The bird of paradise lands only on the hand that does not grasp.

Zen Proverb

A street without trees is an incomplete street.

The Guest House

This being human is a guest house.

Every morning a new arrival.

A joy, a depression, a meanness,

some momentary awareness comes

as an unexpected visitor.

Welcome and entertain them all!

Even if they're a crowd of sorrows, who violently sweep your house

empty of its furniture, still, treat each guest honorably.

He may be clearing you out

for some new delight.

The dark thought, the shame, the malice, meet them at the door laughing,

and invite them in.

Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent

as a guide from beyond.

Rumi

<3 Hopes and dreams <3

"There's the big future, there's the deep future, that one can long for. So that is a future where we are all able to freely communicate our hopes and dreams, and factual information about the world with each other, and the historical record is an item that is completely sacrosanct, that would never be changed, never be modified, never be deleted, and we will steer a course away from Orwell's dictum of

'he who controls the present controls the past! So that is something that is my life-long quest to do. And from that, justice flows, because most of us have an instinct for justice, and most of us are reasonably intelligent, and if we can communicate with each other, organize, not be oppressed, and know what's going on, then pretty much the rest falls out. So, that is my big hope."