SERVICE DOGS for VETERANS - Facilitating Deep PTSD Healing Beyond Words

SPEAKING of Beloved PETS - And Veterans.... PTSD Service Dogs for Vets right when they get home. the Healing is expedited exponentially by the daily unconditional love of pets when PTSD issues challenge & push loved ones away. The very love needed to heal...Dogs don't care...they just get thru to the Heart, without words...past the damages of War...& hard Life for that matter.
Spread the word!!! Service Pets for Vets <3

http://www.pawsforveterans.com/

In Honor of Maya Angelou - Sad hearts, but now your sweet Soul is everywhere

Sad heart. What a precious treasure she was to humanity & our collective soul. Her wise, witty, soulful words & generous heart made us all better people. I had the honor to sing in the Glide Memorial Gospel Choir 1996, when she was the Guest of Honor at a Glide Church Event. We all sat enraptured at the feet of our honorary Soul Mother...then raised our voices for her in Gospel Music flight!  ...now your sweet Soul is everywhere, Beloved Angel Maya  <3

 https://www.facebook.com/MayaAngelou

HIGHER SELF CORNER: Inner Wisdom, Universal Consciousness...

The busy Mind vs. the calm Inner Wisdom - 
Can be like an inner bully in one's head, filled with Ego & False power.
(you're not enough, worrying about the future, etc...)
When one's self Love & Esteem reserves are low... 
1st make best friends w/your Inner Wisdom voice 
(where is it found, you ask??...)
Its in our heart & mind UNIFYING!... the quiet Grace space in between <3
That Mind Bully has no chance when the Heart & Mind Merge.
Darkness cannot exist in the Light (well ok, maybe except in a Blackhole : )

BUDDHIST THOUGHTS CORNER: on MIndfulness

(inspired by 2 of my past L.A. roommates)
 
The Gentle beauty of Buddhism is; 
Where ever we are in life is where we're supposed to be. 
Even if its uncertainty, in job or relationships. 
The practice of mindfulness is accepting all parts of self 
(when we're being hard on self or others...)
Then we can see what change or acceptance is needed...
and loving self enough to make that change for the better. 
Further opening our hearts to the happiness we deserve.
Coming home to Buddha, coming home to self & community.
Namaste', Norma

TAKE ACTION CORNER: NIGERIAN SCHOOL GIRLS ABDUCTED

DAKAR, Senegal — SCHOOL GIRLS ABDUCTED  - (over 200 so far) by armed militants more than two weeks ago while taking their final exams... 100s protest demanding their Government do more to find them.

(This Inhumanity leaves me speechless & appalled...prayers & posting) 

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/comment/2014/04/nigerias-stolen-girls.html?mobify=0