03/07/2026
Reflect, O heart, in the quiet chambers of your own soul.
Consider the path upon which your feet have been set in this vast and restless life. The world is not merely a stage upon which we wander without purpose; it is a field in which each soul must discover its duty and its place among others.
Pause, then, and contemplate your station—what you are, and what you might yet become. For no life stands alone. Our choices ripple outward like the widening circles upon a still pond, touching those who walk beside us and even those we may never know.
Therefore ponder not only for yourself, but for those who dwell near to your heart, and for the unseen multitude beyond your circle. In this reflection lies the quiet power to reorder the soul, to lift another’s burden, and perhaps—if only for a moment—to bring a small measure of light into the shadowed corners of the world.
Former President Barack Obama on Friday slammed the Trump administration without specifically naming it during a speech at the funeral for the Rev. Jesse Jackson in Chicago, saying “every day we wake up to some new assault on our democratic institutions.”
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5771897-obama-slams-trump-administration/