Bittersweet Tess

In the dark times Will there also be singing? Yes, there will be singing About the dark times. -- Bertolt Brecht (tr. John Willett)

HAPPY FRIENDSHIP FRIDAY "The honor of your friend should be as precious to you as your own." -Rabbinic Jewish teachings

“When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest of times, and to the latest.” – Henry David Thoreau

"We accept the love we think we deserve." -Stephen Cbosky

I love this! ❤️ "I am an Ultra Orthodox Jewish man, now I know what you're thinking and try to suspend judgment if you can..." From Rav Mo on Instagram:

This autumn I'll be looking at the moon With no child on my knee. -Uejima Onitsura

“If you don't read the newspaper, you're uninformed. If you read the newspaper, you're mis-informed.” ― Mark Twain

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“There are people who have Sun inside them; Their presence brightens,it’s not about beautiful smiles.They have an internal being that sheds light and feels like Sun. It’s a calm energy.Inner peace…most importantly;it’s not wanting anything back in return. It’s Sun.” Serdar Özkan

How beautiful The beloved. Whether garbed In mortal tatters, Or in her dress Of everlastingness— Moon broken On the water, Or moon Still whole In the night sky. -Gregory Orr

after the quake adding I love you to a letter -M.D. Welch

HAPPY FRIENDSHP FRIDAY When I am with you, dear friend, there is a warm steady glow in my heart. It dims when we are apart, but doesn't go out, patiently waiting for a reunion with its source.

A smile on the face Of the beloved, And we caused it. Never again having To ask The universe If we have a purpose. Settled forever: The question of our worth. -Gregory Orr

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"Many a book is like a key to unknown chambers within the castle of one’s own self." -Franz Kafka

Now, soul of mine, take off the cloak of time, discard your suffering and sorrows, begin to prepare yourself for the ascent toward that dawn you longed for long. -Hermann Hesse

"Spending a lifetime adrift on boat decks, greeting old age while holding a horse by the mouth - for such a person, each day is a journey, and the journey itself becomes home." -Basho

A letter from Israel’s Minister of Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism to Charlie Kirk Dear Charlie, Like many others, I’ve been following your remarkable journey from afar - your pursuit of truth, integrity, and love for your country. Very few young people are as…

perhaps the point is to keep peeling the layers of pride, entitlement, anger, hostility... until we locate our soft, humble, and nurturing heart.

Each separate being in the universe returns to the common source. Returning to the source is serenity. —Tao Te Ching

HAPPY FRIENDSHIP FRIDAY "the ultimate touchstone of friendship is not improvement.., the ultimate touchstone is witness, the privilege of having been seen by someone and the equal privilege of being granted the sight of the essence of another." -David Whyte