Homeboy Industries founder Father Greg Boyle has spent 30 years working in LA with gang members and young people transitioning out of prison. His new book is Barking to the Choir. Source: Priest Responds To Gang Members’ ‘Lethal Absence Of Hope’ With Jobs, And Love
This Dark Short Film Imagines A World Where Drones Are More Dangerous Than Nuclear Bombs
Just plug in your targets’ unique demographics and the “smart” weapons will annihilate them immediately. Source: This Dark Short Film Imagines A World Where Drones Are More Dangerous Than Nuclear Bombs
In Praise of Sitting While You Pee
Sit down for what you believe in. Source: In Praise of Sitting While You Pee
Top Dublin pubs for ‘craic’ and a Guinness
A list of the top ten pubs, in our humble opinion, to be found in Ireland’s capital city, Dublin. Go to the Source: Top Dublin pubs for ‘craic’ and a Guinness (PHOTOS)
Mass Shootings, Compassion Fatigue (or Why I Stopped Caring)
After Sandy Hook, and now Sutherland Springs, is there any hope for change? Source: Mass Shootings, Compassion Fatigue (or Why I Stopped Caring)
Break Out of the Cycle of Hurting and Being Hurt
To hold a wish to punish someone begins with the unconscious embrace of the very pain we wish to inflict. And with every pain the reactionary self hurls back at its adversary, all it does is condemn itself to continue cycling through the level of ignorance that produces this pain to begin with. So, with each blow this unconscious nature delivers, it just creates for itself the need for the next set of blows. Source: Break Out of the Cycle of Hurting and Being Hurt – Positively Positive!!
How To Feel Happier In Only Two Minutes A Day
Both happiness and general well-being were boosted in the study of 395 people. Source: How To Feel Happier In Only Two Minutes A Day – PsyBlog
These Bloody Mary Eggs Are The Perfect Hangover Antidote
From an award-winning chef, straight to your table. Source: These Bloody Mary Eggs Are The Perfect Hangover Antidote
Sunday Morning
Well said…
A few days ago I spent a couple of minutes in St. Mary’s Basilica—it was a weekday—where perhaps a dozen people were kneeling in prayer.
Every now and then someone’s cell phone rang.
Horizontal communication refused to surrender, it kept on battling its vertical counterpart.
~ Adam Zagajewski, Slight Exaggeration: An Essay
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Classic Secrets
It’s Sunday! Time for Classic Secrets…
 
    
   
 
 
How to Block Premature Holiday Posts on Facebook
I think the first time it happened to me this year was last weekend, the beginning of November, in an IKEA. When we rounded that final corner to the cash registers, my boyfriend and I came face to face with hundreds of artificial holiday trees waiting to bought. Afterwards, I started noticing advent calendars and ornaments popping up almost everywhere I go, along with mentions of the holidays in my social feeds. Source: How to Block Premature Holiday Posts on Facebook
The Lesson General Grant Learned About Fear During the Civil War
After the Battle of Bull Run, Ulysses S. Grant was appointed colonel of a regiment of infantry. In this excerpt from his personal memoirs, he reveals the anxiety he felt as he led his men in their first serious expedition in Missouri and approached a group of Confederate irregulars led by a colonel named […] Go to the Source: Manvotional: The Lesson General Grant Learned About Fear During the Civil War | The Art of Manliness
Do Your Own Work
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The traveling Buddha
A Vietnam veteran’s quest to return a stolen religious statue to its rightful owner. Source: The traveling Buddha
What Does It *Actually* Mean To Let Go Of Anything That Doesn’t Serve You?
For when just saying “I’m letting go” isn’t enough. Source: What Does It *Actually* Mean To Let Go Of Anything That Doesn’t Serve You?
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