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Contributions or Profits? You Choose.
Giving and contributing to society is seen by all great religions as a central human desire. Psychologists are beginning to agree. We are genuinely altruistic and we have a need to help others. This is a logical expected characteristic of a social animal but today’s society and business practices are going against it. The greed […] read further
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Flying Carpet
Flying Carpet Black ice covers the city, even birds Feel insecure, perched on slippery branches. From my castle on top of the hill, I watch Pedestrians trying not to slip back down Grabbing walls, socks wrapped around shoes Arduously making their way up, falling Noiselessly. Even sounds are covered with ice. Then coming from nowhere, […] read further
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About People
I was recently reading some books about the pros and cons of giving aid to alleviate deep poverty. The books contained entertaining arguments on the subject, but what I found appalling is the way the authors talked about poor people of the world as if they were a special race different from you and I. […] read further
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Oradour
Oradour Never rebuilt to remember. I can’t but hear Screaming As they were burnt alive. Are we what we do? Who were they Those who burnt women and children? A farmer, a teacher, A father, a son. Where they what they did? As a child, I was told of Oradour I was also told Of […] read further
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Ode to the Passer-by
Ode to the Passer-by Always different, always changing, always the same, I’ve felt your warmth, I’ve felt your love, I’ve felt your pain. You are with me everyday, you make me feel human. You are the parking attendant in Oakland, The black youth who smiled at me, who talked to me, Who gave me faith […] read further
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Birthday
Birthday “I don’t understand, where are the gifts?” They told me there would be gifts. I see presents, lots of presents but no gift. Many say: “five and older” I don’t see my name Who is this five and older? He has a really weird taste Mum gave me her guilt For not being something […] read further
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Accident
ACCIDENT I walk through the streets sensing the light Sunday faces and I slow down, I look around I become part of the village. And I look to the ground to a puddle in Spring the water appears to shine my feelings become so clear Flashed out of the puddle I see a child on […] read further
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Thrown Away
Thrown Away There are mounds of them. From afar they look like rollings hills, From close they look lifeless. They are just broken things. They were good things like springs And wheels and old spoons, A pan with a broken handle, A stove with a broken door, A watch that was used For meetings and […] read further
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A Perspective on Violence
Close to forty years ago, I had the privilege to meet a man who worked for the Algerian Telecommunication Ministry and to spend two weeks with him as an interpreter for a training program he was attending. He was a small man in his mid-forties, built like a professional cyclist, somewhat reserved, almost shy, but […] read further
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Thoughts on Power
What is true power? Where does it come from? In this article, “power” is the capacity or ability to direct or influence the behavior of others. Do you believe that power is exercised through some act of aggression? If you have encountered someone in a position of power that was a control freak, a manipulator […] read further
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