by Susan | Oct 25, 2023 | essay, inspiration
If you are a poet, you will see clearly that there is a cloud floating in this sheet of paper. Without a cloud, there will be no rain; without rain, the trees cannot grow; and without trees, we cannot make paper. The cloud is essential for the paper to exist. If the...
by Susan | Aug 3, 2023 | birthdays, inspiration
August 3, 1858 Paul Sabatier “Theories cannot claim to be indestructible. They are only the plough which the ploughman uses to draw his furrow and which he has every right to discard for another one, of improved design, after the harvest.” August 3, 1920...
by Susan | Aug 2, 2023 | birthdays
August 2, 1924 James Baldwin “I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.” August 3, 1905 Maggie Kuhn “Stand before the people you fear and...
by Susan | Jun 29, 2023 | interfaith calendar
July 6: Dalai Lama’s Birthday July 9-13: Eid al-Adha – Islam July 10: Martyrdom of the Bab – Baha’i July 11: St Benedict Day – Catholic Christian July 13: Obon (Ulambana) – Buddhist/Shinto July 15: St. Vladimir the Great Day –...
by Susan | Jun 11, 2023 | birthdays, inspiration
June 11, 1880 Jeannette Rankin “What one decides to do in crisis depends on one’s philosophy of life, and that philosophy cannot be changed by an incident. If one hasn’t any philosophy in crises, others make the decision.” June 11, 1959 Hugh...
by Susan | May 30, 2023 | interfaith calendar
June 4: Trinity Sunday – Christianity June 9: St. Columba of Iona – Celtic Christian June 16: Guru Arjan martyrdom – Sikh June 16: Feast of the Sacred Heart – Christianity [Roman Catholic] June 19: New Church Day – Swedenborgian Christian June 19:...
by Susan | May 1, 2023 | interfaith calendar
1 May: Beltane – Wicca/Neo Pagan 2 May: Twelfth Day of Ridvan – Baha’i 3 May: Saints Philip & James – Christian 4 May: National Day of Prayer – USA – Interfaith 17 May: International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, &...
by Susan | Apr 1, 2023 | interfaith calendar
April 2: Palm Sunday (Christian) April 4: Mahavir Jayanti (Jain) April 4: Lord’s Evening Meal (Jehovah’s Witness Christian) April 5: Fast of the Firstborn (Jewish) April 5: Sundown, Pesach (Passover) begins (Jewish) April 6: Hanuman Jayanti (Hindu) April 6: New Year...
