Happy Soul Food Friday!

Happy Soul Food Friday!

This week:

Giving Thanks
In these crazy times I would like to take a moment to express my sincere thanks to each and every one of you that read and share this blog and choose to pay it forward!
This year has been like none other in my experience, and I remain humbled and awed by your generosity of time, talent and treasure in service of our extended community and tiny blue planet.
May you find time, over the holiday season, to pause, reflect, and invest your discretionary energy & intention in an attitude of gratitude, and deeply internalize the positive impact you make in the lives of others.

Feeding Hungry Families Over the Holidays:
As we enter the typical holiday season in a most untypical fashion, we are at it again…

We just announced our Holiday Giving Fundraiser; Feeding Hungry Families Over the Holidays, in support of so many San Diegans that remain in dire need for even the most basic necessities, more than nine months into this horrific pandemic.
While many of us are complaining about having a lot on our plate right now, others literally have nothing on their plate, and are going hungry, with food insufficiency in our community once again rising to unprecedented levels.

On the last go around, earlier this year, we focused on just one organization, The San Diego Food Bank, and our matching campaign- thanks to the generosity of so many like you- raised over $400K which translated to over 2 million meals for local families.

This time we are supporting three local San Diego non-profit partners who will be working hard to help feed those in need through the holidays.

They are:
– The Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank
– The San Diego Rescue Mission
– The Salvation Army San Diego County

A new TV commercial is currently airing in support of this initiative, and campaign details with additional information, including the commercial as well as donation links for each of the 3 nonprofit partners can all be found at: www.MissionFed.com/Giving
This Feeding Hungry Families Over the Holidays campaign will run from now through the end of the year.

My ask-
Can you help me get the word out so we can get the support in?
Mission Fed will match it up to $30,000 making each person’s contribution go further, so let’s rise to the occasion!

Thank you for your love of humanity and generosity of spirit, however you express it…
LOVE is the word. Let’s spread it, before we lay out our delicious spread!
Btw, The San Diego Rescue Mission was featured on KUSI last Friday and here’s a link to the clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kIT5s1919w&t=4s

THE POWER OF THANK YOU with Jon G:
5 ways to practice Thanksgiving every day of the year.
Thank You.

They are two words that have the power to transform our health, happiness, athletic performance and success. Research shows that grateful people are happier and more likely to maintain good friendships. A state of gratitude, according to research by the Institute of HeartMath, also improves the heart’s rhythmic functioning, which helps us to reduce stress, think more clearly under pressure and heal physically. It’s actually physiologically impossible to be stressed and thankful at the same time. When you are grateful you flood your body and brain with emotions and endorphins that uplift and energize you rather than the stress hormones that drain you.

Gratitude and appreciation are also essential for a healthy work environment. In fact, the number one reason why people leave their jobs is because they don’t feel appreciated. A simple thank you and a show of appreciation can make all the difference.

Gratitude is like muscle. The more we do with it the stronger it gets. In this spirit here are 5 ways to practice Thanksgiving every day of the year.

1) Take a Daily Thank You Walk  – I started this practice 15 years ago and it changed my life. Take a simple 10-30 minute walk each day and say out loud what you are thankful for. This will set you up for a positive day. I wrote more about this in The Positive Dog . 

2) Meal Time Thank You’s  – On Thanksgiving, or just at dinner go around the table and have each person, including the kids, say what they are thankful for.

3) Gratitude Visit  – Martin Seligman, Ph.D., the father of positive psychology, suggests that we write a letter expressing our gratitude to someone. Then we visit this person and read them the letter. His research shows that people who do this are measurably happier and less depressed a month later.

4) Say Thank You at Work  – When Doug Conant was the CEO of Campbell Soup he wrote approximately 30,000 thank you notes to his employees and energized the company in the process. Energize and engage your co-workers and team by letting them know you are grateful for them and their work. Organizations spend billions of dollars collectively on recognition programs but the best and cheapest recognition program of all consists of a sincere THANK YOU. And of course don’t forget to say thank you to your clients and customers too. 

5) Say Thank you and Goodnight  – At bedtime reflect on your day, identify and share all that you are thankful for. If you have children you can read Thank You and Goodnight with them and add to it.

Teaching Kids to Be Thankful with Scott S from The YouSchool:
Foundational Question #12: What are you thankful for?

A HABIT OF GRATITUDE
I’ll admit, I took most everything for granted when I was growing up. Yes, I did write thank you notes to my grandparents and brought teacher appreciation gifts to school that my mom bought. Generally, though, thankfulness was more about having good manners than an internal quality. Most things came easy to me and my parents gave me a lot- resources, experiences, and love. It really wasn’t until much later well into my adult years that I began to both practice gratitude as well as feel grateful. 

A lot of kids are like me. They take things for granted. They don’t have a broader perspective of who sacrificed for them or really have to work for what they get- nor should they. They’re kids. But can you imagine a full-grown, mature, healthy adult who still takes life for granted? I can’t. 
Wise and emotionally healthy people would say: Everything is a gift. Everything. How do you learn that? How do you teach that?

Gratitude is something that you develop over time. You have to be guided into it. It has to be something that is caught, not taught deliberately or overtly. You have to pause and reflect on what you’ve received. It’s one thing to go through the motions of gratitude, it’s another to express it to someone else. And it’s an even higher level to feel it in an authentic way on the inside. 

Okay, so how do you teach and train kids to be grateful?

1. You have to model it
2. Create an expectation for it
3. Carve out consistent time to practice it
4. Celebrate and rejoice every time you see it

It’s easy to forget all of the foundational elements a kid needs in order to make the transition to healthy adulthood. There’s a lot to learn and a lot that’s really important, like how to change a tire, how to interview for a job, and how to pay your insurance premiums on time. Those life skills can seem like the most important things we need to pass on. But what we’re trying to do is provide clarity to parents and educators about the most important lessons. 

A key foundational element for building a meaningful life is developing a practice of thankfulness and gratitude. It’s so important, we build an entire course about it.

Click to Download the Meaningful Life Checklist 

I’d love to hear from you and how we can support your work with students. 

