Resilience
Dayle in Limoux – Day #78
September 21, 2022
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Always. Now. Especially. Register.
Thank you, Valerie Kaur.
“All our votes together? A R e v o l u t i o n.”
There’s my girl (!) back in Limoux doing her virtual work and exploring Languedoc with her maman. ღ
The bridge into Limoux with her guy.
Lunch in Alet-les-Bains!
Michael and Annie in Alet-les-Bains at L’Eviche for lunch under the trees and the abbey.
Waiting for the bus. Always. :)
A peek at the bridge and some random ancient stairs, most likely to connect to an old rampart. So want to know their story…
Found another old barn in Alet.
Great structure.
And another great find in Limoux. An old church from about 780 C.E. Beautiful.
Roman architecture.
I miss you William Henry.
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Bonne nuit.
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November 16, 2020From Walt Whitman.
| UNFOLDED out of the folds of the woman, man comes unfolded, and is always to come unfolded; | |
| Unfolded only out of the superbest woman of the earth, is to come the superbest man of the earth; | |
| Unfolded out of the friendliest woman, is to come the friendliest man; | |
| Unfolded only out of the perfect body of a woman, can a man be form’d of perfect body; | |
| Unfolded only out of the inimitable poem of the woman, can come the poems of man—(only thence have my poems come;) | 5 |
| Unfolded out of the strong and arrogant woman I love, only thence can appear the strong and arrogant man I love; | |
| Unfolded by brawny embraces from the well-muscled woman I love, only thence come the brawny embraces of the man; | |
| Unfolded out of the folds of the woman’s brain, come all the folds of the man’s brain, duly obedient; | |
| Unfolded out of the justice of the woman, all justice is unfolded; | |
| Unfolded out of the sympathy of the woman is all sympathy: | 10 |
| A man is a great thing upon the earth, and through eternity—but every jot of the greatness of man is unfolded out of woman, | |
| First the man is shaped in the woman, he can then be shaped in himself. |
Resilience.
Friday.
November 6, 2020
‘We wait for the morning, we wait,
but your light is already here.
-Stephen Garnaas-Holmes
Hope is an energy field, writes John Freeman in his Dictionary of Undoing. Stay steady, stay engaged.
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Steady.
Resilient.
Compassionate.
ℒ ℴ v e
Keep trying.
December 31, 2019
Collective Moment
April 16, 2019
It is the flash of a flame that is touched off by an immediate contact of the substance of the soul with God Himself. In one terrific second that belongs not to time but to eternity, the whole soul is transfixed and illumined by the tremendous darkness which is the light of God. -Thomas Merton
‘Why has the burning of Notre Dame moved so many? Because we believe in beauty, majesty, faith, art, history, and the human expressions thereof. We recognize in this cathedral our common humanity. A scar now emerges in our connections to our past, our future, and each other.
Will we rebuild? Yes. Notre Dame? Our country? Our world? Yes. It won’t be easy. It won’t mitigate the damage or the pain. But we have no other choice. To think otherwise is to succumb to the darkness.’
-Former CBS News anchor Dan Rather
Resilience.
November 27, 2018
Another day of disturbing news
Bothers my sense of composure.
Calm thoughts escape me.
Demons are at work
Enjoying the havoc they cause.
Forget the news and the political charade.
Give alms to the poor.
Help a stranger.
Instill love in children, your family.
Judge not, lest you be judged.
Kiss your spouse and children.
Love your neighbor.
Make your world peaceful.
Nurture the natural world.
Open your heart to strangers, “the other”.
Prepare for old age.
Quiet your fears, new voices are rising.
Refresh yourself with meditation and prayer.
Speak for justice and kindness.
Trust in God.
Understanding of self leads to determination.
Voices of love and brotherhood are needed.
We need patience and perseverance.
X-out the lies.
You and I are the solution.
Zero in on the morals and promises of our faith.
~Marcia Liebich
Don’t give up.
August 9, 2018
‘You have a vision and keep at it, bit by bit it will happen.’
#community
#grassroots
SVI: Where Convention and Opportunity Meet
August 7, 2018
Walter Starke:
“The spiritualization of our nation’s corporations is the most important development that can possible happen of the spiritual growth of the world as a whole.
Changing Climate/Climate Change
Visuals from the Sun Valley Forum
RISKS
OPPORTUNITIES
Mark Peters, Director, Idaho National Laboratory (INL)
‘The Idaho National Laboratory’s mission includes discovering, demonstrating and securing innovative clean energy options and critical infrastructure, making it a test bed and model for resilience innovation serving national security, including grid and cyber security and micrograms.’
