Friday's Lovelies : 9.30.11

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This post hit me so hard & on so many levels, it's liberating & empowering : You chose your challenges. And you chose right. : And while we’re waiting for our next turn on earth, we have to choose the challenges that we want to contend with, in our lifetime to come.

Oh this : Finding Greatness in Your Imperfection : You are human. You made a mistake, and you'll make more later on. Your imperfections don't render your life purpose null and void. Get back up, forgive yourself and keep walking.

Been loving so hard on the introduction posts at Roots of She, I am so honored to be with these amazing women this season : Meet Hannah Marcotti, Tanya Geisler, Christina Seitz, Rachel Cole : Jenn, you're a rock star!

Current Giveaways : Parachute Promise & Studio Jewel : I will be picking the winners Monday!

Dear Dad : tears streaming down my cheeks.

I can't decide on which mug to get, I love them all so much!

Weekend reading : A Gift for You : Less Ordinary Living : you’ll find a beautiful collection of 12 short personal essays on life, yoga and femininity.

Pumpkin Whoopie Pies with Chai Spiked Ice Cream Filling : oh. my.

I celebrate this learning curve. I embrace it. I cherish it. : YES!

A Designer's Dream. Yum.



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Happy Weekend Beautiful! Love,




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fly darling fly

fly like a bird by .bella.

This sky where we live is no place to lose your wings so love, love, love.

—
Hafiz


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rejoice in the way things are

Saraset by WarzauWynn

Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the world belongs to you.

—
Lao Tzu


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The Road to You

Guest post by Jo Anna Rothman.

Hit the road girl by LuísSilva

The Road to You

The journey of you may be a long one. It winds and switches back on itself, leaving you unsure of how far along you actually are. It is one that holds the perils of abandoned feelings and lost moments of expression. Dips, plateaus and mountains to climb. Yet, you walk because it is the opportunity to come home to your Self. You are propelled by the calling of love and pleasure and dreams come true. You are inspired by the great joy you feel as you imagine getting closer and closer to the truth.

This road is a returning to the essence you once knew so clearly...so dearly. It is something that you experienced cosmically. Intimately. Yet it may feel as if you have lost the connection to the wild creator that you are most certainly designed to be. There is a hollowness in your movements and a longing for life to regain that magic glint it held for you some time ago. So you search and the path appears. You intend, open your heart space and move forward with an otherworldly courage, previously only known to mystics, children and certain poetic heroines of days gone by. The aurora borealis of connection and meaning lights the way. One foot in front of the other. Off you go.

You question yourself. The Self. The whole wild world...universe included. You stop seeking what no longer matters. You dive deep into the finding of who lies beneath the myth of skin and personality. On the way, you rediscover what it is you want in this glorious expression of the soul otherwise known as life. There are moments when you think you are lost and curse embarking without a map and compass. And moments where you know that you are living on, in and with purpose like never before.

The exhaustion sets in. You get tired of trying. Once again, the end turns out to be a mirage out in the never ending distance. It feels as if surrender is the only option. You have walked in hopes of reparation long enough to know that the cracks are simply too plentiful. And fixing them all now seems like a penance for a crime you did not commit. You lay down the hopes and come present.

What becomes abundantly and suddenly clear is that completion happens in a breath. A choice. An opening of your eyes. There is a knowing that you can never truly leave who you are. You have become a disciple to the loving...following the curve of its energy to ride into the ever lasting ever after. It comes not from a space of brokenness, as any notion of that was a simple misunderstanding. What once appeared as cracks are merely the places where the light of all that is streams through. It has always been a journey of recognition rather than one of seeking that which seemed lost.

From a new place of being, you make a choice. You walk the road because the movement is what brings you home to you. You walk because path holds the most love. The most joy. The greatest experience of you that could ever be...which was always and forever the point. You are home. In your heart. Without matter or reason. And you continue on the road.

Jo Anna Rothman, MA is an intuitive coach and facilitator of The Receiving Project. She revels in assisting people in falling in love with their lives. She is committed to living a life full of pleasure, purpose and enthusiasm. And perhaps most important, she knows the secret to the perfect s’more.

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Fear is the cheapest room in the house

114/365 - Fear by Signe Peluffo

Fear is the cheapest room in the house. I would like to see you living in better conditions.

