Reflect the Light
What are we reflecting? I watched this cloud as the sun was going down, with the light moving across different clouds and changing colors. I’m no scientist, and I don’t know why the colors change, but I know that the … Continued
Being Nodes of Change
I don’t need to enumerate all the atrocities that are the daily thoughts, words and deeds of a few people in powerful positions right now. I do call us to prayer. Is a prayer only an ineffectual act of someone … Continued
Look at What We Have
Corrupt authoritarians use scarcity as a weapon or threat to cause fear in the populace in order to manipulate them by claiming to be their savior. We can choose to become fearful, or to face down the threat. Fearing and … Continued
Seeing Deeply
What do you see? When I was walking through the forest, I noticed this crazy log out of the corner of my eye. After walking past it, I had to turn around and take a photo. We all need to … Continued
The Sovereignty of Our True Self
Right now many of us are dealing with the frustration of feeling powerless and being exhausted from constant insults to our intelligence by the current regime. … But, as Martin Luther King preached, we must keep our eyes on the prize.
Dormant or Germinating?
Peace This scene was chosen because at first it might look boring, ordinary, or not worth a second look. But it is meant to calm you, to imagine the peace of a tranquil scene. Dormant Time I am currently experiencing … Continued
Making Hope
People with passion for the freedom and justice of democracy face more anguish than those who choose to be numb and cloistered, who claim to be neutral and “non-political”. If the hope for a world of Truth and Love seems impossibly blocked, some would rather die, and they weep while others hide in aloof personas.
But the fact that we weep and mourn the loss is witness that the ideal is not just fantasy but is real.
Breaking Out
It is common knowledge that lighting, cameras, acting, special effects are like shadows on a screen. Show business works hard to maintain the illusion for the value of their ticket sales. They don’t want you looking behind the set, costumes and make-up.
But there is that factor of the audience’s “willing suspension of disbelief,” voluntarily agreeing to accept the given façade and script for the sake of a good time. In the public arena this is compounded by…
How to De-Normalize Evil
We spend much time and energy in the necessary work of naming wrongs and speaking out in Congress, courts and public streets against the evils being perpetrated. This is a crucial work, as I said in the blog “The List … Continued
Still there is beauty
In all the chaos, seek beauty Donna L Turner April 30, 2026 How are we coping today? I am so glad that years ago, during a trying time when parents were dying, and even friends my age were succumbing to … Continued
