The Fake Elon, the Billionaires & the Lesson I’m Still Learning: Understanding Isn’t Excusing

 Something weird happened the other day, and it got me thinking about something much bigger.

Mark Carney posted something about doubling Canada's electricity capacity. I got upset and, without much thought, commented:

“GO AWAY.” 😂

Then someone replied:

“Hi, it’s Elon. Send me a DM.”

😳

I deleted the comment.

I found what appeared to be an actual Facebook page with 7.7 million followers and only 6 following. Was it really Elon?

Who knows. 🤣

My first thought was, maybe Elon is skulking around Facebook. And then my imagination went straight into my own book, Exodus of BillionaireZ.

I've spent a lot of time thinking about billionaires and power, but also about the human beings underneath all that money and influence. I've wondered whether grief, family history, fear, identity, addiction, loneliness, or a midlife crisis could help explain some people's behaviour.

But then we had a much more uncomfortable conversation.

We can make excuses for almost anyone.

Someone hurt us → we explain why.

A partner behaves badly → we explain their childhood.

A family member hurts us → we understand their trauma.

A friend treats us badly → we find a reason.

A politician makes a harmful decision → we hear the explanation.

And I've realized I've done this for much of my life.

I sometimes confused understanding someone with having to tolerate their behaviour.

My child saw some of that. I don't know what they carried forward from watching me, and I hope they have found their own way to break whatever patterns weren't healthy.

But I'm trying to learn something different now:

I can understand why you became who you are without accepting what you do.

I can have compassion and still have boundaries.

I can forgive and still walk away.

I can understand your pain and still hold you responsible for the pain you cause.

And maybe this is something we should expect from our politicians too.

Not:

“Why did you do it?”

followed by an explanation and everyone moves on.

But:

“You have explained why. Now what responsibility are you willing to take for the consequences?”

Because explanations matter.

But explanation is not absolution.

And maybe that's one of the lessons I'm still learning at 64.

As for the mysterious Elon…

If it really was him, sorry Elon. 😂

I deleted your comment.

And if it wasn't you…

Well, nice try. 🤣

Maybe Bowie had the better idea anyway:

There may not be any life on Mars.

And perhaps nobody should be trying to escape Earth until we've figured out how to take better care of the people already living here. 🌎❤️

10 Reflective questions

1. When does understanding someone's pain become an excuse for their harmful behaviour?

2. Can we have compassion for someone while still holding them accountable?

3. Have you ever stayed in a harmful relationship because you could explain why the other person behaved that way?

4. Do we sometimes confuse forgiveness with allowing someone continued access to us?

5. When a politician explains why something went wrong, do we also ask who is responsible for the consequences?

6. Are we teaching the next generation that empathy means tolerating mistreatment—or that empathy can coexist with boundaries?

7. When a celebrity or politician appears online, how do we know the account is actually theirs?

8. Could a provocative comment, fake account, emotional outrage, or invitation to move into private messages be part of a manipulation strategy?

9. With elections approaching, how carefully will we question what we see, share and believe—including foreign interference and coordinated disinformation?

10. What would change in our politics if we demanded both compassion AND accountability from the people who hold power?

#Accountability #CompassionAndBoundaries #ThinkBeforeYouShare #DigitalLiteracy #FakeAccounts #Disinformation #ForeignInterference #Democracy #PoliticalManipulation #ExodusOfBillionaireZ

Franklin the Turtle Deserves Better — Not to Be Turned Into a Weapon

🐢 Franklin the Turtle Deserves Better — Not to Be Turned Into a Weapon

I’m 62, so Franklin wasn’t part of my childhood. I grew up on CBC classics — The Friendly Giant, Mr. Dressup, Sesame Street, The Electric Company — gentle shows that taught kindness, creativity, and imagination. Those were the programs that shaped my early world.

