Category: Goodwill

• The Purpose of Media

  The word ‘media’ is derived from the Latin word meaning ‘middle.’ The over-arching purpose of the media is to use the energy of mediation to foster right human relations. Through its capacity to bring light into dark places, to radiate images of the good, the true and the beautiful outward for all to see and…

  David L. Smith

  May 19, 2023

  consciousness, Education, Goodwill, Humanity, Love, Media, society

  beautiful, beauty, dark, good, hear, human, image, Latin, light, mediation, middle, purpose, radiate, relations, relationship, right, true

• Human Responsibilities

  As individuals we are responsible for seeking our interests in harmony with, and not at the expense of, the interests and well-being of others; responsible for condemning and averting any form of killing and brutality; responsible for not bringing more children into the world than we truly need and can support; and for respecting the…

  David L. Smith

  April 3, 2023

  Belief, consciousness, Cosmos, Earth, Ecology, Education, evolution, Goodwill, Humanity, Love, Nature, Perception, Political, Science, Spiritual, Technology, Transformation, truth, Values

  actor, awe, business, children, citizen, compassion, cooperation, corporate, corporation, culture, dignity, economy, empower, environment, equality, excellence, family, global, harmony, interest, killing, leader, life, marketplace, nation, nonviolence, peace, power, product, respect, spirit, status, sword, women, wonder

• Truth and Justice for All

  I’m for truth, no matter who tells it. I’m for justice, no matter who it’s for or against. Martin Luther King Jr., Baptist Minister, prominent leader in civil rights movement 

  David L. Smith

  February 6, 2023

  Goodwill, truth

  civil rights, harmony, legal, society, tolerance, virtue

• Make a Difference

  Don’t aspire to make a living, aspire to make a difference. Denzel Washington, Actor   (Quiz question: If you could completely solve one problem in the world overnight, what would it be? )

  David L. Smith

  January 16, 2023

  consciousness, Education, Goodwill, Humanity, Values

  Aspiration, aspire, class, classroom, contribution, Denzel Washington, future, goal, learning, lifelong learning, meaning, purpose, satisfaction, student

• We Must Champion Unity, Tolerance and Love

  We must never remain silent in the face of bigotry. We must condemn those who seek to divide us. In all quarters and at all times, we must teach tolerance and denounce racism, anti-Semitism and all ethnic or religious bigotry wherever they exist as unacceptable evils. We have no place for haters in America —…

  David L. Smith

  January 13, 2023

  Goodwill, Humanity, Love, Values

  America, anti-Semitism, bigotry, division, hate, racism, silence

• We are One Human Family

  I feel the time is ripe to engage with the ethical side of the genetic revolution in a manner that transcends the doctrinal standpoints of individual religions. We must rise to the ethical challenges as members of one human family, not as Buddhist, as Jews, a Christian, the Hindu, Muslim. Nor is it adequate to…

  David L. Smith

  January 2, 2023

  consciousness, Goodwill, Humanity, Values

  Buddhist, Christian, ethics, ethnic, freedom, global, Hindu, interconnectedness, Jews, Muslim, oneness, politics, religion, revolution, Science, species, spirit

• Gifts and Giving

    The heart of the giver makes the gift precious. —Martin Luther, German priest, theologian, author, hymn writer, professor     (Quiz question 1: What three gifts did Jesus, the Christ, offer? To whom?) (Quiz question 2: What three gifts were you born with? To whom are you giving them?)

  David L. Smith

  December 23, 2022

  consciousness, Goodwill, Love, virtue

  charity, Christmas, gift-giving, heart, Jesus, Martin Luther, precious, present, tree