ARC: September 2022

Saturday, September 24, 2022

Rosh Hashanah

Rosh Hashanah

ARC © September 25, 2022 – September 27, 2022

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The shofar is sounding for Tishrei:

another renaissance new year.

Our Rosh Hashanah reviews past:

repents/commits to good that will last.

Apples/Honey symbolize sweetness to come:

prayers said honoring Adam/Eve and progeny.

Luminary remembrance kith/kin tradition:

inspire/cultivate enriched novel redefinition.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosh_Hashanah

Wednesday, September 14, 2022

LEADERS

LEADERS

ARC © Monday, September 5, 2022

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Admired leaders have multiple traits:

integrity, fairness, decisiveness leads the list.

Included are strategic thinking, transparency:

accessibility, collaboration, humble in errancy.

Politics often give appearance of football game:

democrats/republicans extreme polar opposites.

Win/Lose battle cry for each party’s mission:

one superior over other is constant attrition.

2016-2020 America was bereft of a leader:

instead, had a misogynist egomaniac loser.

`Springer’ type persona attracted `enabled’:

mantra I’m ok… you’re not … Harris labeled.

Bemoan country lacking honor at the helm:

Adolph Hitler was evil incarnate Germany followed.

Italy had Mussolini/Russia Stalin/Uganda Idi Amin…:

atrocities common to genocide demonic infamous sin.

Luminary Leaders work for the greater good:

money, ambition, power is not part of equation.

Empathy/peace/respect for neighbor as self at core:

essence of righteousness inspiring one/all to soar.

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The most admired leaders have these 7 traits

· Integrity. Good leaders are authentic, trustworthy and reliable. ...

· Fairness. It's human nature to prefer certain people over others. ...

· Decisiveness. ...

· Strategic thinking. ...

· Transparency. ...

· Accessibility. ...

· Collaboration.

I'm OK – You're OK

I'm OK – You're OK is a 1967 self-help book by psychiatrist Thomas Anthony Harris. It is a practical guide to transactional analysis as a method for solving

https://www.kriti-jain.com/blog-content/im-ok-youre-not-ok

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I'm ok; you're not ok.

There is a classic book titled ‘I’m OK – You’re OK’ by Thomas Harris that outlines four major life positions: a) I’m not OK – You’re not OK (Futile position); b) I’m not OK – You’re OK (Depressive position); c) I’m OK – You’re not OK (Paranoid position); d) I’m OK – You’re OK (Good life position).

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/top-10-most-evil-leaders-20th-century-jan-benedict-steenkamp

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benito_Mussolini

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Stalin

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idi_Amin

Working for the Greater Good - Conscious Leaders -

https://conscious-leaders.co.uk › blog › working-for-th...

What does working for the Greater Good mean? It could be defined as “ At the highest level of your awareness, working ethically for the benefit of all ..

Righteousness - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Righteousness

Righteousness is the quality or state of being morally correct and justifiable. It can be considered synonymous with "rightness" or being "upright".

Friday, September 9, 2022

Hope in the ARTS

HOPE IN THE ARTS

ARC © August 28, 2022

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I normally avoid watching series shows:

but Designated Survivor highly recommended.

Similar too truly one of the best ever seen:

West Wing par tour de force starring Sheen.

Opposing views have little chance of reason:

stuck in rigid focus with myopic blinders.

ARTS-lit/film/music/poetry… manage to remove:

helping empathy transcend to enlightened groove.

Comedy too has astounding power to open sights:

laughter often succeeds where all else will fail.

It’s like sugar that helps the medicine go down:

transform from ignoramus to wearing crown.

Some movies just role model plain goodness:

Won’t You Be My Neighbor? is grace in action.

Fred Rogers exemplar to youth kinship by all:

when he bathed feet with Clemons, ten feet tall.

Kramer vs Kramer opened dialog long condemned:

people change – differences can be insurmountable.

Faiths, like Catholicism, infamous condemning divorce:

curious how empathy illumed when pope changed course.

My Pilgrims Progress has had multi turning points:

losing best friend at age eight catalyst for all to come:

the Righteous, Books, Film, Notables, ongoing growth:

clarified loving divine all…neighbor as self-solemn oath.

Biographies, Historical Drama, Classics … favorite reading:

Roots, Pay It Forward, Sapiens, Black Like Me … stirred soul.

Imitation of Life, Lost Boundaries … heart wrenching sympathy:

realized best teacher in all disciplines is compassionate empathy.

Investigative Reporting deserves magnified shout-out:

60 Minutes/Ken Burns PBS documentaries excellent.

I find it unfathomable at times to witness lies as truth:

adults hoodwinked/duped like unsophisticated youth.

Parrot consensus as in The Emperor’s New Clothes:

exclaim like fabled Henny Penny: The Sky is Falling.

Forte is Fox News and shows like Jerry Springer:

famous for ultra conservative right wringer.

