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Letters From Leo

“I Cannot Be in Favor of War” — Pope Leo XIV's Wide-Ranging In-Flight Press Conference From Africa

On the flight back from Africa, Leo addressed Iran, migration, the death penalty, and LBGTQ issues. He said he carries a photo with him of a Lebanese boy who was killed in the conflict.

Christopher Hale

Apr 23, 2026

 https://www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/i-cannot-be-in-favor-of-war-pope

Dorot Farm Carrots are the Best

These are the most amazing carrots. We make carrot salad from them.

https://dorotfarm.com/products/

The habit of reading is the only one I know in which there is no alloy. It lasts when all other pleasures fade. It will be there to support you when all other resources are gone. It will be present to you when the energies of your body have fallen away from you. It will make your hours pleasant to you as long as you live. Anthony Trollope

What you had yesterday is only memories; what you will have tomorrow is your dreams and what you will do today, let it be love. Santosh Kalwar

Connecticut Just Told Masked ICE Agents to Show Their Faces

SB00397 bars masks on every officer in the state, forces feds to show badges, and opens state courts to sue them. A first in the country.

Resistbot

Apr 22, 2026

https://resistbot.substack.com/p/connecticut-just-told-masked-ice 

When I sit down in order to write, sometimes it’s there; sometimes it’s not. But that doesn’t bother me anymore. I tell my students there is such a thing as “writer’s block,” and they should respect it. You shouldn’t write through it. It’s blocked because it ought to be blocked, because you haven’t got it right now.

TONI MORRISON

Your Inner Critic Isn't Telling You the Truth

The neuroscience of self-criticism — why that voice in your head is so loud, why it’s lying to you, and what actually rewires it

Dr. Judy Ho

Apr 22, 2026

https://drjudyho.substack.com/p/your-inner-critic-isnt-telling-you

When ICE Shows Up, These Businesses Will Be Ready

Across the U.S., training, resources and hotlines have emerged to help workplaces exercise their rights in the case of an ICE raid. By: Emily Nonko 

Teaching released me. It was one of the most dramatic transformative experiences of my life and entirely positive. Writing poetry became easier than it had ever been before. Louise Glück

Writing is a kind of revenge against circumstance too: bad luck, loss, pain. If you make something out of it, then you’ve no longer been bested by these events. Louise Glück

When we are brave enough to be in the present, we have the power to transform the world.

― Sakyong Mipham, Running with the Mind of Meditation: Lessons for Training Body and Mind 

Articulating and expanding your motivation when you wake up in the morning has the power to change your whole day.     
― Sakyong Mipham, Running with the Mind of Meditation: Lessons for Training Body and Mind

In the beginning of running and of meditation, one of the biggest obstacles is laziness. One kind of laziness is basic slothfulness, in which we are unable to extract ourselves from the television or couch. In this case, just a little bit of exercise can send a message to the body that it is time to move forward. Even putting on workout clothes and beginning to stretch helps bring us out of our sloth. By the same token, sitting down to follow the breath for even five minutes has the power to move us out of laziness. Another form of laziness is that we don’t make time in our busy, speedy life to go for a run or to sit down and practice.     
― Sakyong Mipham, Running with the Mind of Meditation: Lessons for Training Body and Mind

Being aggressive, you can accomplish some things, but with gentleness, you can accomplish all things.
― Sakyong Mipham, Ruling Your World: Ancient Strategies For Modern Life

To be gentle is to understand that life is a journey deserving constant attentiveness. Therefore it is gentleness that allows us to finish a marathon, not putting pressure on ourselves to immediately think about the next one. Gentleness is “just doing it” in such a way that we can do it again and again.

― Sakyong Mipham, Running with the Mind of Meditation: Lessons for Training Body and Mind

The bones and tendons of the mind are mindfulness and awareness. Mindfulness is the mind’s strength, and awareness is its flexibility. Without these abilities, we cannot function. When we drink a glass of water, drive a car, or have a conversation, we are using mindfulness and awareness.
― Sakyong Mipham, Running with the Mind of Meditation: Lessons for Training Body and Mind

 

The difference between the mind and the body is that no one is surprised to get winded while running to catch the bus. Nobody gets mad at themselves, saying, “I can’t believe I can’t run 26.2 miles!” However, when we become overwhelmed by longer hours at work, more e-mails, or more parenting duties, we become irritable, moody, and unhappy. It doesn’t occur to us that our mind is out of shape. We put more stress on ourselves because we assume we should just be able to handle it all.

― Sakyong Mipham, Running with the Mind of Meditation: Lessons for Training Body and Mind

Meditate with delight and run with joy.

 ― Sakyong Mipham, Running with the Mind of Meditation: Lessons for Training Body and Mind