HI ! FROM A NEWBIE

HI !

I punched the button yesterday to join this team and I am really excited to find a group of people who are dedicated to staying centered in this time of our world's evolutionary process while projecting love, understanding, and healing intention. I found TT just when I was about to run screaming out the front door and jump head first into the snow bank (yes, Iowa still has snow and piles of it) &/or I was going to be done in by friends and family who are somewhat tired of me complaining about the state of governmental affairs. So, thank you for being here and making a positive difference in the world. I am trying to put together a spirit circle here in Webster City, town of 8500. Had one a few months ago but it fell apart when I tried to talk about quantum healing and mother/father God. Not much luck finding anyone yet who is interested. You are so blessed if you live in an area that has like minded support.

Sorry about there not being a photo yet. I thought there was one in my mac but I haven't been able to find it yet. Honestly I am not well trained in certain areas of computer land, images being one of them. I won't give up.

I am not even sure if this is supposed to be a blog or a forum topic or announcement and haven't read the help section yet but will do that right away.

Hope this isn't too early to share an article that I wrote a few months ago. I send it to a lot of the websites I come across. If you would like to share it, please feel free.

Thank you for reading my profile.

I am looking forward to meeting you and working with you in positive, healing, fun endeavours.

kateq

Below is an idea that came to me while watching "What the Bleep Do We Know"...

FIVE MINUTE PEACE PLAN

It's easy to be caught up in today's world problems. We are constantly reminded of terrorism, abuse, and greed. And, we don't have to look far to see their results.
Have you ever felt powerless over what's happening around you? It's easy to feel like that. What can one person do when so many others are acting crazy and insane? How can one person possibly do anything that could affect a change anywhere? It's hopeless for one person to do anything that might make a difference. Or, is it?
In the summer of 1993, a group of individuals was brought to Washington, D.C. to see if they could lower the city's crime rate. They were not given guns or weapons of any kind. They were not sent out on the streets to face the insanity. They did not get on the telephone or television and yet what they did do was so affective that it measurably reduced Washington, D.C.'s crime rate by 25%.
The D.C. police chief had stated before the group began their effort that it would take two feet of snow in July to lower the crime rate 25%.
Since the group did not produce two feet of snow, just how did they do what was thought so impossible? They prayed and meditated.
This group of individuals knew what they were about to do in D.C. would lower the crime rate. In fact, success was predicted at 25% based on results from 48 previous smaller events in other locations.
Is it possible that prayer and meditation can be measurable? Yes, it is and has been.
It was this story that prompted a small group to take action, put away the "There's nothing that I could possibly do," thoughts, and do something. This small group of individuals has committed to praying or meditating five minutes a day for peace. It could be personal peace, local peace, national peace, world peace. It takes just five minutes a day, any time of the day or night. There are 288 five minute opportunities during a twenty four hour period. That's not asking much on behalf of the world and humanity.
A person does not have to be of a particular belief to spend five minutes a day thinking about peace. And, a person does not have to believe that this will work, just believe that someone else believes it.
Finding five minutes per day or remembering to do it might be the hard part but what to do in that five minutes is easy. There could be as many ways as there are individuals doing it. Repeating a phrase such as "Peace on earth" or "Peace is in, around, and through this planet and its people" or "Peace is flowing everywhere" or "Today I smile at myself and everybody else" or whatever feels right. Some individuals visualize peace and others experience a feeling of peace in some way. All of those work.
It's easy and it works and it doesn't cost anything except five minutes from your day. One person can do it. That one person can tell another person and that person can tell another person. It's easy to see how quickly this "Five Minute Peace Plan" can blanket our planet. Our planet needs a "Global Peace Blanket". Every stitch counts. Every five minutes count. Every person counts. Every individual making an effort for peace will reap the benefits of feeling a peace that begins from within. It's easy.

P.S. Please pass this on. Thank you.