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Living through times of rapid change can be exhilarating, but it also can be very difficult. ”
Climate change respects no borders. ”
Probably the most visible example of unintended consequences, is what happens every time humans try to change the natural ecology of a place. ”
For me, this is a familiar image - people in the organization ready and willing to do good work, wanting to contribute their ideas, ready to take responsibility, and leaders holding them back, insisting that they wait for decisions or instructions. ”
At least in part, people are attracted to subjects where they can identify at a basic level with the people who do it. The extraordinary aesthetic of the natural world is not obvious to someone who never leaves the inner city. Appreciation of the elegance and power of physical law is an acquired taste. ”
It is a holy blessing to be born with the exquisite qualities of a daughter of God. Women of God, both old and young, are spiritual and sensitive, tender and gentle. They have a kind, nurturing nature. This is your inheritance. Never belittle the gifts God has given to you. Develop the divinity that is within you. ”
I have always loved young women for their sensitive spiritual nature, gentleness, and special beauty. ”
My mother goes crazy over babies. Some people just do. They love 'em! I never have. Babies scare me more than anything. They're tiny and fragile and impressionable - and someone else's! As much as I hate borrowing stuff, that is how much I hate holding other people's babies. It's too much responsibility. ”
Sometimes when we are generous in small, barely detectable ways it can change someone else's life forever. ”
Just because you are blind and unable to see my beauty doesn't mean it does not exist. ”