Season for Nonviolence: Day 43

Day 43: March 13

The thought for today is UNIQUENESS.

No matter what age you are, or what your circumstances might be, you are special, and you still have something unique to offer. Your life, because of who you are, has meaning. – Barbara De Angelis

Nobody else has lived the life you’ve lived. Nobody has been to [...]

Season for Nonviolence: Day 26

Day 26: February 24

The thought for today is RESPECT.

“I’m not concerned with your liking or disliking me; all I ask is that you respect me as a human being.” – Jackie Robinson

Respect doesn’t mean we’re all going to like one another from the start, nor does it mean we’ll all agree on everything. We may [...]

Season for Nonviolence: Day 24

Day 24: February 22

The thought for today is HARMONY.

Painting is all about contrasts and transitions and the variations of those: thick/thin, soft/hard, light/dark, red/green, blue/orange, texture/no texture, definition/vagueness, sharp transitions/soft blends, positive/negative, etc. When they are successful – that is in harmony – everything flows. And the opposite too; when they are out of sync, [...]

Season for Nonviolence: Day 14

Day 14: February 12

The thought for today is HUMILITY.

To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them. ~ Charles de Montesquieu

“Then an argument broke out among (the disciples) about which of them should be regarded as the greatest. He said to them, “…let the greatest among you be as the youngest, [...]