“Most people end up being conformists; they adapt to prison life. ... Hardly anyone becomes a rebel, a revolutionary who breaks down the prison walls.”
— Anthony de Mello
via the 5-Bullet Friday newsletter (https://t.co/KlmuPDKEYu) from @tferriss
The Real World must be a truly depressing place to live. It’s apparently a realm where new ideas, unfamiliar approaches, and foreign concepts always lose. I’m told that the only thing that works in The Real World is what its inhabitants already know and already do. No matter how flawed or inefficient that way may be.
People who live there are said to be living Real Life. An existence filled with pessimism, despair, and every shade of pitch black imaginable. Yet strangely, these people living Real Lives seem not to be interested in getting out. They are not looking for a change of scenery of the dreary Real World.
Instead, they’re actually trying to recruit! In arguments everywhere, they’re trying to convince those of a sunnier demeanor that they must convert to Real Life or perish. That resisting the Real World is futile. This call persists even in the face of contrary experiences. Tales of people who actually did things differently and still lived to see the sun rise in the morning.
Please don’t be fooled, there’s nothing even remotely attractive about The Real World. It’s a bleak mirage suitable only as a place of communion for those who have lost all hope.
[First written by me in 2007. I never did end up moving to The Real World. Thank heavens!]
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As a woman of faith, I know that my faith should never be used as a sword to strike down others but instead as a shield to protect.
I cannot strike down another person’s rights simply because I don’t agree.
Pro-lifers don't like complexity. At 17 weeks my placenta detached and he was much too small. I thought I felt my baby's frantic attempts to breathe. My OBGYN advised me to terminate the pregnancy, there wasn't much time. But I couldn't.
Forced birth in a country with:
—No universal healthcare
—No universal childcare
—No paid family & medical leave
—One of the highest rates of maternal mortality among rich nations
This isn't about "life." It's about control.
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#ClimateStrike Week167
India 46℃, Pakistan 48℃, Jacobabad 51℃ degrees with wet bulb temperature reading 31℃ that makes it almost impossible to survive. There is an emergency that leaders want to ignore.
We urgently need a global fossil fuel treaty.
#NoMoreEmptyPromises
Universal health care COULD NEVER WORK
...unless you live in:
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Canada
Chile
Czech Republic
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Israel
Italy
Japan
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Poland
Portugal
S Korea
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
UK
There is no such thing as being “pro-life” while supporting laws that let children be shot in their schools, elders in grocery stores, worshippers in their houses of faith, survivors by abusers, or anyone in a crowded place.
It is an idolatry of violence. And it must end.