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BE KIND
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“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.”
― Plato
Kindness is a wave that keeps rolling. All it needs is one person to start it. One small kind act can cause a ripple effect that impacts an entire community. If we focus on being kind, we create a movement of change.
This means thinking before speaking, forgiving before seeking revenge, and thinking about long-term relationships instead of short-term pride. If we could all remember that none of us are perfect, we would be a lot kinder to each other.
BE KIND.
Be the change you wish to see in the world.
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Comradery
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Camaraderie (or) Comradery.
I think of the bond of friendship on a Senior Softball team.
In German, the word Kamerad has long been used as an affectionate form of address among people linked by some strong common interest, such as a sport, a college, a profession (notably as a soldier), or simply friendship.
Political use of the term comrade was inspired by the French Revolution, after which it grew into a form of address between socialists and workers. Since the Russian Revolution, popular culture in the Western world has often associated it with communism.
I prefer Kamerad.
I am grateful to play alongside teammates that care for one another in or out of uniform. I get the feeling that we are playing for something bigger than ourselves. On the field we have left blood sweat and tears. We have made friendships that will always be a part of us.
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Young Voices MATTER
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“Let me be myself and then I am satisfied. I know that I’m a woman, a woman with inward strength and plenty of courage.
I see the world being slowly transformed into a wilderness; I hear the approaching thunder that, one day, will destroy us too. I feel the suffering of millions. And yet, when I look up at the sky, I somehow feel that everything will change for the better, that this cruelty too shall end, that peace and tranquility will return once more.
I've reached the point where I hardly care whether I live or die. The world will keep on turning without me, and I can't do anything to change events anyway.
I don't think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains.
Despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart."
- Anne Frank
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Don't Lie To Yourself
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We make ourselves believe a lie, in order to make our life a little easier. We lie to avoid pain. The truth would hurt our ego. We lie to ourselves to seek comfort. We lie to ourselves because we are scared of the unknown.
“Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.”
― Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
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One Nation Under God
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The concept of Manifest Destiny is the belief that the United States is divinely ordained by god to expand and conquer lands from “sea to shining sea.” From the beginning of the 19th century until the early 20th century the United States took control of territories, arguing that it was what they were destined to do.
The United States annexed the Hawaiian islands after the termination of the Spanish-American War. The United States also obtained the Philippines from the Spanish in 1898. They believed the people of the Philippines to be savage and wild and white Americans were racially superior as ordained by God.
In 1954, President Eisenhower signed a bill to insert the phrase “under God” into the U.S. Pledge of Allegiance that children recited every morning in school. Previously, the pledge—originally written in 1892—had contained no reference to religion.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD . . . Manifest destiny, indeed!
We must confront our nations history of racism and white supremacy.
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Sayulita Samba
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Before the Spanish arrived, Sayulita was home to the native Huichol and Cora tribes. These tribes inhabit the Sierra Madre mountain range that stretches from the Gulf of California down through the Western coast of Mexico. The Spanish first arrived in the region in 1524.
For more than 100 years, Spanish conquistadors destroyed native towns and brought epidemics to the indigenous communities whose members had no resistance to the diseases of Europe.
According to local lore, Sayulita was formed more than 5,000 years ago by the gods of the waves who specifically created Sayulita as a place where the waves were perfect.
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Aftermath
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By the end of 2021, Americans were dying three years sooner, on average, than they were before Covid-19. Life expectancy fell from 79 years to 76 years. Such astonishing declines have occurred planet-wide — the first global reduction in life expectancy since World War II.
Seemingly overnight, we experienced profound changes in the ways that we work, socialize, learn and engage with our neighborhoods and larger communities.
So here we are in the AFTERMATH.
The shared struggles and experiences that we faced during the pandemic could foster solidarity and bring us closer together, both within our communities and globally. The pandemic could be an opportunity for us to become more committed to supporting and helping one another.
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Not A Zero Sum Game
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In a zero sum game, If one person wins, another one has to lose. “Your gain is my loss” and “Your loss is my gain”.
But life is NOT A ZERO SUM GAME.. If one person wins, it doesn't mean that someone else needs to lose. There is enough for everyone.
We must overcome the belief that the pie is limited. The only thing limited is natural resources. Money, friends, happiness, connections, and opportunities are available in abundance.
We are taught that we have to fight if we want our share. Through this teaching, we have developed a scarcity mindset. Healthy competition is a good thing. But scarcity mindset promotes unhealthy competition.
If you believe that life is not a zero-sum game, you develop an abundance mindset. This mindset will make you feel that you are in control of your destiny.
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Kindness Matters
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Kindness makes the world a better place.
“How do we change the world? One random act of kindness at a time.” — Morgan Freeman
“It takes courage to be kind.” — Maya Angelou
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Pay It Forward
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"Pay it forward" describes the beneficiary of a good deed repaying the kindness to others instead of to the original benefactor.
Do something kind or useful for someone because someone else has done something kind or useful for you.
Then the circle of compassion will continue.
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Steve Shapiro Oakland, California
Steve Shapiro has composed music for hundreds of radio and TV commercials, documentary films, infomercials and other TV programs. He was the music director at Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, which produced hundreds of award-winning educational films and recordings. He has a BA in Music from Brown University and an MA in Music from the Manhattan School of Music. ... more
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