Pat
@patelsmie.bsky.social
More curious now than ever. Life, Love, the whole damned thing.
Ribbon: for Peace and Compassion.
*We are where we are because of where we have been. Each choice, each decision rolls us forward. But each moment has its own Choice.*
Ribbon: for Peace and Compassion.
*We are where we are because of where we have been. Each choice, each decision rolls us forward. But each moment has its own Choice.*
What would Aesop say, I wonder? Or Hans Christian Andersen?
O, the lessons we learn.
And, Dr Seuss!
@davidallengreen.bsky.social
O, the lessons we learn.
And, Dr Seuss!
@davidallengreen.bsky.social
August 11, 2025 at 10:06 AM
What would Aesop say, I wonder? Or Hans Christian Andersen?
O, the lessons we learn.
And, Dr Seuss!
@davidallengreen.bsky.social
O, the lessons we learn.
And, Dr Seuss!
@davidallengreen.bsky.social
This may be the truest thing #47 has ever said.
It’s a lonesome place when Father Time has the dice and and you can’t call how they’ll roll.
#biggerfishtofry
It’s a lonesome place when Father Time has the dice and and you can’t call how they’ll roll.
#biggerfishtofry
June 17, 2025 at 8:59 AM
This may be the truest thing #47 has ever said.
It’s a lonesome place when Father Time has the dice and and you can’t call how they’ll roll.
#biggerfishtofry
It’s a lonesome place when Father Time has the dice and and you can’t call how they’ll roll.
#biggerfishtofry
Drama in the skies of Perthshire, Scotland.
May 6, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Drama in the skies of Perthshire, Scotland.
The late Pope seems to have left “unfinished business” but he has given a courageous message to renew the spark and amplify voices, conscience and commitment to Care for our Communities and for the World.
April 28, 2025 at 9:08 AM
The late Pope seems to have left “unfinished business” but he has given a courageous message to renew the spark and amplify voices, conscience and commitment to Care for our Communities and for the World.
Via Bishops and Dioceses, ALL the faithful are invited to this process of listening, hearing and attending to the “cries” of the vulnerable … of people and of Earth.
Advancing discernment and change. That’s our global challenge now.
And it’s a message for People of Good Will everywhere.
Advancing discernment and change. That’s our global challenge now.
And it’s a message for People of Good Will everywhere.
April 22, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Via Bishops and Dioceses, ALL the faithful are invited to this process of listening, hearing and attending to the “cries” of the vulnerable … of people and of Earth.
Advancing discernment and change. That’s our global challenge now.
And it’s a message for People of Good Will everywhere.
Advancing discernment and change. That’s our global challenge now.
And it’s a message for People of Good Will everywhere.
It is time the World Bank takes responsibility for rectifying a creation, a “major resolution… pressed forward with so much opposition."
It cannot be just or morally justifiable to go against the will or survival of a nation, a people, a society in face of economic malpractice and future viability.
It cannot be just or morally justifiable to go against the will or survival of a nation, a people, a society in face of economic malpractice and future viability.
March 8, 2025 at 1:04 PM
It is time the World Bank takes responsibility for rectifying a creation, a “major resolution… pressed forward with so much opposition."
It cannot be just or morally justifiable to go against the will or survival of a nation, a people, a society in face of economic malpractice and future viability.
It cannot be just or morally justifiable to go against the will or survival of a nation, a people, a society in face of economic malpractice and future viability.
Wake up. Life is More than Consumerism.
February 28, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Wake up. Life is More than Consumerism.
“…willing to share (its) breakthroughs rather than protect them for commercial gains” has inherent strength. Watching this progress.
January 27, 2025 at 10:09 AM
“…willing to share (its) breakthroughs rather than protect them for commercial gains” has inherent strength. Watching this progress.
ONE set of Values.
Truth.
Justice.
Humility.
The Common Good.
I choose.
Life, not Death.
Good, not Evil.
Mutuality.
Reason.
Truth.
Justice.
Humility.
The Common Good.
I choose.
Life, not Death.
Good, not Evil.
Mutuality.
Reason.
January 21, 2025 at 8:52 AM
ONE set of Values.
Truth.
Justice.
Humility.
The Common Good.
I choose.
Life, not Death.
Good, not Evil.
Mutuality.
Reason.
Truth.
Justice.
Humility.
The Common Good.
I choose.
Life, not Death.
Good, not Evil.
