It’s only our mistakes that bring us to the place where we should have been all along.
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Dexter McNamara, chairman of the 4,600-member Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians in northern Michigan, wed Tim LaCroix, 53, and Gene Barfield, 60, of Boyne City. After McNamara read the couple's vows and led the ceremony in English, a member of the tribe followed and conducted a tribal ceremony in their language. "How could the world be better? How could the world be better? … I'm just full of joy and happiness and I love my husband," Barfield said. "We’re so unbelievably grateful to the tribe and so full of respect for their position in this.”The couple met 30 years ago when they were stationed at Orlando's Naval Training Center.
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Just
as a person mired in quicksand cannot help another until he has himself
reached firm ground, our ability to help others depends chiefly on
keeping our own balance.
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Compassion
is not condescension, but a leveling of the playing field, a
recognition of yourself in others and an acceptance that their stress is
your stress, that their happiness is your own. The gulf between us all
is imaginary, born of insecurity and fear.
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“Clearly, Americans believe the prerogative exists for individuals such as clergy or photographers to deny services for same-sex marriage,” said Ed Stetzer, president of LifeWay Research. “However, the level of agreement changes with scenarios that could be interpreted as more basic rights such as housing and employment.” Consistent in all scenarios of the survey, men are more likely than women to agree these individuals should have the right to refuse services, rental agreements or employment -- as are Americans calling themselves “born-again, evangelical or fundamentalist Christian.”Hit the second link for the full survey results.
We don't have to let go, we simply have to not hold on.
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When
we meditate with the idea of getting rid of our emotions, we are
actually empowering the very forces that we seek to escape. On the other
hand, when we can use the arising of emotion to examine our underlying
sense of identification, we tap the transformative potential of
sublimation.
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The
Buddha saw that we are always engaged in relationships, starting with
that most significant relationship: the one with ourselves. On the
cushion we notice how we speak to ourselves—sometimes with compassion,
sometimes with judgment or impatience. Our words are a powerful medium
with which we can bring happiness or cause suffering.
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"Some of our children have been living with their partners for nearly 10 years. They love each other. But they cannot sign their names legally when their partners need an operation," said the letter, which was written by PFLAG China (Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays of China) and represented more than 100 gay parents. The organization said it will communicate with deputies from South China's Guangdong province who are able to promote the legalization of gay marriage during the NPC this year. The letter underlines the problems that gay couples in China face, such as adoption, inheritance and purchasing properties. It calls for early amendment of the Marriage Law to include the right of marriage for gays.PFLAG China was founded in 2008.
When
it’s time to suffer, you should suffer; when it’s time to cry, you
should cry. Cry completely. Cry until there are no more tears and then
recognize in your exhaustion that you’re alive. The sun still rises and
sets. The seasons come and go. Absolutely nothing remains the same and
that includes suffering. When the suffering ends wisdom begins to raise
the right questions.
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