Monday, August 10, 2020

Lamentation

 Today's Our Daily Bread says, "when we lament what is not right, we call ourselves and others to be active in seeking change."

Mediation has 7 letters in common with it.

Sunday, August 9, 2020

Fr. John Powell

 He narrated this anecdote about a young boy who wrote a note to his grouchy teacher, "If you're feeling happy today, please inform your face."

Saturday, August 8, 2020

Sherlock

In HITS new feature, he told Watson the owner of the hat was intelligent. Asked how he arrived at that conclusion, Holmes put on the quite large headgear. 

Friday, August 7, 2020

Wired to be Generous

Some experts believe that humans are. (Our Daily Bread) That might explain why a young boy protected his sister from a rampaging dog and got seriously wounded in the process.

Thursday, August 6, 2020

Resilience

COVID 19 will go down in history as a test of the will to survive.  Reading about a community organization of informal workers PATAMABA inspires awe and respect for this vulnerable group. They chose to organize talipapa mini-markets within the barangay during the lockdown;
1) when markets were closed;
2) there was no public transport;
3) they had to eat and earn at the same time.

Wednesday, August 5, 2020

Green Book

In the time of Black Life Matters, there was a film about a black pianist who had a white driver who brought him on his cross- country music tour.

Shintoism

The Japanese religion is said to be lenient, focusing less on rigid rules which may have resulted in a more self-disciplined nation.

Lost Cities

NATGEO featured Columbia where Spaniards brought typhoid disease and left with gold.

When Calls the Heart

A meaningful quote from this Netflix feature: "When you don't say anything, that is when you have a lot to say."

Saturday, August 1, 2020

John Lewis

In his eulogy, George W. Bush narrated that Lewis had been practicing civil disobedience even in his youth. As a boy in Alabama, he took care of the family's chickens and would not partake of them on their dinner table.