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

  • Hate = Pain

    Hate = Pain

    “I imagine that one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, that they will be forced to deal with pain.” – James Baldwin, Notes of a Native Son

  • balance

    balance

    When I have a toothache, I discover that not having a toothache is a wonderful thing. That is peace. I had to have a toothache in order to be enlightened, to know that not having one is wonderful. —Thich Nhat Hanh

  • Untitled post 23617

    “Don’t be a dick.” – Buddha

  • let me be an instrument of peace

    let me be an instrument of peace

    I am not a Christian or (for that matter) a Catholic but I read this prayer from St Francis this morning and I liked it so I am sharing it. Lord, make me an instrument of your peace; Where there is hatred, let me sow love; Where there is injury, pardon; Where there is doubt,…

  • Untitled post 22914

    “Happiness is a habit. Cultivate it.”  – Elbert Hubbard