'Notre Dame of Paris is our history, our literature, our imagination. The place where we survived epidemics, wars, liberation. The Pinault family owns a 3,000-piece art collection, with works by Picasso and Mondrian, and their net worth is about $35 billion, according to Forbes magazine.
Flames shot out of the roof behind the nave of the cathedral, among the most visited landmarks in the world. The fire was brought under control on Tuesday morning and officials said the main structure has been saved from total destruction. Speaking alongside junior Interior minister Laurent Nunez late Monday, police chief Jean-Claude Gallet said "two thirds of the roofing has been ravaged".
Russian experts are ready to participate in the restoration of the landmark French Notre Dame cathedral, but they have to understand first what kind of assistance France will need, Russian Special Presidential Representative for International Cultural Cooperation and Ambassador at Large Mikhail Shvydkoy told Sputnik. "The greatest tribute any Christian can make to Notre Dame is to follow Jesus ever more closely and to reflect his love to everyone".


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Globally, Rotary is more relevant than ever before, and its potential for good is vast. Unfortunately, not enough people fully understand what Rotary is and does. Even within the clubs, many Rotarians don't know enough about Rotary to take full advantage of what Rotary membership offers. Rotary service transforms lives and communities. To achieve even more of that transformational service, we need to think differently about our role in Rotary, and Rotary's role in the world. We need to put more emphasis on our public image, using social media to build our membership and attract the partners that help us scale up our service. We need to focus on larger projects that have a more lasting impact, taking the time to research and plan our work that spans Rotary years and terms of office.
The District Governor spoke about Rotary's New Vision Statement.
It was also an opportunity for the RC of Toronto Leaside to share with the District Governor information of the major projects that our club embarked upon in the past year. President, Jennifer Valliere named and elaborated on the Recycling Project (April 2018), Tree Planting with schools (May 2018) and Community Corn Roast planned for September 2018 at Trace Manes Park.


The film casts Jonah Hill as the brainy cop Schmidt and Channing Tatum as his cool partner Jenko. Together the two are pretty inept cops who are sent out, undercover, to investigate and stop a drug ring in high school. In order to fit in with the "cool" kids they try to be mean. Why? Because Jenko (Tatum) assumes that's what cool kids do. But he's proven wrong when he strikes a LGBT teen in the face. OK LISTEN, in Jenko's defense, he didn't know the student's sexual orientation when he punched him, but when the whole school found out they dubbed him as a loser for being mean. The equation is simple: Being a bully is not a good look. Just ask Demi Lovato or Justin Bieber.
In the film, characters Schmidt and Jenko investigate the distribution and use of a synthetic drug called HFS after a high schooler dies of an overdose from the drug. Even though HFS is not a real drug, the message of drug abuse is pretty clear -- people act like the fool when they are on drugs. Check out the "21 Jump Street" boys faux PSA below.
For the record, "21 Jump Street" is not a remake. When asked during a Q&A after a screening of the film at SXSW, Jonah Hill (who is also an executive producer for the movie), said that he had no intention of remaking the TV show.
For those of you who don't remember or maybe weren't born yet, "21 Jump Street" was a popular crime drama TV show in the late 80's/early 90's. It focused on a group of undercover cops who posed as teenagers in high school and college to bust up crimes such as alcoholism, drug abuse, hate crimes and child abuse. The show also sparked Johnny Depp's career and turned him into a teen idol (think Zac Efron of the 80's -- #swoon).
Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum are a perfect fit for this quirky comedy. Tatum even described their relationship as a "bromance" in the film. And no, for all those who wonder, Tatum does not take his shirt off in the film...sigh. But no shocker here -- he looks good in a uniform.


Are you willing to give it?
Are you willing to have what you give?
Is it possible that in giving you lose nothing and only gain?
Your greatest Gift is You.
Your Greatest Gift is fully being the Love You Are.
Your greatest Gift is extending the Piece of Good within You.
Your greatest Gift is the Joy in You that comes from Giving.
You never need money or things to give.
It is the joy with which you give Your Self.
Your whole Self and Holy Self thrives on giving.
Your true Self and Authentic Self longs to give Love and Peace and Joy.
Spontaneous, joyous act of loving kindness.
Freedom to smile and hug and bless everyone.
Notes and calls and prayers of gratitude and peace.
The Love in You is there to be shared.
The Peace in You is your gift to be given.
The Joy in You is your life song of inspiration.
The Gift of You awaits your willingness to be given.
Notice the gifts you receive as you share the gift of yourself.
To know and not act seems foolish.
To be ready and hesitate is letting fear lead.
There are many things we know, but do not put into action.
There are thanks to give, but we forget or get distracted.
There are ways to give and moments to live, but we wait.
There are pounds to lose and habits to quit, and we procrastinate.
So what is the way to go?
What is the voice to follow?
What is the song you sing?
You know when to begin.
Life is long, but very short.
You know where you are called to begin.
With commitment and follow through?
With one day at a time?
With healthy habits and inspiration?
With pep talks and honest dialogue?
With lifestyle choices and changes?
With releasing the past and visioning your future?
With time for yourself to nourish and nurture?
With freedom and trust, because Love is a must!
Take time for You and watch the Good that follows.
You can and will do it this time.
Persistence with your eye on your goals pay off.
Loving us is loving All.
PS We are opening a new and needed spiritual retreat space for individuals, couples and families, just 2 hours from the Bay Area.
