We've spent $5,900,000,000,000 on wars since 9/11 but it's somehow fiscally irresponsible to give out more than $1,200 for basic survival in our own country.
How is it that Jeff Bezos can grow his wealth by $13,000,000,000 in a single day but Amazon can’t afford to provide paid sick leave to its warehouse workers?
@bonelessmoss I got groceries delivered the other day because I wanted chicken wings for dinner but didn’t want to put on pants. It was a perfect choice.
The real destroyer of our peace of mind isn’t an external weapon or enemy, but our own destructive emotions. Neither our friends nor even the Buddha provide an opportunity to practice patience in the way that a hostile person does. And in so doing, an enemy can become our teacher