Blatherskite

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I am a Children’s Librarian living in the Portland, Oregon area. When I am not Children’s Librianing I like to play with cameras and film. I also like playing the ukulele, knitting, sketching, and hiking.

Tag: quotes

  • “I believe that the proper utilization of time is this: if you can, serve other people, other sentient beings. If not, at least refrain from harming them.” – The Dalai Lama

  • “We are all going to die. Knowing one another is very precious. At the moment of death, the only thing that really matters is the condition of your heart.”                                                    …

  • Globalization of indifference

    “The culture of comfort, which makes us think only of ourselves, makes us insensitive to the cries of other people, makes us live in soap bubbles which, however lovely, are insubstantial; they offer a fleeting and empty illusion which results in indifference to others; indeed, it even leads to the globalization of indifference. We have…

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    I found the Legend app on my phone. 😀 Quote comes from my husband, Rafael.  

  • Repent

    “In practice, we should repent rather than have remorse. To repent is not to feel remorse, but to feel one’s faults, realizing they are faults, and try one’s best not to make the same mistake again.” – From “How To Be Faultless” by Master Sheng Yen. Tricycle Magazine, Winter 2016 Really? Is it really that…