It is Reunion Lake House in Hidden Valley Lake, CA. All our friends and family can utilize this space for silent retreats, healing, visioning, getting healthy and just plain fun. It is our hope that everyone will find more contact with the natural healing power of nature and a life of simplicity and healthy living. From this we all can give more of the Love We Are. The initial move takes place the first week in December, but there will continue to be some remodeling, exterior painting, etc. until January.
Giving Thanks is a social art form that seems to have been undervalued and overlooked these days. Giving Thanks is often an afterthought for those who remember the rules of etiquette.
Giving Thanks may be expressed as a social requirement rather than an opportunity to celebrate.
Giving Thanks may be played as an unconscious habit or a sincere reminder of appreciation.
Giving Thanks is a great way to increase the Good in your life.
Giving Thanks requires no cost, but only gain.
Giving Thanks is an investment in your future.
Giving Thanks brings both receiver and giver happiness.
Giving Thanks expands our view of how prosperous life is.
Giving Thanks feels polite and respectful, kind and loving.
Giving Thanks teaches others by example.
Giving Thanks sets a positive tone for our relationships.
Giving Thanks is the best way to encourage positive change.
Giving Thanks is a positive habit to develop.
Giving Thanks opens the way to respectful and helpful relating.
Giving Thanks is a gift that truly keeps on Giving.
Renewing and Expanding Your Habits of gratitude.
Send thank you notes to everyone who extends a special courtesy or gift to you.
Say thank you for every act of helpfulness and kindness to family members.
Demonstrate and express appreciation in places of business, with smiles, tips and words.
Bring a small gift to your hostess for special visits or dinners.
Write notes after an especially helpful contact.
Say 'thank you' to everyone who serves you, answers a question or need.
Say thanks to those at home who make meals, do dishes, laundry, cleaning, etc.
Say thanks to your children when they extend kindness or do as they are asked.
Say thanks to yourself for honoring your agreements and responsibilities.
Give thanks to Source, Power, God, Universe ad Mother Earth for the Goodness of Life.
Give thanks for each check that you receive. Give thanks for paying each bill for the services you receive…..telephone, food, electricity, water and more.
When your attitude of gratitude is fully activated, you will notice how much your happiness and prosperity is increased.
Appreciation increases all that you value and remember to activate with gratitude.
Focus on my successes rather than on my failures.
Notice that which I have accomplished rather than that which I've left undone.
See and acknowledge my beauty rather than focusing on my imperfections.
Notice and acknowledge all the times I've followed the optimum conditions,rather than judging myself for the times I have not.
Acknowledge all my wins each and every day.
Create and maintain an environment that nurtures me.
See problems as opportunities to learn from rather than as obstacles to avoid.
Tell the whole truth on a moment to moment basis in order to maintain impeccable and loving relationships.
Be conscious every moment to put positive thoughts into my mind rather than negative, knowing all thoughts are creative.
Appreciate my feelings as a means of understanding myself, thus directing and creating my reality.
Continue to forgive myself and others as a means of creating a state of Grace.
Fill my life with joy and ecstasy by practicing daily the art and skill of verbally expressing my gratitude for all that I have.
When you are clear, enthused and inspired, do it now.
When you are happy and in love, the Spirit of Life is guiding you.
When you are scared and doubtful, the history of humanity is blocking you.
The decisions we make must be based on what we believe and know within.
You can live a life being conservative, cautious and limited.
This fits for those who are security conscious and living from the past.
You can live a life of adventure challenge and unlimited growth.
This fits for those who want freedom, confidence and thrive on fearlessness.
When we listen to the many voices of the world, we will find uncertainty in the differing opinions.
When we listen to the voice of peace and joy within, we will find certain confidence and a singular way.
Life offer opportunities to try both roads and experience the results.
Life gives us multiple paths and we are called to choose the one that works for us.
Some like to stay awake.
Some like to know their place.
The freedom we seek is found in the path you choose.
Be the chooser of the way that works for you.
Take responsibility for your path and your choice.
Give yourself what you have always wanted to have.
Watch where you gift to yourself leads.
If you could do it now without other's judgments, what would you do?
Vision and live your vision!!
I dare you to love yourself enough to do the purpose exercise below.
You can have the life you want if you are willing to choose again!.
Our priorities and choices determine the direction of our lives.
Sometimes our values and our choices do not match.
And often times we lose what we value the most.
Facing our choices with clarity and consciousness is the key.
Start by taking full responsibility for the choices you make.
Full responsibility means no blame or guilt, simply owning your decisions.
Notice what works for you and what no longer works.
Notice what interferes with what really matters to you.
When we are OFF purpose, we often feel down, discouraged, upset and irritable.
When we self medicate with shopping, alcohol, TV, internet, gambling or overwork, we miss the lesson.
When we become addicted to self soothing or numbing the pain, we lose what we value most.
When we lose what matters most to us, we often take refuge in addictions and self sabotage.
Look at what really matters to you….health, happiness, home, relationship, service……..
Ask yourself what you currently choose regarding your highest values.
Do you make health and happiness a priority?
Do you make your marriage and primary relationships a; priority?
Are you living the life you really value?
Have you forsaken your values for someone or something?
Do you act and speak in ways which are unlike the real you?
Are you living someone else' life to belong?
Are you addicted to something that distracts you from really living?
Are you attached to pleasing another and losing respect for yourself?
Are you living a lie and covering with excuses and justification?
Are your unhappy with the way you feel about yourself ?
Can you honestly say "I love the life I have and value the choices I make."?
