Comments on: Soul On Deck http://www.owlsdaughter.com/2010/01/soul-on-deck/ Practical Wisdom for Extraordinary Living Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:02:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Della http://www.owlsdaughter.com/2010/01/soul-on-deck/comment-page-1/#comment-2129 Della Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:51:58 +0000 http://www.owlsdaughter.com/?p=3297#comment-2129 Found this quote from Howard Zinn who made his transition yesterday. It not only spoke to me, but brought you to mind. “TO BE HOPEFUL in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness. What we choose to emphasize in this complex history will determine our lives. If we see only the worst, it destroys our capacity to do something. If we remember those times and places—and there are so many—where people have behaved magnificently, this gives us the energy to act, and at least the possibility of sending this spinning top of a world in a different direction. And if we do act, in however small a way, we don’t have to wait for some grand utopian future. The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory.” Howard Zinn Aug. 24, 1922 – Jan. 27, 2010 Found this quote from Howard Zinn who made his transition yesterday. It not only spoke to me, but brought you to mind.
“TO BE HOPEFUL in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness. What we choose to emphasize in this complex history will determine our lives. If we see only the worst, it destroys our capacity to do something. If we remember those times and places—and there are so many—where people have behaved magnificently, this gives us the energy to act, and at least the possibility of sending this spinning top of a world in a different direction. And if we do act, in however small a way, we don’t have to wait for some grand utopian future. The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory.”
Howard Zinn
Aug. 24, 1922 – Jan. 27, 2010

]]> By: Chanah Liora http://www.owlsdaughter.com/2010/01/soul-on-deck/comment-page-1/#comment-2122 Chanah Liora Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:21:32 +0000 http://www.owlsdaughter.com/?p=3297#comment-2122 Oh, thank you for posting this. It is exactly what I needed right now, and I will continue to re-read it throughout my day. What a gift you have given to those us who need to keep our focus. Blessings to you Beth Chanah Liora Oh, thank you for posting this. It is exactly what I needed right now, and I will continue to re-read it throughout my day. What a gift you have given to those us who need to keep our focus.

Blessings to you Beth

Chanah Liora

]]> By: Claire http://www.owlsdaughter.com/2010/01/soul-on-deck/comment-page-1/#comment-2119 Claire Sun, 24 Jan 2010 03:45:38 +0000 http://www.owlsdaughter.com/?p=3297#comment-2119 Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. Thank you again for the right timing, for knowing what words we all need to hear. Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.
Thank you again for the right timing, for knowing what words we all need to hear.

]]> By: painter of blue http://www.owlsdaughter.com/2010/01/soul-on-deck/comment-page-1/#comment-2118 painter of blue Sat, 23 Jan 2010 23:24:56 +0000 http://www.owlsdaughter.com/?p=3297#comment-2118 This is wonderful. I particularly liked the section: "One of the most important steps you can take to help calm the storm is to not allow yourself to be taken in a flurry of overwrought emotion or desperation thereby accidentally contributing to the swell and the swirl." This encapsulates my own response to the tragedy in Hati. There is so much suffering already, I am trying not add to it with my own distress. I pray and have sent money, but I believe my most important contribution is keeping my spirits up and not getting sucked into sadness. Because when I am sad, I bring my family down and the ripple effect begins. I believe everyone on earth is connected so by adding to the peace in our own little patch of land we effect everyone. We have to understand the value of our contribution to the health of the planet and the level peace we have. This is wonderful. I particularly liked the section:

“One of the most important steps you can take to help calm the storm is to not allow yourself to be taken in a flurry of overwrought emotion or desperation thereby accidentally contributing to the swell and the swirl.”

This encapsulates my own response to the tragedy in Hati. There is so much suffering already, I am trying not add to it with my own distress. I pray and have sent money, but I believe my most important contribution is keeping my spirits up and not getting sucked into sadness. Because when I am sad, I bring my family down and the ripple effect begins. I believe everyone on earth is connected so by adding to the peace in our own little patch of land we effect everyone. We have to understand the value of our contribution to the health of the planet and the level peace we have.

