“Up to now my involvement in the Tibetan freedom struggle has been part of my spiritual practice, because the issues of the survival of the Buddha Teaching and the freedom of Tibet are very much related. In this particular struggle, there is no problem with many monks and nuns, including myself, joining.” Has BeensProblemSpiritualPracticeStruggleIssuesTeachingParticularSurvivalIncludingRelatedNo ProblemMonkInvolvementJoiningNunTibetanSpiritual PracticeTibet Author:Dalai Lama
“Some parents struggle to put food on the table. And plenty of women aren't getting the pay they deserve. While I don't expect the government to solve all these problems, I do want leaders who care about these things and do what they can to help.” WantHelpingProblemGovernmentCareParentPayLeaderStruggleDeserveTablesSolvePlentyWho Cares Author:Chrissy Teigen
“It was life under the Soviet system - we were struggling with every big problem. Publicly, my parents had to queue up to buy food, but were able to live secret lives in their private rooms. With the TV set in the living room, we were able to see Western pop culture -a different reality from what we were living. For me, it was like two different universes existed at the same time, and we got used to being in these parallel universes.” TwoDifferentProblemBigsRealityAbleUsedCultureUniverseParentRoomsSecretStruggleTvsWesternPopsSovietParallelsPop CultureLiving RoomBig ProblemsSecret LifeQueuesParallel UniverseDifferent RealitiesDifferent Universes Author:Jaak Kilmi
“My struggles have been around protecting our air quality, protecting people from mercury in fish. I was very involved in the effort to get the FDA to recognize that mercury in fish is a real health issue and the FDA, you know, needed to be on that. But they were very tight with the fishing industry and did not want the public to be aware in the same way that they later didn't want the public to be aware of the problems with Vioxx, and they sat on the studies for many years and allowed 140,000 people to develop heart disease.” PeopleKnowsWayWantYearsHeartHas BeensRealProblemEffortQualityStruggleStudyIssuesAirIndustryNeededInvolvedDiseaseFishesSatFishingMercuryHeart DiseaseFdaMy StruggleHealth IssuesAir Quality Author:Jill Stein