They are making war on us, and we must firm with our German brothers and sisters. On brutal occasions like this, when freedom is tested, I find myself reaching back to John F Kennedy's famous quote from a different time but the same place: Ich bein ein Berliner. This week there will be no jokes about German bakery goods.
Times like this I find myself heading for quotes to help me make any sense.
Invariably I find quotes from people from the Southern United States that are filled with wisdom and good, common sense.
From Mark Twain to Muhammad Ali and from Dolly Parton to Alice Walker, words from the South often help me.
And in thinking about the tragedy at Berlin Pride or CSD, words from the South resource me to continue on.
Thinking particularly of anyone finally coming to terms with their happiest and most authentic selves but scared at a potentially cold world with some cruel individuals, I offer the following thoughts:
“Find out who you are and do it on purpose” Dolly Parton
“ We will never have to be other than who we are in order to be successful...We realize that we are as ourselves unlimited and our experiences valid. It is for the rest of the world to recognize this, if they choose.” Alice Walker
brut et instructif (4 )
16 days agoThey are making war on us, and we must firm with our German brothers and sisters. On brutal occasions like this, when freedom is tested, I find myself reaching back to John F Kennedy's famous quote from a different time but the same place: Ich bein ein Berliner. This week there will be no jokes about German bakery goods.
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notcom (28 )
16 days agoTimes like this I find myself heading for quotes to help me make any sense.
Invariably I find quotes from people from the Southern United States that are filled with wisdom and good, common sense.
From Mark Twain to Muhammad Ali and from Dolly Parton to Alice Walker, words from the South often help me.
And in thinking about the tragedy at Berlin Pride or CSD, words from the South resource me to continue on.
Thinking particularly of anyone finally coming to terms with their happiest and most authentic selves but scared at a potentially cold world with some cruel individuals, I offer the following thoughts:
“Find out who you are and do it on purpose” Dolly Parton
“ We will never have to be other than who we are in order to be successful...We realize that we are as ourselves unlimited and our experiences valid. It is for the rest of the world to recognize this, if they choose.” Alice Walker
armmusclesuk (21 )
17 days agoThoughts go out to sad newes in berlin .very sad times .thoughts
go out today.