My New Year's resolutions

[True Dough]

And, most of all, this:

[MiHale]

1. Right there with ya on that!...

[True Dough]

2. Happy New Year, MiHale!

[MiHale]

13. Happy New Year TD...

Thank you again for the inspired words.

[2naSalit]

6. Happy New Year, MiHale!

[MiHale]

12. Happy New Year, 2na!🎉🎊

May those 2 little gremlins Peace and Serenity bother you all this year.

[Luciferous]

3. I love that, thanks for sharing 🙂

[True Dough]

4. You are most welcome,

Luciferous. Wishing you all the best in 2025!

[NNadir]

5. That last statement is hopelessly beautiful in a world that is rapidly ethically being degraded. n/t.

[True Dough]

7. I think there are many DUers who would agree with that, NNadir

Glad to be in the company of people who still care despite the chaos that is coming with the next administration. May good things come your way in 2025!

[70sEraVet]

10. Maybe BECAUSE of the chaos of the next administration!

I have had trouble wishing anyone a 'happy new year'. But, by pledging to help people in the coming year, we will be engaging in meaningful acts of resistance.
So, wishing you all a 'scrappy new year'!!

[True Dough]

18. Very true!

Let's be scrappy and helpful!

[IbogaProject]

8. Your sharing summaries and reviews of science is a kindness

Here is what I can offer in return

Zen Story: Tigers and a Strawberry
The following is my all-time favourite Zen story, here translated by Paul Reps (Zen Flesh, Zen Bones, New York: Anchor/Doubleday, 1958, pages 22–23). See also “Relax” by Ellen Bass.

A man traveling across a field encountered a tiger. He fled, the tiger after him. Coming to a precipice, he caught hold of the root of a wild vine and swung himself down over the edge. The tiger sniffed at him from above. Trembling, the man looked down to where, far below, another tiger was waiting to eat him. Only the vine sustained him. Two mice, one white and one black, little by little started to gnaw away at the vine. The man saw a luscious strawberry near him. Grasping the vine with one hand, he plucked the strawberry with the other. How sweet it tasted!

[NNadir]

20. Thank you for your kind words. I seldom think of...

...what I do here necessarily as a kindness, although I cannot help but to appreciate that generous interpretation.

Rather I see what I do as screaming into the void against doing the wrong thing for the right reasons, at least where energy is concerned.

I loved the metaphor about the strawberry by the way. I'll try to see the destruction of the planet in that way, as hard as it might be to do so.

[surfered]

9. Thanks for that

[Marthe48]

11. My resolutions are the same

1. Drink more
2. Gamble more
3. Swear more
4. Eat more

If I break any of these, I'll be a better person lol

Happy New Year!

[calimary]

16. LOVE that! It gave me a good giggle!

Happy New Year to you, Marthe48 - and to EVERYBODY here on DU!!!

[Marthe48]

17. Happy New Year!

[Wild blueberry]

14. Thank you for these

First humor, then kindness.

This is why I love DU, we can all help one another.

[True Dough]

19. I can assure you,

I'm not joking about the first two!

[patphil]

15. My father and I helped the widow next door who was suffering from dementia.

She thought she had to leave her TV on so that the things she saw on it would actually happen.
We would mow her lawn, shovel her walk, and my dad would fix things in her house for her.
Fortunately, her son, who lived in Texas, was able to come up and rescue her.
She was a nice old lady, who lost her ability to function after her husband died.
So we helped her manage.
That's the kind of stuff that makes this world a wonderful place to live in.

[calimary]

21. A little kindness can sure go a long way!

That was really sweet of you. THANKS, patphil, and Happy New Year!

And WE are the ones that will help make it so.