Transforming
Our World — Micro to Macro
Each seemingly small yet positive move forward in thought
and action possesses true transforming power. Building upon that with other such moments will significantly
improve your overall life and the world around you.
"A defining human trait is the capacity to be more skilled, more resilient, more nurturing,
and more tolerant than we are at any given moment." (1)
What
can each family do to foster a soulful center and prevent its absence’s negative ripple effects in the world at large?
All positive, potentially widespread change can begin with us when we as individuals and families commit to
the challenge. Personal accountability, truth and humility are the key.
Nelson Mandela
eloquently addresses this issue:
"… The first thing is to be honest with yourself. You can never
have an impact on society if you have not changed yourself...Great peacemakers are all people of integrity, of honesty, [of]
humility." (2)
NOTE: There is a related Stephen R. Covey quote
in green type near the upper right corner of the following page: http://www.qualityoflifenews.com/id5.html
Howard Zinn On Hope
“To be hopeful in bad
times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that history is not only a history of cruelty,
but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, and kindness. And if we do act in however small a way, we don’t
have to wait for some grand utopia in the future. The future is a succession of presents. And
to live now as we think human beings should live in defiance of all that is bad around us is itself is a marvelous victory.”
Frank Outlaw On The Ripple Effects of Language
"Watch your thoughts;
they become your words. Watch your words; they become your actions. Watch your actions; they become your habits.
Watch your habits; they become your character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny."
The Global Empathy Movement
The Empathic Civilization by Jeremy Rifkin is "the first book to explore how empathetic consciousness
restructures the ways we
* organize our personal lives
* approach knowledge
* pursue science and technology
* conduct commerce and governance
* orchestrate
civil society
The development of this empathetic consciousness is essential to creating a future where we think
and behave like the whole world matters." Quoted from the Teach Empathy website
For more information and a video lecture by Jeremy Rifkin, visit:http://teachempathy.com Link
to the book:http://www.amazon.com/Empathic-Civilization-Global-Consciousness-Crisis/dp/1585427659
Do You Burn
Fires in Your Fireplace as Responsibly as You Could Be?
For example, if you choose to use
Duraflame firelogs instead of traditional firewood, here's what you'll accomplish:
*
Save trees, since no trees are cut down to produce Duraflame firelogs, and they're made with 100% recycled/renewable
resources
* Over a 3-4 hour period, 80% less fine particulate matter up your chimney and into the air
* 75% less carbon monoxide
* 90% less hazardous air pollutants
* 70% less
greenhouse gas emissions than gas fireplaces or gas logs
You'll significantly help the environment plus the
many individuals with respiratory problems in your area.
For more information: http://www.duraflame.com
AIR POLLUTION & ASTHMA
 An excellent online resource is the website
for the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology: http://www.aaaai.org/(1) Joann Ellison Rodgers, Psychology Today article,
November/December 2006 issue, page 74.
(2) Nelson Mandela as quoted on the Oprah Winfrey website.
NOTE:
Text for the Transforming section above is excerpted from the book: "Inspirations for Thriving in Our Troubled World."
See the Products page of this website for more information.
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DID
YOU KNOW?
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"It is easy to choose between right and wrong. But to choose the greater of two goods or the lesser of
two evils...those are the choices of our life." —
From the 2006 film "Fanaa" (from India)
* "We are all agents of transfiguration.
Go forth and transform your personal relationships, your community, your world, so it becomes hospitable to joy, to justice,
to freedom, to peace."
—
Desmond Tutu, March 6, 2011
Strategic
Consumer Activism Made Simple
If you have always wanted to use products
that you're sure have positive health, environmental, and social impacts, there is now a way.
University
of California at Berkeley and its expert partners have developed a revolutionary consumer tool known as GoodGuide.
You can check out their website at www.goodguide.com.
If you're unable to make the significant time commitment to research and actually locate
highly-rated products, consider having us do the job for you. Just click on the link below to find out all the details
about how we can make your consumer activism—and caring for your family on a new level—a whole lot simpler.
More information about "Personalized Healthy & Eco Products Reports" here: www.qualityoflifenews.com/id9.html
Modern Abolitionist Movement Currently Building
There
are some 27 million slaves in the world today, more than in any other time in human history. Find out about the documentary
film CALL+RESPONSE, and what you can do to help.
* Sex slaves (a startling number under age 10)
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Labor slaves
* Child soldiers
* Child slaves
www.callandresponse.com
"Justice is what love looks like in public." — Cornel West
"Changing a life begins with a single step."
— Blake Mycoskie, Founder of TOMS Shoes
I am ashamed
to say that I didn't know that most children in developing countries grow up barefoot. The fact that they have no shoes results
in many negative impacts, not the least of which is their exposure to soil-transmitted parasites which are the leading
cause of disease and often amputation in many countries.
The TOMS Shoes company donates one pair of new shoes
for every pair purchased. As of January 2010, TOMS Shoes has supplied 400,000 pairs of shoes to needy children
around the world.
"Conscious capitalism" and social change at its best: http://www.tomsshoes.com/content.asp?tid=227
Organ & Tissue Donation
FACT:
"Your
organ donation could save the lives of eight people, and your tissue donation could enhance the lives of another 50 people."
— www.DonateLifeCalifornia.org
Three of our family members are registered future organ and tissue donors. Do consider
the gift of donation yourself today.
For more information about becoming an organ
and tissue donor: http://OrganDonor.gov/
A transplant resources website: http://www.surgicaltechnologist.net/resources/surgical-information-transplant-resources/
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"I wanted you to know that as someone putting together some
resources on organ transplants, your page was really helpful. Thanks!"
— Melinda M., emailed comment
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