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Wow, this is an incredibly moving story, though it’s sad to think how much the future of this organization is in doubt given the future of the country, with the Taliban likely to regain power following America’s exit in 2014 this kind of thing is likely to be banned and repressed again. :-(

I really want to go to this concert, looking into it.

"The government can’t solve problems because the two parties are so wedded to their opposing ideas that they can’t move. The very idea that someone from Congress can’t take something from the other side because they’ll be punished by their own party? That’s stupid. If I were running for office, I would be poaching ideas from everywhere. That’s how art works. You steal from everything."

Steven Soderbergh on how politicians can benefit from learning to steal like an artist in this excellent interview on New York Magazine.  (via explore-blog)

I admire you even more now Mr. Soderbergh.

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Human heroes are so much more powerful than unattainable legends

Let’s remember MLK not as the unassailable legend he’s been made into, but as a human, like the rest of us, that lived & breathed & had flaws, doubts and personal struggles outside of his public life, but that gave all he had for what he believed in, for his fellow man. His actions shouldn’t be “remembered” so much as used for inspiration, civil rights go far beyond race & creed, and we have a long way to go even in the first world, but even now we can take that inspiration and what ever voice, time or talent we have towards ensuring the rest of the world (even if for you that means just your community, school, place of work, etc.) reaps the benefits of the inspiration and lessons men like King left for us. 

I bring up things like this a lot, and plenty of that is to remind myself of it as well: 

“Everybody can be great…because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.”

Nearly all the ills of this world boil down to people thinking their rights, their lives are more important than those of others, understand we’re all just one of an equal multitude, and all we can truly accomplish while we’re here is making it easier for the rest of us today and those that will follow.