May the coming New Year bring you joy, love and peace.
愿新年为您带来快乐，友爱和宁静。
yuàn xīnnián wèi nín dàilàái kuàilè, yǒu’ài hé níngjìng.
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what would bring you joy, love, or peace in the new year?
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“people fail to get along because they fear each other;
they fear each other because they don’t know each other;
they don’t know each other
because they have not communicated with each other.”
– dr. martin luther king, jr.
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silence on a hot summer night in ann arbor
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“the most significant conversations of our lives occur in silence.”
-simon van boy
came upon this peaceful man
sleepy with quiet thoughts
on a quiet noon
spent in bandamer park
ann arbor, mi. usa
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“summer quiet thoughts on summer quiet noons.”
-ray bradbury, now and forever
map of pangea with current international borders
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the good people at open culture
recently shared this map of pangea
with the present day country names.
if the band ever gets back together,
here’s who your nation’s neighbors would be.
-massimo pietrobon – mental floss magazine
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we cannot live only for ourselves.
a thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.
~herman melville
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*this post is dedicated to the brave journalists in paris, recently lost to a senseless violent act, to journalists everywhere, to the freedom of speech and to peace.
