Kat Liu
@shaktinah.bsky.social
Buddhist/Unitarian UNIVERSALIST, stained glass artist, potter, care-giver, and very poor gardener. The most counter-cultural thing that one can do in this day and age is to slow down.
Empathy and compassion are not profitable. It's not that it's impossible to make money with empathy and compassion, but one can make much more without them. That is why they are not nurtured in our society. We in fact encouraged to let those muscles atrophy.
December 21, 2024 at 12:28 AM
Empathy and compassion are not profitable. It's not that it's impossible to make money with empathy and compassion, but one can make much more without them. That is why they are not nurtured in our society. We in fact encouraged to let those muscles atrophy.
When Thich Nhat Hanh came to the US to call for an end to the war in Vietnam, he didn't take a side between the warring parties. He simply asked the US to stop funding the war. We can say the same today. The US needs to stop funding the war.
Bernie Sanders on the Senate floor just now: The United States government cannot provide weapons to countries that violate internationally recognized human rights or block US humanitarian aid. That is not my opinion, that is what the law says.
November 20, 2024 at 10:00 PM
When Thich Nhat Hanh came to the US to call for an end to the war in Vietnam, he didn't take a side between the warring parties. He simply asked the US to stop funding the war. We can say the same today. The US needs to stop funding the war.