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Dancing in the Street

Global MindShift

BIG OR SMALL ACTS OF KINDNESS, COURAGE, STRENGTH, CONNECTION...

If you like having conversations that matter, Global MindShift has four-week online discussion groups that are free and fabulous! From the website:

Today we live in a world where “who we are” is much bigger and more inclusive than many of us have traditionally thought. The image that we now have of the earth from space, coupled with growing challenges that are global in scope, tell us that it is no longer sufficient to be identified only with our country, culture, or religion. Today we are called to identify with the whole planet, and all of life.

In this introductory conversation we explore what some have called “the new story” – new information that expands our understanding of who we are, where we have come from, and what we are now called to do.

SIGNS OF HOPE

BIG OR SMALL ACTS OF KINDNESS, COURAGE, STRENGTH, CONNECTION...

February 12-18, 2007 is Random Acts of Kindness Week. If you need some hints, the Random Acts of Kindness Foundation has ideas for groups, the workplace and individuals. And there are forums where you can hang out with other kind people.

SIGNS OF HOPE - The Gift of Words

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The Gift of Words--Poetry for the Iraqi People

The Challenge: Write a poem for the Iraqi People, something that you want to express to their citizens.
Deadline: Extended to May 2007.
Who: Anyone, any age can write a poem and submit it to be included.

Poems will be translated into Arabic, put into a booklet and sent to Iraq.

Contact: Gift of Words, c/o Cynthia Bryant - Poet Laureate of Pleasanton, PO Box 520, Pleasanton, CA 94566 or email to PoetsLane [at] comcast.net.

Be sure to include your contact info and (if you like) age. Cynthia's website is http://www.poetslane.com/

Please help her to spread the word about this project.

SIGNS OF HOPE

BIG OR SMALL ACTS OF KINDNESS, COURAGE, STRENGTH, CONNECTION...

Gratefulness.org is one website that I return to over and again to light a virtual candle. When your busy life needs a few minutes of calm, this is one place to be.

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National Geographic's WildCam Africa (real-time critter watching from a pond in Botswana) is back online.

The civ in civworld.org stands for: civic, civil and civilized. Their "mission is to increase the awareness of our interdependence and create a new vision of what it means to be a global citizen in this interdependent world. We hope to lay the foundations of global civic cooperation and to do so we need not only civic leaders and dignitaries, but also parents, students, and children." Learn more and sign their declaration

SIGNS OF HOPE

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"We believe there exists a field of collective consciousness — often seen and expressed through metaphor — that is real and influential, yet invisible. When we come into alignment with this field, there is a deeper understanding of our connection with others, with life, and with a source of collective wisdom."

Click for Collective Wisdom Initiative

Signs of Hope - earthdance.org

Big or small acts of courage, strength, kindness, connection ...

Earthdance funds humanitarian causes and works toward peace for the global community. Their prayer for peace says it all:

"We are one global family
All colors,
All races
One world united.
We dance for peace and the healing of our planet Earth
Peace for all nations.
Peace for our communities.
And peace within ourselves.
As we join all dance floors across the world, let us connect heart to heart. Through our diversity we recognize Unity.
Through our compassion we recognize Peace.
Our love is the power to transform our world
Let us send it out
NOW..."

http://earthdance.org/