Friday's Labor Folklore

Hope


Two daughters

Hope has two daughters. Their names are Anger and Courage.

Anger at the way things are and Courage to see that they do not remain as they are. 

-- Saint Augustine of Hippo

 

History teaches us to hope

Life is about Hope and Thought. But I'll tell you this. If you don't have hope, you can forget about it.

-- Studs Terkel


All the world is full of suffering. It is also full of overcoming.

-- Helen Keller


The audacity of hope

Hope in the face of difficulty. Hope in the face of uncertainty.

The audacity of hope! 

-- Barack Obama


Learn from yesterday.

Live for today.

Hope for tomorrow.

 --- Albert Einstein


Two wolves

An elder was teaching his Native American grandchildren about life. He said to them, "a fight is going on inside me. It is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves. One wolf represents fear, anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority and ego."


"The other stands for joy, peace, love, hope, sharing, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, friendship, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith."

 

"This same fight is going on inside you and inside every other person, too," he added.


The grandchildren thought about it for a moment and then one child asked the grandfather, "which wolf will win?"


The old Cherokee simply replied -- "The one you feed."


Sisters, You Keep Me Fighting

by

MUSE - Cincinnati's Women's Choir


Written in the early 1970s, “Sisters, You Keep Me Fighting” was meant to create solidarity between American and Vietnamese women during a time when both groups’ lives were marred by conflict.



Harvest for the World

by

The Isley Brothers


Released in 1976 - on the Isley Brothers' album by the same name - this song about world peace was a Top Ten popular hit in the US and UK.

A call to all people

of conscience to take action.


From

Jewish Voice for Peace


Click here.

I am one of those who think the best friend of a nation is he who most faithfully rebukes her for her sins -- and he her worst enemy who, under the specious and popular garb of patriotism, seeks to excuse, palliate, and defend them.


 -- Letter to Horace Greeley, New York Tribune, April 15, 1846

Frederick Douglass

1818-1895

Abolitionist


Friday's Labor Folklore

Saul Schniderman, Editor