetically herself comfortable in her perfect imperfection. - Stave Maraboli

I do my thing and you do your thing.
I am not in this world to live up to your expectations,
And you are not in this world to live up to mine.
You are you, and I am I,
and if by chance we find each other, it’s beautiful.
If not, it can’t be helped. - Fritz Perls, Gestalt Prayer

Shares in Hong Kong's Vitasoy plunge after memo prompts boycott calls in China
Banks accused of Beijing-backed ‘asset grab’ as Hongkongers in UK denied access to pension savings
The Pulse with Steve Vines is latest news show to be axed by public broadcaster RTHK
Vitasoy shares tumble as netizens blast Hong Kong firm for memo following stabbing of policeman
Canadian rights activist says he received death threat for support of Hong Kongers
Large Majorities Say China Does Not Respect the Personal Freedoms of Its People
維他奶內部通告流傳 香港區人力資源總監離職
Bearing Witness

“Five years later, we no longer need to prove that many, many of us, are willing to give up everything in life for our ideals, for this city,” - Ventus Lau
These are the faces of Hong Kong’s democracy movement, now jailed or exiled.
Hong Kong on a ‘rapid path to becoming a police state’
UK-bound Hong Kongers say goodbye at airport
In Pictures: Tears and selfies at airport as Hongkongers bid a permanent farewell to troubled city

Japan deputy PM comment on defending Taiwan if invaded angers China
It’s Getting More Likely The Japanese Would Fight For Taiwan

The One Subject You Really Need to Study: Your Own Childhood

Don't be afraid of the solitude that comes with raising your standard. - Ebonee Davis

You only owe people the same respect they give you. - unknown

You have been assigned this mountain to show others it can be moved. - unknown

Carrie Lam Dismisses Fears Over Hong Kong Bill Spooking Big Tech
Facebook, Twitter, Google Threaten to Quit Hong Kong Over Proposed Data Laws
Hong Kong moves to ease fears as Facebook, Google, Twitter threaten to pull out of city over new privacy law
Chief Exec. Carrie Lam claims press freedom bolstered by security law, as watchdog deems her ‘2021 press freedom predator’
Security law: At least 8 Hong Kong pro-democracy groups disband in past 2 weeks, including lawyers’ group
Two arrested over social media messages inciting violence against Hong Kong police
H.K. Vows to Keep Up Security Push on Tense Anniversaries
China's leader Xi hands out medals amid party celebrations
At Communist Party centenary, Xi says China won't be bullied
Xi warns against foreign bullying as China marks party centenary
Xi Jinping says foreign powers will find their 'heads bashed and bloodied' if they bully China
China Celebrates Its Communist Party's Centennial With Spectacle, Saber Rattling

As i walked out the door toward the gate, that would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didn't leave my bitterness and hatred behind. I'd still be in prison. - Nelson Mandela

Drinking any amount of alcohol causes damage to the brain, study finds
'Accessible in every single way': Experts highlight hidden cost of alcoholism in America
FDA Moves To Ban Cigarettes And Flavored Cigars

“There’s a part of all of us that longs to know that even what’s weakest about us is still redeemable and can ultimately count for something good.” - Mister Rogers

You are afraid to surrender because you don't want to lose control. But you never had control, all you had was anxiety. - Liz Gilbert

When someone tries to trigger you by insulting you or by doing or by saying something that irritate you, take a deep breath and switch off you ego. Remember that if you're easily offended, you're easily manipulated. - unknown

Qaqqaq, NDP corner Liberals on mistreatment of Indigenous Peoples
Canadian MP Mumilaaq Qaqqaq on the discovery of more unmarked graves

一路走來，
我用善良餵飽了一些不懂得感恩的人，
卻被別人當成了傻子。
人生如此短暫，
我只想對身邊的人好一些，
因為下輩子不一定能遇見。
人品以正直為貴，
心地以善良為貴。
人與人之間要真誠相待。
你覺得你自己很聰明，
其實別人也不傻。
有時候我是在裝傻，
不要以為我是真的傻。
只是不想說出來而已。
你若以真心待我，我便用生命珍惜。
如果有一天你發現我懶得理你了，
那一定是你錯的太離譜了。
我幾乎從來不生氣，
因為我認為沒必要，
有問題就去解決，
不要讓別人的錯誤影響自己。
這是我大多時候感到快樂的秘訣。
但是，
我不生氣，不代表我沒脾氣。
我不計較，不代表我脾氣好。
如果你非要觸摸我的底線，
我可以告訴你，我並非善良。- 蔡康永

The comeback is always stronger than the setback. - unknown

Be patient when becoming someone you haven't been before. - Tanya Markul

Give yourself the time you need. Healing does not happen overnight. It may not even happen in a week or even a month. But it will happen. You will get there. And you will be stronger. Softer. Kinder. Just be patient and take all the time you need. I believe in you. - r.m.drake

New week...

