far from home

About me:

Consider that wonderful world of life in which you are placed, and observe that its great rhythms of birth, growth, and death--all the things that really matter are not in your control. That unhurried process will go forward in its stately beauty, little affected by your anxious fuss. Find out, then, where your treasure really is. Discern substance from accident. Don't confuse your meals with your life, and your clothes with your body. Don't lose your head over what perishes. Nearly everything does perish: so face the facts, don't rush after the transient and unreal. Maintain your soul in tranquil dependence on God; don't worry' don't mistake what you possess for what you are. Accumulating things is useless. Both mental and material avarice are merely silly in view of the dread facts of life and death. The White Knight would have done better had he left his luggage at home. The simpler your house, the easier it will be to clean. The fewer things and people you simply must have, the nearer you will be to the ideal of happiness, as having nothing, to possess all. ~Evelyn Elgin in Simpler Living, Compassionate Life [LOVEMYFLASH] .. .. [/LOVEMYFLASH]

Meeting the Climate Challenge
http://www.one.org/us/climatefive/index.html?rc=cl...

We can convince our senators to make sure climate legislation includes support to help the world's poorest people - who will be hit first and worst - respond to this new challenge.