“In honor of International Women’s Day, Kiva has a great new 30-second video worth sharing on FB, Twitter, and all social media — I think it’s really powerful, and it speaks right to Kiva’s original core wheelhouse issue of helping women in the developing world: http://www.kiva.org/videos/dreams” ~ Bob Harris, Author, TV and travel writer, voice…
Tag: awareness
everyone is responsible
As we all grow up, we go through many life experiences that influence our character traits and personalities. For me, it really isn’t either nurture or nature that moulds us, but definitely both of them to varying degrees. The last few years I have been active in regards to raising awareness of climate change, the…
Why I write, and read the genres I read…
Writing. Writing feels good. Writing helps to clarify thoughts in my own mind. Processes and analyses are crystallised, emotions are sorted through, and awareness often asserts itself.
childhood discoveries
childhood discoveries I started drawing again… I forgot how therapeutic it is, even if just scribbles. It reminds me that there are depths to myself I have forgotten, or lost along the way. How many things we are capable of doing when we are young but that we then forget as we grow older, as…
William James – American philosopher, psychologist & physician
“The greatest revolution in our generation is the discovery that human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives.” ~William James, 1842-1910
Emilie Wapnick: Why some of us don’t have one true calling
“What do you want to be when you grow up? Well, if you’re not sure you want to do just one thing for the rest of your life, you’re not alone. In this illuminating talk, writer and artist Emilie Wapnick describes the kind of people she calls “multipotentialites” — who have a range of interests…
Morgan Freeman – Actor, Cannabis advocate & now beekeeper!
I love this man!!! Why can’t there be just a few more out there like him, you know, people with common sense, and respect for the world in which we live?!
REBLOG: Palestine and Jerusalem: a view from 1918
Originally posted on humphreyfisher:
Nearly 100 years ago, Australian troops entered Palestine for the first time. In view of all that has happened since, it is interesting to get an outsiders view of the situation in the country at that time. The Islamic, Christian and Jewish culture had a big impact on Allan G.B. Fisher,…
My sister; making waves for women in Palestine!
Asira Al-Shamaliya: Vlog 4 Lily was one of just two girls who joined the http://www.skatepal.co.uk team of skateboarders who went to Nablus, Palestine, in August this year to build a skateboarding park for the local children.
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