This video guts me. It filets me in a way that makes me more aware of what I should be aware of and maybe what I shouldn’t be aware of as much.
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. . .maybe it really takes a
BETTER ONE!
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Who Cares - What Matters
This video guts me. It filets me in a way that makes me more aware of what I should be aware of and maybe what I shouldn’t be aware of as much.
THIS BOOK
is about 4 years old. . .
Someone gifted it to me and I have never fully read it through;
I’ve thumbed through it,
read it’s
CONTENTS
page and
the following before putting it on
THAT SHELF
for further reading
and I picked it up over these past few days and read it’s own
DESCRIPTION:
Would you like to change the world but feel like there’s nothing you can do? What if you discovered you could change everything with just five breaths and one kind thought? Want to help heal America? Our planet? The Global Kindness Revolution is the way forward. You don’t even have to get out of bed to join. You only need to take five breaths and think a kind thought, each day, at noon. Kindness at Noon, Everyday, Everywhere is a call to action to all, regardless of beliefs, background or religion, who are craving a kinder, gentler world.
This is a guide to exploring those aspects of ourselves we’re unaware of, such as suppressed anger and racism, that keep us in the dark and prevent us from embracing our neighbor, or what we perceive as the “other.” Scientists call the primitive part of our brains the “lizard” brain from the times when we hunted dinosaurs. Now, in this tumultuous era where viciousness and apathy fills the airwaves, The Global Kindness Revolution aims to elevate our collective mindset, to nurture the “Kind Mind” where empathy and compassion are on automatic.
The book provides exercises and guidance for incorporating a kindness lifestyle. It includes practices to enhance our connection with Mother Earth, and perspectives on what it means to be kind to oneself. It drills down into social issues that impact us individually and as a whole, and how we can navigate our social interactions with more compassion. It suggests ways to improve our personal relationships and our community, and how to maintain a healthy existence with the domination of technology.
The magic of this revolution is its global appeal calling on millions around the world to pause for Kindness at Noon. More are joining the cause to diminish the violence, racism and meanness humanity has continuously been plagued with. What began as a simple experiment in a Pennsylvania prison has expanded into a global initiative making a mark in countries like Nepal, Afghanistan and Egypt, directly addressing the refugee crisis, violence against women, and other injustices in dire need of change.
Kindness at Noon, Everyday, Everywhere. Join us!
SOUNDS GOOD,
r i g h t. . . ?
A N D
nothing against this fine book
and the exercises it implores us to use,
B U T
now’s not the time for words
or books
filled with them. . .
WE ARE
far past needing books about
h e a l i n g
VIOLENCE
RACISM
MEANNESS
but
right on time about
B E I N G
A Volume of
PEACE
ACCEPTANCE
KINDNESS
. . .funny, huh,
THESE TOO, ARE WORDS. . .
and we need to not only be carriers of
SUCH LOVE
but
INFESTERS OF THIS LOVE
that knows
NO
antidote or vaccine
. . .A time
to stop drawing lines in the sand
to be sided against
or straddled
BUT CREATORS OF CIRCLES
that include
and never
e x c l u d e
US ALL
This is to be
A Caring Catalyst
not words
not ideals
not experiments
not wishes
not hopes
not philosophies
BUT A LIVE
ACTIVE
Circle making inclusive
FORCE
one compassionately kind act at at time
(UNCONDITIONALLY)
For Now. . .
It’s not a time to do things by
THE BOOK
and if words be necessary at all. . .
May it be
that we are all more
ADJECTIVES
and way less
NOUNS
We all have T H A T idea, don’t we?
We all know what LOVE IS
We all know what LOVE ISN’T
We all know what LOVE HAS
We all know what LOVE HASN’T
We all know what LOVE DOES
We all know what LOVE DOESN’T. . .
For US. . .no. . .
FOR ME!
I had a hypothesis WE would have a different view of this short little film clip on
DIVERSITY and INCLUSION.
I wasn’t disappointed. . .
but I was really hoping I was.
I showed it to several different groups over the past few weeks: Discussion groups, hospice groups, church groups, older generational groups, a group of teenagers, a bereavement group, a host of individuals, and several close friends and family members.
The Verdict?
NOT Unanimous.
The
S T I C K I N G
point?
It wasn’t LOVE HAS NO RACE. . .
It wasn’t LOVE HAS NO DISABILITIES. . .
It wasn’t LOVE HAS NO AGE. . .
It wasn’t LOVE HAS NO RELIGION. . .
It wasn’t LOVE HAS NO LABELS. . .
Love, apparently DOES KNOW Gender.
QUESTION: is love the greatest force in and out of this world?
ANSWER:
Psssssst: it’s just a
YES
NO
answer.
Not an:
UNLESS
EXCEPT
BUT
AND
IF
OR
ANSWER. . . .
Love AGREES to DISAGREE so this isn’t a Blistering Commentary for those who don’t go along with my
feelings
thoughts
perspectives
beliefs
theory
hypothesis. . . .
It’s an invitation to share
It’s an invitation to imagine
It’s an invitation to reach out and be reached out to
It’s an invitation to LOVE
ESPECIALLY if it’s NOT in Agreement
with definition or without
to make the
GRAY
a little more of a blinding
White
that makes us all squint in amazement
always to see a little better…maybe never in the same way
BUT ALWAYS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
Join me, Love.