At the turning of the New Year, three wise elders have left their home here on earth. 

They have made us laugh, think and love deeply.

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“I was blessed with a mother and father who said taste the good stuff now and realize how fortunate and how wonderful things are this minute because enough minutes are not wonderful that you have to save up all the good ones to make it balance out.”

 — Betty White, Jan 17, 1922 – Dec 31, 2021 (age 99)

“We do not reject our traditions, but we are willing to adapt to changing circumstances, when change we must. We are willing to suffer the discomfort of change in order to achieve a better future.”

― Sidney Poitier, February 20, 1927-January 06, 2022 (age 94)

“When you plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don’t blame the lettuce. You look for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water, or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with our friends or family, we blame the other person. But if we know how to take care of them, they will grow well, like the lettuce. Blaming has no positive effect at all, nor does trying to persuade using reason and argument. That is my experience. No blame, no reasoning, no argument, just understanding. If you understand, and you show that you understand, you can love, and the situation will change”

―  Thich Nhat Hanh, Oct 11, 1926 – Jan 22, 2022 (age 95)