Christopher Reeve on Superman

SOURCE:  internet

KEYWORDS:  Superman, Love Neighbor, Care, Empathy,

Christopher Reeve on the role that made him famous:

"Remember that the basic ingredient of Superman is that he's a friend.

That's the value that's so important to me, not Superman as a muscleman but Superman as friend:  A really good neighbor.

This country was founded on the idea of a 'neighbor' and walking five miles to lend your friend a cow or a plant or something.

I just think that's what, in this hi-tech urban nightmare landscape that we've got of people feeling isolated and alone - they don't know their neighbors and they don't know who's next to them and they're afraid of people on the street - life is very overwhelming.

The idea - that early American value of a friend who is there when you need him is the key to the whole character."

You Don't Have That Kind of Time

SOURCE:  https://www.saltproject.org/progressive-christian-blog/2025/4/2/anne-lamott-on-how-easter-changed-for-me

KEYWORDS:  Resurrection, Worship, Prayer, Spiritual Disciplines

Anne Lamott writes about Easter...

When I was 38, 

my best friend, Pammy, 

died, and we went shopping 

about two weeks before she died, 

and she was in a wig 

and a wheelchair. 

I was buying a dress 

for this boyfriend I was trying to impress, 

and I bought a tighter, 

shorter dress than I was used to. 

And I said to her, 

“Do you think this makes my hips look big?” 

and she said to me, so calmly, 

“Anne, you don't have that kind of time.” 

And I think Easter has been about 

the resonance of that simple statement; 

and that when I stop, 

when I go into contemplation and meditation, 

when I breathe again and do the sacred action 

of plopping and hanging my head 

and being done with my own agenda, 

I hear that, ‘You don't have that kind of time,’ 

you have time only to cultivate presence 

and authenticity and service, 

praying against all odds 

to get your sense of humor back. 

That's how it has changed for me. 

That was the day my life changed, 

when she said that to me.