“Do not accept brutality and cruelty as normal even if it is sanctioned. Protect the vulnerable and encourage the afraid. If you are brave, stand up for others. If you cannot be brave — and it is often hard to be brave — be kind.”
@sarahkendzior.bsky.social
First they came for the hungry shoplifters, I said nothing; then they came for the assylum seekers, I said nothing;... then they came for Bluesky, I said nothing; when they came for me, there were none to left to speak for me...
Remember Auschwitz...
“Power without love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is sentimental and anemic. Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice, and justice at its best is power correcting everything that stands against love.” #MLK
MLK was a genius and was cut down in his prime because his ideas scared and intimidated the status quo. Thank God his ideas and beliefs and spirit live on.
@sarahkendzior.bsky.social is such a bright light, and right as always. Right or wrong, I'm down to break laws if it comes to that. I will lie to authorities to protect a trans or undocumented friend, hide people in my house, facilitate illegal healthcare for women, etc., with zero guilt or remorse.
Follow Sarah!!!!
@sarahkendzior.bsky.social
She is amazing and knows her stuff. Her books are excellent. She saw all of this in 2017!
Wish people would have listened!! 🤬🤬
Be brave and kind…. Two things I always strive to be. I wish I was more kind than brave. My bravery scares me at time because I lived the worst outcome…
Would it be okay not to quote the Talmud if you don't know for sure what's in the Talmud, even if, and especially if, you're well-intentioned? The third of those quotations comes from the Talmud. The second has most of a quote from the Book of Micah in the Hebrew Bible. The first (??).
Sure. I've got to go to bed, or at least get off my computer, but I can't open the Reddit link you sent, though I'd love to see to what commentary on Pirke Avot this translation has been attributed. I'm still a bit skeptical.
Here I am just trash re-posting all the moronic, evils shit these Death-eaters are doing and you post something so beautiful. Thank you, and now I am crying. I needed these tonight amidst the horrors of this administration. 🙏❤️💙🙏
There lies behind everything … a certain quality which we may call grief. It’s always there beneath the surface, just behind the facade. Sometimes … you can see dimly the shape of it as you can see sometimes through the surface of an ornamental lake the outline of a carp … It bides its...
This sounds like Dorothy Day. "People say, what is the sense of our small effort? They cannot see that we must lay one brick at a time, take one step at a time. A pebble cast…causes ripples that spread... No one has a right to sit down and feel hopeless. There is too much work to do."
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Thank you, Jimmy Carter.
Do justly, now. Love mercy, now. Walk humbly, now.
You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it.
— The Talmud, 303
@sarahkendzior.bsky.social
https://thecorrespondent.com/5696/were-heading-into-dark-times-this-is-how-to-be-your-own-light-in-the-age-of-trump/1611114266432-e23ea1a6
https://bsky.app/profile/sarahdohl.bsky.social/post/3li6c6tpfsk23
BUT, to those that voted for this, IDNGAF.
I have zero sympathy for the red state women that voted for pro-choice initiatives & Trump.
Same for farmers.
Same for his poverty line cult members.
Wallow in it.
Remember Auschwitz...
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I’ll rise.”
Maya Angelou
Bruce Lee
https://brucelee.com/podcast-blog/2017/10/25/69-the-easy-life
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaggY8Rpbo8&ab_channel=BenHarper-Topic
Her voice will forever be missed.
Y’know, from that book that magas claim they revere.
I fear Trump's presidency will be in the nail in America's coffin.
@sarahkendzior.bsky.social
She is amazing and knows her stuff. Her books are excellent. She saw all of this in 2017!
Wish people would have listened!! 🤬🤬
Good person to have in your News feed. 💙
This is a hard read for its brutal honesty and informed vision.
“Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world's grief” is a translation of commentary on Pirke Avot.
When/if BlueSky lets us edit, I will make the changes.
Meanwhile people can see our replies.
More about these wise words:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Judaism/comments/2d1w2k/quote_from_the_talmud_do_you_know_where/