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This Valentine’s day at Southbank Centre’s Imagine Festival in London, England, Valentine Peace Project’s Big Flower Giveaway will offer attendees fragrant Fairtrade roses from Zimbabawe ~ donated by Holland’s Global Flower Trading ~ along with poems of peace and love written by children of the world.
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As the days begin to grow shorter following the Fall Equinox in North America, migrating monarch butterflies set out on their long journey ~ as far as 2,000 miles ~ to escape the cold of Winter. They are the only butterflies to regularly migrate both north and south as birds do.
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It’s been quite a few years since the release of America, Simon and Garfunkel’s popular tune about a young man and woman traveling by bus across country in search of the soul of America.
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Along Route 17 near Mount Pleasant in the region north of Charleston, South Carolina, you’ll find by the roadside small wooden shacks that contrast sharply with the skillfully crafted sweetgrass baskets displayed in them. Traditional weavers who learned the art from their ancestors sit inside, seeking shade from the hot sun while passing the time weaving their wares to the sound of cars speeding down the highway.
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You must give birth
to your images.
They are the future
waiting to be born.
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On my very first evening in Greece, my friend and I were walking through the main square of the charming seaport town of Nafplio on the Peloponnesian peninsula, enjoying the soft air and the sights and sounds of children playing a makeshift soccer game, weaving around the benches where the town elders relaxed, laughing as they chased the ball, dodging the couples strolling arm in arm or pushing baby strollers. In the growing dusk the lights of the restaurants around the square glowed a welcome, which was extended by the banks of chairs and tables cozily arranged under canopies, conveying more of a feeling of a living room than a formal dining area.
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A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge. Why does Thomas Carlyle say this? Because it is in loving that we learn life’s most difficult and important lessons.
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In searching for a deeper understanding of hope – Why do certain people manifest hope and others do not? What differentiates hope from wishful thinking? Is being hopeful essential to a happy life? How is hope lost and regained? – three realizations came to light.
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When your loneliness seems unbearable, stop and observe it. You may discover a treasure there. For what would loneliness serve in the scheme of life unless it contains a deep power for us to discover and be liberated by?
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