Mutuality.
Reason.
The Love that respects individual autonomy but challenges us to Choose our Better Selves.
December 24, 2024 at 11:25 PM
The Love that respects individual autonomy but challenges us to Choose our Better Selves.
Dreich, not dreich.
Rainbow against a #bluesky winter’s day in Scotland today. ♥️ #wintersolsticeweek
Rainbow against a #bluesky winter’s day in Scotland today. ♥️ #wintersolsticeweek
December 16, 2024 at 6:34 PM
Dreich, not dreich.
Rainbow against a #bluesky winter’s day in Scotland today. ♥️ #wintersolsticeweek
Rainbow against a #bluesky winter’s day in Scotland today. ♥️ #wintersolsticeweek
All about perspective.
Truth. Reality.
Hope. Dream.
Truth. Reality.
Hope. Dream.
November 7, 2024 at 10:40 AM
All about perspective.
Truth. Reality.
Hope. Dream.
Truth. Reality.
Hope. Dream.
In the existential dreamloop, it’s easier to let others be our purpose than to own the effort to be that purpose.
“And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon god they made…”
Trust. Or Dream.
“And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon god they made…”
Trust. Or Dream.
November 7, 2024 at 10:33 AM
In the existential dreamloop, it’s easier to let others be our purpose than to own the effort to be that purpose.
“And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon god they made…”
Trust. Or Dream.
“And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon god they made…”
Trust. Or Dream.
I’ll say it again.
There is a paradox that poor wretches who barely *manage*, latch onto the scraps of Hope thrown from the table of the powerholders, when forced to choose between the commonSense of Dream and the Falsity of dreams.
We all dream of Hopes; choosing which is the challenge.
There is a paradox that poor wretches who barely *manage*, latch onto the scraps of Hope thrown from the table of the powerholders, when forced to choose between the commonSense of Dream and the Falsity of dreams.
We all dream of Hopes; choosing which is the challenge.
November 7, 2024 at 10:07 AM
I’ll say it again.
There is a paradox that poor wretches who barely *manage*, latch onto the scraps of Hope thrown from the table of the powerholders, when forced to choose between the commonSense of Dream and the Falsity of dreams.
We all dream of Hopes; choosing which is the challenge.
There is a paradox that poor wretches who barely *manage*, latch onto the scraps of Hope thrown from the table of the powerholders, when forced to choose between the commonSense of Dream and the Falsity of dreams.
We all dream of Hopes; choosing which is the challenge.
@margaretatwood.bsky.social needs to get here properly!
November 2, 2024 at 12:06 AM
@margaretatwood.bsky.social needs to get here properly!
❤️. The genko is a close second, especially when it lays a brilliant golden carpet!
October 11, 2024 at 9:51 AM
❤️. The genko is a close second, especially when it lays a brilliant golden carpet!
Oh what a night! Skies over Perthshire, Scotland. The aurora speaks!
October 11, 2024 at 8:15 AM
Oh what a night! Skies over Perthshire, Scotland. The aurora speaks!
Extraordinary.
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October 6, 2024 at 4:05 PM
Extraordinary.
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www.themarginalian.org/2024/09/22/w...
Thoughtful piece @themarginalian.org.web.brid.gy. Maria Popova writes on Winnicott’s Home is Where We Start From, a psychological deep dive into what democracy entails … and the unconscious fear of WOMAN.
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October 6, 2024 at 4:01 PM
Thoughtful piece @themarginalian.org.web.brid.gy. Maria Popova writes on Winnicott’s Home is Where We Start From, a psychological deep dive into what democracy entails … and the unconscious fear of WOMAN.
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Now there’s a thought: “What proportion of antisocial individuals can a society contain without submergence of innate democratic tendency?” 1/3
October 6, 2024 at 3:57 PM
Now there’s a thought: “What proportion of antisocial individuals can a society contain without submergence of innate democratic tendency?” 1/3
Late summer in the Cairngorms. Ancient glacial Glen Shee, lumpy bumps and all! No skiing today but glorious weather. 💖 Scotland.
September 17, 2024 at 10:28 AM
Late summer in the Cairngorms. Ancient glacial Glen Shee, lumpy bumps and all! No skiing today but glorious weather. 💖 Scotland.
Layering required: hottest summer globally, except Scotland.
September 6, 2024 at 8:25 AM
Layering required: hottest summer globally, except Scotland.