Monthly Archives: May 2012
Call to Action: Mr. Hateful
This is really sick stuff from Mr. Charles Worley, who is a nasty, hateful man. He hates people whose sexual orientation is different than his. He wants to put anyone who identifies as lesbian, gay or trans in a giant fenced off area, drop food in there and wait for them to die since they […]
Art Wednesday: Fantasy Garden
Fantasy Unicorn
Book Review: If I Get to Five
Are you brave enough to read this book? I loved this book. It was recommended to me by a former teacher. She thought it would be a good read for my work with youth. “If I Get to Five: What Children Can Teach Us About Courage and Character” is written by Fred Epstein M.D. […]
Favor Your Strengths
I see a lot of people self hating and putting themselves down. This isn’t something new, but since until last year that was MY favorite activity it seems especially poignant now that I am aware of how often I participated in this useless action. I constantly stop myself from thinking or saying anything negative about […]
Art Wednesday: Hodgepodge
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The Root of the Problem
After going back and forth in a conversation about the death penalty I though about the root problem. Prevention is a key component in eradicating violence (and unhappiness). How about if our world was less focused on war or justice and more on peace and prevention. For example after working in a domestic violence/ sexual […]
Prose and Poetry Empowers
I am so honored to be a part of this post on the Somkritya blog. Why are we teaching children to be so awful to one another and to judge so harshly based on appearances or economic status? I think it is mostly laziness and fear of anything different. I suppose that since I grew […]
Simple Definitions
I see a lot of people making life more complicated and thus more stressful for themselves and others. So I am sharing some simplicity for you to consider. This is what I know and you are welcome to share your own definition of these or other words as long as they are civil. For instance […]
