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Posted by Shine in The DU Lounge
Mon Feb 26th 2007, 07:01 PM
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I recently read a book that deeply moved me, called "The Impossible Will Take a Little While: A Citizen's Guide to Hope in a Time of Fear", edited by Paul Rogat Loeb
http://www.paulloeb.org/newimp/impindex.ht...

It's an excellent, uplifting and inspiring book that is filled with essays from all sorts of very well-known leaders. Do yourself a favor and check it out, if you haven't already.

In one of the essays, called "The Optimism of Uncertainty", by Howard Zinn, he writes: "Pessimism becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy; it reproduces itself by crippling our willingness to act." Powerful stuff. Wise words.

I believe we are all part of a chain of big-hearted people who care about the Earth, about the life that gives it fruitfulness, and about a world where rights would be respected, children cherished and peace prevail. We have to be part of something larger than ourselves, because our dreams are often bigger than our lifetimes.
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