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Where do I get my inspiration: Finding God in Others
For decades, standing up for truth, social justice and diversity requires role models to fuel constancy of mission and substantive mission-focused actions. You watch folks, how they respond for years to issues like Bill Lanh Lee, former Assistant US Attorney General;...
[COLUMN] The Way Of A Conscious Heart: Confronting Unconscious Bias In Institutions And Hate Crimes
Part 2 of 2 “I see, above all, the pressing need to strengthen institutions, which are a vital reserve of moral energy and civic love. The hyperinflation of the individual goes along with the weakness of the state. Once people lose a sense of the common good, history...
Embodying Love: Remember to Love, Always!
Eating her #lunch with her #grandparents. She asked both of us to join her. This is our story telling time with her. "C,mon Grandpa, sit and join us." "But, I was not invited, " hubby likes to joke around. "Grandpa, just sit and let's eat together. With...
500 year anniversary of the First Mass in the Philippines
500 year anniversary of the First Mass in the Philippines, the arrival of Catholic Christianity in the Philippines, with Pope Francis officiating the mass at St. Peter's Square today, Sunday, March 14, 2021. "God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten...
The Way Of The Conscious Heart: Confronting Racism, White Supremacy, And Hate Crimes
“I confess that when I hear some speeches by someone responsible for public order or a government, I am reminded of Hitler’s speeches in 1934 and 1936. They are typical actions of Nazism, which with its persecutions of Jews, gypsies, people of homosexual orientation,...
Strawberries and Lesson about One’s Heart
#princess2015la and her grandmother, moi, made strawberry preserves today. Her mom's homemade brioche is usually paired with my #homemadestrawberrypreserves and homemade #peanutbutter. She helped me remove the stems and she loved helping. I made the sugar syrup,...
Pandemic is on a downward trend. Let’s keep it that way.
Let's keep it that way by wearing masks, getting our vaccines. Worldwide, United States, under a soulful, health-promoting 46th US @potus has resulted in the highest number of vaccinations. Sadly and unfortunately, we lost now more than half a million residents in the...
Lolo’s School
First, she read to me, then, her lunch. After, she built with her concentric circles, and read with her #lolo, she went outdoors to create her #chalkart on the #driveway."Please take a picture of my art, Grandma."We went inside. She was quite conscientious about...
Do You Believe in Signs? Or Message from Above?
I honestly got slower in writing pieces last 2020. Watching my husband was inspiring. I became his "primary editor," telling him this is excellent, lose no time, submit now. He would and my assessment is spot on, folks love what he wrote. Then, when he is just...