—
Hafiz


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Looking in the Mirror & Getting All Intimate with Yourself

Guest post by Sophie Gold.

Suigintou appears by "Cookie dolls" Rebeca

Looking in the Mirror and Getting All Intimate with Yourself

Today I am going to be covering four points:

1. Finding out who you are now

2. Finding out if you are being true to yourself

3. Knowing your strengths and weaknesses

4. Accepting who you are

Let us begin. I know that from personal experience when I was on my journey of discovery that I was hiding who I was, I had created a persona that I called the Sophie Gold persona.

It was all superficial. I never allowed myself to show any emotion, I never felt relaxed. I never felt as if I could be me because Sophie Gold was strong, but sometimes I was weak and I did not want people to know the “other” me. The truth was that I had not accepted the death of my parents, the abuse, and the feelings of loneliness. I was scared that if I accepted them, then I would crumble and be a failure.

Most people walk around not accepting who they are, or what they have gone through because it hurts too much, because they do not want to appear vulnerable, because they are afraid that people will judge them, because they feel lost on this journey of life and they do not want to admit it because then they will feel that life is not worth living.

You deserve more than just being a shell, than just being a zombie floating from day to day, week to week, year to year ignoring yourself. You have to look in the mirror and get familiar with who you are, what you look like, how you feel, your pain and your happiness - everything.

I have asked a lot of people over the years "Who are you?" Some have been able to give me a well-rehearsed answer, some people have looked down at the ground and said "I don’t know," and some have said "I am trying to find out."

Looking in the mirror is all about facing the facts and seeing who you are, seeing that true reflection of what you look like.

I have also found from personal experience and from talking to a lot of people that most of us are like chameleons, adapting to our surroundings. I saw a movie once about a woman who had had seven different boyfriends over ten years. Each time, as she adapted and changed to stay in the relationship, she took on what he liked so that he would love her. It never worked out because eventually she would crack and say "I have to leave; I am not happy." And why wasn’t she happy? Well, she was not being true to herself; she was not doing what she enjoyed. I think that movie was Runaway Bride.

It is also important to know your strengths and weaknesses, what you are good at and what you are not so good at. If you know what your weaknesses are, you can improve them and if you know what your strengths are, you can use them to your advantage.
Remember that it is all about self-belief: knowing who you are and what you are capable of. If you only knew how amazing you are, you would not have so much self-loathing for yourself; you would be out doing what you love, what makes you feel good.

You can hide from the mirror for years, and you can ignore who you are and change for everyone you meet, but will you be happy? And if you say "Yes," for how long will you truly be happy?

Life is all about love: love of yourself, loving what you are doing, and love for others but it all starts with loving yourself. Then, when you love yourself, you will want to do what you love because you won’t accept just living a mediocre life. When you are happy because you love yourself and you love what you do, you are then full enough to love others and so affect their life in a positive way.

Practical Steps

Here is my step-by-step plan how you can know yourself, and love yourself, what you do and others:

1. Record a five minute video describing yourself, your personality, what you like and don’t like, your strengths and weaknesses.

2. Playback the five minute video and ask yourself "Am I being honest?"

3. Get a paper and create four columns. Write in the four boxes: Relationships/Health/Business and Money/ Family

4. I would like you to say which areas you are being true to yourself and which areas you are not being true to yourself and list the reasons why

5. Then I want you to create a Plan of Action stating in those areas that you are not being true to yourself how you are going to change it

6. Then I want you to record a new five minute video after 30 days

7. Playback the five minute video and see if there is a difference from the first one

Sophie Gold is the creator of Wealthy Women Inc. that helps women look great, feel amazing, have joyful and fulfilling relationships and become rich. Sophie has recently put together a retreat in costa Rica called Reinventing and Redefining You that helps you to start living your life your way and start charging what you are worth. Sophie blogs regularly at SophieGold.com you can follow Sophie on twitter by clicking here @sophiegold

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Sponsor Love : Simply Juicy Websites

Simply Juicy Websites

When you decide that you need a home on the web (or that your current home on the web could use a bit of spiffing up!), it can really be a pain to figure out who to go to. The prices are all over the board, the finished work and what can be done varies widely from person to person, and you just never know what you’re getting into in general.

I know. I’ve been there!

