Did you know the United Nations has declared forced psychiatric treatment torture? We are a country that utilizes torture in the name of medical care as well as using it against those we call enemies. 2025: this is now a several year old post and I don't think most people know this. It's pretty astonishing and very important and yet off the radar. Involuntary treatment is torture!
As Brother David Steindl-Rast says, whether one is religious or secular, it’s hard to argue against gratefulness.
How much gratefulness we feel has little to do with whether life seems abundant or filled with hardship. On the contrary, it hinges on the degree to which we are prey to the delusion that we are self-made, or instead have discovered that life is a process in which we endlessly stumble into the unknown.
Let’s never forget what a wondrous planet we live on — a place where staggering beauty can suddenly sweep up from the horizon. … [click on title to read the rest]
Infographics on the distribution of wealth in America, highlighting both the inequality and the difference between our perception of inequality and the actual numbers. The reality is often not what we think it is. … [click on title to read the rest]
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