Good morning. Today we are staying hydrated, meditating, ignoring people who make us sad and communicating our feelings. Now go be great. - unknown

Open minded people don't care to be right, they care to understand. There's never a right or wrong answer. Everything is about understanding. - unknown

Become friends with people who aren't your age. Hang out with people whose first language isn't the same as yours. get to know someone who deson't come from your social class. This is how you see the world. This is how your grow. - unknown

True friends are those rare people who come to find you in dark places and lead you back to the light. - Steven Aitchison

Sometimes you have to let go of the pictures of what you thought it would be like and learn to find joy in the story you are actually living. - Rachel Marie Martin

Wishing you a quiet moment to remember you are worthly, to remmeber you are precious, to remember you are loved. - Mary Davis

Life is not about negative circummstances that happen to you, it's about what yu do with the golden aopportunities hidden within. - Rhanda Byrne

It's only heavy when you hold it, but when you let it go, it's got no weight at all. - Ajahn Brahm

If you must look back, do so forgivingly. If you must look forward, do so prayerfully. However, the wisest thing you can do is be present in the present... gratefully. - Maya Angelou

So many people from your past know a version of you that no longer exists anymore. Growth is beauitful. - Vintage Vivids

Who you are is enough. - unknown

You can spend a lifetime trying to be One with the great spirit. Or, simply focus on love and realize you already are. - unknown

If only our eyes saw souls instead of bodies. How different out ideals of beauty would be. - unknown

If you light a lamp for someone else it will also brighten your path. - unknown

“You can be a kind person with a good heart and still tell people to fuck off when needed” - Paulo Coelho

Be a lmap, a lifeboat, a ladder. Help someone's soul heal. Walk out of your house like a shepherd. - Rumi

Never believe you are above or below anuone, keep a humble spirit. - unknown

The beautiful thing about life is that you can always change, grow, and get better. You aren't defined by your past. You aren't your mistakes. - unknown

Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine. - Anthony J.D'Angelo

Vincent Van Gogh's The Starry Night: Great Art Explained

Readers Respond to Portland’s Plea for Tourists to Return
The ad
‘This is Portland’ ad campaign draws mixed reactions
We Asked Four Ad Executives What to Make of a Controversial Travel Portland Campaign

‘We say it’s a racial paradise’: how two police killings are dividing Hawaii
An officer shot a 16-year-old eight times in an idling car. Now he’s charged with murder

I'm going to make everything around me beautiful, that will be my life. - Elsie de Wolfe

Steady term of the Supreme Court ends with politically fraught cases that reveal divisions

White House goes into damage control mode after reports of dysfunction in Kamala Harris' office
Kamala Harris isn't getting any honeymoon, and some Democrats are fretting

Millennium Tower: Surfside catastrophe raises concerns about San Francisco's sinking building
Miami-Dade mayor becomes face of response to condo collapse

May we think of freedom, not as the right to do as we please, but as the opportunity to do what is right. - Peter Marshall

Happy 245th birthday!

I just want to live in a world of mountains, coffee, compafires, cabins and golden trees, and run around with a camera and notebook, learning the inner workings of everything real. - Victoria Erickson, Rhythms and Roads

Happy 4th..

