I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good, therefore, that I can do or any kindness I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it for I shall not pass this way again. Stephen Grellet (1880)
Sparks are small and transient, but if one or more land on flammable material, then everything around catches fire. Some fires are spiritual, the good kind that many hope and pray for. And then the words of a prophet from millennia ago come true. "You [little you and I] are the light of the world." People of determination can do plenty of good together. Margaret Mead said, "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, dedicated citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that has."
This is why I love the Olympics. I'm not an athlete either. Throughout this international competition held every 4 years there is so much positive sportsmanship and love. Something the world can learn from these young Olympians.
I’m having a really tough time finding hope in something like the Olympics. I’m left wondering how immigrants & the non-fascists felt during the 1936 Olympics where multiple fascist countries were allowed to compete while they actively were in the middle of harming & killing ppl. I think of all the buckets of money being spent for these “games” & reminded of the Gladiator events in Rome where the people were starving & barely surviving and were given a “circus” to take their minds off their hungry bellies & abject suffering. This current Olympics cost approx $4.2 billion. That’s JUST the cost for Italy. Not each country sending athletes over. What can 4.2 billion do? Well it could build 42,000 homes at $100,000 each. We could be helping 42,000 families have their first homes ever. Instead, we waste it on circuses, ballrooms, secret police abductions of our neighbors, & making the rich MORE rich. So, yea. I’m not feeling the Olympics this yr bc I’m finally seeing how we continue to allow the rich to pull the wool over our eyes while we can’t even afford the wool & have to put our own blinders on credit.
AND, not to mention the fact, that an ENTIRE arena booed JD Vance and his wife, whose smiles turned to efforts not to burst into tears 😂😂✊✊
I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good, therefore, that I can do or any kindness I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it for I shall not pass this way again. Stephen Grellet (1880)
Beautifully said. Between the Olympics and the Monk's Walk for Peace, I still have a shred of hope for our country. 📿🙏🛐
Sparks are small and transient, but if one or more land on flammable material, then everything around catches fire. Some fires are spiritual, the good kind that many hope and pray for. And then the words of a prophet from millennia ago come true. "You [little you and I] are the light of the world." People of determination can do plenty of good together. Margaret Mead said, "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, dedicated citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that has."
This is why I love the Olympics. I'm not an athlete either. Throughout this international competition held every 4 years there is so much positive sportsmanship and love. Something the world can learn from these young Olympians.
Hi Marie, I admire your optimism and your positive view of us humans and your belief that we can do better. Thank you.
I think there was nothing unintentional about any of the messaging.
I’m having a really tough time finding hope in something like the Olympics. I’m left wondering how immigrants & the non-fascists felt during the 1936 Olympics where multiple fascist countries were allowed to compete while they actively were in the middle of harming & killing ppl. I think of all the buckets of money being spent for these “games” & reminded of the Gladiator events in Rome where the people were starving & barely surviving and were given a “circus” to take their minds off their hungry bellies & abject suffering. This current Olympics cost approx $4.2 billion. That’s JUST the cost for Italy. Not each country sending athletes over. What can 4.2 billion do? Well it could build 42,000 homes at $100,000 each. We could be helping 42,000 families have their first homes ever. Instead, we waste it on circuses, ballrooms, secret police abductions of our neighbors, & making the rich MORE rich. So, yea. I’m not feeling the Olympics this yr bc I’m finally seeing how we continue to allow the rich to pull the wool over our eyes while we can’t even afford the wool & have to put our own blinders on credit.