The Power of 25$

With everything in place today, we have no excuse not to give.

Especially when what we give is transformed into something amazingly substantial, and is then given back to us.

“Help people help themselves. It’s not a donation, it’s a loan.”

Thank you Helena for the video 🙂

M

Holding-the-Door Rules

 

Happy Friday!

M

 

The Real Things Haven’t changed

 

“The real things haven’t changed. It is still best to be honest and truthful; to make the most of what we have; to be happy with simple pleasures; and have courage when things go wrong.” ― Laura Ingalls Wilder

 

 

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Haircuts to the Homeless

“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.”
Theodore Roosevelt

 

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Spot on!

 

M

 

What Are The Major Themes of The Book So Far?

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M

Un-strangle.

The United Nations’ World Humanitarian day (that falls on August 19th) is a day to commemorate all people who have lost their lives in humanitarian service and to celebrate the spirit that inspires humanitarian work around the world.

Here’s to those who risk their lives for the lives of others.

M

But their Significance is Affirmed by Others

A video that gave me a bitter-sweet smile this morning:

In “Yarmouk”, a camp in Syria, kids are singing to the sound of Ayham al-Ahmad’s piano. He uses his passion to bring a ray of sun to the people inside the camp, and to the people outside Syria. Listen to the lyrics, here are a few translated:

“Come back loved ones, we’ve had enough absents”
“Come back and let’s remember how we were kids, playing of the roofs and hiding behind walls“

“For those in Turkey, Yarmouk misses you
For those in Lebanon, Yarmouk misses you
For those in Bahrein, Yarmouk misses you…”

“For those in Yarmouk, Yarmouk loves you, Yarmouk loves you, Yarmouk loves you…”

The smile on their faces!

“There are always meaningful songs for somebody. People are doing their courting, people are finding their wives, people are making babies, people are washing their dishes, people are getting through the day, with songs that we may find insignificant. But their significance is affirmed by others. There’s always someone affirming the significance of a song by taking a woman into his arms or by getting through the night. That’s what dignifies the song. Songs don’t dignify human activity. Human activity dignifies the song.”- Leonard cohen

 

M

 

These Are What We Stay Alive For

“We don’t read and write poetry because it’s cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race And the human race is filled with passion.

And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for.

To quote from Whitman, “O me! O life!… of the questions of these recurring; of the endless trains of the faithless… of cities filled with the foolish; what good amid these, O me, O life?” Answer: that you are here; that life exists, and identity; that the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse; that the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse.

What will your verse be?”

M