John Macomber

🆓 IMPORTANT #MondayThoughts:
On our last day,
in our last moments,
all this will be clear.
Bank accounts,
houses, cars
won't have any value.
Our final memories,
the most important ones,
were free.🤔
💙 🏳️‍🌈 #MondayMotivation #FBR #FBPE #Resistance #StrongerTogether #KindnessMatters #Motivation #Bluecrew

Everyone has a million problems until they lose their health. Then they have only one. Health is the real luxury. Stay grateful.

"We are failing because we're willing to do everything for money but not willing to do anything for our people."

I'm on board with this.👍😊

"Poetry is the mind the heart the soul naked and exposed..." Susan A. Katz (All rights reserved)

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“Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president.”
--Teddy Roosevelt (R)

"RIGHTS AREN'T 'RIGHTS IF SOMEONE CAN TAKE THEM AWAY THEY'RE PRIVILEGES. THAT'S ALL WE'VE EVER HAD IN THIS COUNTRY: A BILL OF TEMPORARY PRIVILEGES. AND IF YOU READ THE NEWS, EVEN BADLY, YOU KNOW THAT THE LIST GETS SHORTER AND SHORTER." -GEORGE CARLIN

@THE MASTERY OF SELF And then one day I decided that hurry and stress were no longer going to be part of my life. Stress is self-created; I decided to stop manufacturing it. We can choose an internal calm and joy even amid the chaos. -Brendon Burchard

Something beautiful

We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools MARTIN LUTHER KING JR

THE TAXI When I go away from you The world beats dead Like a slackened drum. I call out for you against the jutted stars And shout into the ridges of the wind. Streets coming fast, One after the other, Wedge you away from me, And the lamps of the city prick my eyes So that I can no longer see your face. To wound myself upon the sharp edges of the night? Why should I leave you, Amy Lowell (1874-1925)

"I have certain rules I live by. My first rule: I don't believe anything the government tells me." - George Carlin Jammin' in New York

Wise words…

Meme (just text, no pic): EVERY WEEKEND I SAY TO MYSELF, “SUSAN, YOU HAVE TO STOP DRINKING WINE.” THANKFULLY, I’M NOT SUSAN.

#MyGreatestWeaknessIs my habit of combining Saturday night wine slurping with posting on Bsky 😏🍷🤭

Quick while the government is shut down somebody start a new one.

Sonder the profound realization that every passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own, filled with their own dreams, worries, routines, and stories you'll never fully know. @cosmosbyrudra

I choose Inclusion. I choose Empathy. Compassion. Equality. Dignity. Diversity. I choose Community. Kindness. Integrity. Honesty. Respect. I choose Justice. I choose Facts. Peace. The Planet. I choose Humanity. I choose LOVE. - Good Medicine Society

Speaking at the DC protest, Sen. Bernie Sanders called out Trump and his billionaire al-lies, like Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg. "This moment is not just about one man's greed, one man's corruption or one man's con-tempt for the Constitution," Sanders said. "This is about a handful of the wealthiest people on Earth who, in their insatiable greed, have hi-jacked our economy and our political system in order to enrich themselves at the expense of working families throughout this country."

Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock of Georgia. INGS Sen. Raphael Warnock speaks during a "No Kings" protest in Atlanta on Saturday. - Alyssa Pointer/Reuters "In this moment, in which we are seeing a presi-dent and an administration arrogating to him-self power that doesn't belong to him, our mes-sage is very clear," Warnock later told CNN. "This is not about the people in power, it's about the power in the people."

Most Americans are genuinely good people, regardless of their political affiliation.
So when the White House says horrible things to make you hate your neighbor, the White House IS THE PROBLEM.

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion, after getting $1.2 trillion richer over the past year alone.

Meanwhile, the rest of the country is getting squeezed by tariffs and high prices for groceries, utilities, and health care.

The system is broken.

Pope Leo understands that poverty is not a choice or a personal failing.

It’s not a reflection on the individual.

It’s a systemic failure.

Wealth inequality is at an all time high and social supports are beyond inadequate.

We can provide for everyone, and it’s time we start.

Sometimes I make videos of moments I simply think are calm and beautiful.
And I don’t always bother sharing them because, well, it’s troublesome & I think people might find them boring?
But here….

mastodon.au/@nigl/115392...

"Women are not just 50 percent of the world, they raise the other half"

Once you understand why pizza is round, packed in a square box, and eaten as a triangle, you'll know that not everything in life needs to make sense to be enjoyed.

No matter how much one tries to empathize and walk in another's shoes, you never really can.