We are our memory, we are that chimerical museum of shifting shapes, that pile of broken mirros. - Jorge Luis Borces

What is love? After all, it is quite simple. Love is everything which enhances, widens, and enriches our life. In its height and in its depth. Love has as few problems as a motor car. The only problems are the drivers, the passengers and the road. - Franz Kafka

Wu wei, Chineses, literally " non - doing "

Wu Wei is an important concept of Taoism and means natural action, or in other words, action that does not involve stuggle or excessive effort. Wu Wei is the cultivation of a mental state in which our actions are quite effortlessly in alignment with the flow of life. - unknown

Conscious non action, the deliberate and principled decision to do nothing for a reason. - unknown

At the end of mu life, with just one breath life, if you come, i'll sit up and sing. - Rumi

Turning pain into activism: How 1 woman's experience with childhood sexual abuse inspired her to help others heal

Voting rights ruling increases pressure on Democrats to act
SCOTUS just made Citizens United even worse
Supreme Court upholds Arizona's GOP voting restrictions, paving way for new curbs nationwide
Biden 'deeply disappointed' by Supreme Court ruling on voting restrictions
The Supreme Court Throws Out A State Law Requiring Nonprofits To Name Rich Donors
The Supreme Court Deals A New Blow To Voting Rights, Upholding Arizona Restrictions
A Supreme Court Fight Over Census Data Privacy And Redistricting Is Likely Coming

Spike Lee: channelling America's Black rage

Diapers and rags: Lebanon crisis plunges women into period poverty

When angels sense you need them, and angels always do, they come unseen, from everywhere to help and comfort you. - unknown

Voodoo Doughnut workers: Fired after heat-related walkout
Voodoo Doughnut Workers Go on Strike, Claiming Sweaty Shop Conditions
Old Town Voodoo Doughnut staff walk out amid record heat

Don’t waste your time on earth
doing the work of others.
Do your own work.
The sweat of your soul,
The lightness in the center of your heart
will tell you
when you are on course.
The swiftness of your breath
will slow to match
the tidal pull of moonlight.
You will ski effortlessly
down the slope of each day
calling your own name
softly to the trees. - Elizabeth Carlson, poet, “Don’t Waste Your Time”

These Chinese Millennials Are ‘Chilling,’ and Beijing Isn’t Happy

First African American named to lead US Forest Service

Happy Canada Day!

This Canada Day, let’s remember: this country was built on genocide
Cost to search for unmarked graves, identify remains at residential schools could exceed $1-billion
‘No pride’: Growing calls to cancel Canada Day amid residential schools discovery

Life Got You Down? Take A Joy Break Here
Stuck In A Rut? Sometimes Joy Takes A Little Practice

Rep. Liz Cheney Will Serve On The Select Committee Investigating The Capitol Riot
A New Darkness Falls on the Trump Movement
Inside William Barr’s Breakup With Trump
Opinion | William Barr’s bombshell about Trump is more revealing than it seems
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Launches Select Committee To Probe Jan. 6 Insurrection
Liz Cheney earns her exile
Pence Booed and Heckled at Conservative Conference: “Traitor!”
JPMorgan Chase won't give to GOP lawmakers who contested 2020 election: report

A World Court Inches Closer To A Reckoning In The Philippines' War On Drugs
Venezuela's Maduro aims to 'whitewash' image with concessions, Guaido says
Venezuela enables opposition coalition to participate in elections
Philippine President Duterte says he could run for VP, takes shot at Manny Pacquiao

Pinterest Bans All Weight Loss Ads

The Justice Department Is Pausing Federal Executions After They Resumed Under Trump

This is within us.

May we all find the lighthoueses we have been seekign for so long. May we be granted safe harbor from the cruelest of storms. - Nikita Gill

It is good to be solitary, because solitude is difficult, and that a thing is difficult must be even more of a reason for us to undertake it. To love is good too, for love is difficult. For one person to care for antoher, that is perhaps the most difficult thing required of us, the utmost and final test, the work for which all other work is but a preparation. - Rainer Maria Rikle

My actions are my only true belongings, my actions are the ground upon which I stand. - Thich Nhat Hanh

Never look down on someone when they come to you at their worst. Instead, be blessed that thye trust you enough to share their pain. - Dr. Khoo

Just Breathe. You are strong enough to cope with your challenges, wise enough to find a solution to your problems, and capable enough to do whatever needs to be done. - Lori Duchene

what if it's time for a new beginning? What if it's time for a new adventure? Lift your head and stand pround. Open your heart and start looking for the beautiful moments trying to find you. Yours is a story of love, chnage & strength. Starting with today. - SL Lourie

The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence. - Jiddu Krishnamurti

One does not walk into the forest and accuse the tress of being off-center, nor do they visit the shore and call the waves imperfect. So why do we look at ourselves this way? - Tao Te Ching

Your body is not a temple. Temples can be destroyed and desecratred. Your body is a forest; thick canopies of maples trees and sweet scented wildflowers sprouting in the underwood. You will grow back, over and over, no matter how badly you are devasteted. - Beau Taplin

Love is not a relationship wiht just one person. Love is a way of life with all living beings. - unknown

No matter how we study or analyze or hone our skills, the greatest teachers have always been love and suffering. - Mark Nepo

Woman Who Wrongfully Accused A Black Teen Of Theft Is Charged With A Hate Crime
Woman accused of attacking Black teen in NY hotel charged with hate crime, pleads not guilty

Warren..

