Michelle Smith
@michelle65sj.bsky.social
Lefty, social democracy, teaching background, bibliophile, cPTSD, nature therapy, neurodiversity.
📍Living on Wurundjeri land, Naarm, Melbourne.
“𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐱𝐲𝐠𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐲.” - 𝐉𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐦
#auspol #resist
📍Living on Wurundjeri land, Naarm, Melbourne.
“𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐱𝐲𝐠𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐲.” - 𝐉𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐦
#auspol #resist
We are all the leaves of one tree
We are all the waves of one sea
The time has come for all to live as one
We are all the stars of one sky
- Thich Nhat Hahn (1926-2022) 🌻
#community #humanity #peace
We are all the waves of one sea
The time has come for all to live as one
We are all the stars of one sky
- Thich Nhat Hahn (1926-2022) 🌻
#community #humanity #peace
November 24, 2025 at 4:00 AM
We are all the leaves of one tree
We are all the waves of one sea
The time has come for all to live as one
We are all the stars of one sky
- Thich Nhat Hahn (1926-2022) 🌻
#community #humanity #peace
We are all the waves of one sea
The time has come for all to live as one
We are all the stars of one sky
- Thich Nhat Hahn (1926-2022) 🌻
#community #humanity #peace
Good morning ☀️
“Somehow we must keep hope alive. A hope that we can find a way to educate all, alleviate poverty, assuage anger and live in harmony with the environment, with animals and with each other," - Dr. Jane Goodall
#auspol #hopeANDchange #resist
“Somehow we must keep hope alive. A hope that we can find a way to educate all, alleviate poverty, assuage anger and live in harmony with the environment, with animals and with each other," - Dr. Jane Goodall
#auspol #hopeANDchange #resist
November 12, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Good morning ☀️
“Somehow we must keep hope alive. A hope that we can find a way to educate all, alleviate poverty, assuage anger and live in harmony with the environment, with animals and with each other," - Dr. Jane Goodall
#auspol #hopeANDchange #resist
“Somehow we must keep hope alive. A hope that we can find a way to educate all, alleviate poverty, assuage anger and live in harmony with the environment, with animals and with each other," - Dr. Jane Goodall
#auspol #hopeANDchange #resist
Treaty vote has passed in Parliament of Victoria, Australia.
#AlwaysWasAlwaysWillBe 🖤💛❤️
#auspol #springst
#AlwaysWasAlwaysWillBe 🖤💛❤️
#auspol #springst
October 30, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Treaty vote has passed in Parliament of Victoria, Australia.
#AlwaysWasAlwaysWillBe 🖤💛❤️
#auspol #springst
#AlwaysWasAlwaysWillBe 🖤💛❤️
#auspol #springst
“Yes,” Jane said. “Hope does not deny all the difficulty and all the danger that exists, but it is not stopped by them. There is a lot of darkness, but our actions create the light.” 🕯️
― Jane Goodall, The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times 🌍
― Jane Goodall, The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times 🌍
October 11, 2025 at 1:24 PM
“Yes,” Jane said. “Hope does not deny all the difficulty and all the danger that exists, but it is not stopped by them. There is a lot of darkness, but our actions create the light.” 🕯️
― Jane Goodall, The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times 🌍
― Jane Goodall, The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times 🌍
“I have learned and dismantled all the words in order to draw from them a single word: Home.”
― Mahmoud Darwish 🍉 🫒 🕊️
― Mahmoud Darwish 🍉 🫒 🕊️
October 9, 2025 at 6:53 PM
“I have learned and dismantled all the words in order to draw from them a single word: Home.”
― Mahmoud Darwish 🍉 🫒 🕊️
― Mahmoud Darwish 🍉 🫒 🕊️
"Growing older isn't a final act—it can be life's most exquisite chapter if you allow yourself to bloom once more. Let the years ahead be your treasure years. You don't have to be perfect..You only need to be present—fully—for the life that's yours." - #ValePatriciaRoutledge 💐
October 3, 2025 at 5:50 PM
"Growing older isn't a final act—it can be life's most exquisite chapter if you allow yourself to bloom once more. Let the years ahead be your treasure years. You don't have to be perfect..You only need to be present—fully—for the life that's yours." - #ValePatriciaRoutledge 💐
Vale Dr. Jane Goodall DBE 🐾
Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute 🌍
UN Messenger of Peace 🕊️
Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute 🌍
UN Messenger of Peace 🕊️
October 1, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Vale Dr. Jane Goodall DBE 🐾
Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute 🌍
UN Messenger of Peace 🕊️
Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute 🌍
UN Messenger of Peace 🕊️
The Art of Occupied Palestine 🇸🇩
Palestinian artist: Kivara Ammar 🍉
Art for Peace and Humanity 🕊️
Palestinian artist: Kivara Ammar 🍉
Art for Peace and Humanity 🕊️
September 30, 2025 at 11:37 PM
The Art of Occupied Palestine 🇸🇩
Palestinian artist: Kivara Ammar 🍉
Art for Peace and Humanity 🕊️
Palestinian artist: Kivara Ammar 🍉
Art for Peace and Humanity 🕊️
“Yet what greater defeat could we suffer than to come to resemble the forces we oppose in their disrespect for human dignity?”
– Ruth Bader Ginsburg
– Ruth Bader Ginsburg
September 23, 2025 at 8:35 PM
“Yet what greater defeat could we suffer than to come to resemble the forces we oppose in their disrespect for human dignity?”
– Ruth Bader Ginsburg
– Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“I believe that we will continue to build a coalition of conscience that one day will solve this problem..”
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
#empathy
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
#empathy
September 21, 2025 at 7:59 PM
“I believe that we will continue to build a coalition of conscience that one day will solve this problem..”
