In article , Charlie wrote:

Charlie, who greatly values the following passage, but often falls way
short of the ideal.

"Well, it's always a mystery, because you don't know why you get
depleted or recharged. But, this much I know. I do not allow myself to
be overcome by hopelessness, no matter how tough the situation. I
believe that if you just do your little bit without thinking of the
bigness of what you stand against, if you turn to the enlargement of
your own capacities, just that in itself creates new potential."

"And I've learned from the Bhagavad Gita and other teachings of our
culture to detach myself from the results of what I do, because those
are not in my hands. The context is not in your control, but your
commitment is yours to make, and you can make the deepest commitment
with a total detachment about where it will take you. You want it to
lead to a better world, and you shape your actions and take full
responsibility for them, but then you have detachment. And that
combination of deep passion and deep detachment allows me always to
take on the next challenge because I don't cripple myself, I don't tie
myself in knots. I function like a free being. I think getting that
freedom is a social duty because I think we owe it to each other not to
burden each other with prescription and demands. I think what we owe
each other is a celebration of life and to replace fear and
hopelessness with fearlessness and joy."

~~Vandana Shiva

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...&q=John%20Perk
ins%20and%20VFP%20National%20Convention&hl=en

is a video of John Perkins (Confessions of an Economic Hit Man), Part 1
The first of a three part speech given to the Veterans For Peace
National Convention, Seattle, WA in August 2006.
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Billy
Bush Behind Bars
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KVTf...ef=patrick.net
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0aEo...eature=related