Giving up is unforgiveable . . .

Thursday, March 13, 2025. It's Thor's day . . . The mild to hot to cool Spring rollercoaster continues in TulseyTown with mid 80's, moderate Southerlies and sunny skies. Downright hot tomorrow and then a much cooler weekend. The blood moon total lunar eclipse happens tonight into Friday morning.

Faith isn’t a journey beyond doubt; often it’s a journey into the wilderness and into the midst of doubt. – Pico Iyer, “Becoming Aflame,” a conversation. https://tricycle.org/article/becoming-aflame/?

I am committed to the idea that the ability to think for one’s self depends upon one’s mastery of the language. – Joan Didion

When we think about our own evolution, it’s always good to remember that we’re all animals. Animals. And the rules which govern the lives of lions and wolves, the closest relative primates, are no different than the rules which govern our lives. Govern our lives we are in constant competition with each other competition to breed, to eat, to seek water and shelter. Only humans cannot survive without a tribe. Empathy exist to ensure the survival of our offspring. Morality, whatever that may mean, exists to govern the behavior of the members within the tribe in hopes that the tribe does not destroy itself. But today, all these tribes live close together, and we must try a way to see all humankind as one species – not as a collection of tribes.

Our survival depends upon.this. The age of competition is ended the age of cooperation is here. If we do not find a way to cooperate, to extend that empathy to all humankind, then we will be the axe that chops our own roots. We will be the arbiter of our own extinction. – by Taylor Sheridan, from The Mayor of Kingstown, a video series on Prime,

The days when the Republican Party were conservatives are long gone … In 2025 the Republicans in charge of the United States of America are not the conservatives they call themselves; they are the dangerous ideological radicals [and tariffs are the tip of the iceburg about to settle over the country]. – Heather Cox Richardson, in Letters From An American.

Giving up is unforgivable. Personal note and request today from Joyce Vance at Civil Discourse.