It’s Raining Peace Look, up in the sky is it a bird, a plane, a man no, it’s a peace tree raining down showers of love, respect and harmony spreading peace throughout the land building bridges of hope rivers of respect houses of compassion all working to love one another Hallelujah, It’s Raining Peace! ~…
War No More Arabs fear Jews Jews hate Arabs the madness of hate compounded by fear injustice, media, politics and ego is this true or mass hysteria loving hearts want to know why must we hate our neighbor a lone voice speaks out my mother is Palestinian and my father a Jew how can I…
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For many of us, war is clearly not the answer. Let’s try peace. photo of Hoi, Vietnam by Kirk Lanier For inspiration, we can draw on John Lennon’s beautiful song and vision for a world united in peace, Imagine. As part of my commitment to peace, bloggers for peace,…
This week Awesome Stories brings you mothering, dance, tiny solar, peace of mind, ketchup cars and open source ideas. Challenging Kids This is an inspiring post about mothering and accepting what can be called challenging kids that don’t fit in and make it easy for their parents or others. But as Janelle reminds us, love will find a way.…
Blessed Silence sitting in silence love blossoms in pure being mind returns to peace ~ absorbing silence my heart throbs with divine love grace flowing freely ` I dedicate this poem to peace and the blessed silence that quiets my mind and feeds my soul. Is there such a thing as a double Haiku? I…
This week Awesome Stories focuses on sustainable initiatives to celebrate Earth Day with rooftop gardens, wood powered batteries, biochar, innovation and habitat revitalization. San Antonio Leads the Charge! I couldn’t resist the reference to the Alamo. Who would have thought that San Antonio would be a leader for urban habitat restoration. The recently completed River Walk…
In case you missed the news, compassion is growing here in Northwest Arkansas (NWA). Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty. ~ Albert Einstein Nature is my sanctuary for being connected to something bigger without having anything…
Do you endlessly separate life into good and bad? If you’re like me, you make lists, goals and constantly notice things you like, want and aspire to versus other groups that you don’t like, don’t want and maybe even go out of your way to avoid? I do this with both external circumstances and internal…
Would you like more peace at home for the holidays? Many of us spend large amounts of time and money trying to find happiness in buying and giving gifts for the holidays. As we ultimately find out, chasing happiness doesn’t work, especially when we look for it outside of ourselves in material possessions. Beware of…
More and more, I feel the most profound experience we can have is to simply be. Yes, we are here in bodies to create, love, touch and connect. And underneath these needs and desires, I believe we yearn for the profound connection of simply being. When I think of my nephew and nieces, I want…
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