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(Day783) What Can We Learn From Trees?

Jan 18, 2012

Love it, hate it, or ignore it – It’s your choice
(Day 736) Another Journey

Dec 2, 2011

The video above is a story of four boys caught in war torn Southern Sudan. It is a sad story with a hopeful message. It helped to remind me this kind of insanity is happening in modern times. Right now somewhere in the world this is STILL happening. It makes me want to work even harder to make a difference. I do not want to close my eyes to what we are doing to each other. On the other hand, I know the only thing I can do is to change myself, my own everyday thoughts and actions and expect this will be enough. Most days I wake up and see the mountain of work to be done and wonder…

It was directed and produced by Robin Heydenberk. I met this amazing and energetic women several years ago at Lehigh University. As you can probably tell, I found her work to be moving- check it out.
(Day 726) The Time We Live In

Nov 22, 2011

This is a Guest Blog written by my son Kevin

Sometimes it is difficult to really understand the true gravity of a situation when you are stuck in the middle of it. If you ask any of these students why they are protesting they may have a hard time giving you a consistent answer. You may hear people point to the economy, jobs, corruption, or maybe it’s just something for them to do. If you look within yourself, you may have a hard time grasping the reasons for your anger, confusion, frustration at these images of brutality. I’d like to ask you to really try to focus what it is you are feeling. Freedom is not something you can see everyday. It is not an obvious series of events that you can point to in order to prove your perception. Sometimes you may be living in tyranny and think you are free. That is because our conscious minds are easily manipulated and adaptable to our situation. [...]