Everyone wants to live in a peaceful world, but it’s necessary to understand that what destroys peace is anger and hatred. This is why the long term goal is to create inner peace within individuals, so contributing to a more compassionate humanity. 6 more words
Create Inner Peace — Silent Songs of Sonsnow
A Wise Man Speaks Words Of Wisdom
I avoid religious discussions here on Filosofa’s Word as much as is possible or feasible, for I am non-religious and feel I don’t have a horse in this race, but every now and then I tread softly into the topic. There are two ‘men of the cloth’, religious leaders, for whom I have great respect: Padre Steve Dundas, a recently retired Navy chaplain, and John Pavlovitz, a writer, pastor, and activist from Wake Forest, North Carolina. These two men are not ‘preachy’, but are fair, open-minded men who actually live their beliefs rather than weaponizing religion as so many today are doing.
I’m sharing a portion of John Pavlovitz’ most recent blog post today because it defines what I see as being wrong with the Christianity that we see today and why people are turning away from their religion, leaving their churches. This is only an excerpt and…
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मसला / Issue

जब बोल दिया
तो मसला उलझ गया,
और सुन लिया
तो मसला सुलझ गया…
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When I spoke
the issue got messed up,
but when I heard
the issue was resolved…
–Kaushal Kishore
5-day isolation period inadequate, study finds: 3 COVID-19 updates
“An isolation period of 5 days after COVID-19 is totally inadequate for most people,” Eric Topol, MD, founder and director of Scripps Research Translational Institute in San Diego, wrote in a tweet citing a link to the study. “Negative rapid tests are an essential guide.”
The CDC updated its isolation guidance in December to recommend people with COVID-19 isolate for five days if asymptomatic or if their symptoms are resolving.
“Past guidance saying people could leave isolation after 5 days may be the single biggest controllable contributor to continued COVID-19 spread,” former Surgeon General Jerome Adams, MD, said in a tweet. “If CDC had recommended ‘test to leave [isolation]’ and the administration had provided those tests, many fewer infectious people would likely be out.”
Two more COVID-19 updates:
1. There are mounting signs the U.S. will experience a winter surge, and experts are worried it may collide with a severe flu season. Helix, a lab that assists the CDC with variant tracking, told Becker’s that growing reinfections and waning immunity make it “highly likely'” there will be an uptick in cases over the next few months. It’s unclear whether a new variant would contribute to a new wave, though new omicron relatives are growing in prevalence.
2. About 5 percent of eligible Americans have received omicron boosters, according to CDC data updated Oct. 6. About 11.5 million people have gotten the updated shots since the rollout began in early September. White House officials estimate between 13 million and 15 million had gotten their shots by Oct. 9, though CDC data is available only through Oct. 6, according to Politico.
“We think that’s a really good start,” Ashish Jha, MD, White House COVID-19 coordinator, told reporters Oct. 7, according to Reuters. “We need to continue and up that pace as we get into October.”
Source: 5-day isolation period inadequate, study finds: 3 COVID-19 updates
Bird flu is driving egg prices higher

Thanks to a national shortage, some Maine grocery stores are seeing the prices of eggs rise.
It’s just one more in a long list of items to experience scarcity, beginning when COVID-19 struck in 2020 and panic buying emptied toilet paper and bread from store shelves. Two years of supply chain delays are compounded by another disease: bird flu. For Mainers, that means having eggs on the table will get more expensive.
Wholesale egg prices were higher than expected in August and September, due partly to the impact of the avian flu, according to a Sept. 26 report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service.
Nationally, the poultry industry lost around 36 million hens from February through September from the avian flu. Both demand and retail prices are higher than in previous years because of inflation, said Egg-News.com. Unseasonably high prices are expected to continue through fall and decline as flocks are restocked.
At Shaw’s in Dover-Foxcroft, organic free-range eggs were listed at $6.49 a dozen, with large eggs starting at $3.99.
“Due to a national egg shortage, costs have increased significantly in recent weeks,” the sign posted at the egg display said. “We will continue to work with our suppliers to improve availability.”
FDA Authorizes Updated Covid Booster Shots For Kids 5 to 11 – The New York Times
Investment — normabobb
If we invest our energy into curry favouring others how can we expect to blossom into the beautiful flower we are meant to be. We need our energy to grow. We have to invest in ourselves. © Norma Bobb-Semple 2022
Investment — normabobb
A Sense of Accomplishing Something

As I announced yesterday, my new book, “We Are Poetry: Lessons I Didn’t Learn in a Textbook,” is on its way and will be launching on November 1, 2022. To say that I am not the least bit excited about my upcoming book would be an understatement. This book has been years in the making. Once my curiosity was unlocked, it flooded the gates of my brain cells like a dam that burst open. One question led to another, and of course, the editing-proofreading-writing-editing-proofreading-and-more-writing process seemed endless. Procrastination, however, was also a well-known culprit thrown in there because the challenges of “life” as we all experience in one form or two, happened.
Speaking with many family members, friends, and acquaintances over time, at some point, you feel like you can’t get moving out of “park” and shift your gear into “drive.” There is always stuff that…
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Sophie Griotto — VOYAGE ONIRIQUE

Talentueuse Artiste illustratrice Française : SOPHIE GRIOTTO est née en 1975 à Alès. Elle étudie les Arts appliqués à Nîmes puis à Toulouse avant de rejoindre Paris où elle travaille pour une grande agence de publicité. 19 more words
Sophie Griotto — VOYAGE ONIRIQUE
Resilient eco-community survives hurricane Ian
As Hurricane Ian showed, where and what we build matters. Fort Meyers got hammered by hurricane Charley 18 years ago and it took years to recover. Now it’s happened again. Fort Meyers Beach looks like a giant beast with claws raked the entire community into the sea.
But just a little inland Babcock Ranch was built with resilience in mind.

“We have proof of the case now because [the hurricane] came right over us,” Nancy Chorpenning, a 68-year-old Babcock Ranch resident, told CNN. “We have water, electricity, internet — and we may be the only people in Southwest Florida who are that fortunate.”
Well, maybe not internet. I wasn’t able to get onto their website for several days but it’s back online now.
It’s become a refuge for displaced people from nearby communities. Some of Chorpenning’s friends, people who lived on Sanibel Island, will be renting there.
“They’re going to…
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