Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one. I hope someday you’ll join us, and the world will live as one.
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If you meet someone who has no smile, give them one of yours.
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Did you know?
• Prisons and jails are paid a bounty for reporting disabled prisoners. The Social Security Administration pays up to $400 for information about any SSI/SSDI recipi- ent who is confined in a jail or prison.
• SSI recipient’s benefits are terminated, with- out any action on their part while they are in jail or prison, but are not automatically reinstated once they leave jail.
• More than 13 million people are admitted to and confined in jails in the United States each year.
• The Supreme Court ruled that anyone who is arrested (even for minor traffic violations) may be strip-searched on the theory that safety concerns outweigh personal privacy rights.
We, social workers, believe that everyone in our society has value and potential.
“I swear never to be silent, whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality always helps the oppressor never the victim.”
—Elie Wiesel
The greatest of all tragedies is that men- tal health problems and mental illness are treatable. Most readily so if they are iden- tified early. Individuals and their families need to be provided with the best interven- tions, education and supportive services to manage if not overcome the effects of the episode. Public services for the mentally ill are simply not available for all of those who need them. And many of us are unin- sured for some or all of the mental illnesses. When we are insured, it is at a fraction of the cost of other health conditions; most physical conditions having lifetime caps 20-plus times those for mental illness ($1 million to $50,000). /
The Impact of Immigration Detention on Children and Families
The number of immigrants in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody on an average day is well over 30,000. Many of these individuals are parents and primary caregivers of U.S. citizen children and have no criminal record. Social workers are often responsible for ensuring the welfare of the children who must live without one or both parents due to immigration enforcement. As immigration enforcement increases and comprehensive immigration reform remains on the distant horizon, social workers must actively promote policies that are designed to keep family units together and preserve the quality of life for all children growing up in America.
We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.
History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.
That’s my first tatto (Not finished yet, need to paint). It means (To me) that you must follow your heart, that feelings are pure and right. Artist: Rafael Veres. Where: SP, Brazil.
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Tao
The Master keeps her mind
always at one with the Tao;
that is what gives her her radiance.
The Tao is ungraspable.
How can her mind be at one with it?
Because she doesn’t cling to ideas.
The Tao is dark and unfathomable.
How can it make her radiant?
Because she lets it.
Since before time and space were,
the Tao is.
It is beyond is and is not.
How do I know this is true?
I look inside myself and see.
Tao
When the Master governs, the people
are hardly aware that he exists.
Next best is a leader who is loved.
Next, one who is feared.
The worst is one who is despised.
If you don’t trust the people,
you make them untrustworthy.
The Master doesn’t talk, he acts.
When his work is done,
the people say, “Amazing:
we did it, all by ourselves!”
