By Lindo Bacon — 2017
A better, more just and compassionate world is in sight. As long as we’re in this together.
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I learned very early that to survive in this broken world there is a never-ending need to “support, nurture, and protect what we hold dear” to keep it from being damaged, hurt, or destroyed ……which also includes myself.
For kids today from poorer backgrounds, the path I took through education no longer exists.
Today’s climate activists are driven by environmental worries that are increasingly more urgent, and which feel more personal.
Mother-daughter bonds within the Black community can be powerful counters against systemic oppression. We invited four moms to share their wisdom in open letters to their daughters.
No matter how great your life may be, you will eventually deal with disappointments, setbacks, failures, and even loss and trauma.
I am in a movement for justice inspired by Rabbi Yeshua.
Compassion is an essential element in society and is vital to the survival of the human race.
In low seasons, while you sit in the waiting room of life, patience is a superpower. But by adopting these seven mindsets, you can run circles around life’s challenges.
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Nelson Mandela was by nature an optimist, but he was as hard-headed as they come. He did not embrace the consoling view of history that, as Martin Luther King said (in a line often quoted by Barack Obama), “the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.
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We’ll be better prepared for life’s challenges if we cultivate these 12 inner strengths.