by Susan | Oct 31, 2020 | interfaith calendar
1 November: All Saints Day – Christian 1 November: Samhain / Beltane – Wicca/Pagan 2 November: All Souls Day / Dia de los Muertos – Catholic Christian 12 November: Birth of Baha’u’llah – Baha’i 13 November: Jain New Year...
by Susan | Oct 15, 2020 | inspiration, poem
Though there are torturers in the world There are also musicians. Though, at this moment, Men are screaming in prisons, There are jazzmen raising storms Of sensuous celebration, And orchestras releasing Glories of the Spirit. Though the image of God Is everywhere...
by Susan | Sep 23, 2020 | Week of Compassion
Found in the Express-News, 12 September, 2020 San Antonio becomes first city to develop ‘compassionistas’ 167 educators from pre-K to post-graduate attended 5 weeks of compassion training with the goal of building systemic compassion into every action, decision or...
by Susan | Sep 20, 2020 | inspiration, poem
When great trees fall, rocks on distant hills shudder, lions hunker down in tall grasses, and even elephants lumber after safety. When great trees fall in forests, small things recoil into silence, their senses eroded beyond fear. When great souls die, the air around...
by Susan | Sep 13, 2020 | inspiration, News Stories
Elaine Ayala, San Antonio Express-News, September 12, 2020 A hint of fall this week gave us a reprieve, however temporary, from a summer that was long and hot and steeped in shared stress. No one in the United States was spared the effects of a mismanaged pandemic, a...
by Susan | Sep 9, 2020 | inspiration, poem
Quiet friend who has come so far, feel how your breathing makes more space around you. Let this darkness be a bell tower and you the bell. As you ring, what batters you becomes your strength. Move back and forth into the change. What is it like, such intensity of...
by Susan | Aug 5, 2020 | Week of Compassion
San Antonio Threads collected 600 backpacks for Judson ISD students who will (eventually) be returning to school. We publish this compassionate news roundup every Wednesday afternoon. If you want to get the new sooner, follow us on Twitter @compassionNET1. And...
by Susan | Aug 3, 2020 | 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...
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