My best source of grounding are animals and nature. Animals live more in the moment and don't worry … - Kristin Bauer van Straten

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Of all evils of war the greatest is the purely spiritual evil: the hatred, the injustice, the repudiation of truth, the artificial conflict.

Kristin Bauer van Straten

My best source of grounding are animals and nature. Animals live more in the moment and don't worry so much! And nature is proof of a greater power than myself. Both put things in perspective, or at least gently move us forward.

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One lesson I got from Gandhi, 'Be the change you want to see,' haunts me. I just feel like I can't keep stomping around pointing the finger at BP when I am supporting the oil industry with my very own dollars and actions by buying their products, helping to pay their mortgage - plastic is from oil. . . polyester, shower curtains.

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I am no longer able to be anonymous.

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People can do all kinds of things that maybe aren't wise in hindsight because of jealousy.

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I'm focusing on quality versus quantity - a nicer tee-shirt with organic cotton and buying just one or two instead of five that are cheaper but made with GMO cotton, which is hard on Earth, sewn by slave labor, shipped all the way from China on boats that use lots of oil and can kill whales with ship strikes and sold by (some) companies that could treat their

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My personal style is really comfy: flats, tennis shoes, ponytails, no makeup.

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