Are you afraid to look at your life and make new choices that are right for you?
Maybe now is your time to relook at what you are doing with your life.
Maybe now you can be honest about what really matters to you.
Maybe now you can step away from those destructive, self defeating patterns.
Maybe now you are willing to choose the whole life you really want and value.
No matter where you are, it is never too late to choose again.
Forgive mistakes of the past and choose the life your want.
Forgive your unconsciousness and be the person you want to be today.
To bring your purpose to life, you need to make a declaration of your values and describe the things, people, attitudes and objectives that are important to you.
Our body is our vehicle to carry us through our life time.
The body requires very little maintenance and has a lifetime warranty by the Maker.
The body's owner is required to provide basic servicing at regular intervals.
The owner is expected to provide good fuel, adequate rest and respectful useage.
Our mind is our GPS system offering information to provide clear worldly direction.
The mind has archived information which may be needed to move around difficulties.
The mind stores memory which gives us valuable input when needed.
The mind needs clear instructions from the owner as to its current state and desired destination.
When we are Self loving and serving, we will honor the basic needs of mind and body.
When we are neglectful, unconscious or disrespectful we use the body and mind for unhealthy purposes.
When we take the tools we are given for granted, we may abuse or misuse both body and mind.
When we pay attention to what gives us optimal energy, we easily discover the best way to care.
What does it take to love our body and mind well?
How can we give our GPS system the info it needs to guided and direct us around the obstacles in life?
What do we need to provide our vehicle to be in good condition for its daily useage?
How can be best honor the gift of life and respect the tools we are given?
The focus on the body as King or God is like making our car our most important possession.
The way we allow our physical desires to lead us is like allowing a willful child to lead us.
Listening to the mind chatter and programming of an unconscious world makes us crazy and confused.
Trusting an undisciplined mind to determine our destination is like letting a selfish child run our life.
There is a place within that is our inner guidance system.
There is a voice within that guides and directs our lives to health and happiness.
There is a calling within that increases our energy and interest in life itself.
There is a purpose for each of us that lights our way and loves us well.
When we step away from all the external voices and honor our own, we have found the key.
The body vehicle is the transportation system to fulfill our moving, doing, being.
The mind vehicle is the voice of expression, creativity and interactive relationship.
The Source, the Owner, the Maker is the Director of a Purposeful Life.
Own your life by caring for it well.
Loving the Life I am given.
Honoring this Life as I am guided.
When we are living our separate lives seeing the differences and fighting for our rightness, we fall into turmoil chaos and conflict.
We rage and violate others rights.
We seek to win at the expense of others.
We lose our way and find ourselves in self-made hell.
When we are living for the Good of All, seeing how we are connected in the simplest ways,, we find peace and prosperity is easily given and received with equanimity.
We feel happy and in love.
We seek only to serve what benefits humanity.
We find our way in acts of loving kindness and live in heaven every day.
Simply a choice to be made in our minds and hearts.
Easily giving up what we do not want and appreciating what we already have.
Life is a creative process, a learning laboratory, an opportunity to strengthen the highest Truths.
Life is a gift of raising consciousness, enlightening the darkness, and educating with wisdom.
Life is a choosers' paradise, a risk takers adventure, a naysayer's nightmare and happiness haven.
Life is what we each make it up to be as we go and it's going to be what we have chosen it to be.
How wonderful when I can see we are all on a journey together, all winners.
How loving when I remember we are here to free each other in our expression.
How certain when I know we can trust one another's process in awakening.
How healing when I receive the gift of life as a blessing of exploration and choice.
Life is a Gift, because I choose to unwrap the illusion and see the Truth.
Life is a Joy, because I find happiness in me can be shared in Infinite ways.
Life is Love, because here I am loved, I am loving and I am beloved.
We are here for the same healing purpose.
When we remember one another of our holiness, we are healed.
When you want to remember what to do to have successful relationships, here are a few guidelines to practice. Your relationships with parents, children, partners, friends, coworkers and even strangers all deserve your best. When you manage to practice these few simple rules of engagement, you will be surprised by the success you experience.
No need to argue or fight.
Share your point of view and let go.
If you have a position, state it once and then listen.
No rebuttle, or last word is needed.
Drop your need to be "right".
Pushing to win always yields loss.
When the other person feels your need to make them wrong, they either withdraw or fight. Neither way works for a successful and respectful relationship.
And it is all small stuff. Much ado over nothing yields nothing. When you become critical or demanding over the petty matters, then you teach that nothing really is important.
Give your energy to those principles that are really important and do it with respect.
Teach and lead by example.
Everyone is watching you. Know that your thoughts, words and deeds all belie who you are and what matters to you. Choose to live what you are teaching. Acknowledge all mistakes with an immediate apology and new choice for a better way.
Specialness leads to trouble. Too often we treat strangers or neighbors better than family. Or perhaps we favor to one child or one friend. When we are not respecting and valuing everyone equally, we ask others to get our attention with problems, injuries or illnesses.
When people want our love and attention, they will use anything to get it.
Lack of respect and kindness beget more of the same. Remember to treat everyone as you want to be treated. Teach others to speak with you by the way you consistently speak to them. Keep your language respectful and appropriate for all ears. Live as though God is listening for indeed God in you and all is listening. Even infants hear your feelings.
Listen with your heart and seek to understand.
The words cover up the underlying meaning. Listen deeper than the words or complaints and needs say, because spoken words are covering the deepest needs of each individual.
The Peace of God is my single goal, the aim of all my living here.
