Days 58-59 Of The Season For Nonviolence: "Citizenship" & "Intervention"

Greetings, family!

Today is Sunday, March 29 and I am posting this blog for DAYS 58 & 59 of the Season For Nonviolence. For Saturday, March 28, the thought for the day is CITIZENSHIP.

Robert Muller, former Assistant Secretary General to the United Nations urges, “Use every letter you write, every conversation you have, every meeting you attend, to express your fundamental beliefs and dreams.” Make a difference in your community by becoming involved.

To be a citizen means to help your community be the best it can be. You are a member of many communities: your family, your place of work or school, your place of worship, your city, your country, and the planet. Participation in your community presents an opportunity to model nonviolent action, peaceful resolution, and how each of us can and do make a difference.

Today: I will call or write one of my legislators and register my views. I will tell at least three people of my efforts and ask them to do the same.

And for March 29, the thought for today is INTERVENTION.

Alcohol and drug abuse is both a consequence of, and a cause of, violence. You can make a difference in someone’s life through intervention.

Today: I will have the courage to intervene in a caring way with someone who is using alcohol or drugs. Through my honest, straightforward, and nonviolent communication, I will encourage them to get educated, get help, get sober and free from substances.

THIS IS THE PLACE (Janis Kelly @2006)

When I am feeling mighty low;
When sorrow seems to be my closest friend;
When all of life’s burdens
Are too much for me to bear;

That’s when I reach for higher ground;
Somewhere beyond the sadness and despair;
And I listen for a still, small voice;
And it takes me there again.

This is the place that I call Hope;
This is the place my searching ends.
This is the place that I call Hope;
This is the place where life begins;
This is the place—where hope lives.

When I am standing on the edge;
Uncertain whether I should sink or swim;
I long so to heal my pain;
So I can help to heal the world’s;

So I surrender to Your grace;
Your tender mercy makes me whole again;
Your lifts lifts me up on high;
And takes me back where I belong.

This is the place that I call Hope;
This is the place my searching ends.
This is the place that I call Hope;
This is the place where life begins;
This is the place—where hope lives.

This—is the place!
This—is the place!
It’s in you, it’s in me;
You’ve got to listen to your heart!
Your heart!

So when you feel you can’t go on;
And you can find no shelter from the storm;
Take hold of Love's mighty hand;
And It will take you there again.

This is the place that I call Hope;
This is the place my searching ends.
This is the place that I call Hope;
This is the place where life begins;
This is the place;
This is the place;
This is the place—where Hope lives!
Hope lives!

Peace, blessings & brilliance,

Janis
www.janis-kelly.com