But when I had my child at 40, they grew up with Franklin the Turtle. And Franklin quickly became one of the loveliest shows in our home. The animation was warm and beautiful, the stories simple but meaningful, and Franklin himself was everything we want children’s characters to be: kind, thoughtful, gentle, honest.

So when the U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth posted a meme of Franklin dressed in military gear, firing a weapon at a boat — without permission from the publisher — I felt disgusted. And yes, furious.

Franklin is not a weapon.
Franklin is not a mascot for violence.
Franklin is a symbol of childhood safety.

To twist him into a tool of political messaging during a moment when real people have died in U.S. military strikes is shocking, disrespectful, and deeply out of line. The publisher condemned it because it goes against everything Franklin stands for — and as a parent who watched those gentle lessons with my child, I agree completely.

Children’s characters are sacred spaces.
They teach empathy, not aggression.
They soothe, they comfort, they help little minds grow.

Taking a character built on kindness and turning him into propaganda is not clever — it’s disturbing. It shows how numb society is becoming to violence, how quickly innocence gets co-opted for shock value or political stuntwork.

Franklin — like Friendly Giant, like Mr. Dressup, like all the characters who shaped generations — deserves better. And so do the kids who grew up loving him.

🐢💛 Keep children’s characters out of warfare.
Let Franklin stay who he was: a gentle friend, not a fighter.

Remembering Together – Remembrance Day 2025

🌺 Remembering Together – Remembrance Day 2025 🕊️

Today we pause to honor those who served, those who sacrificed, and those still affected by conflict around the world. From soldiers like my Great Uncle Jimmy, who fought in World War I yet lost his rights because he was Indigenous, to the ongoing struggles in Gaza, Ukraine, and here at home in Vancouver, where fentanyl and poverty take far too many lives, Remembrance Day reminds us to reflect with compassion. 💛

The Royal Canadian Air Force will conduct fly-pasts across Vancouver and communities in British Columbia — a sky-wide tribute to those we remember. ✈️ Even if you’re not at a ceremony, look to the sky.

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📍 Local Remembrance Day Ceremonies – Nov 11, 2025

Vancouver & Nearby Communities

• Victory Square Cenotaph, Downtown Vancouver – 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. (globalnews.ca) 🌆
• Japanese Canadian War Memorial, Stanley Park – 10:30 a.m. (centre.nikkeiplace.org) 🌸
• Billy Bishop/Kerrisdale Legion Branch 176, Kerrisdale – doors 10:00 a.m.; service 10:50 a.m. (billybishoplegion.org) 🏴
• UBC War Memorial Gym, University of British Columbia – doors 10:00 a.m.; ceremony 10:45 a.m. (ceremonies.ubc.ca) 🎓
• Memorial Park Cenotaph, West Vancouver – parade 10:45 a.m.; ceremony 10:50 a.m. (westvancouver.ca) 🌲
• Veterans Memorial Park, Chilliwack – service 10:00 a.m.; procession 10:30 a.m. (chilliwack.com) 🇨🇦
• Stan Clarke Park Cenotaph, Squamish – ceremony 10:45 a.m.; moment of silence at 11:00 a.m. (squamish.ca) 🏔️
• Cenotaph, North Vancouver – ceremony ~10:50 a.m. (nsnews.com) 🌉

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✨ A Moment of Reflection

Step outside, reflect, and honor those who gave so much. Whether attending a ceremony, watching the fly-pasts, or simply wearing a poppy, every gesture helps us remember, and every act of compassion counts. 💛

I also think back to this summer, when by chance I captured a Snowbirds flight on video — right place, right time — a reminder that beauty and awe can still surprise us, even amidst chaos. 

When Grief Turns Into Illness: The Hidden Wound We Don’t Treat

 🩹 When Grief Turns Into Illness: The Hidden Wound We Don’t Treat

Before you dive in, this post is a follow-up to my previous piece,
“Why Do We Treat Grief Like an Inconvenience?” 💔
If you haven’t read it yet, I invite you to take a look first so the full picture comes together.