All for the sake of kids,

Scott Schimmel
President & Chief Guide | The YouSchool

– Alain De Botton (B – 1969)
British-based author and television presenter

Thanks this week go to each of you, my family, my work family, and my community family.
Please pay it forward with gratitude!
Joy shared is doubled. Misery shared is halved. Can you share this with someone who might benefit?

Love all,
Neville

“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest
appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.“
~John Fitzgerald Kennedy

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Happy Soul Food Friday!

This week:

First and Foremost- Stay Safe Over Thanksgiving!
“In terms of risk, the timing of the Thanksgiving holiday couldn’t be worse…experts recommend a scaled-back Thanksgiving — with open windows, fewer people and a big serving of precautions,” writes the New York Times. Please protect your loved ones and remember the guidelines for safe gatherings. The Swiss Cheese defense below (from Australia hence the spelling variations) is a good model to share with your loved ones!

Making Sense of the Moment & Purging the System-
Ball of Confusion (That’s What The World Is Today)
Written in 1970, this Temptations classic is 50 years old but as relevant as ever, and be very cathartic if the power of music speaks to your soul.
Crank it up and dance like no one is watching!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9poCAuYT-s

The Potentiality of Our Impact in the Short Time We are Here on Earth-
VINCENT VISITS THE GALLERY:
What would it look like if you were able to step back to the future and experience YOUR impact on the world, years or decades later?
Here is to living, loving, learning, leading and leaving your legacy…https://youtu.be/ubTJI_UphPk

Legacies are formed over time:
Thoughts à Actions à Habits à Character à Legacy or Destiny

So what is the one thing we could be doing now?
The One Thing:
Given the unprecedented times we find ourselves in, with climate emergencies, 100 year pandemics, economic debacles, racial reckonings, a divided country, etc., what is the ONE thing YOU think we need to be doing to meet this moment? I asked some of my beloved friends that I value as conscious, authentic leaders, and some of their responses follow. What do YOU think?
I would love to hear from YOU and share your responses in a future Soul Food Friday!

Foster Common Understanding- with Mehrad & Michele
The Latin word communis or communicare is the root word here which means to create something common; whether it is a community or a common understanding. This building process is through the energy flow between a sender (speaker) and a receiver (listener). Through this process of communication, the energy goes back and forth between the two and each time is amplified to create a better understanding and build a richer sangha (community).  But, what happens in a society where speakers are rampant, receivers are extinct and messages are false/unreliable? That is the birthplace of misunderstanding, division, conflict, and erosion of community.

Whether we are creating a community of conscious leaders, or scientists or simply a healthy family we need to learn the principles and laws that are governing such interactions (ie: trust, mindfulness, intention). 

My humble offering is to promote and elaborate these principles through Enlightened Negotiation: 8 Universals Laws to Connect, Create, and Prosper, so we can listen to understand. After a spoken word, we pause for five seconds or three breath to digest and then respond. Finally to honor truth, beauty, and love in all our interactions.
Love,
Mehrad 
🙏♥️🙏 PS: FYI: Michele happened to read my note and as a picky reader reminded us that one should remain open to the emergence of the next avatar. So, we agreed on this: …the “next buddha could be a sangha” IE. our shared communal wisdom will influence our future far more than any single charismatic or sage in the 21^st century…

Addressing Man’s Inhumanity to their fellow Man:
The AntiRacism Institute- with Hal D
It is time to face our Racial Reckoning head on
Btw, this program goes live this Sunday so check it out!

Unconditional Acceptance- with Mikel B
To completely accept everything as it is, to completely trust that everything is as it should be, & to experience joy in everything that we do!

Staying Present- with Dr. Paul C
Be Present 
Listen
Love

Love- with Kurt C
The one thing is right in your signature Nev
LOVE
Choose love 
Choosing love allows us to transcend ourselves
Sublimate ego for presence 
Raise awareness and consciousness to allow kindness humility and compassion to be our leading edge The issues are irrelevant to this challenge

A Part or Apart with Greg C:
I exist seemingly alone as a fragment, separate but interconnected with the whole. As an individual I feel a need, compelled really, to express my individual thoughts, gifts and passions. I stand alone as a “skin encapsulated ego” ( J Campbell) ready to assert my rugged individualism in defense of fear, distrust, hatred and divisiveness.   I am like you but separate. But, as an aspiring conscious leader, I ask myself how to incorporate a more balanced, unified view into my life by the way I operate. Is there a way to satisfy my yearning to be whole by honoring others’ truths without diminishing my own? is there a way to create a grounded space to speak truth with integrity thus honoring both parties? Is there a single One Thing I need to do?

I am possessed with a miraculous nature. There is no one I could not forgive or have compassion for if I heard their story. I can honor their uniqueness to the whole as I honor mine.
I understand that in my own reactivity I miss the truth. I can take every opportunity to connect and bridge the gap of separation.

Step 1. Stop, be silent and observe my own reaction to “the story of separation”
Step 2. Be still and know what is – deeply listen
Step 3. Let everything be as it is without judgement. Allow potential solutions to occur
Step 4. Bridge separation to wholeness. Call on your miraculous Spirit to guide you. Speak your authentic truth with heart.

I am comforted that my authentic truth expressed in even the smallest way will lead to change because of the interconnectedness of all things.

This change needs to come from my heart with the highest possible degree of moral congruency. I align in this way with that One Thing as part of All That Is.

Much love, Greg

Changing Our Electoral Process with Peter D
My one suggestion is that we change our system, where instead of having partisan States being in charge of the election process, we have The US Election Assistance Commission be in charge of the process. A non-partisan, non-govt agency as a third party being responsible for the election. This is being done in India, Canada, Mexico and Australia by third party entities, and it works to bring credibility to the entire process. The USA is currently ranked 37th out of 38th countries as having a credible democratic election process. We can change that and eliminate the potential of thinking that the elections are politically rigged.

