When you think about love, if you are like most people, you are just thinking about romantic love between two humans. Time to crack that definition wide open to include all living beings and love that crosses species barriers. If we could clearly see how much other species love life and love others, it might change how we view them. This collection of love stories is the tip of the iceberg. The accounts of…
. . I am not really big on celebrating holidays. The word HOLIDAY comes from holy day. One of the most sacred holidays for me is Earth Day. The only change I would make to the date of the celebration is to make it 365 days of the year. I also love Mother’s Day, but for me it is also every day of the year and it focuses on non-human…
I was in the waiting room at the local massage school here in Santa Fe about to have a bodywork session with one of the students. A woman in the seat next to me started talking to me about her work. She and her husband raise beef cattle. She was very proud of what she was doing and excitedly went into it without knowing who she was talking to, “We…
The local food movement folks often think they have a very different philosophy from the compassionate vegan folks. The reality is that our intentions are very much the same. We want to do the right thing. The problem is that everyone I know who claims to just eat locally, doesn’t. They often buy non-local products and eat out at restaurants that use non-local ingredients. I have also found that most…
Around the first of the year, people kept asking me if I made any New Years resolutions. My answer was always the same: “Anything that is that important to me, I will start right away.” I remember as a kid, the first time I heard someone say, “Mother’s day is everyday.” I was in elementary school and it made such an impression on me. Why do we just honor…
The education process is never ending. We are continuously taking in new information that can change our view of the world. Everything we say, wear and do is letting those around us know what we believe in…and may challenge what they see as the “norm”.…
Photo credit: Ambro There has been a lot of discussion, buzz, arguing about whether or not we should use the word “vegan” or the word “vegetarian” in our outreach and discussions. Some folks say that using the “V” word (vegan) turns people off and we should just say “vegetarian” because it is seen as less “extreme”. While cooking at the meditation center I go to, I was told I could…
Without looking it up on-line, tell me right now as you are reading this: What phase is the moon in? The majority of people in the world today could not answer that. There was a time when the moon held as much of our attention as television and computers do today. There was a time when the idea that a small seed could grow into a giant tree was enough…