Legendary film critic Roger Ebert once described meeting Dolly as something almost impossible to explain: an uncanny, ethereal grace that left him feeling healed and comforted. He said he walked away “in a cloud of good feeling.” His colleague Gene Siskel had felt it, too. Some people bring light into a room. Dolly seemed to carry it with her.
Long before the world knew her as a legend, Dolly played snare drum in her high-school marching band. After she made it big, she spent decades helping students—especially at majority-Black high schools across the South—get uniforms, instruments, and what they needed to march with pride. No headlines. No photo ops. No fanfare. Just help, given because it was needed.
That was Dolly: larger than life, but never too large to remember the people who could use a hand.
Her songs will live forever. Her humor will live forever. Her voice, her generosity, her wild and wonderful spirit—forever."
But maybe the best way to keep Dolly Parton alive is to follow the example she left behind:
Take your responsibilities as a citizen of the world more seriously.
Take yourself less seriously.
Rest in love, Dolly. The light you gave this world will keep finding its way into dark places." --Feminist News
We will always love her:
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A true American icon.
Yes, a true American icon.
A woman who gave more of value to the folks of this country than trump ever will or is capable of.
While not a Buddhist I consider her to be true bodhisattva.
The ancient Greek word for greatness of soul is megalopsychia (μεγαλοψυχία), which literally translates to "big-souledness" or magnanimity.
Key Meanings and Concepts
Literal Breakdown: It combines megas (great or large) and psyche (soul or breath of life).
Aristotle’s View: In the Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle describes megalopsychia as a crowning virtue where a person feels worthy of great things and acts with moral nobility.
Stoic View: Stoics view it as an inward, rational dignity rooted in virtue rather than public praise or social status.
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