Wise Speech with Ken B
To help heal the current great divide in America, I would teach and promote the practice of Wise Speech, a key tenet of Buddhism.
Indeed, when the Buddha reached the state of Enlightenment and laid out his Four Noble Truths, he observed that one could ease the inherent suffering in this lifetime by following the Noble Eightfold Path.
Among these, is the path of Wise Speech, sometimes known as Right Speech or skilled speech.

Wise Speech requires forethought, presence and vigilance, but it is the most effective tool I know to engage peacefully and lower barriers to meaningful dialogue.
Wise Speech requires that before speaking, in a situation where it’s important we be heard, we engage in the following internal inquiry about the words we are about to utter:
1. Is it kind? If you trigger the other’s defenses, you won’t be heard (i.e., no accusations, hooks, barbs, guilt pushing, blame, etc.). This requires good will and a compassionate heart, often expressed as an “I” message rather than a “you” message. Indeed, a partial explanation for the shift of middle American from ‘blue” to “red” is the resentment felt by blue collar workers, farmers and rural America from being “talked down to” by the Coastal elites. Condescension is unkind.
2. Is it true? Speak your honest truth about your feelings and beliefs (i.e., no fabricating, twisting, manipulating, hedging, sugarcoating, blaming, etc.). Truth, and the trust it engenders, are the foundations of Wise Speech.

3. Is it necessary? So often we throw words at someone, like a flycasting fisherman, hoping the receiver will bite, or simply because we decided it needed to be said. So ask yourself, honestly, is it really necessary for me to say this? Or am I expressing a thought or opinion, often out of frustration, which is unlikely to be heard and may be received as  hurtful or irritating?

A reading of various Suttas, the transcribed teachings of the Buddha, suggests two other questions should be added by the wise speaker:
4. Is it timely? Ask yourself, is this an appropriate time for me to speak about this? Sometimes, there are times to speak, and times to remain silent. For everything, a season.
5. What is my motive in speaking these words? So much that is said, need not be. Am I speaking from a place of ego in search of external validation? Am I seeking to ingratiate myself? Am I being retaliatory or passive aggressive?

It’s also important to note that “Wise Listening”, listening with your whole self and a kind heart is also an essential element of Wise Speech.

As with every one of the Noble Eightfold Paths, practicing Wise Speech is a process, requiring mindfulness and a desire to shift the usual dialogue from confrontation to comprehension, and then, perhaps, to real communication that can help heal wounds and promote understanding. I know of no better way to bridge the divide.

Thanks to each and every one of you for your contributions!

Finally…

Humble Bragging Rights-Mission Fed Named THE 2020 Top Workplace by The San Diego Union-Tribune!

I am so excited and proud to announce that in the last week, Mission Fed was named THE 2020 Top Workplace by The San Diego Union-Tribune AND won Spotlight Awards recognizing Diversity and Leadership! The announcements were made public in a special section of The San Diego Union-Tribune. Congratulations to ALL Mission Fed stakeholders; our member-owners, employees, community partners, and volunteer Board members for making Mission Fed a Top Workplace!

Heart(y) Congrats to ALL the other winners too… Culture Matters!!

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/twp/story/2020-11-13/san-diegos-top-workplaces-2020

Have a great week and do your one thing!
Thanks go to Barbara S-B, the Conscious Leaders group, Larry H, and the whole team at Mission Fed this week!

Pay it forward with civility, conscious leadership & culture.
Have a safe Thanksgiving!
Love all,
Neville

“If I am not for myself, then who will be for me?
And if I am only for myself, then what am I? And if not now, when?”
—Rabbi Hillel

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Happy Soul Food Friday!

This week:

We CAN Get There from Here
By Ken D & Neville B

The most votes in a US Presidential election have been cast, with Donald Trump garnering more votes than any other candidate in the history of the United States, except for Joe Biden.

Now, results from a deeply divided country continue to trickle in, both at the top and through to the bottom of the ballot. As anticipated, about half our country has to absorb, make sense of, and adjust to present realities in our collective efforts toward charting our course forward in service of the future of our beloved but fractured nation. 

It is a proud testament to American democratic ideals that so many of us exercised our right to vote. That said, simply voting in this election, might in hindsight, turn out to be the second most important decision of our lifetimes, not the first as speculated by both sides during this lengthy, polarizing and divisive election season.

After nearly a week of excruciating uncertainty in the national ballot counting enterprise, the presidential election was called on Saturday. Within minutes of one another, news channels, on all the major networks and on both ends of the political spectrum, declared Joe Biden the President Elect. Now, headlines across America and some parts of the world will read either “Trump Loses”, or “Biden Wins”.

Whether you’re dancing in the streets in jubilation and relief, or find yourself in a state of abject disbelief, disappointment and despair, the decisions you and I will make in the coming hours, days and weeks, regardless of which side of the political aisle you choose to position yourself on will, in our opinion, turn out to be the most important decision we make with respect to the future of our country.

We see four basic choices:

First, if your candidate won, your default choice might be to gloat; self-righteously rubbing the noses of everybody on the other side, including family members, friends, neighbors, co-workers and strangers in their frustration, humiliation and defeat. Exuberant expressions of victory are one thing.  Mean-spirited gloating is another.

Second, is the choice to feed that beast of rageful anger, despair and/or grief by taking up arms with conspiracy theorists and those who are determined to vengefully contest the election at all costs? Legal issues supported by evidence must always be explored, but contempt prior to investigation is something else altogether.

Third, is the choice to temperately and rationally determine if there is in fact, a substantial, legal basis for contesting and/or challenging the results of this election? There arguably will be claims, investigations and possibly even recounts in the most closely contested areas in the weeks to come. Based on the evidence, if nothing untoward is found, will the disaffected be willing to suspend their disbelief, moving forward constructively and accepting the reality of the results?

Fourth is the inspired choice to join those in your community and across the nation who are determined to co-create a positive path forward for our cherished democracy? Will we be willing to come together with diehard patriots from the other side who are equally committed to building a trans-partisan roadmap to begin the healing, reconciliatory rebuilding of our deeply divided nation? Would you be willing to roll up your sleeves to help till the soil of common ground on which we can build the kind of safe, just and prosperous nation we all want for ourselves, our kids, our grandkids and future generations?

