Random stuff I find interesting and you may not.
You must first have peace in your own soul before you can make peace between other people. Peaceable people accomplish more good than learned people do. Those who are passionate often can turn good into evil and readily believe the worst. But those who are honest and peaceful turn all things to good and are … Read more
Men and women want to play at being a creator. They want to give me existence in their opinion, but this existence that they want to give me is nothingness. Bishop Jacques-Benigne Bossuet Five Steps to Begin Overcoming Bitterness “Never wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty and the pig likes it.” George Bernard Shaw … Read more
No one wants to be bitter. It sneaks up on us. Bitterness is unforgiveness fermented. The more we hold onto past hurts the more we become drunk on our pain and the experience can rob us of the joy we can find in anything. Bitterness occurs when we feel someone has taken something from us … Read more
the Holy Spirit of discipline flees deceit and withdraws from senseless counsels Wisdom 1:5 Similar to “Never wrestle with pigs.“ Related PostsThis Is What Authentic Masculinity Looks Like | Into the Breach The Catholic Church Has Faced Antisemitism Before 10 of the Best Cities in America to Raise a Catholic Family Hard as Nails “Luce,” … Read more
Never wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty and the pig likes it. George Bernard Shaw Related PostsOptimism and Hope Charles Dickens, David Copperfield Daily Meekness and Anger Catholicism is counter cultural Worrying is carrying tomorrow’s load with today’s strength- carrying two days at once.
Unfolding this month, in the background of the pandemic, is a “depopulation” of livestock farms — another surreal new term of the crisis to add to our list. It’s as detached and colorless a word as the industry could find for gassing, suffocating, or otherwise doing in the millions of animals whose appointments at the … Read more
In the last two weeks, there have been two coronavirus outbreaks at Smithfield Foods facilities in South Dakota and Wisconsin, with charges of cover-ups and bad handling practices. Among other issues, this exposes the inherent risk of handing control of our meat supply to the multinational agribusiness cartel. Late last year, New Jersey Senator Cory … Read more