Our Function is Forgiving everyone and everything.
Erase anything that teaches fear and Lack of Love.
To heal is to make happy and make whole.
I Am a Loving Reminder and so Are You!
Whether you want to improve your relationship with your children, your partner, your extended family or friends, your co-workers or others, the same tools apply.
· One person can affect change in others.
· One person can bring peace.
· One person can stop and listen.
· One person can offer true forgiveness.
· One person can begin again.
· One person can teach by example.
· One person can offer kindness.
· One person can see things differently.
· One person can take responsibility.
· One person can want peace more than conflict.
· One person can speak with respect.
· One person can do the work.
You came to bring Peace.
Your inner harmony can change the energy in your family.
Your peace of mind can bring peace to other minds.
How can you find inner peace?
Trust everyone is doing their best.
Stop criticizing and complaining and do Good.
Honor each one's right to say what they believe.
Respect differences without making anyone wrong.
Trust your inner code of ethics and live your principles.
Listen first to what others are really trying to say.
Always create the goal of peace with win-win solutions.
Share your viewpoint and position only once with no defensiveness.
When the other disagrees, there is no need to argue…..it only causes resistance.
Let go and put peace first.
When people feel peace, they can and will open to greater understanding.
Know you cannot know what others think, feel, want and are willing to do.
Do that which supports everyone in returning to Love, trust and freedom.
Bless us all for our willingness to find a better way.
Superstition is belief or notion, not based on reason, knowledge, or experience. The word is often used pejoratively to refer to folk beliefs deemed irrational. This leads to some superstitions being called "old wives' tales". It is also commonly applied to beliefs and practices surrounding luck, prophecy and spiritual beings, particularly the irrational belief that future events can be influenced or foretold by specific unrelated prior events.
The etymology is from the classical Latin superstitio, literally "a standing over", hence: "amazement, wonder, dread, especially of the divine or supernatural" The word is attested in the 1st century BC, notably in Cicero, Livy, Ovid, in the meaning of an unreasonable or excessive belief in fear or magic, especially foreign or fantastical ideas. By the 1st century AD, it came to refer to "religious awe, sanctity; a religious rite" more generally.
Remember what we believe in metaphysics is what we see because we are looking for proof that our beliefs are real. And what we do not want to see, but still believe is also attracting our energy and focus.
It is time to experiment with the belief that all things are not only possible but probable with our full faith.
When we have a split between knowing, believing, wanting to believe and doubting, we divide our energies among them.
Give yourself the opportunity to clear all obstacles, doubts, worries, uncertainties and fears.
Make a game of choosing something to give your full attention to as though it already were true.
Try out gathering information which causes you to doubt yourself and watch what happens.
Know for sure that something is possible and see it appear.
Too often we think there is external cause and do not accept our responsibility in the realization.
We create the experiences we have because we unconsciously set them into motion.
When we are fully engaged in Good and only Good, our lives appear Good to us.
When we are even partially fearful, resentful, doubtful, questioning, we have mixed results.
The power of our collective minds is enormous, as in prayer.
When we prayer the use of our mental focus, can be for the Highest Good rather than imaging a result.
When we choose someone to offer help, select someone who believes what you believe.
When we live life as though it would always be Good for us, we see the Good in it always.
Superstition is the opportunity to believe what we choose that is Good for All.
Superstition is a choice to believe in a higher power from which and through which we create.
Superstition is a way to use the power we are given as co-creators in a world of discovery.
May this day be your opportunity to discover how Good life can be.
You and I deserve a Good life which is shared and inspires others to do create the same.
When we all are living our desired life of Goodness, Wholeness and Beauty, there will be peace.
When we have no doubts, fears and resentment, we will live together with Joy, Gratitude and Love.
This is our healing and Holy work, so let us believe it is coming into being now.
What does it take to have harmony in your home and your workplace?
What does it take to have peace and harmony among nations?
What will it take to bring peace and harmony to our world?
We are waiting for you to bring this vision to truth.
Yes, each and everyone who is still at war, angry or afraid is needed to come to peace.
Where you are not peaceful, you cannot bring peace to others.
Where you are angry, you have not forgiven.
Where you are hurting and afraid, you will build defenses.
Where you are doubting and distrustful, you cannot extend peace.
Where you are judging and critical, you cannot build certainty.
Where you have prejudice and discrimination, you cannot encourage harmony.
Where you are lonely and separate, you cannot honor your piece of the whole.
When there is peace in the soul, there is harmony in the home.
When there is harmony in the home, there is peace in the community.
When there is harmony in the community, there is peace in the world.
You are the Bringer of Peace and Harmony to your world.
Give up the habits of complaining, gossip and worry and choose to be grateful.
Enjoy every aspect of your life, home and work, friendships and family.
Clear all those beliefs, situations and memories that no longer serve your peace and happiness.
Give yourself peace by choosing to appreciate the Good in you and around you.
Find within yourself the willingness to translate all circumstances into opportunities.
See life as supporting the best in you and strengthening your capacity to love.
Enjoy the fruits of your labor by valuing what you give with love and joy.
Make your bed and enjoy resting in it.
Keep your agreements with yourself and reward yourself with love.
Give your best to yourself, for the sheer joy of giving your very best.
See your life as a blessing to you and coming from you.
Teach your world to sing and dance with happiness by being the one who remembers.
Honor all life and trust everyone is doing the best they know at the time.
Offer help and encouragement when and where it will be received and valued.
Learn to live by the principles you want others to learn.
