By Menachem Mendel Schneerson
“If you see what needs to be repaired and how to repair it, then you have found a piece of the world that God has left for you to complete. But if you only see what is wrong and what is ugly in the world, then it is you yourself that needs repair.”
Menachem Mendel Schneerson, known as the Lubavitcher Rebbe, was a prominent Orthodox rabbi and the seventh leader of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement.
By Carl Sagan
“You are, by accident of fate, alive at an absolutely critical moment in the history of our planet. Anything else you’re interested in is not going to happen if you can’t breathe the air and drink the water. Don’t sit this one out. Do something.”
Carl Edward Sagan was an American astronomer, planetary scientist, and science communicator who played a key role in the US space program.
By Howard Zinn
“We don’t have to engage in grand, heroic actions to participate in the process of change. Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world.”
Howard Zinn was an American historian, playwright, philosopher, socialist intellectual and World War II veteran.
By St. Louise de Marillac
“Do not be upset if things are not as you would want them to be for a long time to come. Do the little you can very peacefully and calmly so as to allow room for the guidance of God in your lives. Do not worry about the rest.”
By Rumi
The porter runs to the heavy load and takes it from others,
knowing burdens are the foundation of ease
and bitter things the forerunners of pleasure.
See the porters struggle over the load!
It’s the way of those who see the truth of things.
[Mathnawi II: 1834-6]
Reflection based on this text – “Struggling with Service” by Saimma Dyer.