Once again, the whole world is watching.  Particularly our kids, so let us lead by example.

When the “future you” is being held to account; either by our own selves, or by the next generation(s) and are asked point blank where you stood on those fateful days in 2020, and asked whether you chose to encourage the divided states of America or united states of America, what will you say?

The most important question of the day, today is, “How will you and I elect to get there from here?” We think it is crystal clear what will happen if we choose gloating and/or vengeance. Oppositional defiantly disordered liberals and conservatives can only contribute to the increased escalation of dangerously political civil unrest. Without self-regulation our worst nature spills out of our heads and hearts into the streets, society, and by extension into our government.

Choosing instead to allow the courts to weigh the evidence of any electoral wrongdoing, evaluate whether it was enough to materially change the results of this election, and as needed support the transition of power will help our nation find its best path forward from 2020.

We are a great democracy in the throes of a historic and evolving experiment to create a more perfect union. Let’s all take some time to process, decompress, and recover from the stress of this vitriolic election, while giving others the grace to do the same- all while staying COVID safe and characterologically strong in our collective resolve to set the table for America’s best possible future as we approach the Thanksgiving holiday.  Please elect to support those who are doing what is best for America’s health and wellbeing, give our democratic institutions a chance to succeed, while personally modeling leadership by rolling up your sleeves and doing your part in voting America First. And let us ensure that our current leaders will follow suit.

We can get there from here. Please do the right thing. It is the right thing to do!

Speaking of Inspiring Veterans that were willing to come together with diehard patriots from the other side…

John McCain’s Concession Speech from the 2008 Election Has Gone Viral with Over 12 Million Views

Here it is (4 minutes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5Mba8ncBso

On a lighter note-
Brilliant Puns:

Thanks this week go to Ken D, Chris B, Bob C, and to all of you that serve and sacrifice for the betterment of humanity!
Please pay it forward
Love,
Neville

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Happy Soul Food Friday!

This week:

“I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.” – Thomas Jefferson to William Hamilton, April 22, 1801

“With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation’s wounds…to do all which may achieve and cherish a just, and lasting peace, among ourselves, and with all nations.”
–President Abraham Lincoln, Second Inaugural Address, 1865

“Don’t Let Me Down”

Lake Street Dive – [The Beatles cover]:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPYm5cjP23Q

Voting for AMERICA- No Matter Who Wins:
As we sit on the cusp of this historic and divisive election, I wanted to share this Op/Ed that Dr. Ken Druck and I co-authored, and was published in The Hill in Washington DC the evening before the election.
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/523997-voting-for-america-no-matter-who-wins
If you agree with our premise, please share this and help us spread the word, so we can meet this moment in our nation’s history, and through our collective will chart a civil course forward for every generation that follows…
Love,
Neville (and Ken)

The Real Choice is Between Trump and John Dewey: “Democracy is not something you have, it is something you work on together.” He is not up for election, but it is in his spirit that I have now voted by mail: the great American philosopher John Dewey. With him as our guide, we can restore American democracy
By Tim Whyte, U.S. Citizen and Secretary-General of MS.

When I recently mailed in my vote for the upcoming US presidential election, I was caught off guard by doubts: Is this worth it? Will my vote be counted at all or will it be discarded by the army of lawyers who, after the election, will try to have as many votes as possible declared invalid? Does it still make sense to maintain my citizenship in a country where the democracy and ideals I hold dear are all but publicly abandoned?

My doubts are partly related to the fact that it took an alarmingly long time to even get my ballot this year. At first I thought it was probably just because of the many absentee ballots this year. But soon my concerns grew: could it be deliberately mislaid? I could see on the Oregon Electoral Office website that my ballot had been sent, but after more than a month, I still had not received it. Finally the ballot arrived and I got to vote. But I was left with a question that I think many Americans share: how did we get to this point, where my first thought is whether my vote will even count this year?

There are indeed many things that are unusual about the US election this year, but one of the most worrying is that so many ordinary voters on both sides have gradually lost faith in the most fundamental thing in the democratic toolbox, namely the ability to hold a fair election. And with good reason. The president has thundered against the voting by mail which will be used by many millions of Americans (mostly Democrats) during the COVID crisis. Now we have an ugly mix of heavily armed civilian militias at the polls, restrictions on how ballots can be returned in some states, and an army of lawyers who are trying to discount as many votes as possible.

Seen from Denmark, it may seem like a peculiar way to decide an election. It is. But it is important to remember that the history of the United States is, in a way, a long struggle to expand the right to vote. The founding fathers’ battle cry of “no taxation without representation” was more groundbreaking as an idea than reality. From the Civil War to women’s suffrage and the civil rights movement, Americans have since fought to be allowed to vote. But unlike many other democracies, the exercise of restricting the right to vote is still today an active part of the Republican Party’s strategy of maintaining power. During the 2000 election, Republican lawyers stopped recounting of votes in Florida, where several thousand votes were declared invalid. That was probably crucial to Bush winning the election. Even then, Republicans called it a fight against voter fraud. The good news is that trying to restrict the right to vote usually motivates people to fight even harder to be allowed to vote. The preliminary figures this year also show that a historically large number of voters will vote this year.

But even though the conflicts over suffrage are old, there is still something special this year. For one thing is certain: no matter who wins this year, there will be millions of Americans who do not recognize the result. It is a problem that goes beyond the election process itself and is about a deeper democratic crisis in the United States. And it is here that the United States’ version of Grundtvig and/or Hal Koch, the great American philosopher John Dewey comes into the picture.

John Dewey said of democracy that it is more than a form of government. It’s a way of living together. The more I look at my second homeland now, the more I think about Dewey and what we have lost. Many Danes associate the United States with the extreme individualism that characterizes the Republican Party in particular today. But it is a simplified picture of American culture, society, and history that ignores a far more community-oriented spirit that characterized most of the last century. John Dewey was absolutely central to this. He was the greatest American philosopher and intellectual in the first half of the 20th century, but he was also a social reformer who played a crucial role in building the public education system and understanding democracy and society. Much of what he said about the basic form of democracy shows exactly where the country is off track today.

