A Call to Action… with love, courage, integrity and will.
10 holiday gift ideas
some may seem selfish but in caring for ourselves, we support all creation. Everything is connected. Real and lasting change is an inside game. Change yourself, change the world.
1) meditate every morning – end with a prayer/intention
2) spend time in nature, away from all electronica and convention
3) give service with no expectation of receiving anything in return
4) share our talents and passions with the world
5) close the eyes, breath deeply and feel our emotions (throughout the day)
6) purchase fewer disposal things – hand make something this year
7) purchase gifts locally, supporting sustainable and family owned businesses – hey how about a True Nature Healing Arts 10 punch pass
exercise and eat healthy
9) relinquish the need to judge, control or change others: feel the emotions underneath the judgment and control
10) make a visioning board: a collage of our deepest intentions for the coming months and years, place it in a visible location.
When making resolutions, keep it simple and make a commitment for 90 days. If we break our commitment, give ourselves a hug and hop back on the horse ASAP.
Michael Moore’s 15 things we can do right now: link
Of course there are more than 15 and all of us can find our way to bring forth conscious change, growth and love though: sobriety, meditation, writing, “singing songs and carryin’ signs” (CSN), growing/selling/buying organic food, green building/energy efficiency, raising bees, supporting local independent/family owned businesses, trading goods and services with neighbors, letting go of codependency and what people may think of us, sharing our truth…
Turn Around The World Trade Organization. Join activists worldwide in demanding that the existing damaging WTO regime be fundamentally transformed!
Some wonderful resources:
The Co-Creators Handbook, published by the Hummingbird Community, just outside Taos, NM.
Find many resources about intentional communities at ic.org.
Buy and Grow Local - Explore bartering – the trading of goods and services. We are all good at several things. Set up your own bartering club, here’s how.


