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Remembering powerful women: Notes from my quarantine journal
My new T-shirt / Cindy La Ferle “Fight for the things you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.” ~Ruth Bader Ginsburg September 22 Minutes after the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg was announced, my cell phone starting buzzing like crazy. More than half a dozen of my besties, including an old college room mate who’d lived with me in the 1970s, started texting from all over the country. Nobody wanted to process this piece of news by herself, and I felt a surge of gratitude for these kindred spirits, my posse of politically informed women. Floored by Ginsburg’s death, my…
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Reasons to hope
“May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears.” ~Nelson Mandela Cindy La Ferle To view featured posts, additional content, and social media sharing options, please visit the home page.
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Theology lessons
“One of the main tasks of theology is to find words that do not divide but unite; that do not create conflict but unity; that do not hurt but heal.” ~Henri Nouwen Grave marker in San Juan / Cindy La Ferle To view featured posts and additional content, or to share on social media, please visit the home page.
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Memorable people
“We most fondly remember those who truly see us and love us for who we are. Their affirmation is often etched in our memory as a life-changing moment. Imagine the world we might live in if more of us aimed to be that memorable.” ~Anthon St. Maarten Cindy La Ferle ______________________ To view featured posts and additional content, or to share on social media, please visit the home page.
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“Herd mentality”
“We have been programmed since our earliest school years to become followers, not individuals. We have been conditioned to embrace teams, the herd, the masses, popular opinion — and to reject what is different, eccentric, or stands alone. We are so programmed that all it takes for any business or authority to condition our minds to follow or buy something is to simply repeat a statement more than three or four times until we repeat it ourselves and follow it as truth or the trendiest thing.” ~Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun Pumpkin political rally / Cindy La Ferle_________ To view “Featured Posts”…
