#TulipTuesday #ThickTrunkTuesday Kind hearts are the gardens, Kind thoughts are the roots, Kind words are the blossoms, Kind deeds are the fruits. Take care of your garden And keep out the weeds, Fill it with sunshine, Kind words, and kind deeds. - Longfellow #poetry 📷 by Sylvie in France

May we listen to the cries of this world: Avalokiteshvara, She who hears the cries of suffering in our world May we respond without hesitation: Samantabhadra, She who enacts wisdom and compassionate activity.

It is difficult not to feel ... ragey... lately. Remember to pause, go out in nature and re-fill your cup. Can't fight fascists when our internal resources are depleted. Make sure to take care of you ❤️ It's part of saving the world - you're the world, the world is you.

May all beings be peaceful. May all beings be happy.

If you, like me, are looking for sources of news that are meant to deliver information rather than stoke the fires of "us" vs "them," here are some that I've found and checked out that I have appreciated so far: 1440 Tangle Straight Arrow News What are your favorites?

Incredibly, it IS that simple. Everyone has the right to live. Period.

Canada has been named among the top 5 countries with the most freedom. The United States ranked 57th.

Yesterday, the Buddhist peace activist, Mohsen Mahdawi, was freed from federal custody. In ruling to release Mohsen, a federal judge found that he did not pose a danger to the public. Read more about his story in the piece below.

Engaged Buddhism.

Ah yes, there's a reason I miss the Motherland.

#RoseWednesday 🥀 #WednesdayWisdom

Well, say goodbye to the US tourism industry, folks. Nice job.

If you don't have this book. Order a HARD COPY now. Read it. Recognize that much of what happens in the book, is happening now in the U.S. Then, resist. With everything that is in you.

When you look at the list of institutions they want to defund: libraries, museums, the Smithsonian, public schools, PBS, NPR, archives, you can clearly see that the real threat to an authoritarian regime is an informed and educated public

Yesterday was our last day with this sweet, grumpy old brown bear we called Cooper. It all happened so unexpectedly, but we are glad we could help him make his transition into the next life. I'll look for you in the skies with the birds you wanted so badly to catch ❤️

The joy of impermanence is that it makes room for joy in dark places. It's the fireflies at midnight, it's the beauty of the hooting owl in obscured branches, it's finding love where the waters were once too muddied to perceive it.

The chaotic evil nature of geese, as captured by a Roshi 😊🤣

Oh Target, I'm so disappointed in you. You used to be all about diversity and equity, but apparently that was all just an act, because when we really believe in something, we stand up for it in the face of adversity. Instead, you're pandering to and falling in step with the powers that be.

Resistance isn't always about violence. Sometimes it's stuff like this - standing up for what you know in your heart is right, and loudly declaring it to be so. bringmethenews.com/minnesota-li...

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This is why knowing our actual history is important. So we can avoid repeating it. Yet Jerry we are ... not learning. We have an opportunity to try to really learn this time. Who will take the time?

“Make good trouble.” ~ John Lewis

Pay attention ...

Makes Bishop Budde’s remarks all the more timely. bsky.app/profile/meid...

A friend of mine shared this on FB, which i waded into out of (a frustrating) necessity. Im finding that there are some times that I annoyingly need it, but I refuse to post there. This article deserves to be shared and will be helpful to others in my shoes www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...

The real celebration is that this great man existed and left us all with so many teachings that stand the test of time. This quote seems especially appropriate for today. May his legacy always live on.

Remember - you don't HAVE to watch or read the news. You don't HAVE to consume what you don't want. You'll hear the news that is important whether you unplug or not. You can choose to create, read novels, do ANYTHING other than give traffic and viewership to someone who thrives on our outrage.

Well, just like any other social media platform, I've discovered there are gross scammy accounts here on BlueSky as well. The power of sweet pups should un-do that mess, right?

Ooooo yay! I did really enjoy Instagram and have been missing it (but not the grossness of Meta). Looking forward to this new app!

✨ Happy Mahayana Buddhist New Year! ✨ This sacred day is a time for renewal and purification. Celebrants clean their homes, make offerings, and set intentions for health, success, and peace in the year ahead. How are you welcoming the New Year? 🌸

The mood in LA is anxious/devastated/exhausted/ braced for more. It's NOT all rich people. Most are artists who scraped together a down payment. And the fire has leveled Altadena, a historically Black tight-knit community. List of GoFundMes that could use love: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

"Each drifting snowflake falls nowhere but here and now Under the settling flowers of ice the water is flowing bright and clear...” —Musō Soseki

I'm thinking there just is no social media that will be "just right" for very long. The advantage of being of the Gen X generation is knowing life before social media. Now it's just a matter of extracting oneself from the web ...

Focusing All Attention on One’s Work Thich Nhat Hanh Quote ##mindfulness ##wellness ##mentalhealth

THIS IS AMAZING NEWS!!!

“We feel anger up in the chest, sadness in the mid-abdomen, and fear in the deep abdomen. Fear is the deepest feeling in the body and the most basic human feeling. To feel into fear is to look deeply into ourselves.” —David Guy

First task on decentralized social media of liking nothing but nature photography and cat pics: done.