When you feel broken and beaten down, may you find the strength to start over. - unknown

Life became a lot simpler when I decided just to let some people misunderstand me. - Alicia Lockhart

hen you finally learn that a person's behavior has more to do with their own internal struggle thatn it ever did with you... you learn grace. - Allison Aars

Michael Pollan On ‘How To Change Your Mind’ With Psychedelics

I release my partner from the obligation to complete me.
I release my parents from the feeling they failed with me.
I release my children from the need to bring me pride, so they can write their own paths to the rhythm of their hearts, as it whispers in their ear.
I don't lack anything, I learn from all beings, all the time.
Thanking my grandparents and ancestors who came together to allow me to be alive and follow my path today.
I release them from past failures and unfulfilled desires, knowing they have done their best to travel their way of living with their standard of consciousness.
I strip my soul before their eyes that's why they know I don't hide or owe anything.
I must be faithful to myself more than ever by walking with heart wisdom, I know that I am fulfilling my life project, free from family loyalties that can disrupt my peace and happiness, this detachment is my responsibility.
I surrender the role of the savior, to be the one who unites or meets the expectations of others.
I cherish my essence, my way of expressing it, even if not everyone can understand me.
I honor you, I love you and recognize you innocent.
I honor the divinity in me and you...
We are free. - an ancient shamanic blessing translated from Nahuatl

Can Biden Reverse Trump’s Damage to the State Department?

Supreme Court win for property rights is hardly a loss for the regulatory state
Change.Org Workers Form A Union, Giving Labor Activists Another Win In Tech
It’s Finally Clear Why Amazon Bought Whole Foods
Ex-Amazon warehouse worker: ‘It takes a toll on your body’
Supreme Court conservatives just 'undid one of César Chávez's greatest accomplishments'
In A Narrow Ruling, Supreme Court Hands Farmworkers Union A Loss
The Teamsters Want To Unionize Amazon Workers. Here's What That Means

See Fewer People. Take Fewer Showers.

You make each day a special day. You know how, by just your being you. - Fred Rogers

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. Remember this. - unknown

In ordinary life we hardly realize that we receive a great deal more than we give, and that it is only with gratitude that life becomes rich. - Deitrich Bonheiffer

Happiness lies not in finding what is missing, but in finding what is present. - Tara Brach

Just because the past didn't turn out like you wanted it to, doesn't mean your future can't be better than you ever imagined. - unknown

Your future needs you. Your past doesn't - unknown

15 Signs You Had An Emotionally Abusive Parent

Destroy the idea that repressing emotions is a sign of strength. - unknown

Why Surrounding Yourself With Art Matters — And How To Do It

You should never fight for a spot in somebody's life. - Karen Salmansohn

Lack of communication ruins everything, because instead of knowing how the other person is feeling, we just assume. - Unknown

Conversation is everything. Sometimes that's all you need to pull you out of the darkness. Someone who's willing to listen. Someone who's willing to stay, no matter how late it gests. Deep people with deep hearts and deep thoughts can sometimes save your life. They can sometimes save you from yourself. - R M. Drake

“Stand strong stand in love. You can’t go wrong.” - unknown


Everything is connected. If you wish to understand the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibrations. - Nikola Tesla

"The total number of minds in the Universe is one. In fact, consciousness is a singularity phasing within all beings. This life of yours which you are living is not merely a piece of the entire existence, but is in a certain sense the whole.” - Erwin Schrödinger, physicist

"All the Buddhas and all sentient beings are nothing but the One Mind. It is like a boundless void which can't be fathomed or measured. It is only necessary to awake to the One Mind, and there is nothing whatsoever to attain. This is the real Buddha. This pure Mind, the source of everything, shines forever and on all with the brilliance of its own perfection. Above, below and around you, all is spontaneously existing, for there is nowhere which is outside the Buddha Mind." - Huang Po, Zen patriarch

