How We Can Do Better For 53rd Annual Earth Day

How We Can Do Better For 53rd Annual Earth Day

Earth Day, Photo Credit: Aksh Kinjawadekar @ Pixabay

Things We Can Do To Observe This 53rd Earth Day on 22 April 2023

As we wish our Muslim friends “Selamat Hari Raya” this coming 22 April 2023, we are also observing the 53rd Earth Day. It is a day we renew our pledge to be part of the green revolution and to follow through with action to demonstrate support for environmental protection. Outlines below are some of the things we can do to celebrate this year Earth Day. Read more

The Power of Your Words @thetinywisdom

The Power of Your Words @thetinywisdom

Power of Your Words

I think Brian @thetinywisdom put it best when he said, “We have a simple yet powerful superpower: words. What we say — or type — might affect someone in ways we couldn’t imagine.” In The American Note-Books, Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote, “Words, so innocent and powerless as they are…how potent for good and evil they become, in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.” Read more

What to Believe: An Ethical Creed by W. L. Sheldon

What to Believe: An Ethical Creed by W. L. Sheldon https://pixabay.com/photos/quiet-moments-tall-trees-1717271/

What to Believe: An Ethical Creed by W. L. Sheldon, Photo credit: Stevej98, Pixabay.com

What does True Nobility mean to You?

A few weeks back I came across this age-old wisdom by W. L. Sheldon (Walter Lorenzo Sheldon), “Remember that there is nothing noble in being superior to some other man. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self.” The quote came from part of an address, “What to Believe: An Ethical Creed” by W. L. Sheldon, dated April 1897. Although it was penned more than a century ago, it is still as applicable today. Wayne Dyer further echoed this when he said, “…true nobility is not about being better than someone else, it’s about being better than we used to be.” Read more