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
#empathy
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
#empathy
“My heart found its home long ago in the beauty, mystery, order and disorder of the flowering earth..
Where flowers bloom, so does hope. “
- Lady Bird Johnson
#bloomscrolling 🌼 #natureishealing
Where flowers bloom, so does hope. “
- Lady Bird Johnson
#bloomscrolling 🌼 #natureishealing
September 20, 2025 at 2:51 AM
“My heart found its home long ago in the beauty, mystery, order and disorder of the flowering earth..
Where flowers bloom, so does hope. “
- Lady Bird Johnson
#bloomscrolling 🌼 #natureishealing
Where flowers bloom, so does hope. “
- Lady Bird Johnson
#bloomscrolling 🌼 #natureishealing
Vale Robert Redford (1936-2025) 🕊️
“𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮, 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙜𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙤𝙣𝙚, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖 𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙧𝙪𝙣𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙞𝙩.“
- 𝙉𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙈𝙖𝙘𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙣
“𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮, 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙜𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙤𝙣𝙚, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖 𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙧𝙪𝙣𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙞𝙩.“
- 𝙉𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙈𝙖𝙘𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙣
September 16, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Vale Robert Redford (1936-2025) 🕊️
“𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮, 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙜𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙤𝙣𝙚, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖 𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙧𝙪𝙣𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙞𝙩.“
- 𝙉𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙈𝙖𝙘𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙣
“𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮, 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙜𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙤𝙣𝙚, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖 𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙧𝙪𝙣𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙞𝙩.“
- 𝙉𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙈𝙖𝙘𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙣
So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby ch. 9 (1925).
#booksky
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby ch. 9 (1925).
#booksky
September 16, 2025 at 12:23 AM
So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby ch. 9 (1925).
#booksky
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby ch. 9 (1925).
#booksky
September 12, 2025 at 7:17 AM
September 5, 2025 at 10:02 AM
This coming Sunday, Surfboard Riders 4 Palestine have organised a "Surf Day for Peace and Solidarity" at Bondi Beach.
📷 During WWII, Aussie Diggers organised surf and lifesaving events on Gaza Beach.
#auspol
📷 During WWII, Aussie Diggers organised surf and lifesaving events on Gaza Beach.
#auspol
September 4, 2025 at 10:40 AM
This coming Sunday, Surfboard Riders 4 Palestine have organised a "Surf Day for Peace and Solidarity" at Bondi Beach.
📷 During WWII, Aussie Diggers organised surf and lifesaving events on Gaza Beach.
#auspol
📷 During WWII, Aussie Diggers organised surf and lifesaving events on Gaza Beach.
#auspol
August 22, 2025 at 11:41 AM
"I opened a gallery in the midst of the war, because I am convinced that we should be doing everything we are able to do to continue creating beauty." - Natalia Zabolotna
#SlavaUkraine #Peace #TheArts
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
#SlavaUkraine #Peace #TheArts
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
August 11, 2025 at 1:37 AM
"I opened a gallery in the midst of the war, because I am convinced that we should be doing everything we are able to do to continue creating beauty." - Natalia Zabolotna
#SlavaUkraine #Peace #TheArts
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
#SlavaUkraine #Peace #TheArts
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
Fɪsʜɪɴɢ ғᴏʀ ғᴀʟʟɪɴɢ ʟɪɢʜᴛ
“If each day falls inside each night,
There exists a well
where clarity
is imprisoned.
We need to sit on the rim
of the well of darkness
and fish for fallen light,
with patience.“
- Pᴀʙʟᴏ Nᴇʀᴜᴅᴀ
“If each day falls inside each night,
There exists a well
where clarity
is imprisoned.
We need to sit on the rim
of the well of darkness
and fish for fallen light,
with patience.“
- Pᴀʙʟᴏ Nᴇʀᴜᴅᴀ
July 17, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Fɪsʜɪɴɢ ғᴏʀ ғᴀʟʟɪɴɢ ʟɪɢʜᴛ
“If each day falls inside each night,
There exists a well
where clarity
is imprisoned.
We need to sit on the rim
of the well of darkness
and fish for fallen light,
with patience.“
- Pᴀʙʟᴏ Nᴇʀᴜᴅᴀ
“If each day falls inside each night,
There exists a well
where clarity
is imprisoned.
We need to sit on the rim
of the well of darkness
and fish for fallen light,
with patience.“
- Pᴀʙʟᴏ Nᴇʀᴜᴅᴀ
“ Humanism is the only - I would go so far as saying the final- resistance we have against the inhuman practices and injustices that disfigure human history.”
- Edward W. Said
#Auspol #Genocide #Palestine
- Edward W. Said
#Auspol #Genocide #Palestine
July 10, 2025 at 6:46 AM
“ Humanism is the only - I would go so far as saying the final- resistance we have against the inhuman practices and injustices that disfigure human history.”
- Edward W. Said
#Auspol #Genocide #Palestine
- Edward W. Said
#Auspol #Genocide #Palestine
“The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters.”
- Antonio Francesco Gramsci (1891 - 1937)
- Antonio Francesco Gramsci (1891 - 1937)
July 5, 2025 at 7:37 AM
“The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters.”
- Antonio Francesco Gramsci (1891 - 1937)
- Antonio Francesco Gramsci (1891 - 1937)
“When will our #consciences grow so tender that we will #act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?”
- #EleanorRoosevelt
#love 🌼 #peace 🌼 #freedom
- #EleanorRoosevelt
#love 🌼 #peace 🌼 #freedom
June 21, 2025 at 11:01 PM
“When will our #consciences grow so tender that we will #act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?”
- #EleanorRoosevelt
#love 🌼 #peace 🌼 #freedom
- #EleanorRoosevelt
#love 🌼 #peace 🌼 #freedom