Friday, November 3, 2017

A Word to the World - A Tiny Compendium

A Word to the World: Nothing is more deleterious to human relations than humans themselves. Nothing damages human spirits more than does human heartlessness. Nothing ruins relationships more than does frivolous human speech. Nothing imperils human survival more than humanity's own cold-hearted egocentricity. Nothing has killed more humans than humans themselves.

A Word to the World: We global humans are exquisitely intelligent and diverse creatures but appallingly we have such ingenuous parochial worldviews that we cannot grasp that we are ONE remarkable, intelligent human genus of biped being, each of whom deserves identical respect and compassion.


A Word to the World: Are you experiencing the anguish of world-weariness. 'World pain' mutates into boredom, anxiety, sadness or despair. The ills of the world overwhelm, realities don’t satisfy and the future appears bleak. World pain is serious but numbness is more perilous still. Where do you find hope?

A Word to the World: Malls are decorating for Christmas. What do you want for Christmas? We have so much. Economies with unprecedented wealth, clothing, cars, E-devices, technologies to Saturn. This planet's in peril. Women for sale, maturing children in refugee camps, uninhabitable cities through war, countries incapable of producing food, no potable water. What would you like to give? Can we make our lives about giving?

A Word to the World: Negative is stronger than positive. Bad beats good. People recollect critical disapproval more than commendation. It takes several positive affirmations to compensate for a negative experience. Can we encourage one another?

A Word to the World: Words are the beginning. Words begin stories. Once upon a time. Words terminate relationships. Words initiate peace or launch conflicts. Developing that inner life from which words meet life is crucial to us all.

A Word to the World: Society has turned to resentment, rage and despair and what is needed is leadership that speaks balance, reason, wisdom, kindness and truth.


A Word to the World: People with influence and power discarding the aptitude to disagree vigorously but healthily and civilly, are humiliating and degrading our populations.

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