What came out of my experience was SimplyJuicyWebsites.com

I learned to do the things that I wanted, and needed, to do in order to make a WordPress website that flows smoothly (for me and for my lovelies!)… and is simply juicy & fabulous!

My focus now is on artists (that’s you!), because I believe that artists (whether you’re an artist in the traditional sense, an artist of words, of music, or of LIFE!) are the lights by which all others see. The world would be a much darker place without you... (we need you & your light so don’t hide out, ok?)

If it’s time for you to create your online home, or to update your current online home… I’d love for you to come & check things out. You can meet me, and Ms D… and get a feel for how we work. We’d love to talk with you!

If it’s not quite time for you, but may be for someone you know, please do let them know so that they can come check us out!

Connect:
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Believe this

Untitled by Stephen Brace

In every difficult situation is potential value. Believe this, then begin looking for it.

—
Norman Vincent Peale


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Will Kindness Save the Meaning of Leadership?

Hey lovelies! Happy Monday! My friend Dave is launching his super-impressive first book, Lead Without Followers: How to Save Our World by Radically Redefining the Meaning of Leadership today, I am over the moon excited about it & happy to help him spread the word. I'm almost two-thirds of the way through the book & it's brilliant. The message is remarkable, needed & I really love how his personal journey is woven through it, how he got to this point in his life is inspiring. You can check out his site to get the digital package (which has many awesome extras! Or get a free sample chapter first!) or get the paperback or the kindle version (with a very limited launch offer price) on Amazon. Thank you Dave, I am simply blown away by how well you executed this! I'm rooting for you! Big time! Enjoy! xox, Amanda



Guest post by Dave Ursillo.

Will Kindness Save the Meaning of Leadership?

Kindness is a warm word. Positive. Good. Fluffy, even.

Leadership, on the other hand, has become a dirty word. And political leadership has become the dirtiest form of all leadership. When we talk about our modern elected leaders, the word alone makes us think of corruption, ineptness, anger and impatience.

However, in my new book Lead Without Followers: How to Save Our World by Radically Redefining the Meaning of Leadership, I argue that rethinking what it means to be a leader -- inverting that "dirty" negative association with what leadership means -- can significantly change our lives for the better, on individual and collective levels.

In fact, you might say that my book's alternative leadership philosophy argues that "kindness" can save the very meaning of leadership itself.

Lead Without Followers is a radical reinterpretation of what it means to be a leader.

We're living today in a disturbing era: an escalating atmosphere of unbridled anger with our modern elected leaders; venomous partisan bickering in Washington D.C. and an uncharacteristic but prevalent pessimism shared by the American people. It truly feels as if our world is at a crossroads.

As cynicism and hatred become the modern political status quo, America’s ever-important place as the leader of the free world is falling into severe question.

But if you and I are not leaders in any traditional sense of the word, what can we do to change any of it?

We could either become those leaders, or radically redefine what it means to be a leader -- and suddenly realize that we are already leading in our lives, simply by embodying positive human traits and qualities everyday like compassion, forgiveness, happiness and kindness.

Lead Without Followers invites readers to abandon the political sphere in order to embark upon a unique personal journey to discover an unconventional and profound form of "quiet" leadership that can be embodied by men and women in any walk of life.

You see, I gotta tell you a little secret...

In a lot of ways, Lead Without Followers is not about "leadership" at all.

What you discover by exploring my book is that real, genuine and earnest "leadership" has less to do with today’s confining and convoluted definitions -- and all of the dirty associations we think of -- and is far more about becoming more human.



To become a leader, all one needs to do is to reach into our shared humanity -- all of the common positive human traits, qualities and emotions that we all innately possess and can access like tools at our own disposal. They include positivity and hope, love, selfless giving, compassion and many more.

Leadership is about human beings becoming as human as they possibly can be -- not gaining the most "stuff" and external recognition that they possibly can.

That means that we can all be leaders.

And that we already are leaders.

Always. Right now.

In spite of the negative associations we have today with the word.

And maybe -- just maybe -- we can begin to change that with just a little kindness.

Dave Ursillo is a 25-year-old former “politico” insider turned alternative leadership writer, author and speaker. He can be read at DaveUrsillo.com.

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the fire of love

FiRe LoVe... by CrAzZyy1

Your essence is gold hidden in dust. To reveal its splendor you need to burn in the fire of love.