Watch the world change wherever you bring your peace and happiness.
Observe your family become more respectful and helpful, because you are.
Learn to live with peace in your heart and bring harmony and kindness to all relationships.
Have the life your really want because you dare to create it being so.
Let us be grateful for those who serve.
Let us give thanks for all the ways of serving.
Warriors, magicians, priests, servers, artisans, sages, and kings.
Thanks to the ones who research and apply, defend and protect, communicate and listen, create and inspire, care take and nurture, lead and teach, and simply live the good life.
We really need to learn to appreciate it all.
Let us take this day to remember to appreciate our history and our future.
Let us enjoy the experience of appreciating all that is right now.
Do you Appreciate, Take for Granted, Expect or Ignore?
It has come to my attention that those who appreciate are the most happy.
Those who value life as it is seem to stay positive.
Those who fully enjoy the good they have seem to have more true happiness.
Those who actively and consciously show appreciation have more to appreciate.
Those who complain have more to complain about.
Those who expect and assume life to treat them well are easily disappointed.
Those who ignore the Good they have often see it diminish.
Those who take for granted and even misuse the Good find diminishing returns.
It is in valuing the Good in our lives that the Good is exalted.
It is in appreciating those who do Good that they are strengthened and supported.
It is in praising, expressing gratitude and respect consciously that the Good grows.
It is in seeing life in a new way every day that we fully love those we have.
Can you appreciate yourself for creating your life?
Can you appreciate the Earth for her beauty and bounty?
Have you honored the riches of her soil and air and water?
Can you give thanks for the sustenance that comes from what the Earth is giving?
Do you appreciate the stores you shop in?
Do you value the schools, the libraries, the museums and the teachers?
Have you given to those enterprises that serve you and others so well?
Do you support the institutions that keep you informed and inspired?
Have you given your thanks to those people who give your Goodness daily?
Are you truly glad you have a job and/or a source of income?
Do you value the good you eat and the bed in which you sleep?
Have you truly appreciated the home in which you live and the car you drive?
Are you appreciative for the safety of firemen, policement, healthgivers and caretakers?
Do you say thank you daily to all those who come your way recognizing what each one gives?
Yes, finding fault and looking for problems or mistakes has been our training…….
However, this negative approach negates and diminishes the Good That Is.
Finding the Good and looking for blessings is another way.
The positive approach enhances, inspired, strengthens and increases the Good.
This change of mental habit will change your life and change your world.
Develop the habit of appreciation.
Enjoy the habit of encouragement.
See the value of contribution.
Give the best you have to everyone all the time.
You are the change you want to see.
You are the transformation that will bless our world.
You are the gift that is here to highlight the Good.
When we are not experiencing love, joy, abundance, and wholeness, something has gone wrong.
When we are upset, discouraged, stuck in lack, littleness or limitation, we are off track.
When we feel lost, confused, conflicted, doubtful, we are not honoring our inner voice.
When we are tired, disappointed, and feeling hurt, we are not loving ourselves well.
To give is to connect with those to whom you give.
To connect there must be positive energy in the giver.
To have positive energy, we must listen within and trust in the gift and the giving.
To listen within, we cannot predetermine or assume the gift and the giving.
Loving requires no doing or thinking, planning or preparing.
Loving is a state that is as natural as breathing.
Loving is to the giver and the receiver.
To be happy is natural.
Being Joy filled is not based on pleasuring ourselves or receiving something.
Being truly happy is natural experience for those who do not withhold their Love.
Being happy is related to loving abundantly and with gratitude.
To be abundant is natural.
When we stop all comparison, envy, judgment and worry, we find our lives are rich.
When we let go of believing abundance is based on what we own or buy, we are fulfilled.
When we love and appreciate the life we have, we experience true prosperity.
To be whole is natural.
When we focus on the problems or imperfections of our ever-changing physiology, we make feel sick.
When we return to peace and forgive our fears, we find true wholeness and holiness within.
Giving comes from living our lives naturally in a state of trust and freedom.
Giving gives us energy and a sense of abundance and fulfillment.
Giving from our natural state is much like a tree that simply is and breathes in and out.
Giving reminds us we are Love and Joy and Abundant and Whole.
Giving awakens our Spirit, opens our mind and touches our hearts.
We are facilitating a retreat this weekend on the ocean in Santa Cruz.
Your Loving Reminders will be sent telepathically until Monday morning.
When the media is fear based, how can you remember to trust?
When friends are complaining, how can you still be grateful?
When life seems, difficult, how can you find the easy way?
When many around you feel depressed, how do you express happiness?
Many different paths are available.
We each are choosing the way that seems to be right for us.
We may be choosing because we learned our attitude as children.
Some have just assumed that our way was the only way.
Maybe they learned to believe that the world is hard and painful and full of loss.
Maybe they learned to buy into the negativity and sorrow of movies and media.
Maybe they wanted to belong to families and groups who have an unhappy perspective.
Whatever you may feel, you can change your feelings.
When you feel negativity, you spread negativity.
When you feel unhappy, you increase unhappiness.
Your feelings are a teaching, a demonstration to your world.
Your feelings encourage your thoughts.
Your perceptions are a result of your beliefs.
Your beliefs can be changed with your willingness.
Yes, it takes work and attention to change beliefs, thoughts, feelings, perceptions and attitudes.
Just like anything your want to do well, you must practice daily.
Life those areas of your life where you develop skill and success, you must be consistent.
Start with just one change of mind.