Take, for example, the resistance to wearing a face mask, which viewed from Denmark seems completely incomprehensible and which, according to the leading American epidemiologist, has made the corona pandemic significantly worse in the United States. The president, along with many Americans, has made this out to be a matter of individual freedom. But Dewey would say they have completely misunderstood freedom. One of Dewey’s basic points is that freedom is not something we are born with or can achieve alone. It is something we achieve through collaboration with others. My freedom to take the bus, send my children to school, participate in society and generally stay alive in the midst of a pandemic is conditional on others wanting to wear a face mask, maintain social distance and practice good hygiene. To put it another way: freedom is achieved through community cooperation.

Dewey says the same about equality. And that, in turn, is quite revealing of the vastly different ways Americans view the major social movements, BlackLivesMatter and MeToo. Republicans are allergic to all talk of systemic racism or sexism because everyone is born equal in the United States and therefore it is a mockery of the country and their self-esteem to claim that people’s conditions are different. Aka AllLivesMatter. But Dewey would say that equality is something we create for each other. That we obviously are born with different preconditions and perspectives on life, and the task of society must be to ensure that everyone has the best possible opportunities for growth.

Fundamentally, the democratic crisis in the United States is not just about a single president or presidential election. It is about rebuilding the democratic culture of the United States. According to Dewey, democratic culture is first and foremost about three things: our ability to influence the small and large communities of which we are a part; the ability of those communities to help us reach our potentials, and last but not least, our ability to be able to participate in several communities and groups across the board. In all three areas, the United States has been challenged by the extreme economic inequality that has developed over the last 40 years. The political system is deeply dependent on money and has given many ordinary voters an experience that they cannot really influence it, no matter who they vote for. Social mobility has stalled in the United States, so the American dream is in reality far more accessible in Denmark than it is in the United States today. And the polarization in media, education, income levels, and even voting districts has become so extreme that the various communities and groups in society are virtually living in different countries. Developments in social media in recent years have only made the polarization more extreme.

This is not the country that I love and feel a part of – I can barely recognize it. But in choosing to hold on to my American passport, it’s because there’s another story about the United States that’s worth fighting for. In deciding to be hopeful and use my right to vote, it is because – as Dewey said – democracy is not something you have, it is something you work on together. That work is imperfect and unfinished, and that is exactly why millions of Americans continue to engage. Movements such as BlackLivesMatter, MeToo and the climate fight have in recent years inspired not only Americans but people all over the world. And that work continues.

Peaceful Protesters Social Media Kit:
I get that many of us will be upset with the results given the polarizing nature of the election and divisiveness in our country.
That said, here are some tips on peaceful protesting that might serve us all well.

Sky Art By Mother Nature

Thanks this week go to Ken D, Elizabeth D and The Future Design Society, The San Diego Non-Violence Coalition,  Charles B & Larry H.
Please pay it forward with civility!
Love all,
Neville

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Happy Soul Food Friday!
This week:
Happiness, Unyte & Safe Voting!

PLEASE Vote!
And stay tuned for “Voting for America (No Matter Who Wins)

Was it really four years ago that we wrote an op-ed titled Making America Stronger (No Matter Who Wins)? Here we are again! Watch for the most recent one in the next couple of days…

Preventing and Countering Election-Motivated Violence Without Causing Panic:

At first glance, the terrorist threat that recently captivated the nation—a thwarted attempt by a militia cell to kidnap Governors Gretchen Whitmer and Ralph Northam—may appear to be an anomaly—a one-off plot hatched by a fringe group influenced by the “boogaloo” movement, but with fewer followers. Or it could be part of a pattern of growing extremist activity in the run up to the 2020 presidential elections. Our efforts at the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) currently focus on mitigating the potential for Election Day violence. https://www.lawfareblog.com/preventing-and-countering-election-motivated-violence-without-causing-panic

Pledge Civility 2020:
Join the nonpartisan call for a civil, respectful and safe election.
Make the civility pledge now!
https://www.peoplesallianceforjustice.net/pledgecivility

UNYTE #BeAnAlly:
Ross sits down to listen to people’s stories on what it’s like to be Black in America
The Unyte.Life brand promotes racial justice and equality by giving Black Americans and allies ways to express their goals through art, apparel, and more.
In doing so, people from all walks of life come together to create a better future for the America we all share.
Unyte is the brand for allies. Unyte is for you, your neighbor, your friend, your co-worker, your family… for everyone.
Join the movement and use your voice to make others heard.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7Q3SGVE9ZCmsrwR2bktHFA

Are We Trading Our Happiness for Modern Comforts?
As society gets richer, people chase the wrong things with Arthur C. Brooks

One of the greatest paradoxes in American life is that while, on average, existence has gotten more comfortable over time, happiness has fallen.
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2020/10/why-life-has-gotten-more-comfortable-less-happy/616807/

“Self-Care with Friends” with Kelli Pease:
I created the “Self-Care with Friends” workbook because of the difficulty I was having connecting with my friends over the last 6+ months during COVID. The workbook allows people to connect with friends and complete an 8-week self-care challenge together from a distance. I am giving the workbook away for free (both hard copies and digital copies) because I’m so passionate about helping people during 2020, a hard year for most of us. Here is the link to sign up: https://mailchi.mp/237f646afe08/self-care-workbook
The website: https://happsters.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/happsters/
Love, Kelli

The Beatles- We CAN Work it Out:
“In We Can Work It Out, Paul did the first half, I did the middle eight.
But you’ve got Paul writing, ‘We can work it out, we can work it out’ – real optimistic, y’know, and me impatient, ‘Life is very short and there’s no time for fussing and fighting my friend’.” (John Lennon)
Even the Beatles had to compromise and work it out and this video clip is adorable!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qyclqo_AV2M

Thanks this week go to Carl L, Ken D, Ross G, Arthur B & Kelli P.
Please pay it forward and please VOTE!
Love all,
Neville

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Happy Soul Food Friday
This week:
Soul Soothing and Soul Searching- starting with some warm and fuzzies and leaving with some tough decisions…

The Love Story We All Need Right Now- My Octopus Teacher
My Octopus Teacher could have easily joined the bloated canon of creative works by men who decide to rediscover their purpose by connecting with the rugged natural world.
But it falls into no such trap. Instead, the film captures one of the most touching accounts of interspecies friendships ever to grace the world. 
https://www.thecut.com/2020/09/my-octopus-teacher-on-netflix-is-the-love-story-we-need.html

Give me Love, Give me Peace on Earth:
Something to soothe your soul…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?vv=s-KAvPbO8JY

Unity Day was Wednesday, October 21, 2020
Wear and share orange to show that we are together against bullying, and united for kindness, acceptance, and inclusion any day that moves you.

https://www.pacer.org/bullying/nbpm/unity-day.asp

Getting Political-

Vote and Help Get Out the Vote Whatever You Believe!

