Poetry is not only dream and vision; —Audre Lorde --- AKSHR

 

Poetry is not only dream and vision; 

it is the skeleton architecture of our lives. 

It lays the foundations for a future of change, 

a bridge across our fears of what has never been before. 

—Audre Lorde

Variety is the pledge that matter makes to living things. Diane Ackerman --- AKSHR

Variety is the pledge that matter makes to living things. 

Diane Ackerman

 

In the vast and wondrous tapestry of life,

Variety is the pledge that matter gives,

A promise to all living things, a strife,

To thrive and flourish, and to live and strive.

 

With every hue and shade, with every form and grace,

The world is filled with endless, wondrous place,

Where creatures great and small, with differing pace,

Find sustenance and joy, in their embrace.

 

The trees that tower high, the flowers that bloom,

The birds that soar and the beasts that swoon,

All sing the praises of this wondrous boon,

This gift of variety, this boon so soon.

 

For in the depths of diversity's heart,

Lies the key to life, and love, and art,

A treasure trove of wonder, a work of art,

A symphony of life, a masterpiece of heart.

 

So let us cherish this gift, this boon so true,

And celebrate the beauty, that it brings anew,

For variety is the pledge that matter makes,

To living things, and the world it takes.

AKSHR 20012024

Our lives are born of the Ki of the universe. --- Koichi Tohei --- AKSHR

 

Our lives are born of the Ki of the universe. 

Let us give thanks for being born not as plants and animals, 

but as human beings blessed with a universal mind.  

Let us pledge to fulfill our missions by helping 

to guide the development and creation of the universe.

Koichi Tohei

I pledge to set out to live a thousand lives between printed pages...... Cornelia Funke -- AKSHR

 

I pledge to set out to live a thousand lives between printed pages. I pledge to use books as doors to other minds, old and young, girl and boy, man and animal. I pledge to use books to open windows to a thousand different worlds and to the thousand different faces of my own world. I pledge to use books to make my universe spread much wider than the world I live in every day. I pledge to treat my books like friends, visiting them all from time to time and keeping them close. Cornelia Funke -- AKSHR 20012024

“A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.” ― Theodore Roosevelt ___ AKSHR

 

“A vote is like a rifle: 

its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.”

― Theodore Roosevelt

“Civic sense without common sense leads to mob violence.” ― Abhijit Naskar ---- AKSHR

 

“Civic sense without common sense leads to mob violence.”

― Abhijit Naskar, 

“Conscience is my constitution, Compassion is my culture, Character is my government. ― Abhijit Naskar, ---- AKSHR

 

“Conscience is my constitution, Compassion is my culture, Character is my government. 

I don't need any second hand constitution, second hand culture, second hand government.” 

― Abhijit Naskar,