Dear Earth, Enjoy your moment and take your time. The floor is all yours. We love you. Sincerely, people around the world 🙂 – one post on the Earth Hour Twitter feed Tonight, from 8:30-9:30pm, your local time, wherever you are, please join the world in celebrating Earth Hour. For one hour, everyone is asked … Read more
The world has never yet seen a truly great and virtuous nation because in the degradation of woman, the very fountains of life are poisoned at their source. ~Lucretia Mott (1793-1880) Quaker, abolitionist, first to organize for women’s rights Today is the 100th Anniversary of International Women’s Day. Stand up and show your support for … Read more
Another thank you to each of you who are sharing with so much courage and beauty on this often challenging topic. From the begging bowl to the singing bowl, today’s poetry continues our conversation. Song Offerings (Gitanjali) – an excerpt by: Rabindranath Tagore Thou hast made me endless, such is thy pleasure. This frail vessel … Read more
First I want to thank each of you for your wisdom and courage sharing your thoughts on this extremely loaded topic. This is NOT easy stuff to talk about. We are bombarded daily by a culture that puts competitive consuming as the highest value. And it is a culture that, from Puritanism to some of … Read more
As you may know, on weekends, I like to share the voices and visions of other dreamers, artists and wise people. This is from Simple Abundance, A Daybook of Comfort and Joy, by Sarah Ban Breathnach, and it ties in perfectly with our visit to the First House of the astrological birth chart. I have … Read more
Know thyself. – Inscription at the Temple of Apollo at Delphi We have begun our journey around the chart of the astrological houses with the First House, which rules our core identity, the Self that comes into this world. In 2006, astrologer Lynn Hayes had this to say about the houses, which might also be … Read more
As you know, on the weekends, I like to highlight the words, views, and creations of other visionaries. Today’s excerpt from a speech by Dr. Martin Luther King comes a week before his U.S. birthday celebration, but I think we need to be reminded now. from The Power of Non-violence Martin Luther King, Jr. June … Read more
Blessed is your gift of Beauty in all things, and the beautiful body and spirit you have given me, With which I am able to celebrate, create and participate. This bead in my gratitude prayer beads can be a challenge for me. It is often quite difficult for me to say that I have a … Read more
Demeter For, after all, put it as we may to ourselves, we are all of us from birth to death guests at a table which we did not spread. The sun, the earth, love, friends, our very breath are parts of the banquet…. Shall we think of this day as a chance to come nearer … Read more