If you have already voted, thank you.

If you have already decided who you are going to vote for, please vote your conscience.

If you are committed to getting out the vote, we are down to the short strokes so get busy!

If you still haven’t decided, purportedly around 10% of Americans have not, here are some parting resources & thoughts as we get closer to election day…

You are probably not surprised who I am supporting in the election.

We were disappointed to have our yard sign defaced and this was our reaction:

Get ready to cast your ballot with the help of the KPBS Voter Guide!

To see what’s on a ballot based on a specific location, enter an address or ZIP code.

Click here to learn how to use the KPBS Voter Guide.

Please note: an email address is not required, but feel free to enter it if you’d like to get the latest news including all of our election coverage via email.
https://www.kpbs.org/news/election/

USA TODAY EDITORIAL BOARD: Elect Joe Biden. Reject Donald Trump.
Our View: In 2016, we broke tradition in urging you not to vote for Trump. Now we’re making our first presidential endorsement. We hope it’s our last.

Recent polls show that more than 90% of voters have decided between Biden and Trump, and nothing at this point will change their minds. This editorial is for those of you who are still uncertain about which candidate to vote for, or whether to vote at all. It’s also for those who settled on Trump but might be having last-minute doubts.
https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/opinion/todaysdebate/2020/10/20/elect-joe-biden-reject-donald-trump-editorials-debates/5919435002/

The Lincoln Project: Career Republicans Call on America to Vote Out President Trump: A group of longtime Republican strategists who have worked with the likes of John McCain and George W. Bush have launched a scorching campaign against the President
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-lincoln-project-republican-strategists-super-pac-trump-60-minutes-2020-10-11/

Why People Who Hate Trump Stick With Him
Since 2018, I’ve conducted roughly 50 focus groups with Trump voters to understand the shifting dynamics within the Republican Party.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/10/why-people-who-hate-trump-stick-him/616758/

Thanks this week go to my Conscious Leader Brothers & Sisters, and to everyone that is voting- both at the ballot box and with their pocketbook.

Please pay it forward with courage and consideration!
Love all,
Neville

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This week:

“The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it.”

Local Land Acknowledgment:

I acknowledge the First Nations people throughout the world and recognize their continuing connection to land, waters and community.

I recognize San Diego was built upon the unceded territory of the Kumeyaay Nation

I pay my respects to the Kumeyaay people, culture and elders; past, present and emerging.

I am honored- and I hope you feel the same way- to share this space with them…

This is my message to the western world – your civilization is killing life on Earth
We Indigenous people are fighting to save the Amazon, but the whole planet is in trouble because you do not respect it, says Indigenous campaigner Nemonte Nenquimo

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/oct/12/western-worldyour-civilisation-killing-life-on-earth-indigenous-amazon-planet?CMP=oth_b-aplnews_d-1

Love all must include the whole planet!

Think Global. Act Local.

Local Change Is Creating Big Impact:

While the federal government is dismantling protections for our environment, climate, and health, towns, cities, and states across the nation are continuing to fight back. Local communities are stepping up to fight the climate crisis, transition to clean energy, protect safe water and clean air, safeguard wild places, and help secure a more sustainable and equitable future for all. States are taking bold climate action and transitioning their economies to clean, renewable energy. A rundown of some of our most significant wins in communities across the country.

https://www.nrdc.org/stories/local-change-creating-big-impact?fbclid=IwAR1Rtm38doeYaZZmSAMLocpOq0Gw5yDjh2eGj_d8lDiPGBQDrZbbgy3DSC0

Distant Early Warning- Rush
A musical reminder from one of the great Rock and Roll bands

On a more Positive Note-
Here is a list of 22 positive things that are happening in the world: https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/here-is-a-list-of-22-positive-things-that-are-happening-in-the-world/

A President We Can All Get Behind-

3,200 Years In One Photograph:

3200 YEARS IN ONE PHOTOGRAPH

~ AT SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK ~

Thankfully, no loggers took it down, nor forest fires or earthquakes!Just a quiet life in a California forest for all these years …3,200!

Not every tree has a nickname, but ‘The President’ has earned it.

This giant sequoia stands at 247 feet tall & is estimated to be over 3,200 years old.

Imagine, this tree was already 700 years old during the height of ancient Greece’s civilization and1200 years old when Jesus lived while Rome was well into its rule of most of the western world and points beyond.

The trunk of The President measures 27 feet across,with 2 BILLION needles from base to top.

Because of its unbelievable size, this tree has never been photographed in its entirety, until now.

National Geographic photographers have worked along with scientists to try and create the firstphoto that shows The President in all its glory

They had to  climb the tree with pulleys and levers and took thousands of photos.

Of those, they selected 126 and stitched them together to get this incredible portrait of  The President.And here it is:

The man standing near the trunk of the tree is a good indicator of the tree’s size.

Incredible, isn’t it?

Thanks this week go to Indigenous People the world over, and locally to Sanya D, Feroza A, Luisa N & Larry H.
Consider paying it forward.
Love all,
Neville

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“If you have come to help me, you are wasting your time. But if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us walk together…”

— Lila Watson, Australian Aboriginal woman, in response to mission workers

Happy Soul Food Friday!

