By Stephanie Van Hook — 2019
Yoga teacher and activist Michelle C. Johnson talks to Nonviolence Radio about her book “Skill In Action.”
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I learned very early that to survive in this broken world there is a never-ending need to “support, nurture, and protect what we hold dear” to keep it from being damaged, hurt, or destroyed ……which also includes myself.
Nelson Mandela was by nature an optimist, but he was as hard-headed as they come. He did not embrace the consoling view of history that, as Martin Luther King said (in a line often quoted by Barack Obama), “the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.
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For kids today from poorer backgrounds, the path I took through education no longer exists.
Today’s climate activists are driven by environmental worries that are increasingly more urgent, and which feel more personal.
Basketball legend lauds 'profound influence' of Black athletes when it comes to social justice.
No matter how great your life may be, you will eventually deal with disappointments, setbacks, failures, and even loss and trauma.
I am in a movement for justice inspired by Rabbi Yeshua.
In the wake of the death of George Floyd, a black man killed by police in Minneapolis, dharma teacher Larry Ward says we have to “create communities of resilience,” and offers his mantras for this time.
In low seasons, while you sit in the waiting room of life, patience is a superpower. But by adopting these seven mindsets, you can run circles around life’s challenges.
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We’ll be better prepared for life’s challenges if we cultivate these 12 inner strengths.