Tuesday, July 14, 2009

And the green grass grows all around...

Remember that song about the bird in the nest on the twig on the branch on the tree?

Everything is connected. Isn't it?

Rhonda and Jason Holt are finding this out the hard way. The house they bought to raise their family in was once a meth lab.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/14/us/14meth.html

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

A Pilgrimage

What if you used the idea of pilgrimage as a metaphor?

Imagine how it would feel to go on a pilgrimage to a world of constructive action.

Where would life take you today?

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Afghan Girls

Does the news give you a headache?
It does me.

In this world of a trillion stories, how much would it take to help a few people in need? Actually, very little.

One story that's stuck in my mind since last November is of the Afghan girls that were sprayed with acid on their way to school. In January, The New York Times ran this update:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/14/world/asia/14kandahar.html


What could be more simple?


What could be more simple? To give and receive.

We do it with every breath. Don't we?

A two-year old will give you the cookie right out of their mouth. Won't they?

Pilgrimcents is about trusting our first emotional response - the desire to share.