“Last fall, Idaho National Laboratory researchers assembled a coalition of partners to design a system of microgrids that would enhance grid resilience by maintaining and restoring power after a catastrophic event or a cyberattack.
During the coming months, the partners will demonstrate this technology in the small fishing village of Cordova, Alaska.
When the microgrid system is finished, Cordova’s electrical grid will automatically reroute power to ensure that critical public services — hospitals, emergency shelters and other vital services — have electricity if part of the grid is damaged or disabled.”
“Microgrids and local generating capacity are central to surviving any catastrophic grid failure.” -Larry Schoen, Blaine county Commissioner
“As a medical professional and first responder, you learn to always have a back-up plan, and to think ahead even in life-threatening situations. In the same way, blaine county–and critical services like our hospital–need an energy back-up plan.” -Terry O’Connor, Blaine county/Sawtooth Regional EMS Director
“I would’ve said something.”
September 29, 2017
I believe what the self-centered have torn down, the other-centered will build up.
MLK
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“If I could have did something different, I would’ve said something. But that’s what evil depends on, good people to be quiet.”
Dr. William Lynn Weaver in Fayetteville, NC, speaking to the racism experience at his integrated school in 1964.
“Weaver has never been back to West High School since graduating 50 years ago. After hearing a StoryCorps interview that aired on NPR last month, the current principal reached out, and Weaver says he will return to the school in early 2018 to talk to the students about his experiences with integrating the school.”
StoryCorps/NPR
http://www.npr.org/2017/09/29/551235513/-evil-depends-on-good-people-to-be-quiet
Rose’s canon.
September 11, 2017
‘In our age, tragedies are collective & shared across the world, & even in the darkest moments of destruction, unity & love always emerge.’
Let’s bring back:
✿ Emotions
✿ Creativity
✿ Intuition
✿ Justice
✿ Peace
✿ Nature
✿ Love
-Jennifer Rose
@SeeTheRoses
Today I rise.
November 29, 2016
‘The work of a lifetime; it’s worth it.’
November 12, 2016
Hang in there
“Is there anything more difficult?
Showing up day after day, week after week, sometimes for years, as your movement slowly gains steam, as your organization hits speed bumps, as the news goes from bad to worse…
Showing up, it turns out, is the hardest part of making a difference.
Make a list of the organizations and voices and movements that have made a difference. How old are they? How long have they been at it?
Creating impact, building something of substance, changing the culture… this is the work of a lifetime, not merely a fun project.
It’s not easy, but I have a feeling you’re up for it. Because it matters.”
-Seth Godin
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November 7, 2016
‘The more we are worn by experience, the more of an inlet we become and the more the waters of life wash out of us. This is why tears come more easily the longer we are here.
Perhaps wisdom is nothing more than the unsayable waters rising within us to swell around the eye, the way that oceans soften land, evidence of that inevitable tide that takes a lifetime to rise.’
-Mark Nepo
‘…feeling lighten.’
October 31, 2016
“For only while telling the truth does the truth lighten us.
For only while loving do the pains of feeling lighten.”
-Mark Nepo
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“Don’t get weary though the way be long.”
-Vincent Harding
‘The necklace of your life…’
October 16, 2016
Breath deeply and try to see each, not as a failure, but as a shimmering bead on a necklace your life is making.
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‘When things don’t work out – – -when loves unexpectedly end or careers stop unfolding – – it can be painful and sad, but refusing this larger picture keeps us form finding our resilience. Then, sadness can turn into discouragement, pain can spoil into despair.
Each person we love and each dream we try to give life to brings us closer to the mystery of being alive.
So, we must try as many times as necessary until our many loves become the one love, and many dreams become the one dream, until heart and path feel the same.’
-Mark Nepo
Be brave.
October 27, 2015~♥~
Bravery is for other people
Bravery is for the people who have no choice, people like Chesley Sullenberger and Audie Murphy.
Bravery is for the people who are gifted, people like Ralph Abernathy, Sarah Kay and Miles Davis.
Bravery is for the people who are called, people like Abraham Lincoln, Rosa Parks and Mother Theresa.
Bravery is for other people.
When you see it that way, it’s so clearly and patently absurd that it’s pretty clear that bravery is merely a choice.
At least once in your life (maybe this week, maybe today) you did something that was brave and generous and important. The only question is one of degree… when will we care enough to be brave again?
-Seth Godin