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Don’t hold on. — That is all.
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Because we are fixated on forms, we take the windswept surface of the water with all its waves and currents for our very lives. Just immerse yourself a little and discover silence and tranquillity. We are water.
One of the major lessons we learn from the unique complexity of life is the following: the only thing we can always expect when manipulating the living world is that there will be unexpected consequences. By definition, those consequences are rarely aligned with the initial goal of our intervention. Climate change, biodiversity loss, and our... See more
Understanding Living Systems
Since that study was written we’ve burned over 50% again the cumulative amount of fossil fuels. Which means the amount of fossil fuels we’ve burned is equivalent to if we set fire to all the plants and algae grown on Earth every year for over 21,000 years. No wonder it’s getting hot.
Spencer R. Scott • Oil Barons Own the Earth
It is more important to make a connection from heart to heart than to try to change the opinion of others.
It isn’t the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it’s the pebble in your shoe.
— Muhammad Ali
Da spricht wahrscheinlich der ehemalige Chemielehrer aus mir aber ich muss jedes Mal den Kopf schütteln, wenn es heißt, man habe „chemische Substanzen“ gefunden... welche? Womöglich sogar Dihydrogenmonoxid?
Parents often say, “I’d die for my child.” I heard a few of the parents in the grief group express the wish to trade places with their deceased children—to die so their children could live. After the war, I felt the same way. I would have gladly died to bring my parents and grandparents back.
But now I know that instead of dying for my dead, I can
... See moreEger, Edith Eva • Gift : 12 Lessons to Save Your Life
Grief and life nudges