Hi You!!
It’s the beginning of a new decade for the Gregorian Calendar. More importantly, it’s a NEW DAY for each of us!!
This email is not about “New Year’s Resolutions” that often fall out of our consciousness, like a post-it at the back of the drawer. This Love In Action 100 is about practical tools and steps we can take, which will become HABIT as we EMBODY the INTENT behind them. This is KEY! And LIA is here to support you!
All you need is the courage to believe in yourself and put one foot in front of the other. ~ Kathrine Switzer
Let’s begin with a post from Avaaz. And then we’ll follow with plenty of Love In Action to begin the big year ahead.
| 1. Untrigger “Triggers” quickly move us to anger and fear – they steal our best and offer our worst. We all trigger all the time, but if we own our triggers as our own: “that’s my insecurity about x” then we can stop blaming others, stop being trolly, and start acting from love and wisdom. 2. Listen for wisdom When we’re not triggered, we can listen deeply to the perspectives of others, as well as to ourselves – to the emotions of our heart, the reason of our heads, and the intuition of our gut – and we can listen for that quiet voice within that harmonizes all of these things, and suggests wisdom to us. 3. Be kind AND strong Kindness without strength can be cowardice. And strength without kindness can be brutal. We need both love and strength, ‘Yin’ and ‘Yang’, to successfully protect the things we hold precious and in common. 4. Stop the Gossip, seek the truth Fake news, half-truths, smears, and disinformation motivated by emotion and agenda bring out the worst in all of us. People are fundamentally decent, but we are quick to embrace simple demonizations that justify the worst we do to each other. Let’s strive to see the human not the villain, and understand the often complex truth.Imagine a world where most of us agreed to follow principles like these, and succeeded much of the time. We might still disagree on many things, but the character of that disagreement would be different. Less petty and vicious and tragic, more meaningful, perhaps respectful. Humanity would still be beautifully diverse, and sometimes clashing. And we’d be more noble at the same time. YES! |
Watch this video!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JKz4V9V4Xk – It’s a game-changer! And if this breathing practice resonates with you, PLEASE let me know! We are offering several beautiful and powerful events that incorporate this, like…
Our New Moon Gatherings at Stillpoint Yurt. Next one is Sat. Jan. 25th at NOON. We’re going to have a SMASHING GOOD TIME!!! YES- literally SMASHING and CRASHING and BURNING!!!!
On to more Actions of Inspiration, Love and SupportHow fitting that this LIA 100 has this news— something that’s taken 50+ years to happen!l:
— Virginia became the 38th state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment – crossing the three-fourths threshold of support required from the states.
It appears that Australians (many were in denial) and others around the world, are “waking up” to the reality of climate change:”This Friday, Jan. 17th, solidarity vigils in support of affected communities are planned across Australia and at embassies, consulates, and other locations worldwide.” —350.org
And speaking of waking up…Our beloved Grandmother Aggie (Agnes Baker Pilgrim) crossed over last November. Katrina and several like-hearted women traveled to Grants Pass last Saturday for her Celebration of Life Ceremony. Incredibly powerful!!! Here’s a link to GM Aggie’s wisdom: https://www.blackstonepublishing.com/titles/grandma-says-wake-up-world
Yo Yo Ma’s assignment: “Show the world how you express yourself and what brings your community together.” – https://www.classicfm.com/artists/yo-yo-ma/bach-project-video/
As always, we end this Love In Action with Music.This is a special song and easily learned. The words are at the very end of the video. Perhaps you can share them in Circle.- https://vimeo.com/273112273?ref=fb-share&1&fbclid=IwAR16juoLzF5fO19VXszlVextW2K9BXgqF8iD692Vbm-afdaaIob8Eo5m9xc