Practice changing one habit for a week or two.
When you catch yourself forgetting, be kind and simply remind yourself of a better way.
When you catch yourself being happy and positive, be appreciative and encouraging.
Changing your mind will change your life……one day at a time.
I am grateful for your willingness to do what it takes, to be the whole Being You are here to be!
Mind Your Own Business or Do Something?
'What others do or say is none of my business'.
How do I know when I am to do or say something?
First, listen within, to your heart.
Find the way that brings you peace and feels kind and helpful.
Give what you have where it will be received and no rejected.
If there is potential for harm, do something immediately with confidence and kindness.
If there is simply wanting to control or change another, stop and think first to your intention.
If there is wanting to make things better for everyone, ask where and how it will be best received.
If there is judgment, criticism, correction, it is best to forgive, find inner peace and seek to understand.
When others feel attacked, made wrong, belittled and/or judged, they tend to become defensive.
When others are told they are behaving incorrectly, they do not trust your motives unless you are respected.
You will not be respected unless you are living what you teach, are respectful of them, and clearly know.
You can effect change in others by modeling, learning about them, finding their willingness and abilities.
Adults who are clearly making their own choice are different than the elderly, infirm or children.
We are guardians of this earth.
We are caregivers for one another.
We are the awakening ones who know.
We are encouraged to be response able.
We are conscious of errors in thinking and behaviors.
We are accepting of differences in beliefs, background and preferences.
We are understanding of life's choices and the opportunities to learn and grow.
Showing up and speaking up is key to helping one another wake up.
Saying the highest truth without threat or attack is a key communication art.
Being willing to trust in the learning process for everyone, gives freedom to all.
Playing our part with clarity, confidence, consistency and commitment is essential.
Each one of us is making a difference for all of us.
So mind the "business" that is yours in which you are invited and inspired to participate.
Give all to all to have the change your want to be and see.
Know that Love says and does what brings trust and freedom to all concerned.
Can you tell when someone is asking for help?
How do you respond to your brother's need?
Are you willing to give the best you have?
Can you forgive yourself for withholding your love?
The world is crying for help.
While the Good Mother Earth cannot use words, she is telling us to listen to her needs.
While it may not be obvious to those who are busy, she shows us everyday where we are neglectful.
While we may be used to using, abusing and taking what we want, we must respond, repair and replenish.
Our families are crying for help.
While our family may be sane, satisfying and suitable for our needs, others are in trouble with turmoil and unresolved conflicts.
There is divorce, abuse, neglect and cruelty in many families increasing with economic stress.
We may have first been shocked, then grew accustomed and now complacent about others difficulties.
The everyday stresses of two working parents, worry about money and jobs and few role models, has made what we normal, now challenging and difficult.
Our schools are crying for help.
The teachers are underpaid and under pressure to perform, teaching too many children in one classroom.
The schools are often understaffed, with closed libraries, minimal music, art and extracurricular programs.
The children are sometimes hungry, tired, badgered at home, and not mentored in doing well in school.
The respect, responsibility and cooperation which was the norm is more often the exception.
Single parents need our help.
Children of divorce, poverty, neglect and abuse need our help.
Non-profits and volunteer programs need our help.
We all can do something to be of help.
Give thanks for the Good you and others do daily.
Keep your own home, finances and family in good condition.
Manage your time, energy and money in effective and successful ways.
Give your best to everyone who asks for help.
Honor all requests unless it does harm to the other or to you.
Be true to the Voice of Love and Goodness within you.
Respect your willingness to give with appreciation.
You see it really is how we respond that matters.
· Give with No sacrifice or martyrdom.
· Give with love and trust, not from duty and obligation.
· Give your best rather than the leftovers.
· Give with gratitude and Joy.
· Give respecting, not pitying or feeling sorry for the recipient.
· Give because you can, not because you have to.
· Give receiving the gift you are giving and being fulfilled in the giving itself.
· Give asking nothing in return.
· Give because it is the right and loving thing to do.
· Give without fear or resentment.
· Give and enjoy the giving.
With every word, every activity and even your thoughts and inner vision, you are teaching your world.
With your emotions, with your intention, with your casual conversations, you are teaching others.
With your choices, with your chosen life work, with your expenditures, you are teaching everyone.
With your values, with your priorities, with your spirituality, you are leading your those you encounter.
Whether in private or in public, seen or unseen, you are teaching what you want your world to be.
You see, you do every moment make a difference in our world.
What you watch on TV is making its mark.
The meals you cook, the books you read, the jokes you tell, are each and all a part of your ministry.
Yes, you have a ministry, a calling, a place in this world that matters.
You matter at work and at home, with friends, with family and even with strangers your don't know.
You are shaping the future of our society, our politics, our freedoms and our responsibilities.
You are guiding are advancement and evolution as a people, as a culture and as humanity.
More than you can possibly know, you have already influenced thousands and thousands of people.
Those you think of, those you speak with, those you encounter in everyday situations are taught by you.
Your behavior, your tone of voice, your facial expression, your physical contact are all noticed.
Your respect, your gratitude, your smiles, your desires and needs are all impacting others.
Whether you are in an audience with hundreds of people or meeting one on one, the speaker hears, feels and knows your good will and encouragement.
Whether you are in good health or not, a good mood or not, conscious or not, others take notice.
Whether you say hello and goodbye, make eye contact or avoid, are in a hurry or take your time, others feel the difference.
You see, you are a very important part of everyone's world.
How about noticing that you are important?
