@rzeta0 which I duly did, having seen organisations that were one person’s “territory” fade and die when the linchpin ran out of new ideas or lost touch with the developing zeitgeist. PyCon was far too precious to become a fiefdom.
Which reminds me, I believe our thanks are due to Marc Andre Lemburg (unless he knows better) for transferring the PyCon.org domain to the PSF when he could have easily held it to ransom. #PyConEthos #sharing #community #selflessness
Eric Hoffer on #selflessness :
"There is no doubt that in exchanging a self-centered for a selfless life we gain enormously in self-esteem. The vanity of the #selfless , even those who practice utmost humility, is boundless."
Marginalized folks have been doing this all along. Linking elbows and standing up for each other. Those of us with privilege need to level up our game. Now, more than ever.
In a word of greed and hate, #kindness and #selflessness are revolutionary.
While in a crisis, many of us strive to protect our interests, survive, or escape... Yet, there are those who not only refrain from seeking personal gain but also go beyond themselves to help resolve our crisis.
Look closely, you can see them...
#comics #Leadership #Selflessness #Resilience #Community #RiseAbove
Contemplate Dao De Jing Chapter 77: "Who can take their own superabundance and use it to serve all under heaven?" A profound question for selfless leadership! 🌌✨ #Daoism #Wisdom #Philosophy #Selflessness #Leadership https://www.sage.blue/dao-de-jing-77/
#goodnews #kids #compassion #kindness #cat #selflessness #Arizona
8-year-old Boy Saves Kitten by Trading His Skateboard to Kids Who Were Harming the Animal
In another way,
LOVE = GOD(x)
Is that better?
Where x could equal something different for everyone on the planet.
My hope is that there's enough people left on the planet that feel strong enough not to be exploited by those that believe otherwise.
That is, those who's God is not of Love, but of what many would presume, #Evil
Please don't tell me what I'm in denial of.
Thank you.
BDG feature: How to Generate Limitless Generosity: Giving Is Never Unaffordable
Read here: https://tinyurl.com/57ebp5y3
#buddhism #metta #maitri #usa #youngpeople #buddhistpractice #karuna #dana #selflessness #lovingkindness
I had been home for several weeks when I received a telephone call; a lady from the Red Cross wished to speak to me. She told me there was still no opening for nurses in Germany, but there was a great demand for them in Austria. Were I willing to go there, I should be ready to report to Mährisch-Weisskirchen at the beginning of April. My mind was made up immediately. … I left on the seventh of April, 1915, at six o’clock in the morning.
Saint Edith Stein
Life in a Jewish Family, Chapter VIII
Edith Stein had only one love: Knowledge. She had only one passion: Books to deepen her knowledge.
Her library had expanded so much in the course of years that, even after everything unsuitable to the Carmel had been eliminated, she entered the convent with six huge boxes of books as her “dowry.” But for now, any such thought of monastic life was still a long way off for her.
The world war broke out [World War I, July 28, 1914]. The lecture halls grew empty. Professors and students hurried to enlist.
While Erna, who had begun her medical residency in Breslau early in 1914, merely transferred to another clinic, Edith felt compelled by sheer patriotism to discontinue her studies and volunteer for the Red Cross.
After the required training she was sent to the contagious diseases ward of the military hospital in Mährisch-Weisskirchen. There, as everywhere, she threw herself into her work with her whole soul and her unique selflessness and was popular with the sick and wounded as she had been with her fellow students and teachers.
Sister Teresia Renata Posselt, O.C.D.
Chapter 5, Assistant to Husserl
“Nurse Edith” and colleaguesPosselt, T 2005, Edith Stein: The Life of a Philosopher and Carmelite, translated from the German by Batzdorff S, Koeppel J, and Sullivan J, ICS Publications, Washington DC.
Stein, E, Gelber, L, Leuven R, & Koeppel J 1986, Life in a Jewish Family: her unfinished autobiographical account, ICS Publications, Washington DC.
Featured image: Antique pharmacy containers written in French are captured in this photo of an old pharmacy. Image credit: elfrock / Adobe Stock (Stock photo)
https://carmelitequotes.blog/2024/11/10/edith-7apr15/
#Austria #nurse #sacrifice #selfGiving #selflessness #sick #StEdithStein #WorldWarI #wounded
Exploring Myself! Who Am I? The desire to find myself is always within us, yet it can be challenging to achieve. So, let’s begin exploring!
#myself #ourselves #self #selfless #selflessness #yourself
https://crowstv.com/mindfulness/myself/
Dao De Jing – 77 poses a profound question: who can utilize their own abundance to serve all under heaven? 🌌💫 #Daoism #Wisdom #Philosophy #Selflessness #Harmony https://www.sage.blue/dao-de-jing-77/
Clip 8: “#SuckersAndLosers” #Trump’s lack of understanding of #selflessness & #sacrifice, & why anyone would ever serve in the #military.
from Mike Schmidt’s interview w/ #JohnKelly.
8/9
‘The Gosling Effect’ isn’t about Ryan, the Canadian actor.
It’s about the power of altruism, and the impact of Kevin Gosling, an ordinary Canadian who made a decision to make an anonymous donation of a part of his liver. His persistence changed the health care system and the way unrelated organ donors are viewed.
He is however an uncle to Ryan, in the very large Gosling extended family.
A comprehensive feature from The Ottawa Citizen reports on the transformative impact of Kevin Gosling and the others donors for whom he cleared the path.
‘A total of 2,936 organ transplants were performed in Canada in 2022. Eighty per cent of those transplants used deceased donor organs and 20 per cent used living donor organs. Fifty-two per cent of those living donors were related to the recipient. Forty-eight per cent were unrelated. . .
. . . And yet, outside of Canada, there is still a lack of understanding of how someone can be willing to give part of their organ to a complete stranger.
Dr. Nazia Selzner, who is the medical director of the live donor liver transplantation program at UHN, said she is frequently asked when he travels the world: “What is wrong with these people that they want to help someone else and go through a major surgery?”’
https://ottawacitizen.com/feature/the-gosling-effect
#Altruism #Good #GoodDeeds #GoodNews #RyanGosling #Canada #Ontario #OrganDonors #OrganDonation #HealthCare #Liver #Kidney #HealthCareSystem #Caring #Altruistic #Selflessness #Kindness
Dao De Jing – 77 poses a profound question: who can utilize their own abundance to serve and benefit all under heaven? 🌏💖 #Daoism #Wisdom #Philosophy #Selflessness #Harmony https://www.sage.blue/dao-de-jing-77/
If you weren’t available to watch #POTUS #Biden selflessly pass #power to the #NextGeneration, those who will suffer the consequences of the government’s decisions made today, here’s a recorded link:
https://www.youtube.com/live/g7yNmNOuaWY?si=NvFxvJIxPM9odj9n
#grace #patriotism #bravery #love #selflessness #hero #awareness #law #democracy #Biden #POTUS #Harris2024
BDG feature: Radical Openness in Volatile Times
Read here: https://tinyurl.com/3bdw442v
#buddhism #engagedbuddhism #politics #anarchism #usa #bpf #mindfulness #buddhistpractice #compassion #responsibility #selflessness
