people always ask & to be honest i'm not sure anyone has an answer lol. i mean how can today feel different from yesterday simply because my age counter has moved up a notch. BUT, when i came across this article written by Mark Finser (in RSF Social Finance's Annual Report) i was like, yes!, this is what it feels like as I turn 28 years old. so i kinda copped out, i'm not actually telling you how it feels but this is what a 28 year old allana relates to. for me this encompasses what my 28th year on this earth should accomplish & what the last 27 have been preparing me for.
much love..
happy birthday to me!
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In these difficult times, my great hope is that we can move to a culture that balances our needs and wants with our actions and insights. Insights come from our capacity to think in ways that are creative and relevant to the present time; needs and wants come from our feelings and desires; actions and deeds in the world come out of our will. These three soul forces in every human being -- thinking, feeling and willing -- need to come back into balance. Each of these soul forces and qualities is reflected in society at large as well.
So we cannot just focus on the economy. The economy is but one leg of a three legged stool. Culture and human rights are the other two. We need to focus our creative capacity on developing a culture that has an emphasis on education, the arts and our connection with spirit. This needs to be in tandem with a society where fundamental human rights are honored and differences are celebrated.
Each of us has different abilities and gifts. However, when it comes to feeling, we need to recognize that this makes us equal; we are all the same when it comes to our basic human needs and emotions. Keeping this perspective in mind, we can effect great change in ourselves and in our world. We can truly take up our role as fellow citizens and reconnect with our local and regional communities with fresh ideas and action plans.
Clearly, we have become disconnected from the soul force of "feeling". How can it be that some executives believe that their contributions to society deserve compensation 400 times or more than that of their lowest paid employees? When the company cannot contribute to retirement or health care for its employees, how can this be perceived as progress? Times like this provide an opportunity for all of us to be re-educated. We need to "educate" our conscience as well. Imagine if we took the time to really listen to our conscience. What would an education of conscience look like?
-- Mark Finser
On the morning of Sunday, August 9, 2009 my first miracle manifested itself out loud, in the open for me to see; and boy did I see. I asked for a hummingbird and a hummingbird came to me; the first proof that my heart tells me no lies. The universe has begun to conspire, in my favor, for my personal benefit. I took a chance. I dared to walk my own path. I embrace my trials, my tribulations, my hardship in exchange for a chance to live a good life, an honest life, a true life. Not all people understand but some people do and some people will be inspired enough to take their own chance, that is why I write and this is why I share. When everyone wonders why, I ask them why not?, I ask them how else?. I've been judged my whole life and my whole life I've been affected and saddened by other people's judgment; family, friends, strangers just the same.