Another president in century shamed American:

Nixon’s Watergate illuminated no one above law.

U.S. Code 18-Chapter 101 violated by Trump:

not just stain, but ever-growing cancerous lump.

Soon, there will be enlightening books/movies/plays:

clarifying for one/all the danger America has been in.

Major nations have celebrations for light over dark:

Illumination a must for fresh air walk in the park.

Soon there will be epic book/movie on past decade:

affirming Plato/Spirkins’ philosophy art imitates life.

Prayer is that `it’ inspires hope future universal peace:

Mother Earth attracts enlightened for renaissance lease.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Designated_Survivor_(TV_series)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_West_Wing

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Sheen

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Won't_You_Be_My_Neighbor%3F_(film)

Fred Rogers Took a Stand Against Racial Inequality When He ...

https://www.biography.com › news › mister-rogers-offi...

Jun 24, 2020 — When Clemmons sat down and placed his feet in the water, right next to Rogers', the two men broke a well-known color barrier.

Blog - Divorce in Movies: Kramer vs. Kramer

https://www.sandrathompsonlaw.com › divorce-in-mov...

Kramer vs. Kramer was one of the first major movies to depict realist divorce after the Hays Code. The “Tender Years” doctrine. Ted

The resignation of Pope Benedict XVI took effect on 28 February 2013 at 20:00 CET, following his announcement of it on 11 February. Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pilgrim%27s_Progress

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Turning_Point_(1977_film)

Righteous Among the Nations - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Righteous_Among_the...

Righteous Among the Nations is an honorific used by the State of Israel to describe non-Jews who risked their lives during the Holocaust to save Jews from ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roots:_The_Saga_of_an_American_Family

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roots_(1977_miniseries)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pay_It_Forward_(novel)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sapiens:_A_Brief_History_of_Humankind

Here is a list of some phenomenal movies which will make you think, and will most definitely inspire you to look at life from a renewed perspective:

· Into The Wild. This movie is nothing short of epic. ...

· The Truman Show. ...

· Crash. ...

· The Shawshank Redemption. ...

· Waking Life. ...

· Wild. ...

· Pay It Forward. ...

· Dead Poets Society.

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Black Like Me, 50 Years Later | Arts & Culture

https://www.smithsonianmag.com › arts-culture › black...

Fifty years after its publication, Black Like Me remains a remarkable document. John Howard Griffin changed more than the color of his skin. He helped change .

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Like_Me

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The Most Life-Changing Books

· The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. ...

· Mindset by Carol Dweck. ...

· Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki. ...

· How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie. ...

· The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle. ...

· Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari. ...

· The Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod. ...

· Start With Why by Simon Sinek.

Imitation of Life (1934) - IMDb

https://www.imdb.com › title

Imitation of Life ... A struggling widow and her daughter take in a black housekeeper and her fair-skinned.

Rating: 7.5/10

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imitation_of_Life_(1959_film)

Lost Boundaries - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Lost_Boundaries

Werker, it is based on William Lindsay White's story of the same title, a nonfiction account of Dr. Albert C. Johnston and his family, who passed for white

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_Boundaries

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/60_Minutes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Burns

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Emperor%27s_New_Clothes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henny_Penny

Fox News Reporting Drops at Least One Lie Every Weekday ...

https://www.thewrap.com › fox-news-reporting-lies-me...

Media Matters for America published a list of "lies and false statements told and retold" on the network.

Bombshell Verdict Stuns Alex Jones As Fox News Braces ...

https://www.youtube.com › watch

Aug 8, 2022 — A jury hits MAGA loyalist Alex Jones with $50 million in fines for lyingabout the Sandy Hook massacre and putting grieving parents through ...

Missing: ~~notorious~~ ‎| Must include: notorious

Jan. 6 committee just proved Fox News knowingly lies on air

https://www.salon.com › ... › Amanda Marcotte's Articles

Dec 14, 2021 — Fox News' biggest hosts privately blamed Trump for the Capitol riot — but told a different story publicly.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Springer_(talk_show)

right-wing·er

/ˌrītˈwiNGər/

noun

1. 1.

a person who supports or belongs to the conservative or reactionary section of a political party or system.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nixon

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watergate_scandal

18 U.S. Code Chapter 101 - RECORDS AND REPORTS

https://www.law.cornell.edu › ... › Title 18 › PART I

18 U.S. Code Chapter 101 - RECORDS AND REPORTS · § 2071. Concealment, removal, or mutilation generally · § 2072. False crop reports · § 2073. False entries and ...

https://communityoflights.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1117:spectacular-festivals-of-lights-from-around-the-world&catid=68:spiritual&Itemid=239

In his theory of Mimesis, Plato says that all art is mimetic by nature; art is an imitation of life. He believed that 'idea' is the ultimate reality. Art imitates idea and so it is imitation of reality.