This week:

• Creating Our Own Happiness
• The World Happiness Report 2020
• Addressing the Personal Energy Crisis &
• The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards

Global Reality in Many Cases, Mirrors a Personal Reality:

Humanity stands at a crossroads.
Depending on the choices we make now, future generations will either look back at our time with anger or with gratitude.
Currently, we are set on the former course. If we continue our reckless over-consumption of resources and destruction of the environment, driven by an insatiable appetite for economic growth, our descendants will face a world of scarcity, uncertainty and conflict.
Not surprisingly, global reality in many cases, mirrors a personal reality, where our careless over-expenditure and mis-management of personal energy inevitably lead to “emissions” (toxic outputs) and “exhaust” (debilitating stress and burnout).
Sadly, neither the dominant economic paradigm, nor the dominant health paradigm of the last 30 years has been the “solution set” we’re seeking…
Both Mother Earth (Pandemic + Climate Change) & Father Profit (Economic Meltdown) at the Macro and Micro levels are saying, “No MAS!”

Want to Be Happier? Make More Free Time (from Harvard Business School):

Enjoying life requires time, but too often we willingly give it away in pursuit of money and career. 
Too much work and not enough play is making an increasing number of people feel “time poor”—stressed from having too many things to do and not enough time to do them. In 2011, 70 percent of working Americans reported that they “never had enough time,” and by 2018, that number increased to 80 percent, according to Gallup US Daily Poll data.
https://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/want-to-be-happier-make-more-free-time?cid=spmailing-32621043-WK%20Newsletter%2010-07-2020%20(1)-October%2007,%202020

World Happiness Report 2020

The World Happiness Report is a landmark survey of the state of global happiness that ranks 156 countries by how happy their citizens perceive themselves to be.
The World Happiness Report 2020 for the first time ranks cities around the world by their subjective well-being and digs more deeply into how the social, urban and natural environments combine to affect our happiness.

Spoiler Alert: The top ten are clearly dominated by Scandinavian cities: Helsinki (Finland) and Aarhus (Denmark) are ranked first and second, Copenhagen (Denmark), Bergen (Norway), and Oslo (Norway) fifth, sixth, and seventh. Stockholm (Sweden) comes out ninth. Thus, more than half of the top ten cities worldwide according to how positively their inhabitants currently evaluate their lives are located in Scandinavia. Two of the top ten cities are located in Australia and New Zealand: Wellington, the capital of New Zealand, is ranked third and Brisbane (Australia) is ranked tenth. The only top ten cities that are not located in either Scandinavia or Australia and New Zealand are Zurich (Switzerland) and Tel Aviv (Israel).

Stay Happy!
https://worldhappiness.report/ed/2020/#read

The Personal Energy Crisis:

Mobilizing a global movement toward Health, Happiness & Well Being

Inspired by The Happy Planet Index 2.0- Why good lives don’t have to cost the Earth

Who would have “thunk”, 7 years ago, when I put this together, that we would find ourselves here at this crossroad with this complexity…

Finally, this should make you happy!

The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards: An owl dangling precariously from a branch has scooped the overall prize of this year’s  Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards. Out of the 3,500 entries, Tibor Kercz won the overall prize with his series of images showing an owl losing its footing and trying to claw its way back on to a branch.  Other entrants included a yawning dormouse,  a photo bombing sea turtle and a rather shocked seal.  Take a look at all the winning photos from the competition. Tibor Kercz’s photo of an undignified owl was the overall winner

Andrea Zampatti  won the Land category with a photograph of a dormouse

Troy Maynewon Under The Sea category with a photobombing sea turtle

John Threlfall won the In The Air category with a bird and an ominous vapor trail

‘Highly Commended’ photos:

Daisy Gilardini photographed a polar bear clinging on to its mother

Penny Palmer caught a sea otter reaching for the sky

Carl Henry’s was highly commended for his photo entitled All Dressed And Ready For Church

Olivier Colle spotted a hare munching on grass

Katy Laveck-Foster snapped two cheeky monkeys

Jean-Jacques Alcalay captured the moment it looked as though a wildebeest was riding on the back of its companions

George Cathcart was highly commended for his photo entitled WTF

Douglas Croft caught a fox getting a hole in one on a golf course

Daniel Trim snapped two mudskippers appearing to be in mid-song

Thanks this week go to Bob C for the great pics and to all of you investing in our collective happiness!
Please pay it forward.
Love all,
Neville

“The U.S. Constitution doesn’t guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up to it yourself.”– Benjamin Franklin

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Happy Soul Food Friday!

This week: “They’re living our dreams. And I love it.”

Perspective-

Imagine If You Were Born in 1900:
Think we have it tough? This will give you some perspective on our current conditions…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0B9pAs8aYGQ

What to Do When the Future Feels Hopeless:
Humans like to feel optimistic about and in control of where their life is headed. The pandemic has made it very hard to feel that way.
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2020/09/what-do-when-future-feels-hopeless/616448/

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Celebrating Women-

Last Sunday was International Daughter’s Day!

The observance began in India as a way to eliminate the stigma associated with giving birth to a daughter. To this day, in some parts of the world, male children have more value than female children. This day promotes equal value for both boys and girls, ensuring both are educated and provided with equal opportunities. Even if you missed it last Sunday, celebrate your daughter this week!

Spend the day with your daughters. Allow them to teach you something you didn’t already know. Listen to their aspirations. No matter their age, look forward to where your daughters will take you, and the adventures that are ahead… Raise a Glass to These Daughters!

The Original 9, a group of nine women’s tennis players who symbolically signed $1 contracts 30 years ago in September 1970  to help establish the first women’s professional tennis tournament. Their dream was to get the same level of recognition enjoyed by their male counterparts, and their actions laid the foundation for the success of women’s tennis as we know it. While there’s still a ways to go for equal pay and recognition, the success of tennis stars like Serena Williams and US Open Champ Naomi Osaka is proof that their legacy lives on. “When I see them getting big checks and winning matches and seeing all the attention they get, then our dreams have come true,” says Billie Jean King, a member of the Original 9. “They’re living our dreams. And I love it.”