—
Rumi


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You are Enough : Studio Jewel Giveaway

Leather Wrap Enough Bracelet
by Studio Jewel

Lisa from Studio Jewel emailed me a couple weeks ago asking if she could send me something after reading a newsletter I had sent out with a story mentioning these cards.

When I received the package I almost fell over, not only is the bracelet out-of-this-world dazzling (with an edgy flair - just the way I like most anything!) the packaging it came in was spectacularistic too!

Tears in my eyes, I wrapped it around my wrist, snapped it & I've been wearing it nonstop, I swear, except when I like get a shower, bath the boys or do the dishes.

It's a constant reminder that I am enough, that I am more than enough. Thank you Lisa. You are an incredible artist & I am so grateful for you & this gift that you have given me.

AND AND AND one of your wrists will be wrapped with one too! Lisa is giving one away here! Today! Details below!

Tied in with this giveaway post is an super-special announcement!

I am part of the Roots of She Tribe this season! I am over the moon excited about it! Thank you Jenn, I adore you soul sista!

My first post is up & there is a photo of me wearing this gorgeous bracelet with a message to YOU. Please stop by & check it out!

Giveaway Time! Oh yeah!

GIVEAWAY HAS ENDED!
How to enter:

Comment on this blog post below with your email address saying:

I am enough.

That's all.

Because you are.

Believe it.

You should check out Lisa's shop too, her work is divine & you just might find something for you or a loved one (the holidays are coming fast!) I mean, just read this description for one of her beautiful tokens! So sweet!

Sending deep love to all of you, have a brilliant weekend,

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Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it.

golden child by princessinboots

Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns.

—
George Eliot


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Obvious to you. Amazing to others.

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In Support of Curves

Guest post by Jo Anna Rothman.

Casting The Spell in Moon Light by Kia in Hawaii

In Support of Curves

Today, I will love my curves. Because I have them. Because I am them. I am the swell of the hip and belly. The meandering lines of the my waist. The voluptuous arc my breasts. Even the sweet turn of my shoulders and neck. I am that never ending ride from top to bottom and back again. A labyrinth of the flesh.

Today, I will love my curves. In doing so I honor the girlywomanfeminine that I have chosen to embody. I honor the all encompassing energy that is earth shaking and forever nourishing. I honor the receptive powers of my nature. The divine vulnerability and the great strength it requires.

Today, I will love my curves. Every single one of them. The ones the I have cultivated. The ones that I have shamed. Even the ones I forget exist. I will love them all. And the way they have supported me. Caressed my very being. I will own them, hold them, touch them as a lover would. Because I am the greatest opportunity for love that I know.

Today, I will love my curves. I revel in the gravitational pull they hold. And know magic that is created in their movements. I allow myself to be seen. To let the eyes of the world find me and drink me in without shrinking in fear. To be visible. To be desirable. To be me. Wildly. Pleasurably. Totally.

Today, I will love my curves because I have not always. There were days of wishing them away. Sucking in. Praying for less while devouring a cupcake. Because I owe myself for the lack of appreciation of my ampleness. And I choose to love what is rather than pine for something that is not. Today is a day of worship of the miraculous physical landscape that is my body.

Today, I invite you to do the same. Love the dips, turns and winding roads of your form. Acknowledge the beauty that couldn’t come from anyone else but you. Put down the sword of nasty judgement in all of its forms and fall in love with the real world expression of you. Today, you can love your curves.

Jo Anna Rothman, MA is an intuitive coach and facilitator of The Receiving Project. She revels in assisting people in falling in love with their lives. She is committed to living a life full of pleasure, purpose and enthusiasm. And perhaps most important, she knows the secret to the perfect s’more.

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Look at everything

12/52. by -Fearless-

Look at everything as though you were seeing it for the first time or the last time. Then your time on earth will be filled with glory.

—
Betty Smith


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Things We Don't Talk About

Red Tent Movie
Things We Don't Talk About

From their website:

Our girls are growing up inundated by messages about themselves by media, the celebrity world and by their peers. As adult women, we have sometimes forgotten our own voices, even as we have witnessed our mothers‘ and grandmothers’ voices being stifled.

