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Fading Blossoms of Love – Kaushal Kishore

 

In my garden, blossoms once so aglow,

Now droop and fade, their beauty slow…

I dared not touch them, with a fearful heart,

Lest they wither away, and our love depart…

But still I see their charm, in every fading hue,

A reminder of love, that once bloomed anew…

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–Kaushal Kishore  

Source: Fading Blossoms of Love – Kaushal Kishore

Good People Doing Good Things — Matthew Chang | Filosofa’s Word

Matthew Chang … a young man only 17 years old, living in Irvine, California, who has already given back more than many of us do in a lifetime.  Here’s Matthew’s story from the Points of Light website:


High School Junior Uses Environmental Education to Fight Back Against the Climate Crisis

By Kristin Park

20 March 2024

When Matthew Chang was in 7th grade, he emailed his city councilmember. Leading with passionate concern about the environment, he quickly caught the attention of the person on the receiving end.

“He was interested in starting a community garden at his middle school and wanted to see if there were any resources or help,” Farrah Khan, now mayor of Irvine recalls. “So, I responded. And from there, he’s just been doing one thing after another, and it’s been very impressive.”

With the encouragement of an enthusiastic response, Matthew went to City Hall to pitch his idea supported by academic research on the benefits of such projects. His hard work paid off, and it led to both resources and a valued mentor relationship that continues to this day.

Matthew comes from a second-generation Korean-American family of five. His grandfather, a man who learned to grow vegetables during his childhood in rural South Korea, taught him to garden, and he and his mom keep a small plot in their backyard.

“It was really him who inspired me to begin all of this. Although he isn’t with us anymore, I try to continue his legacy in a lot of the things that I do with Climate Garden,” Matthew says.

Climate Garden is an organization Matthew founded as an 8th grader in 2021. He formed a team of student leaders with neighboring K-12 schools to focus on sustainability, eradicating food insecurity and environmental education. The harrowing experience of being sent home from school due to wildfires and poor air quality moved him to take action.

“I really felt an almost implacable urge to contribute to the cause. I couldn’t let my future burn without trying everything I could,” he emphasizes.

“So, I used my platform as my school’s student body president, and I began doing what I could to achieve realistic reform.” 

Source: Good People Doing Good Things — Matthew Chang | Filosofa’s Word

The Golden Torch of Liberty’s Hope 🗽 | From Behind the Pen

Image Credit: jogi031

Do you ever feel like you’re stuck in the funk of bottom-feeding discouragement? Sometimes we need something tangible to remind us that we don’t have to dwell in that pit. When I look at representations of hope and humanity, I divert my attention away from those weary distractions that aim to be a destructive buzz kill like a vulture. These days, it seems like there’s so much unrest and conflicts happening globally, that it overshadows our trajectory of hope, peace, and love.

When I look at the image of the Statue of Liberty, an iconic national treasure and one of the most recognizable figures of freedom and democracy in the world, I embrace it with a symbol of hope that glows well beyond the border of our Independence Day celebration in the U.S. This monument comprises Liberty and Ellis Islands in the states of New York and New Jersey.

Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi, the sculptor who designed the statue, greatly admired the American fight for liberty and freedom, as well as the U.S. Constitution. The tablet in the Statue of Liberty’s left hand symbolizes the rule of law and American democracy, which has sadly been and is being viciously attacked by extremists in recent and current years.

When I observe the images of Lady Liberty, known as Liberty Enlightening the World,” I am encouraged and my spirit is renewed by this monumental symbol of journeys, dreams, strength, love, courage, community, and yes, hope. Her torch is raised, not lowered. We must continue to lift our heads and let our light shine, refusing to allow some undeserving figure(s) to dim our rays of optimism, love, unity, and hope!

Source: The Golden Torch of Liberty’s Hope 🗽 | From Behind the Pen

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