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Everything you see in other people, their strengths, courage and determination as well as their weaknesses, damage, fear and hatred reside within you.
The capacity for all things resides within each of us.
What will I water today?
What will I nurture?
How will I choose to be?
There is an old expression, “You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make him drink.”
First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Socialist.
Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Trade Unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.
Martin Niemoller
And to whom will we speak about a world that works for everyone?
Why is the suicide rate among soldiers so high?
Could it be that they were asked to do and did things beyond the scope of human reason?
Or perhaps the human heart?
Not one soldier or soldier’s family I know thinks war is a good idea.
