Marilyn, of Marilyn's Non-Violent Planet, has seen fit to give LifePrints this award. She loves to surf the Internet looking for websites she feels are maintained by kindred spirits. She spreads love and appreciation by offering her own award to those she feels are making the world a better place.I am so honored that she thought of me. I started this blog to make me feel better, to force myself to focus on the good in the world. Someone, I wish I could remember who, said that to argue about how to stop warfare and to carry signs that say "no more war" is not the way to bring about peace. The only way is to exalt all that is good and to speak only of peace and compromise...to understand that peace, compassion, and compromise are our true nature, not violence.
I don't know if I am succeeding in shining a light on all that is good. I want to remind everyone that there are more loving and concerned people in the world than there are warmongers and abusers. It's really true but we'd never know it because we are spoonfed the scintillating and the sensational..that's what sells magazines, airtime, and drives a great portion of our economy. I needed to be reminded that there is more to us than sex scandals, war, and cruelty.
Doing the research for LifePrints is like therapy for me. It makes me happy. The people I write about are blazing the path ahead of us, showing the way, all we have to do is follow. Or better yet, use their inspiration to cut a new road into the wilderness, one only you could have dreamed of.
I appreciate and am humbled by any praise that comes to me through this blog. LifePrints is a blessing in my life and I don't take it for granted.
Thanks Marilyn for reinforcing what I knew in my heart...humanity thrives on love not hate.
