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Thoughts to ponder...
 
"Opinion is really the lowest form of human knowledge"
It requires no accountability, no understanding
 
The highest form of knowledge is empathy,
        for it requires us to suspend our egos and live in another's world.
 
It requires
"profound-purpose-larger-than-the-self"
 kind of understanding.

 

Watch your thoughts,
They become words.

Watch your words,
They become actions.

Watch your actions,
They become habits.

Watch your habits,
They become your Life

Before Enlightenment- chop wood, carry water

After Enlightenment - chop wood, carry water

--- Old Zen saying

Life is made of millions of moments,
but we live only one of these moments at a time.

As we begin to change this moment,
we begin to change our lives.

"Many go fishing all their lives without knowing
that it is not fish they are after."
~ Henry David Thoreau ~
Believe nothing just because a so-called wise person said it
Believe nothing just because a belief is generally held

Believe nothing just because it is said in ancient books
Believe nothing just because it is said to be of divine origin

Believe nothing just because someone else believes it
Believe only what you yourself test and judge to be true
 

Buddha

We should never get so caught up
 in doing what we usually do,
 that we miss out on the new & the exciting !!!!

 ~ Bill Becquart ~

We cling to our own point of view,
as though everything depended on it

Yet our opinions have no permanence;
like autumn and winter, they gradually pass away.

Chuang Tzu
(c 369 BC-286 BC, Chinese Philosopher)

Happiness is an attitude of mind,
born of the simple determination
to be happy under all outward circumstances.

Happiness lies not in things
nor in outward attainments.

It is the gold of our inner nature,
 buried beneath the mud of outward sense-cravings.
~ Author unknown

Thomas Jefferson
- 3rd President of the United States -
I have never considered a difference of opinion
in politics, in religion, in philosophy,
as a cause for withdrawing from a friendship.

Proven Ways
To Get Along Better With Everyone

Before you say anything to anyone,
ask yourself 3 things
     1.  Is it true?
     2.  Is it kind?
     3.  Is it necessary?

Make promises sparingly and keep them faithfully.

Never miss the opportunity to compliment
or say something encouraging to someone.

Refuse to talk negatively about others;
don't gossip and don't listen to gossip.

Have a forgiving view of people.
Believe that most people are doing the best they can.

Keep an open mind; discuss, but don't argue.
(It is possible to disagree without being disagreeable.)

Forget about counting to 10. 
Count to 1,000 before doing or saying anything
that could make matters worse.

Let your virtues speak for themselves.

If someone criticizes you,
see if there is any TRUTH to what he is saying;
if so, make changes.

If there is no truth to the criticism, ignore it
and live so that no one will believe the negative remark.

Cultivate your sense of humor;
laughter is the shortest distance between two people.

Adapt for Global Warming
British Association for the Advancement of Science
President - Frances Cairncross

Earth has gone through Warming and Ice Ages before
naturally...
The British Association for the Advancement of Science says the world must focus on preparing for the "hotter, drier world" that global warming will bring.
Association President Frances Cairncross said politicians and environmentalists put too much emphasis on trying to prevent climate change and not enough on adapting the world to the warmer temperatures it will bring, The Times of London reported Monday.

"Adaptation policies have had far less attention than mitigation,
 and that is a mistake," she said.
 "We need to think about policies that prepare for a hotter, drier world, especially in poorer countries.
 That may involve, for instance, developing new crops, constructing flood defenses, setting different building regulations or banning building close  
to sea level."

President Cairncross said efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions
are important, but she said a significant degree of warming is likely
even if a global agreement is reached to limit carbon dioxide emissions.

 She said prevention and adaptation measures should go hand in hand.
"There are some things that we can't adapt: We can't relocate the Amazon rainforest or replace bleached coral reefs, but we have to think about adaptation with  mitigation," she said.  

H. L. Mencken's Creed

     I believe that religion, generally speaking, has been a curse to mankind - that its modest and greatly overestimated services on the ethical side have been more than overcome by the damage it has done to clear and honest thinking.

     I believe that no discovery of fact, however trivial, can be wholly useless to the race, and that no trumpeting of falsehood, however virtuous in intent, can be anything but vicious.

     I believe that all government is evil, in that all government must necessarily make war upon liberty...

     I believe that the evidence for immortality is no better than the evidence of witches, and deserves no more respect.

     I believe in the complete freedom of thought and speech...
 
     I believe in the capacity of man to conquer his world, and to find out what it is made of, and how it is run.

     I believe in the reality of progress.

     I - But the whole thing, after all, may be put very simply. I believe that it is better to tell the truth than to lie. I believe that it is better to be free than to be a slave. And I believe that it is better to know than be ignorant.