How about realizing your true purpose?
How about being responsible for what you think, say and do?
How about being the One who makes the difference to be true?
It is time for us all to step up and show up.
It is time for us to pay attention and tell the highest Truth.
It is time for us to make amends for mistakes and choose again for Goodness sake.
It is time for us to give our best and let go of the rest.
It is time to trust that when each one of us is fully present playing our part with full consciousness and self respect, the world will change easily and quickly for the better for all beings.
A beautiful reminder forwarded to me.
them at least think about their influence on others.
Under every conscious activity is the power of your intention.
Within every conscious written or spoken expression is the power of your intention.
Under our conscious dreaming and visioning is the power of your intention.
Be conscious of your intention in life and notice the power of your thoughts, words and deeds.
When I am about to give something, I clarify my intention in the giving.
When I am going to speak with someone, I get conscious about my intention.
When I am imagining a class or event, I write or verbalize my intention.
This brings into conscious focus what is the desired outcome to which I am committed.
When I am about to do something about which I am uncertain or ambivalent, I ask, What is my intention?
When I remember my life purpose, my mission, my goals, my intention, I know and I do.
With intention, everything can be and will be used for good.
With consciousness, everything will serve a healing, healthy and holy purpose.
I recognize that my clear intention and commitment to consciousness leads me to fulfillment.
I honor the choices I have made by giving them my honest highest intention.
I respect myself with focusing on successful completion and fulfillment for the highest Good.
The intention I choose most often is: May this serve the Highest Good for All.
I recognize that I cannot be more specific because I do not know what is Good for everyone.
I trust that the path I choose in life is diverse, different than others and it flows with what is called.
I respect that there is a Higher Power and Presence that sees with inclusion for All Beings.
This will cover those areas of unconsciousness, confusion and conflict and allow you to be confident.
In connecting with many whose needs vary, I can only and always give the best I know.
When serving the "highest Good", I know that I do not know and must listen within and follow.
When I am at peace, clear and confident, I give 100% to the desired outcome.
When I am conflicted, confused and uncertain, I can only give a lesser percentage of my energy.
I am trusting in all I think and say and do, that I am including everyone .
It is only when I seek Good for All, that I can freely trust my inner guidance and direction.
Therefore, the power of my intention comes without holding back.
The power of my intention comes with certainty and trust.
The power of my intention is fueled by my Love for all creation and the Creative Power within.
The power of my intention is appreciated as I see the Good unfold in Good for All.
There are many saints in our presence…….
· Those who love another as much or more than themselves…..
· Those who give freely of time, energy and resources for the Good of others.
· Those who fully appreciate the Good in their lives.
· Those who seek no credit for the Good they do.
· Those who make sacred and heal the unhealed.
Yes, You too, may be a saint.
Tuesday is full moon day.
Tempers and passions and addictions may flare up.
Conflicts and Confusion may arise.
What You do with what you see and know and feel is your choice.
You can be the safe place of freedom and trust.
You can bring the gift of forgiveness and Love.
You can share the highest vision for goodness and beauty.
You can respect all voices and honor all paths.
How You live is your teaching and your example.
Know that your words teach others what to believe.
Know that your activities lead others to do the same.
Know that your thoughts and prayers lights the way.
Know that everything you give is received.
How You love expands healing, wholeness and Goodness in All.
You are making a difference, whether you know it or not.
You are making a difference, whether it is seen by others or not.
You are making a difference, even when your life is private.
You are making a difference, even when your gifts are anonymous.
Saints are often unnoticed in the greater world.
Their ways are not boastful or obvious.
Their words are not boisterous or braggadocio.
Their thoughts are not self-aggrandizing.
Their everyday lives heal, inspire and bring greater peace.
Saints often live eccentric and extraordinary lives.
Praying for others' Good is powerful.
Living with kindness and respect is inspiring.
Giving with joy and gratitude is Godly.
Loving you in all we do.
Reunion Ministries has been called to create a spiritual retreat for individuals, families and small groups.
After many years of intermittently listening and looking, we have found and are renewing our Reunion Lake House at Hidden Valley Lake in Lake County, CA. Approximately two hours drive from the San Francisco Bay Area, (driving through beautiful wine country Napa and Calistoga along the Silverado Trail), the vistas are awe-inspiring.
The little community is natural, friendly and filled with helpful respectful people who look out for one another.
We are renewing with new bathrooms, appliances, carpet and paint to make it ready for you.
It is a place of peace, inspiration, appreciation and joy.
The great room and deck have a glorious west facing view of the quiet lake.
There is a small beach just a short walk downhill from the Lake House.
Hidden Valley Lake has tennis courts, golf course, swimming pool, hiking trails and campground, nearby horseback riding and more.
We will dedicate the Reunion Lake House and Spiritual Retreat on Winter solstice, December 19 for the Good of All.
Thank you for your prayers of appreciation and for holding the vision of Love and Peace for everyone in our world.
You are a treasured gift, a precious Source of inspiration, for all we do in the name of Love.
Always Loving, trusting and freeing us all to live the Highest Way we know.


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An Open Thank You to Champions of Human Dignity
By Sahamamama,
Sahamamama
Last night I was reading about the civil rights movement (US) in the 1960s. One man told his story of walking with some friends into a restaurant to be served a cup of coffee, every day for six months. They were refused service because they were African-American and in the South, but in the end they were served because they persisted in doing right.
