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“Integrity, America. You lack integrity. The degree of distance between how we want to see ourselves and how we are is enormous. Integrity. Individually and as a people. We lack integrity.
As an individual, I have long known that the only hope for integrity is not only the effort expended to live up to our word, but the willingness to own how and where we have not, and to hold ourselves accountable for the consequences of that.”
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As an individual, I have long known that the only hope for integrity is not only the effort expended to live up to our word, but the willingness to own how and where we have not, and to hold ourselves accountable for the consequences of that.”
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“We are never anywhere but where we are
even when much of that "where" is
moving in some direction or other
towards somewhere else.
We cannot
--right now--
know more than we know,
have prepared or studied or rehearsed
more than we actually did,
be more beautiful or wiser or wittier
or wealthier or healthier
or stronger or better rested than we actually are.
So go out and sing.
Express your love laid bare and open.
Be the fully imperfect glorious creature that you are.
Dance in the rain.”
―
even when much of that "where" is
moving in some direction or other
towards somewhere else.
We cannot
--right now--
know more than we know,
have prepared or studied or rehearsed
more than we actually did,
be more beautiful or wiser or wittier
or wealthier or healthier
or stronger or better rested than we actually are.
So go out and sing.
Express your love laid bare and open.
Be the fully imperfect glorious creature that you are.
Dance in the rain.”
―
“It is important to dream,
but then, but then,
it is also important to do, to make,
to attempt, to fail, to learn, to grow,
to create, to devise, to fail again, to learn more,
to persist, go on, hold on, keep holding on,
against all odds, defying logic,
and then, and only then
you may just work a vision into being.”
―
but then, but then,
it is also important to do, to make,
to attempt, to fail, to learn, to grow,
to create, to devise, to fail again, to learn more,
to persist, go on, hold on, keep holding on,
against all odds, defying logic,
and then, and only then
you may just work a vision into being.”
―
“We must take advantage of those moments of wonder--
those moments that stir up the creative juices,
that foster belief and faith--
to re-imagine what is possible
in ourselves,
in our lives,
in our world.
And then we must make use
of all that beautiful renewed energy,
all that hope and determination--
to move,
to effect change.”
―
those moments that stir up the creative juices,
that foster belief and faith--
to re-imagine what is possible
in ourselves,
in our lives,
in our world.
And then we must make use
of all that beautiful renewed energy,
all that hope and determination--
to move,
to effect change.”
―
“I had lost all faith when Nixon won the second time
after so much was already known
about what he had done to retain power.
Now it's time for Trump's Accountability Sandwich.
We don't know yet how many layers there will be,
how much meat,
how many fixings.
It better be good.
Not because I want him to suffer,
but because we need him to,
so he can't do it again,
so he can't be re-elected.
And, just as critically,
we need others to see it and feel it,
MAGA fanatics,
reckless Republican politicos,
misguided mis-informed/uninformed self-styled middle-of-the-roaders,
so that there is less risk to the country,
so that those who crave an autocratic state to impose their power
and their values
on us all
know the cost.”
―
after so much was already known
about what he had done to retain power.
Now it's time for Trump's Accountability Sandwich.
We don't know yet how many layers there will be,
how much meat,
how many fixings.
It better be good.
Not because I want him to suffer,
but because we need him to,
so he can't do it again,
so he can't be re-elected.
And, just as critically,
we need others to see it and feel it,
MAGA fanatics,
reckless Republican politicos,
misguided mis-informed/uninformed self-styled middle-of-the-roaders,
so that there is less risk to the country,
so that those who crave an autocratic state to impose their power
and their values
on us all
know the cost.”
―
Shellen’s 2025 Year in Books
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