Credit: Guardians of Nature (Facebook) "The little pink-and-yellow moth stuck to your porch screen has never taken a single bite of food. It never will. It can't. It's a rosy maple moth — the smallest of North America's great silk moths, colored like cotton candy for a reason worth knowing. As an adult, it has no working mouth. No tongue to uncoil, nothing to drink with. The equipment simply isn't there. Everything it will ever do — fly, find a mate, lay the next generation — runs entirely on fuel it banked months ago, as a fat green caterpillar chewing the leaves of your maple. It can't hear you, either. No ears at all. It reads the whole world through feathered antennae and its feet, chasing one signal on the night air: a mate's scent. And the pink and yellow aren't decoration. Against spring's flowering branches, that pastel is camouflage. So it has a few short days — no hunger, no sound — just the single errand it spent an entire caterpillarhood saving up for. It isn't starving. It was never built to eat. The meal was the childhood, taken on your maple tree." #RosyMapleMoth #SilkMoths #BackyardWildlife #NativeInsects #Nature

"Love comes from within you. When you ask for love from one another, you miss the very source of love. When you give love to another, you find the source of love within you. "Inasmuch as love grows in you, so in you beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul." ~ St. Augustine Art by Donna Young

Credit: Pyramid Consciousness (Facebook) "The world does not reward what you think it rewards. Shakespeare wrote this line in Measure for Measure, but it cuts deeper than any single play. It is an observation about the structure of reality as most people actually experience it , not as they were taught to expect it. The corrupt climb. The honest stumble. The one who compromises reaches the position that the one who refused to compromise was passed over for. This is not cynicism. It is precision. Every genuine wisdom tradition has had to reckon with this fact. The Stoics did not promise that virtue would be rewarded in the world. They promised that virtue was its own reward, that the inner state of the person who acts rightly is fundamentally different from the inner state of the person who rises through corruption, regardless of what the outer circumstances show. Seneca wrote to Lucilius that the good man can lose everything except his goodness. This is not consolation. It is a different definition of winning. Jung understood that the psyche registers what the social world ignores. The person who rises through manipulation, dishonesty, or the exploitation of others does not escape the consequences of what they have done. They carry it. The shadow accumulates everything that was suppressed in the pursuit of power. What was gained outwardly is paid for inwardly, often in ways the person cannot even name. The figure consumed by the serpent above, the solitary figure sitting below, both are present in every life. The question is not whether you will fall or rise. The question is what you will have become by the time you find out which it is. Virtue does not protect you from falling. It determines who you are when you do." #PyramidConsciousness #Shakespeare #Virtue

“Aging is no accident. It is necessary to the human condition, intended by the soul. We become more characteristic of who we are simply by lasting into later years; the older we become, the more our true natures emerge. Thus the final years have a very important purpose: the fulfillment and confirmation of one’s character.” —James Hillman

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Credit : Indigenous American History (Facebook) "AFTER 135 YEARS, A SACRED PIECE OF HISTORY FINALLY COMES HOME For 135 years, the winds have swept across the hills of Wounded Knee, carrying stories of sorrow, survival, and remembrance. To many Americans, Wounded Knee is a chapter in a history book. To the descendants of those who were there, it is far more than that. It is sacred ground. On December 29, 1890, hundreds of Lakota men, women, and children lost their lives in what became known as the Wounded Knee Massacre. The tragedy marked one of the darkest moments in the history of the American West, leaving scars that would be carried through generations. Today, the return of the Wounded Knee site to the Oglala Sioux Tribe and the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe represents more than a transfer of land. It represents respect. It represents remembrance. It represents the belief that sacred places should be protected by those whose ancestors are forever connected to them. Some may see only a stretch of prairie. Others see the resting place of loved ones. The return of this land ensures that future generations can learn the history directly from those whose families lived it. History cannot be changed. But how we choose to honor history says everything about who we are. Perhaps the greatest tribute we can give to those who came before us is ensuring their stories are never forgotten. Discussion Question: Do you believe returning historically significant sites to Indigenous communities helps preserve history for future generations? #WoundedKnee #NativeAmericanHistory #LakotaNation #IndigenousVoices

Credit:PowWows.com "For generations, Indigenous peoples have watched their stories told by others, often through stereotypes, omissions, or perspectives that failed to reflect Native realities. The opening of Camel Rock Studios in New Mexico represents a historic step forward. Developed by the Tesuque Pueblo on sovereign tribal land near Santa Fe, it is recognized as the first major Native American-owned film studio in the United States, creating new opportunities for Indigenous voices to lead the storytelling process. 🎬 More than a film studio, Camel Rock Studios reflects the power of self-determination. Built from the transformation of a former casino property, the facility is designed to support filmmakers, actors, writers, producers, and other creative professionals while helping expand economic opportunities within Native communities. Supporters see the project as a place where Indigenous stories can be shared through Indigenous perspectives, grounded in lived experience, culture, and community knowledge. For many Native nations, storytelling has always been a way of preserving identity, passing down teachings, and strengthening connections across generations. Camel Rock Studios carries that tradition into a new era, providing a platform for stories that have too often been overlooked. To many, the studio symbolizes something larger than film production—it represents visibility, creative independence, and a future where Native people are telling their own stories on their own terms."

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I am declaring bragging rights for taking action on a complaint and getting a result. I hope it inspires others to do the same. So.. I still live near my old highschool. I walk around the property for exercise. Our neighborhood has drastically changed since I graduated in 1981. The American flag on the pole is faded and severly tattered. It upsets me. The high school is also where lots of events are held including Sunday worship and elections. I went on the Nextdoor app and made a post about the neglected state of the flag with photos. The post generated over three thousand clicks and a long thread of comments. After three days of attention to the post, I got a private message from someone within the school system who has not only ordered a new flag but is arranging to have it hoisted up. Victory!!

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This man is 100% correct

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“The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.” J.R.R. Tolkien - The Fellowship of the Ring, 1954. Image: Brent Cotton - Before the Thunder Speaks, 2026.