June 9, 2017 The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena. Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that, in glory and triumph, they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot. Think of the endless cruelties visited by the inhabitants of one corner of this pixel on the scarcely distinguishable inhabitants of some other corner, how frequent their misunderstandings, how eager they are to kill one another, how fervent their hatreds.Our posturings, our imagined self-importance, the delusion that we have some privileged position in the Universe, are challenged by this point of pale light. Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves.The Earth is the only world known so far to harbor life. There is nowhere else, at least in the near future, to which our species could migrate. Visit, yes. Settle, not yet. Like it or not, for the moment the Earth is where we make our stand. — Carl Sagan
June 8, 2017 Baby really hurt meCrying in the taxiHe don’t wanna know meSays he made the big mistake of dancing in my stormSays it was poisonSo I guess I’ll go homeInto the arms of the girl that I loveThe only love I haven’t screwed upShe’s so hard to pleaseBut she’s a forest fireI do my best to meet her demandsPlay at romance, we slow danceIn the living room, but all that a stranger would seeIs one girl swaying aloneStroking her cheekThey say, “You’re a little much for meYou’re a liabilityYou’re a little much for me”So they pull back, make other plansI understand, I’m a liabilityGet you wild, make you leaveI’m a little much forE-a-na-na-na, everyoneThe truth is I am a toy that people enjoy’Til all of the tricks don’t work anymoreAnd then they are bored of meI know that it’s excitingRunning through the night, butEvery perfect summer’sEating me alive until you’re goneBetter on my ownThey say, “You’re a little much for meYou’re a liabilityYou’re a little much for me”So they pull back, make other plansI understand, I’m a liabilityGet you wild, make you leaveI’m a little much forE-a-na-na-na, everyoneThey’re gonna watch meDisappear into the sunYou’re all gonna watch meDisappear into the sun — Ella Yelich O'connor / Jack Antonoff
June 7, 2017 “We are trapped inside of this horrible machine, and the machine is bleeding to death.” — Anonymous
June 5, 2017 . . . I had nothing to work with but Light and Love, and many centuries passed before even two lifestreams applied for membership - One, later became Buddha (now, Lord of the World, the Planetary Logos Gautama Buddha) and the Other, became the Cosmic Christ (Lord Maitreya, now the Planetary Buddha). The Brotherhood has grown through these ages and centuries until almost all the offices are held now by those belonging to the evolution of Earth and those who have volunteered to remain among her evolution. . .. — Sanat Kumara
June 5, 2017 there have been those who have sounded the very depths of sin, who all their lives have never done an ‘ill deed’” setting the stage for a tale entirely without logic. — Ambrose
May 29, 2017 To open a whole world of new experiences…a new dimension in enjoyment where travel adventure and good fellowship are your constant companions.To encourage clubs and rallies that provide an endless source of friendships, travel fun and personal expressions.To lead caravans wherever the four winds blow…over twinkling boulevards, across trackless deserts…to the traveled and untraveled corners of the earth.To play some part in promoting international goodwill and understanding among the peoples of the world through person-to-person contact.To strive endlessly to stir the venturesome spirit that moves you to follow a rainbow to its end…and thus make your travel dreams come true. — Wally's Creed