Monday, June 1, 2026

🐮Not Your Mother - Not Your Milk 🐄

We're taught as children that milk
comes from cows when in reality,
milk comes from mothers.

Preacher Lawson

Jo Frederiks

It is my firm conviction that man need take
no milk at all, beyond the mother's
milk that he takes as a baby.

Mahatma Gandhi




Man is as much a parasite on the cow
as the tapeworm is on man.

Milan Kundera


We know things about her that no one should
ever know, or want to know, about a fellow
being... the taste, texture and flavor of every
aspect of her despair, degradation and defeat.

We know every detail of what we have forced
her to be - an object to consume and excrete.
What we don't know, what we don't want to
know, is what we must know if we are
to restore our own humanity: who she is.

Joanna Lucas


The animals you eat are not those who devour
others; you do not eat the carnivorous beasts,
you take them as your pattern. You only
hunger for the sweet and gentle creatures
which harm no one, which follow you,
serve you, and are devoured by you
as the reward of their service.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau


Man has made the Earth a Hell for animals.
Arthur Schopenhauer


The dairy industry tried to convince you
for 20 years that milk was good for you.
It's a lie, but they tried anyway.

Steve Jobs


Whiteness rests upon a foundational premise:
the definition of white as the norm or standard
for human, and people of color
as the deviation from that norm.

Robin DiAngelo


Humans are the only animals that drink
the milk of the mother of another species.
All other animals stop drinking milk
altogether after weaning.

Michael Klaper



Thou never didst them wrong, nor no man
wrong; And as the butcher takes away the calf
And binds the wretch, and beats him when he
strays, Bearing him to the bloody slaughter-
house, Even so remorseless have they borne him
hence; And as the dam runs lowing up and
down, Looking the way her harmless young
went, And can do nought but wail
her darling's loss.

William Shakespeare


A mother's love does not derive from
the intellect but from the emotions,
in animals just as in humans.

Maimonides


In every living being there is the desire for love.
D.H. Lawrence


We're exploiting female bodies and abusing
the magic of female animals to create milk.

Nathalie Portman


Being vegetarian here also means that we do not
consume dairy and egg products, because they
are products of the meat industry. If we stop
consuming, they will stop producing. Only
collective awakening can create enough
determination for action.

Thich Nhat Hanh



Cows are amongst the gentlest of breathing
creatures; none show more passionate
tenderness to their young when deprived
of them; and, in short, I am not ashamed
to profess a deep love for these quiet creatures.

Thomas de Quincey

Thursday, May 21, 2026

Emotional Intelligence 🪷

All that we are is the result
of what we have thought.

Buddha


Better keep yourself clean and bright:
you are the window through which
you must see the world.

George Bernard Shaw


Most people are other people. Their thoughts
are someone else's opinions, their lives
a mimicry, their passions a quotation.

Oscar Wilde


The body benefits from movement,
and the mind benefits from stillness.

Sakyong Mipham


Instinct guides the animal better than the man.
In the animal it is pure, in man it is led astray
by his reason and intelligence.

Denis Diderot


If a man thinks badly of you then he is worse
than you, those who are better than you
just don't care about you.

Nelson Mandela


You can't help what you feel,
but you can help how you behave.

Margaret Atwood


1. Identify the stressor.
2. Create a calming atmosphere.
3. Find an outlet for stress. Journal.
4. Boost physical health.
5. Practice relaxation techniques.
6. Reassess priorities and take action.


We cannot prevent birds from flying over
our heads, but we can keep them from
making nests on top of our heads.

Leo Tolstoy


1. Take a day off.
2. Do not engage in arguments and negative talk.
3. Remove negative influences.
4. Prayer and meditation.
5. Sleep and take care of yourself.


Your mind is like a garden - unless you
cultivate flowers, weeds will flourish.

Brian Tracy


1. Balance your day.
2. Find mindful practices that work for you.
3. Progress over perfection.
4. Never underestimate five minutes.
5. Ask yourself: Is this something I can control?

Happiness and freedom begin with a clear
understanding of one principle.
Some things are within your control.
And some things are not.

Epictetus


Freedom is what you do
with what's been done to you.

Jean-Paul Sartre


The burnt child, urged by rankling ire,
Can hardly wait to get back at the fire.

Ogden Nash


Feelings are for the soul
what food is for the body.

Rudolf Steiner


- Identify your triggers. Journal.
- Don't make decisions when you're emotional.
- Don't be a drama queen. 
- Don't tell. Journal.
- Don't bring your emotions to work.
- Don't try to bring other people down to your emotional level.
- Don't post on social media when you're emotional. 
- You reap what you sow even if you're trying to hide your identity while doing it.

Speak when you are angry and you will
make the best speech you will ever regret.

Ambrose Bierce


- Acknowledge your physical reactions to your feelings.
- Calm yourself down. Take deep breaths. Relax.
- Avoid being sarcastic.
- Create an emotional strategy before things happen.
- Take care of your health. Eat well, get enough sleep, exercise regularly.
- Avoid toxic situations, people and places.

Temper is what gets most of us into trouble.
Pride is what keeps us there.

Mark Twain


A burning passion coupled with absolute
detachment is the key to all success.

Mahatma Gandhi


Emotional triggers
- How do you want people to experience you?
- Decide ahead of time how you're going to act in difficult situations.
- Set a time limit. Have an exit strategy. End the conversation first.

The mind unconsciously loves problems
because they give an identity of sorts.
This is normal, and it is insane.

Eckhart Tolle


1. Connect the dots.
2. See things clarly.
3. Feed your voice of reason.
4. Self-awareness.
5. Repeat to rewire.
6. Subconscious processing.


We do not learn from experience...
we learn from reflecting on experience.

John Dewey


Courage is grace under pressure.
Ernest Hemingway


Never argue with stupid people.
They will drag you down to their level
and then beat you with experience.

Mark Twain


People search for, interpret, and favor
information in a way that confirms
or supports their existing beliefs.

Jonah Berger


Know how to listen, and you will profit
even from those who talk badly.

Plutarch


If anyone can show me, and prove to me,
that I am wrong in thought or deed,
I will gladly change. I seek the truth,
which never yet hurt anybody. It is only
persistence in self-delusion and ignorance
which does harm.

Marcus Aurelius


The superior person is calm and composed;
the lesser person is continuously
worried and distressed.

Confucius


Kindness is like snow - It beautifies
everything it covers.

Khalil Gibran


Those who are serious in ridiculous matters
will be ridiculous in serious matters.

Cato the Elder


The mind must have relaxation, and will rise
stronger and keener after recreation.

Seneca