Isn't the Universe strange? A positive thing, like Newman's salad dressing profits, is out into the ethos and it changes into something far greater? We never know how our lives will be used to serve the greater good until we venture forth. Paul Newman took the pain of his life and it didn't save his son but it helped many other suffering people. Thanks for giving me something to think about today.
Powerful story! It reminds me that there are still good people in the world. Perhaps we just start by being considerate and tolerant. Thanks for sharing.
I've been really impressed by Melinda Gates' philanthropic work over the years. Both with and without her ex-husband's participation. It seems like she truly believes in giving back and making the world a better place.
I sometimes have strange but profound dreams. Here is one of them that came a few weeks ago:
In this dream I am trying to get back home and I have found the street that looks familiar and takes me to my grandmother's house, where I know to turn down the side street which will lead me to my parent's home. I am confident I am on the right street. But suddenly the view outside the car changes. Instead of the trees and homes I remember there appear commercial buildings all over. I do not recognize this place. My grandmother's house is not seen where it should be. I am full of anxiety, for I do not now know where to turn. I decide to stop my car and go into one of the shops that have appeared so I can ask directions. I carefully write down on a little piece of paper my address that I remember clearly to show them. I pick a shop through whose windows I see many women sewing on machines, they are obviously intently working,like in a tailor shop. I enter, but suddenly all their faces freeze in fear. Intuitively I know they are afraid of me. They are suspicious that I have come to harm them. They see me as foreign, even alien. I try quietly to tell them I just want directions home. I hold up my address written on the small piece of paper. They do not speak, they gaze at me still with suspicion. Suddenly, I hear a scurrying, as if two of them are going to get someone else. Then they come back with a man dressed all in white. He has on a round hat in white like the Sufi Masters wear sometimes. Instantly I know that he is not afraid of me. He is smiling, his face radiant, glowing. I feel no fear in him, only love and compassion. I hold up my paper with the address I remember for home. He does not look at that. He looks into my eyes and he says: "You will be alright because you have peace in your pocket." I am startled and think "what a thing to say?" Then sudenly I look down and am surprised to see that the dress I am wearing has a pocket on the side of my right hand. On the pocket has been beautifully sewn in white thread the written word "Peace". I am speechless. I never knew it was there. He smiles as I look up at his face again. Suddenly, all the others melt away, as if they never existed. I see only his face of Light. There are no more words between us. I wake up suddenly from what was a deep sleep. And I feel immediately that something profound has visited my soul. Such dreams as this are in a different kind of light from ordinary dreams. You will know the difference when they happen to you.
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