"Things We Don't Talk About" documents the stories of women reclaiming their sacredness, their truth and their voice as changers in the world. We are in a new era of history - the healing of ourselves and our planet will come from the women. This movie chronicles the voices of The Red Tent movement, one that is sweeping the world and signals the clarion call to all who envision a world built around cooperation rather than competition. A world we want to leave for our children, their children and stretching far into the future.

“Things We Don’t Talk About” shows Red Tent's around the nation gifting women with an opportunity to remember, to listen, to know, and to discover what needs to be brought to our communities to help reawaken their voices.

I saw this trailer on my friend Julia's blog over the weekend & was blown away by this movement. I wanted to know if there was a tent near me, I wanted to start a tent, I wanted to meet you in a tent.



They are raising money for their documentary which will be released in May 2012. Donations are tax-deducible.

Would you like to find a Red Tent near you? See here. You can also volunteer or host a red tent fundraiser in your area -- or simply spread the word. See their How Can I Help page from more details.

Connect with Red Tent:
:: Website :: Facebook :: Twitter :: The Red Tent Movement ::

Though the film is not affiliated with The Rent Tent by Anita Diamant, have any of you read it? It's on my reading list.

Love,

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Making your mark on the world is hard

Words To Remember by Boy_Wonder

Making your mark on the world is hard. If it were easy, everybody would do it. But it's not. It takes patience, it takes commitment, and it comes with plenty of failure along the way. The real test is not whether you avoid this failure, because you won't, it's whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it; whether you choose to persevere.

—
Barack Obama

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The Greatest Gift of All with Satya Colombo

Guest Post by Satya Colombo for the Kind Kindred series.

Soft Soaking Sun by 1Sock

The Greatest Gift of All

I was speaking with an old friend over drinks the other night, and mentioned this piece I was mulling over writing. It reminded her of her grandpa -- “poppy” she calls him. After he died, dozens of people would come up to her around town and talk about him. Grown men crying over a beer at the pub, speaking of how good this man had been to them; how he’d helped them out with just the smallest little things -- tiny kindnesses they would never forget.

He was a simple farmer who lived in a small country town near the Australian coast for fifty years. On his gravestone are written the words, “Do Good, Be Happy.” Words he lived by, and spoke often.

It got me thinking about what we leave behind -- what we’re remembered for -- the small kindnesses we share, and how essential they are in this short, beautiful, crazy life we live.

"If a man can bridge the gap between life and death, if he can live on after he's dead, then maybe he was a great man." ~James Dean

Have you ever lost someone really close to you in this life? It’s such a painful experience, and a great teacher.

I lost my sister in a car accident in 2006. She was 33 years old, and a real angel, with a big heart full of kindness for the world. It was a terrible blow to our family.

I lost a piece of myself then, and it’s taken me all the years since to gradually regain the lost fragments, along with my faith in the beauty and light of the world. It’s been a continual process of healing and growing on so many levels.

When we lose people we love, we grow so fast. Once we’re through the initial shock of grief we’re faced with a choice -- to take a stand for life, or let ourselves be run by it. This is their great gift to us! It’s the greatest opportunity for transformation and empowerment.

In a way, they’ve given us some of their life... as we pull into the strength of our own selves, and our commitment to living, the grief turns into personal power. A bit of the essence they left behind is transferred over to us, and into our own lives.

Sometimes there’s a small obstacle to overcome first.

Perhaps the greatest obstacle to joy and expression of our true selves is fear. Fear of failure, fear of success, fear of looking bad, fear of losing our life, our job, our loved ones, our marriage -- perhaps greatest of all is the fear of unbearable pain and suffering.

All the fears hold us back, and keep us from experiencing the fullness of our lives. Along with worry, fear is one of the the greatest of evils.

But when we overcome the fear of using our own voice -- of expressing the beauty of this life -- really sharing and touching the lives of those we love with it, we live an immortal life. We transcend so many of the other small fears, and we’re able to create a legacy of goodness and light for the world.

We do this by facing the fears dead on. Only then can we celebrate the true greatness of life.

Never stop sharing your truth -- and never think for a moment that the smallest kindness you share is for naught.

In closing...

When I think about my sister -- her humongous kind and tender heart, and the way her life was cut short one tragic afternoon at the side of the freeway -- it still brings me tears. But when I think about all she’s given me since then -- the depth of compassion for the suffering of others, and their losses; the great appreciation for this gift of life, and all its joyous tiny pleasures; the comfort and support of her spirit beside me -- my tears turn to hope and peace.