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History Repeats Itself-

The History Behind Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s “I Have a Dream Speech”:
How we got there…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vP4iY1TtS3s

MLK’s “I Have a Dream” speech in its entirety:
Sure seems just as relevant and resonant today!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vP4iY1TtS3s

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Creating Our Own Future-

“The future is not the result of choices among alternative paths offered by the present, but a place that is created – created first in the mind and will, and created next in activity.
The future is not some place we are going to, but one we are creating.
The paths are not to be found, but made, and the activity of making them changes both the maker and the destination.” –John Scharr

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Scientific American Endorses Joe Biden
We’ve never backed a presidential candidate in our 175-year history—until now.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/scientific-american-endorses-joe-biden/

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National Security Leaders for Biden: AN OPEN LETTER TO AMERICA

We are 489 retired Generals, Admirals, Senior Noncommissioned Officers, Ambassadors and Senior Civilian National Security Officials supporting Joe Biden for President.
https://www.nationalsecurityleaders4biden.com/?fbclid=IwAR2RzYLMwBoUngugHbbhm3YBeFu074_uVSTztyZobZGUgwvTbd2Jqg564lY

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Whatever You Believe: VOTE and Help Get Out the Vote!

Covid Humor:

New Monthly Budget-
Gas $30
Entertainment $100 (all those streaming channels…)
Clothes $0
Groceries $1,524.50

I told my suitcases there would be no vacation this year. Now, I am dealing with emotional baggage.

I sneezed in front of my laptop & the anti-virus started a scan on its own.

A wise man once told his son: when you accumulate the understanding to know why pizza is made round, put in a square box, & eaten in triangles then & only then will you be able to understand women.

Lockdown & social distancing can go four ways. You’ll come out a monk, a hunk, a chunk, or a drunk. Choose wisely.

Someone just used my driveway to turn around; now I am standing outside with 2 open beers and a lonely face.

Remember BC … we used to eat cake after someone had blown on it? Now that I am living through a plague, I totally understand why Italian renaissance paintings are full of naked fat people lying on couches.

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Thanks this week go to Bob C, Luis N, Chris B, Dan L Charles B, Mehrad N, and Larry H.
Please Pay it Forward, Live Your Dreams and Help Others Live Theirs!

Love,
Neville

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I – I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.”

– Robert Frost (1874 – 1963)American Poet

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Happy Soul Food Friday!

“Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time.”
– Ruth Bader Ginsburg

This week:
Striving for Balance:

Equinox Blessings for Balance in Our Inner and Outer Nature from Billy S:

Aloha Friends,

The Autumnal Equinox is Tuesday, September 22, 2020 at 6:30 am PDT.
It marks the start of Autumn for us in the Northern Hemisphere.  For our friends in the Southern Hemisphere, Spring has just begun.

The Equinox reminds us about the passage of time, the motion of the Earth, and the changing of the seasons. After the Autumnal equinox, the days become shorter and the air cooler. 

Translated literally, equinox means “equal night”.  On the equinox, the length of day and night is nearly equal in all parts of the world. Twelve hours of each, because the sun is positioned above the equator. It’s one of two times a year that the day and night are about the same length.

On this day, the Sun rises directly in the East, and sets directly in the West.

Wishing you a special day, symbolic of balance in our life and with the environment.

Stay in tune with nature and health, Billy

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United Nations International Day of Peace Sept 21, 2020: Shaping Peace Together:

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Each year the International Day of Peace is observed around the world on 21 September. The UN General Assembly has declared this as a day devoted to strengthening the ideals of peace, through observing 24 hours of non-violence and cease-fire. This year, it has been clearer than ever that we are not each other’s enemies. Rather, our common enemy is a tireless virus that threatens our health, security and very way of life. COVID-19 has thrown our world into turmoil and forcibly reminded us that what happens in one part of the planet can impact people everywhere.
https://www.un.org/en/observances/international-day-peace

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National Voter Registration Day 2020:

Voting has never been more important, regardless of your political ideology.

60% of eligible voters are never asked to register. Let’s not allow that to be an excuse.

Register now and get your mail in ballots here!
https://nationalvoterregistrationday.org/

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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Champion Of Gender Equality, Dies At 87
Ginsburg, the second woman to serve on the Supreme Court, died from complications from cancer. Her death will set in motion what promises to be a tumultuous political battle over who will succeed her.

Ginsburg’s death on Rosh Hashanah is especially significant for some Jewish (and non-Jewish) Americans:

Ginsburg, the first female Jewish member of the U.S. Supreme Court, died on one of the holiest days in Judaism, as many of the country’s nearly six million Jews welcomed the new year 5781, based on the Hebrew calendar. Ginsburg was raised in a secular household, but explained in 2018 that her religious background influenced her life’s work: “I am a judge, born, raised and proud of being a Jew. The demand for justice, for peace and for enlightenment runs through the entirety of Jewish history and Jewish tradition.”
https://news.yahoo.com/ginsburgs-death-rosh-hashanah-especially-212022821.html

I found this quote about how she’d like to be remembered—deeply moving: “Someone who used whatever talent she had to do her work to the very best of her ability. And to help repair tears in her society, to make things a little better through the use of whatever ability she has.”

And it reminded me of hearing about this Jewish sentiment and concept:

The “Notorious RBG” was one of my living hero’s, and my heart is broken for our loss of her as a champion for women and for the historically marginalized members of our world. 

As we process, this loss, along with so many others, while celebrating her life and contributions, maybe the following can lighten our load and lift our hearts…

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A Prospective Antidote for Some of Our Pain:

This vid should warm your heart…

Dog Rides Bus Alone

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A Trace of Grace:

If music is one way to access that inner place of both suffering and healing, this piece from an entirely different tradition, might help you feel the full extent of your emotions:

Turn it Up and Lean In!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHkXM-i_1MU&feature=youtu.be

Thanks this week go to Billy S, the Notorious RBG, Larry H, Glenda O and Arman S-B.

Pay it forward!
Love,
Neville

Bonus Reel: September by Earth Wind and Fire!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs069dndIYk

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