Angelou's life is a shining example of triumph over adversity. When she was 7, her mother’s boyfriend raped her. He was later beaten to death by a mob after she testified against him. “My 7-and-a-half-year-old logic deduced that my voice had killed him, so I stopped speaking for almost 6 years,” she said. From the silence a louder voice was born, and she went on to become an award winning writer and civil rights activist. Picture … [Read more...]
Where the Quantum Revolution Begins
Occupy Your Mind: This is where the Quantum Revolution begins! If you want to transform the world, you also want to transform yourself. Be the Change You Wish to See In the World, as Gandhi said... … [Read more...]
Quote of the Day: 1/15/14 – Dorothy Day
"The greatest challenge of the day is how to bring about a revolution of the heart, a revolution that has to start with each one of us" - Dorothy Day … [Read more...]
Quote of the Day: 11/5/13 – Thich Nhat Hanh
"Enlightenment, for a wave in the ocean, is the moment the wave realizes that it is water." - Thich Nhat Hanh … [Read more...]
Quote of the Day: 9/24/13 – Anne Frank
“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before beginning to improve the world.” - Anne Frank … [Read more...]
An Autobiography in Five Short Chapters
An Autobiography in Five Short Chapters is by Portia Nelson CHAPTER ONE I walk down the street. . . . There is a deep hole in the sidewalk . . . I fall in. . . . I am lost . . . I am hopeless. . . . It isn’t my fault. . . . It takes forever to find a way out. CHAPTER TWO I walk down the same street. . . . There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. . . . I pretend I don’t see it. . . . I fall in again. . . . I can’t believe I’m in the same place. . . … [Read more...]
Quote of the Day: 8/13/13 – H.G. Wells
"We do not want dictators, we do not want oligarchic parties or class rule, we want a widespread world intelligence conscious of itself. To work out a way to that world brain organization is therefore our primary need in this age of imperative construction." - H.G. Wells … [Read more...]
Food For Thought…
Metabolix Engineers Plants To Make Cheaper, Cleaner Bioplastic
Petroleum-based plastic may be fantastic, but due to the durability that makes the material so popular it may take hundreds of years to break down. Plastic made from renewable biomass, known as bioplastic, is a biodegradable alternative to fossil fuel versions. A company called Metabolix, based in Cambridge (MA), has been working on a technology to genetically engineer plants such as switchgrass to create a biodegradable polymer that can be … [Read more...]
Random Acts of Kindness: A Shared Umbrella
In the series “Random Acts of Kindness,” we spotlight people who are taking action, whether individually or as a group, and performing acts big or small, that are making a positive difference in the lives of others. These people are Quantum Revolutionaries, and most probably unsung heroes at that, but their actions do not go unnoticed. Today is a picture of a man who shared an umbrella with his friend, so that the friend would not get wet. … [Read more...]
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