]]> By: Cathy Sky http://www.owlsdaughter.com/2010/01/soul-on-deck/comment-page-1/#comment-2117 Cathy Sky Sat, 23 Jan 2010 22:03:40 +0000 http://www.owlsdaughter.com/?p=3297#comment-2117 Thank you, Beth. This was so timely. I have seldom felt as "scooped out" (nothing left) energetically, and these words feel just right. God and Goddess, and Goodness bless our troubled world and all its children. Thank you, Beth. This was so timely. I have seldom felt as “scooped out” (nothing left) energetically, and these words feel just right. God and Goddess, and Goodness bless our troubled world and all its children.

]]> By: Heather http://www.owlsdaughter.com/2010/01/soul-on-deck/comment-page-1/#comment-2116 Heather Sat, 23 Jan 2010 18:49:21 +0000 http://www.owlsdaughter.com/?p=3297#comment-2116 thank you Beth after that decision from the court I really needed that. as I read it I calmed and remembered what was important in my life. like my tribe/family (most are not blood) and that we are supporting each other, in fact in a few weeks we are all working togeather to start a large garden. I look forward to all the good veggies and love that I know will grow in it. thank you for this reminder. Heather thank you Beth after that decision from the court I really needed that. as I read it I calmed and remembered what was important in my life. like my tribe/family (most are not blood) and that we are supporting each other, in fact in a few weeks we are all working togeather to start a large garden. I look forward to all the good veggies and love that I know will grow in it. thank you for this reminder.

Heather

]]> By: Rick Loftus, M.D. http://www.owlsdaughter.com/2010/01/soul-on-deck/comment-page-1/#comment-2115 Rick Loftus, M.D. Sat, 23 Jan 2010 17:54:52 +0000 http://www.owlsdaughter.com/?p=3297#comment-2115 What a tonic! I was astonished at the Court's despicable decision--made the same day ex-eBay CEO Meg Whitman gave herself $20 million more to run for California governor! The media paid hardly any attention, but it was foremost on the minds of patient after patient and friend after friend this week, which reminded me that the citizens are aware of the dark seas swirling around us. As I once said to a fellow activist after a community meeting a few years ago, "It's amazing to me, given what's happening in the world today, that tiny little human people get out of bed at all!" Thanks as usual for the inspiration, Beth. What a tonic! I was astonished at the Court’s despicable decision–made the same day ex-eBay CEO Meg Whitman gave herself $20 million more to run for California governor! The media paid hardly any attention, but it was foremost on the minds of patient after patient and friend after friend this week, which reminded me that the citizens are aware of the dark seas swirling around us. As I once said to a fellow activist after a community meeting a few years ago, “It’s amazing to me, given what’s happening in the world today, that tiny little human people get out of bed at all!” Thanks as usual for the inspiration, Beth.

]]> By: Claire http://www.owlsdaughter.com/2010/01/soul-on-deck/comment-page-1/#comment-2114 Claire Sat, 23 Jan 2010 17:07:10 +0000 http://www.owlsdaughter.com/?p=3297#comment-2114 Beth, reading today's - thought it be you speaking from the heart, resonates of you. Beautiful thank you Claire sharing, This video titled: 2012 The End is astounding (visual w/o words), the title misleading felt more appropriate would be The Beginning ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOpfXdo1RVI&feature=player_profilepage# Beth, reading today’s – thought it be you speaking from the heart, resonates of you. Beautiful
thank you
Claire
sharing, This video titled: 2012 The End
is astounding (visual w/o words), the title misleading felt more appropriate would be The Beginning …

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOpfXdo1RVI&feature=player_profilepage#

]]> By: Arie http://www.owlsdaughter.com/2010/01/soul-on-deck/comment-page-1/#comment-2113 Arie Sat, 23 Jan 2010 16:57:15 +0000 http://www.owlsdaughter.com/?p=3297#comment-2113 Your post echoes and vibrates through my whole being. Yes, we are the ones we have been waiting for.Thank you Beth, for reminding me. I sometimes forget... These are times of transformation. Your post echoes and vibrates through my whole being.
Yes, we are the ones we have been waiting for.Thank you Beth, for reminding me. I sometimes forget…

These are times of transformation.

]]> By: Maria http://www.owlsdaughter.com/2010/01/soul-on-deck/comment-page-1/#comment-2112 Maria Sat, 23 Jan 2010 16:27:56 +0000 http://www.owlsdaughter.com/?p=3297#comment-2112 Wow. Thank you, Beth. Wow. Thank you, Beth.

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