Of course, I've heard about this all my life, but it just really hit home tonight.... A friend of ours gave us some gift money to take the family out to Olive Garden. The restaurant host, a black man, seated us. Our waitress, Olga, took our order and politely waited on us. People seated nearby commented on our beautiful daughters. The restaurant manager, a friendly Asian/East Indian man, liked chatting with our girls so much, he went away and came back with three coupons for free children's meals. :D
The whole place was calm, peaceful, yet bustling with that energy that is typical of Olive Gardens everywhere we've ever been. There were people of every size, race, skin tone, and ethnicity imaginable. Suddenly, looking around at that scene, it hit me like a brick. If we were time-warped back to 1960 in some places THIS SCENE WOULD NOT BE PERMITTED.
In my own parents' lifetimes, this would have been someone's dream, "that all men should live together as brothers." I never understood the words of Dr. Martin Luther King so powerfully until tonight. I will never know them from the perspective of the people who were shut out and marginalized.
Imagine, the back of the bus... My dad is in his late seventies, and he still talks about how he saw segregation firsthand so many years ago. But that was only a few years before I was born (1967)! I don't know why it never hit me before: Not that long ago, tonight's scene in the Olive Garden -- something I've always experienced here in New Jersey and have simply taken for granted -- would not have been allowed to happen.
How much we would have missed!
If you are the descendant of someone who stood up for human dignity, please hug and thank that person for me. :grouphug:
Thank you so much for posting this! I've never thought about it that way, and it's very eye-opening.
Kathleen in VA
LocationVirginia
Nice post.:) My parents did a lot of things wrong, but one thing they did right was to teach us from birth that you never judge a person by the color of their skin.
I just read MLK's speech a few days ago and was very inspired by it. I'd never read the whole thing before. It must have been an amazing thing to have heard it in person.
mcconnellboys
In my area of the country, Woolworth's lunch counters were one place where lots of sit-ins were staged. Our city history museum has terrific photos of the civil rights movement here in town that includes photos of such sit-ins.
In the small city where I used to go to the orthodontist, I remember that we went into a Woolworth for lunch one day while there and there was some sort of problem with someone who wanted to be served who they were refusing. Apparently, Woolworth had quite a reputation. This would have been sometime between 1972-74, so relatively late for such activities to still have been occurring..... At the time, of course, I didn't understand what was going on and my mom wouldn't talk about it at all....
Carol in Cal.
It still happens sometimes, and not just in the south.
I live in the Bay Area, a pretty liberal place, pretty well mixed.
About 12 years ago I visited a Marie Callendars' restaurant for lunch with a good friend of mine who is Native American and really looks it--a husky guy with a long braid. I've eaten at this place many times, and have always had great service.
They took one look at us and parked us in a room with no lights or heat--there was a window, so it wasn't dark, but it was the only room in the place that didn't have a light on. We sat there being ignored for 20 minutes. No water, nothing. I went to the front, and asked if there was a problem. After a few more minutes, our waitress showed up with QUITE an attitude. We had terrible service the whole time, and no one else was seated into that room. It was abundantly clear why this happened.
Afterwards I mentioned this to a couple of other people I knew, and a Hispanic friend of mine told that it was always like that there, and that whenever she asked for a table she used an 'American' name or she wouldn't end up getting one unless she asked repeatedly.
Needless to say, I did not go back there for a long, long time.
:iagree: I grew up in Northern CA and recall eating at a Sambo's as a kid in the early 70's. Looking at the pics of the restaurant, thinking to myself this is a bad advertising idea.
My mom would tell me stories of her growing up in Texas during segregation times... signs at stores saying no Negroes or Mexicans allowed, attending a run down school for (only) Mexican students while the white students attended a new school across town, and so on. Yes, it does make one think.
Oh, wow. My husband is from California -- he grew up in Irvine (when it was orange groves and dirt roads) and then lived in San Jose from his teens until he met me. I'll ask him if he ever experienced this at Marie Callendar's -- because I know his family always went there AND his family is all 100% Egyptian. He was born here, but he still looks Egyptian, though in California he was often mistaken for being Mexican.
He learned to say (in VERY bad Spanish pronunciation), "Yo no hablo espanol. Yo no soy mexicano, yo soy egypto..." and the Mexicans would walk away laughing their heads off.... :lol:
Good grief! I've never heard of a restaurant with a name like that! And I'm shocked that a state like California, which I've always thought of as so forward thinking and modern, would exhibit prejudice to multiple ethnic groups that have always been common to that area!
NoPlaceLikeHome
The Smithsonian American History Museum has a moving theatre performance that recreates the sit ins at the Greensboro lunch counter. The actual lunch counter is there as well. My ds and I enjoyed it and were quite moved by it.
http://www.si.edu/Events/Calendar/?trumbaEmbed=filter3%3D_17036_&filterfield3%3D11223#/?i=1
LocationSouth
I have a vague memory of eating at one when I was about 5 or 6. Don't remember what part of the country though...
With the anniversary of the Challenger explosion, our paper has had articles about Ronald McNair since he's from SC. I'm so glad that much has changed. The racism isn't generally as overt as it used to be. It's really still there in a lot of ways though... but I like to think we'll continue to make progress.
I was shocked, too. Just up the road is the Denny's that actually was sued for not serving African Americans equally with others. That shocked me, too.
You don't hear people condone it here, though. At least I don't. Everyone is shocked together, rather than everyone quietly wishing that they could do the same, which is how it sometimes feels elsewhere.
I'm an 'if you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem' kind of person, so I speak up when I see something like that.

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