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Archive for February 4, 2016
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Video of the Week
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Feb 04, 2016 |
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Waging Life in a War Zone
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| "From the stones of the destruction we will build plant basins to grow flowers." It started with one man’s efforts to beautify his home with paint and flowers, but the initiative spread as neighbors came forward to spread the beauty. Using salvaged and recycled material, with some funding from a local and U.S. nonprofit, the densely populated neighborhood of al-Zaitoun in Gaza City, Palestine, is awash in color, murals, and flowers, bringing some much-needed comfort to an area besieged with war and destruction. |
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One’s life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion
– Simone De Beauvoir –
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The Story of Bopsy: The Very First Make-a-Wish Kid
“In 1978, 5-year-old Frank “Bopsy” Salazar was diagnosed with leukemia. Doctors advised his mother, Octaviana Trujillo, to check him in to St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix. At the time, Trujillo was 26, single, and couldn’t afford to put Bopsy on her health insurance. She checked him in anyway. Over the next two years, Bopsy was treated by Dr. Frank Barranco, a physician who the 5-year-old adored and who eventually introduced him to the people who would make his last days count.” Read on for the moving story of the first child to have his wishes granted through the Make-a-Wish Foundation. { read more }
Be The Change
Think of someone in your life who could use a wish-come-true. Reach out and do something to make their day sparkle. For inspiration, learn about the work of this oncologist who regularly goes the extra mile to bring joy to her patients. { more } |
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Sangha of Auspicious Companions 