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This Muhammad Ali quote says, "Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth."
What are our priorities?

What are our priorities?

I think we all understand that life will change after the pandemic, but what are our priorities? What guiding principles will light our way and inform those changes? In the face of glaring inequities revealed by the crisis, I worry about this. Perhaps I should explain where I stand. I believe that the proper role of government is to defend and work for its citizens. All of them, not just the rich and powerful. This idealistic view parallels passages in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution,…

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No accident

No accident

The Artdog Quote(s) of the Week I recently realized that I’ve talked about habitat loss several times this year on this blog, but always in the context of plants and animals in the environment, never about humans losing their homes, except in the context of natural disasters. But there’s an ongoing, not-too-dramatic-looking but heartbreaking and needless disaster unfolding in our country. Not the addiction epidemic, although it’s related. It’s a crisis of homelessness. I’ll focus mainly on the US for my thoughts about homelessness in my December Quotes of the Week, because that’s…

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Mirror moment: What are we doing?

Mirror moment: What are we doing?

The Artdog Quote of the Week  What we sow, we reap. What goes around comes around. It’s an ageless lesson too many of us never truly seem to learn or take to heart. How do you answer the question: What are you doing for yourself and others . . . and the world? IMAGE: Many thanks to the Amazon Aid Foundation’s “9 Inspiring Quotes about Forests” for this quote-image, featuring a quote from Mahatma Gandhi.

Needs, yes. Greed? Not so much.

Needs, yes. Greed? Not so much.

The Artdog Quote of the Week Several posts this month have obliquely referenced the difference between need and wildest “want.” as it applies to the use of resources. From the very first post through discussions of respect for the original (animal and plant) inhabitants of an ecosystem, habitat encroachment, the role of corporations, and all the way through sustainable protein, this blogger has explored a range of eco-centric questions that weigh upon the fate of life on Earth–and beyond. We only have one Earth, so far. Let us…

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Taking it seriously

Taking it seriously

The Artdog Quote of the Week If I want to improve my future, I have to do more than wish. Powered by dreams, I have to take the needed steps to make it so. IMAGES: Many thanks to Quotefancy for the Jim Rohn quote, and to QuotesHunter’s great collection, “20 Inspiring Quotes About theFuture,” for the Mahatma Gandhi quote. I’m grateful to both!