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August 20, 2020

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Square Peg Foundation: Putting Human Dignity First

“So the question comes up why horses? Here’s the thing– a horse never sees potential in any one. A horse sees you for exactly who you are and a horse offers you the dignity of that. The dignity to be scared, the dignity to be dis-regulated, the dignity to be curious, or kind, or excited.The dignity to just be you…Square Peg was dreamed up by a young mother with a child that needed to move and to be encouraged for his curiosity and to have his kindness understood as a strength. It was created to make a space for ex-racehorses who had given their all on the track and now needed to have a place where they were safe and needed and cared for…In 1984 at age 16, I became a mom. My son was born 9 weeks early and weighed 3 and a half pounds. While he grew in an incubator in the hospital, I finished both high school and my first quarter of college. My son’s learning difficulty started early…” Joell Dunlap,the dynamic founder of Square Peg Foundation shares more in this inspiring piece. { read more }

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What might it look like in your life, to “add dignity to every act?” Learn more about the Square Peg Foundation here.

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August 19, 2020

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BLM: Four Lessons in White Allyship from South Africa

“As Black Lives Matter protests, triggered by the killing of George Floyd, spread across the world in response to systemic racism and police brutality, questions are being asked about how white people can lend their support. Our previous and ongoing research into the South African anti-apartheid movement provides four key lessons we can draw on today in the fight against racism.” { read more }

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Join this Saturday’s Awakin Call with Lindy and Francis Wilson: “Lessons from the South African Freedom Struggle: Using White Privilege for the Liberation of All”. More details and RSVP info here. { more }

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August 18, 2020

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A Man Impossible to Classify

The young man walked up to us still smiling and, without a word, pointed again. I stared in puzzlement. At this he nodded his head and, to clarify matters, repeated the pointing. “What do you mean?” I managed to ask. “Donuts!” He said. “Do you guys like donuts?” It was 1965. He was one of the first people I met in San Francisco, a street person, and the story that followed spanned some twenty years. Nothing about it could have been predicted. { read more }

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Is there a little part of you that sometimes says “yes” but not quite loudly enough and you follow the “no”? It’s not about saying “yes” to something bad. It’s about saying “yes” to another part of oneself that senses a new possibility.

Is there a little part of you that sometimes says yes but not quite loudly enough and you follow the no? Its not about saying yes to something bad. Its about saying yes to another part of oneself that senses a new possibility.

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August 17, 2020

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Taiji Quan: The Wisdom of Water

“All natural things curl, swirl, twist, and flow in patterns like flowing water. Thus we sense something similar in clouds, smoke, streams, the wind-blown waves of sand on the beach, the pattern of branches against the sky, the shape of summer grasses, the markings on rocks, the movement of animals. Even solid bones have lines of flow on their exterior and in their spongy interior. Spiders build their webs, caterpillars their cocoons in water-like spirals. The rings in an exposed log look like a whirlpool. And looking up in the night sky we can see a river of stars.[…]Taiji Quan has been compared to a great river because each posture flows smoothly into the next without break.” Kenneth Cohen, shares more in this reflective post on the wisdom of water and how it infuses the ancient practice of Taiji Quan– and our lives. { read more }

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Try moving with the wisdom of water– mentally and physically– through your day.

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August 16, 2020

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Small Joys are Essential to Resilience

“For Persians, one of our most precious ways to summon joy is with poetry. I remember one night, in particular, in my home city of Shiraz, Iran, during the war. While sirens blared and the electricity was shut off, warning of an imminent attack, my family and I (feeling especially brave) snuck to our rooftop to watch the anti-aircraft missiles shoot into the air. To my 7-year-old eyes, the brilliant red patterns in the pitch-black sky rivaled the most magnificent fireworks display. But underneath the awe there was a simmering terror brewing in my belly of not knowing who was going to die next. Was it going to be me? My best friend? My sister in Tehran? My teacher? And then someone from another rooftop shouted a verse of Rumi’s poetry into the clear night air…” This inspiring article from YES magazine explores the relationship between resilience and the capacity to cultivate joy even in the midst of great crisis. { read more }

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Make a practice of tuning into the small joys of your day — consider taking note of them in a daily journal and see

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August 15, 2020

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The Church Forests of Ethiopia

Over the past century, nearly all of Ethiopia’s native forests have been cleared for farming and grazing. Now it is up to the Orthodox Churches–who for centuries have safeguarded pockets of primary forest that grow around them–to preserve Ethiopias quickly shrinking biodiversity and teach people how to live with forests. { read more }

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Check out the Global Oneness Project, a treasure trove of multi-media stories that play a powerful role in education. { more }

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August 14, 2020

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Human Connections in ‘This Brilliant Darkness’

“This Brilliant Darkness is a book born of insomnia. It’s a collection of snapshots and written profiles by author Jeff Sharlet that take us deep into other people’s lives. And by doing that, Sharlet says, he’s really trying to tell us his own story. “I originally sort of thought of it as a memoir through other people’s lives. It’s bookended by two heart attacks, my father’s, and then two years later, my own,” he says. “I’m a journalist, and my life was sort of falling apart and the only way I knew how to put it together was through stories. So it’s a collection of the strangers whose stories I shared, they shared with me in those years between those heart attacks, and attempting to find a narrative together.”” NPR shares more. { read more }

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What have you learned in the darkness that you could not have learned in the light?

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August 13, 2020

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The Soil’s Story is the Story of Us

“Thousands of years of taking have caught up with us–and our soil. Approximately 40 percent of agricultural soils worldwide are degraded or seriously degraded; we lose an estimated 36 billion tons of topsoil every year. Scientists warn us that we only have about 60 years of productive soil left. What will happen when the Earth has lost all of its soil and can no longer produce food? While this is a dire future, it doesn’t have to be our destiny. It’s time to act. And the solution is under our feet. This is the story of how each of us came to see soil as a solution to one of our biggest environmental problems–and as a tool to build more resilient communities.” “The Story of Stuff” creator Annie Leonard shares more. { read more }

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Join this Saturday’s Awakin Call with biodynamic farming practitioner Laura Riccardi Lyvers, “Living with the Earth: Overcoming Materialism”, more details and RSVP info here. { more }

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