I know that she’s given me the greatest gift I could ask for -- the gift of awakened gratitude and hope for this life. I know now in my heart that maybe this life won’t be so hard after all, and that is the greatest comfort.... Thank you my beautiful sister.

What fears still hold you from fully expressing your truth in the world? What is the flavor of the essence you’ll transfer to those still here when you’re gone, and those yet to come?

Satya Colombo is a writer, artist, healer, and online media consultant, dedicated to upholding the light and vision of a better world, and pushing the boundaries of our social evolution together. He can be found at Fierce Wisdom.

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The Human Project

The Human Project App
on Kickstarter

I am in love with this.

The Human Project is on a mission to architect a global public discourse on the future of our species. It's undoubtedly bold, but their first, small step—to launch a framework for how to think about challenges that confront the species as a whole in a free iPad app—is gaining momentum. Using Kickstarter, a crowd-funding platform, co-founders Erika Ilves and Anna Stillwell raised $25,000 in just 5 days—a big success for a micro-funding endeavor. 14 days later they have raised over $40,000.

"The support has been incredible," says Stillwell. "We have backers from all over the world: Canadians, South Africans, Emiratis, Lebanese, Americans, Italians, Danes, Bangladeshis, Dutch, Irish, Australians, Bahrainis, French, Saudis, Germans, Costa Ricans, Pakistanis, Indians, Malays… It's pretty unbelievable. Perhaps this is an idea whose time has come."

"Basically we're working to bring about an understanding of all of the challenges that effect all of us, all in one place, so that we can take a step back and take a look at ourselves, as one species," says Ilves.

Ilves and Stillwell were advising Fortune 100 companies and small and medium-sized governments on the "big challenges" of our time, when they noticed that there was not yet an integrated overview that took all of the challenges into account. "We were fairly shocked to find that there was no master list of all of the challenges that threaten the survival and development of the species."

"Further, we were struck by the fragmentation. Every expert said their issue mattered most. Climate change, terrorism, war, poverty, asteroids and comets, "natural" disasters, technological terror and error… But where was the big picture? Where should we focus? Why? It's impossible to answer these questions without taking a stand on where we're headed as a human race. We need to develop a well-researched, big picture vision to guide us." They believe that the framework and content they offer is a starting point.

Their hope is that their ideas will lead to connections with people who can help them realize one element of the longer-term vision behind The Human Project: creating a 21st century platform where those of us interested in the survival and development of the species can engage in a disciplined debate and experiment with new forms of organizing to solve problems on a species-wide scale. They believe their conceptual framework offers one way to structure the conversations on that future platform.

Connect:
:: Kickstarter :: Website :: Twitter :: Facebook ::
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Loving-kindness & compassion

08-08-10 All The Beauty That's Inside by Βethan

Loving-kindness and compassion are the basis for wise, powerful, sometimes gentle, and sometimes fierce actions that can really make a difference -- in our own lives and those of others.

—
Sharon Salzberg



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Friday's Lovelies : 9.16.11

Love Recklessly by Sean and Lauren

I See You : This is for you, dear one, for when you feel rejected, unappreciated, unseen. For all those times when you feel like your light has been overlooked, your specialness unacknowledged, your worth ignored. These words are here to remind you that you, my sweet, are luminous, cherished, and yes, loved – loved beyond all measure.

Forgiveness, Freedom & Light : The purpose of this article is not to convince anyone that you must forgive in order to move on with your life. That is not for me to say. I would simply like to share an insight on forgiveness, one that has given me a new outlook in my own walk.

Reasons to be Grateful : I realize that in my angry state I have a complete and utter lack of gratitude.

31 Ways to Brighten Your Day!

Hold Still in Your Loving : When the world feels a lit­tle topsy turvy... when the ground is shaking... when chaos is reigning... hold still.

Smitten with all things galaxy.



The first book of poetry is out by Words Dance!
Nothing Unrequited Here by Heather Bell

I really love this Flickr set: Triptychs of Strangers

Courage : I have been thinking about courage for weeks; thinking about what that really means in the context of my life.

Leave Your Light On : Want to know the hardest thing about deciding to let the real you shine through? Not everyone is prepared to handle your light.

Be Awesome to Each Other by Sean and Lauren

Happy weekend!
Love,




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