"I like to experience the Universe as one harmonious whole. Every cell has life. Matter, too, has life; it is energy solidified." - Albert Einstein

"Billions of years ago, you were a big bang.. you're not something that's a result of the big bang. You're not something at the end of the process. You are still the process. You are the big bang, the original force of the universe, coming on as whoever you are. But we've learned to define ourselves as separate from it. And so a basic problem we've got to go through is to understand that there are no separate things, or separate events. If you can understand this you're gonna have no further problems." - Alan Watts

You Are the Big Bang - Alan Watts


I am homesick for a place I am not sure even exist. One where my heart is full. My body loved. And my soul understood. - Melissa Cox

Embrace your authentic self. We are perfectly imperfect. - unknown

Everyday is a journey, and the journey itself is home. - unknown

Sick as a dog? Pets often catch COVID from humans, study finds

Amsterdam mayor apologises for city's slavery role

7.1.2021

POLITICAL PRISONERS DATABASE

Architect Alison Killing Wins a Pulitzer for Uncovering Forced Labor Camps in China
China solar association says Xinjiang forced labour claims unfounded
Satellite Photos Show China Expanding Its Mysterious Desert Airfield
China trying to rewrite history in Xinjiang with online propaganda push

Flooding, Pandemic Restrictions Compound North Korea's Food Insecurity
North Korea's food situation is 'tense,' Kim Jong Un says
North Korea's Kim says food situation 'tense' due to pandemic, typhoons
Kim Jong Un Calls K-Pop a 'Vicious Cancer' in the New Culture War

WHO decision challenges West to recognize Chinese vaccines
Portugal sees biggest daily jump in infections since mid-February
Israel scrambles to curb jump in COVID infections
Hong Kong to Ban Passenger Flights From U.K. From Thursday
Explainer-Are Chinese COVID-19 shots effective against the Delta variant?
The vaccine most widely used in Africa and India isn’t part of Europe’s vaccine passport
U.S. Commerce chief says Taiwan's TSMC asked for help getting COVID vaccines
How Australia's strict Covid defences were breached by the delta variant
Taiwan to discuss easing vaccine trade in talks with U.S.
Myanmar aims to buy more Russian, Chinese COVID-19 vaccines as cases rise

All my feelings have the color you desire to paint, from the beginning to the end, no one but you. - Rumi

When you mute the noise of the outside world, you can finally be with the inner peace and music of your soul. - Adam Malik Siddiq

Sometimes bravery is simply choosing to take the next step without fully knowing the path. - unknown

As Western Wildfires Worsen, FEMA Is Denying Most People Who Ask For Help
‘The water is coming’: Florida Keys faces stark reality as seas rise
The Climate Crisis Is A Public Health Crisis
Why FEMA Aid Is Unavailable To Many Who Need It The Most

Today is a wonderful day to be grateful. To express all the gratitude that is in your heart. - Don Miguel Ruiz

New month, new possibilities day!

New day.
New thoughts.
New strength.
New possibilities.

7.1.2021. hoping that light will continue to shine on the People of Hong Kong for believe in democrazy, justice, and liberty for all.

We have more possibilities available in each moment than we realize. - Thich Nhat Hanh

Go back and take care of yourself. Your body needs you, your feelings need you, your perceptions need you. Your suffering needs you to acknowlodge it. Go home and be there for all theses things. - Thich Nhat Hanh

”Suffering is due entirely to clinging or resisting; it is a sign of our unwillingness to move on, to flow with life.” - Nisargadatta Maharaj

Simply rest in the felt sense of being. Don't think about it, do it. That is the key. Grasp at nothing, push nothing away. Simpy rest in the felt sense of being. Practice it every day. - Adyashanti

When you think everything is someone else's fault, you will suffer a lot. When you realize that everything springs only from yourself, you will learn both peace and joy. - Dalai Lama

Adversity is unavoidable. Suffering is not. - unknown

To be authentic is to be at peace with your imperfections. - Simon Sinek

The more in harmony you are wiht the flow of your own existence, the more magical life becomes. - unknown

Someone I loved once game me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift. - Mary Oliver