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“Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, as quoted in My Country Vol. 2, No. 3 (September 1968) by Litchfield Historical Society, p. 23
“Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace.” — Albert Schweitzer, Kulturphilosophie (1923)
This is Pack Your Lunch Day! In case you need encouragement here are 5 Reasons to Pack Your Own Lunch:
1. Save Money Eating out is expensive. Keep track of how much you spend on lunch for a week. You may be shocked.
2. Eat healthier Restaurant food is often loaded with fat, sugar and salt. By packing your own lunch with fresh, whole foods and homemade items, you know exactly what goes into it.
3. Save time and stress Do you find yourself driving to a restaurant, waiting for your food, gulping it down and then rushing back to work hoping your won’t be late? Take your own food and enjoy a leisurely lunch with time left over to relax or take a short walk.
4. Cut down on food waste. Leftovers from last nights dinner make a good lunch.
5. Be kind to the environment. A reusable lunch box and food containers helps keep fast food cartons, napkins, cups as well as plastic bags out of the landfill.
“Peace will come wherever it is sincerely invited.” — Alice Walker [From Living by the word: selected writings, 1973-1987, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 192, (1989). ]
“For me to be a saint means to be myself. Therefore, the problem of sanctity and salvation is in fact the problem of finding out who I am and of discovering my true self. — Thomas Merton [Source: The Thomas Merton Center at Bellarmine University.]
Please take 16 minutes to watch this TED Talk by C. Noel Bairey Merz, director of the Women’s Heart Center at the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute. This is information we all, women and men alike, need to know and take to heart.
Vulnerability—being imperfect—is what makes us human, authentic, and lovable. — Joan Borysenko, Ph.D. [From The Blessings of Imperfection Magazine May, 2004]
Have a hanky or a big box of tissues ready before you start this video. You will need them.
“Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures. And however undramatic the pursuit of peace, that pursuit must go on. ” — John F. Kennedy [Source: Address to the United Nations General Assembly, 1963]
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