Posts in category Random Acts of Kindness

A day of love

November 5, 2005 Written by Lisa

Really Big Lurve

This diary on DailyKos was all about love. This particular quote warmed my heart:

When our son was two or three, he used to demand my husband pick him up. Then, once he was in Dad’s arms, he would say, “Mommy, come,” and wrap his arms around both of us in an embrace. Then he’d say “Now we are safe in the Magic Circle of Love.”

Doesn’t that sound like something I would say? (Yes, I’m two or three!) So, let’s see – who was in my MCOL today? :)

Well, in an effort to make up for two weeks of shittiness that my mom had to endure at her place of residence (ie: Manor Care nursing home), I ventured to Towson. In our family, most shittiness can be mitigated by food. And I say “Let the mitigatin’ begin”!

Two weeks of yuck wiped out in one afternoon by a hot brisket sammich (smothered in barbeque sauce), baked beans, punkin pie from the Amish market, DD coffee and a wee bit of peach pie (also from said Amish Market). Add to that a 72 degree day and a chance to sit outside for over two hours in the sun and you’ve got a perfect love day. (And a very high blood sugar level but who cares, eh?)

On this day of love, I was moved to do something (separate from the mom thing) completely and utterly from my heart. The Universe and I made a pact not to discuss the specifics of it but what I took from the experience was that I am so very, very blessed. Each and every day of my life I am blessed with love, shelter, food and opportunities. I take NONE of that for granted. I also take from that experience that when something pings my heart in the way it happened today, I act. I don’t sit around and wonder what someone else would think or if I’m doing the right thing. I just act. And of the things I can say I like about myself, this ranks pretty high.

So, thanks Universe and Aradia for giving me an opportunity to show what’s in my heart. :)

Oh! And speaking of lurve, a big shout out to the Goddaughter of Love and Appendicitis for FINALLY escaping the hospital (minus a body part or two). WooHoo! We’ve got exactly two weeks to learn French, Missy. Unless all we want to do is discuss monkeys and branches, we better get moving! (I love you, btw)

Happy Stuff

Blogs rally to help

September 1, 2005 Written by Lisa

Liberal Blogosphere for Hurricane Relief

“There’s nothing wrong with America that can’t be fixed by what’s right with America.” – Bill Clinton.

Hurricane Katrina destroyed thousands of lives. Together, we’re raising $1 million for the Red Cross and prove that the liberal blogosphere can help our fellow citizens.

Please donate now.

Doing something to help: Liberal Blogs for Hurricane Relief

Some details:
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If you have a (liberal) blog, please consider sending money through this link. They need your help down south.

Not just another day off

May 30, 2005 Written by Lisa

Today is the day when we are to honor those who have fought and died to keep this country free. For most, it’s just another day off (it has been for me in the past). However, this year, I cannot let it pass without saying that we are all now called to fight for our country’s freedom from those who are hell bent on taking it down. The enemy is not outside our borders, sadly. The enemy sits in the White House. He is not alone in his endeavor. There are many more who are smarter than he will ever be on his best day, trying to decimate the constitution and the laws that we have lived by for many years for their own gain.

I know, without any doubt whatsoever, that what they all do will come back to them ten-fold. And oh my, it won’t be pretty. But it will be just. We won’t necessarily see that but it will happen. That is a Universal Law. Karma, if you will. But I also feel that their presence is a call to action for all those who have been asleep these past years (definitely me) to wake up and pay attention.

That we are to stand by the president, right or wrong is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public. -Theodore Roosevelt

What can you do?

1. Check out the Downing Street Memo page for more information on what it is.

2. Read this article by Juan Cole. The last paragraph states:

Why has there not been more outrage in the United States at these revelations? Many Americans may have chosen to overlook the lies and deceptions the Bush administration used to justify the war because they still believe the Iraq war might have made them at least somewhat safer. When they realize that this hope, too, is unfounded, and that in fact the war has greatly increased the threat of another terrorist attack on U.S. soil, their wrath may be visited on the president and the political party that has brought America the biggest foreign-policy disaster since Vietnam.

3. And check out this newspaper article out just today:

..It is our duty to ensure that [soldiers] never are called to make that sacrifice unless it is truly necessary.. In the case of Iraq, the American public has failed them; we did not prevent the Bush administration from spending their blood in an unnecessary war based on contrived concerns about Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction.

President Bush and those around him lied, and the rest of us let them. Harsh? Yes. True? Also yes. Perhaps it happened because Americans, understandably, don’t expect untruths from those in power. But that works better as an explanation than as an excuse.

The “smoking gun,” as some call it, surfaced on May 1 in the London Times It is a highly classified document containing the minutes of a July 23, 2002, meeting at 10 Downing Street…

4. Then go here and sign the petition so that we can get more information out to the public on what really happened in the days/weeks/months/years leading up to the Iraq war.

Honor those who have fought for our rights in the past, those that are fighting for it now here in this country and those that are fighting an unjust war over in Iraq. Send them prayers, love, healing energy, whatever works for you. But please, honor them most of all by taking action in letting your elected officials know how you feel.

General Blatherings, Suckage

As Casey Kasem would say …

May 11, 2005 Written by Lisa

Long distance dedication to Kittensox:

Ain’t No Stoppin Sunshine

Don’t try to tell me to wait till I belong
You can’t convince me that what I dream is wrong
No matter what you say, you can’t cloud my head
I push the fear away/ you remember what I said-
You can’t stop the tide rising high, no
You can’t stop the light in my eyes, oh no
You can’t keep me down, I’ll tell you why

Ain’t no stopping sunshine
Ain’t no stopping me
Ain’t no stopping all the love that sets the people free
Ain’t no stopping this love from changing peoples minds
Ain’t no stopping sunshine, gonna leave the dark behind

I won’t believe it if you say I’ve lost my chance
I’ll be the one who couldn’t walk but learned to dance
Each day my world turns one more revolution
Bring on the dawn gotta light one more solution
You can’t stop what I’m all about, no
You can’t hide for long in your doubt, oh no
Raise your shades up high, come on out

Ain’t no stopping sunshine
Ain’t no stopping me
Ain’t no stopping all the love that sets the people free
Ain’t no stopping this love from changing peoples minds
Ain’t no stopping sunshine, gonna leave the dark behind
Ain’t no stopping my sunshine

Let me ease your pain
Stop your endless night
Don’t you let it rain on your inner light
If you lost your way
I could show you mine
Just remember the sun’s meant to shine

(spoken) I know that you’ll never let me down

Yeah, yeah and yeah

March 22, 2005 Written by Lisa

Go here and read this for a very life affirming story. I know my cousin and her family can relate and I bet a few more of you out there can too. Stories like this are one of the million reasons I am proud to be a member of DailyKos.

I had a very good “class” time with Melinda who is teaching me about spiritual healing work. There’s no question that I am clairaudient (“Clear hearing”) and a bit clairvoyant too. In fact, I have taught my mom how to tune in and listen to guidance and damn if she didn’t get some information! (Of course, she had to mention that she’s quite good at this and all, apparently, without taking a class so ha ha ha. Yes, that was a verbatim quote too. Gotta love her, right?)

More on the class and stuff later. I think I shall play some cubis!

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