Praying people pray, meditators meditate, healers send healing: use whatever tools you have to work miracles in Syria. Situation very volatile now. Don’t ignore the darkness; cast the Light.
They don't care about your lasagna. But they might care about your political opinions, and that's enough to put a chilling effect on our willingness to express them.
The idea that when we have an honest disagreement with someone we should just eat it, not say anything -- whether in personal relationships or in political relationships -- is usually a road to codependent disaster.
Where I'm staying is different than my contact. When I land in England I have to tell them my hotel. But I don't have to tell them who I'm associating with while I'm there.
My daughter's English friend is coming to the States for a few days for vacation. On her visa application she was asked for her social media platforms plus who her contact is in the US. Anyone who doesn't think this is concerning isn't concerned enough. #nonotnormal
The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerated the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than the democratic state itself. That in its essence is fascism: ownership of govt by an individual, by a group, or any controlling private power. -FDR