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Here’s the truly bizarre thing about how our society treats grief:

🧩 Often, it’s the grief that causes the illness in the first place.

We treat grief like a temporary emotion when it is actually a full-body event. When someone we love disappears from the world, our nervous system doesn’t just feel sad. It goes into catastrophe mode.

Cortisol turns the bloodstream into a toxic river.
Sleep shatters.
The immune system surrenders.
The heart feels like it’s been physically torn. 💥

And then society asks:
“Why are you still struggling?”

As if the body didn’t just witness a personal apocalypse. 🌑

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People often see the after-effects instead of the root:

📌 Addiction
📌 Depression
📌 Chronic illnesses
📌 Autoimmune disorders
📌 Anxiety
📌 Heart problems
📌 PTSD

We are quick to label these as new problems, when so often they are grief wearing a mask.

Ignored grief becomes illness.
Silenced pain becomes coping mechanisms.
Numbness becomes survival, which becomes dependence.
And then the world judges the symptom instead of tending the wound.

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Grief is not just emotional.
It is cellular.
It is chemical.
It is physical.

The body remembers every love it has lost. 🫀

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We are brilliant at pretending we’re fine.
We are terrible at being allowed to not be fine.

If we don’t give grief time
If we don’t give grief community
If we don’t give grief space to move through us
It settles into the body instead.

And then we call the consequences a “disease”
When truly
They are unhonored love.

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We don’t get sick because we’re weak.
We get sick because we’re human
And because no one taught us how to grieve out loud anymore.

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I dream of a society where grief is treated as a natural, sacred process, not an inconvenience. Where support is long enough and deep enough to prevent heartbreak from becoming lifelong health struggles.

A world where the question isn’t
“Why aren’t you over it?”
but rather
“How can we walk beside you while you hurt?” 🤝🕊️

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➡️ If you haven’t already, please read the previous post for the first part of this message:
“Why Do We Treat Grief Like an Inconvenience?”
Together, these two pieces tell a story our society urgently needs to hear.

Why Do We Treat Grief Like an Inconvenience?

💔 Why Do We Treat Grief Like an Inconvenience?

Grief is the invisible backpack every one of us eventually has to carry. Yet somehow, our society treats it like a purse you should tuck neatly under your chair and get back to work by Monday morning. 🤯 It’s wild when you really think about it.

We offer weeks of support if someone is physically ill, and thank goodness for that. But for grief, the emotional hurricane 🌪️ that tears through the heart and changes everything, we get… three days? Maybe five if someone important enough dies.

What a cruel calculation.
What a frightening misunderstanding of what it means to be human. 🫀

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In olden days, mourning was seen and acknowledged. People wore black 🖤 or tied armbands around their sleeves. The world had to notice.

Even Scarlett O’Hara hated those symbols, but they served a purpose:

They told the community:
“Someone they loved has vanished from the world.
Treat this person gently.” 🤲

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Today, we sprint back into routines, slap on the “I’m fine!” mask 😐, and hope nobody hears the crack in our voice. Loss becomes a private battle instead of a shared human experience.

Companies hand out bereavement leave like they’re rationing emotional oxygen.

📌 Lose a parent? 3 days
📌 Lose a partner? Maybe 5
📌 Lose the piece of your heart that shaped your life?
➡️ Better get back to your emails

It’s absurd. It’s cruel.
It denies our most basic human truth:

Grief is a catastrophic illness of the soul. 💥🖤

It alters the brain.
It weakens the body.
It changes every waking moment.

And instead of support, we are asked to pretend everything is normal.

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We cannot call ourselves a “civilized society” if we refuse to honor grief.

Empathy is our greatest human technology. 🤝
Without it, our survival as a species? Not guaranteed.

Because a world that ignores suffering… forgets how to care.

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Maybe the world we need is one where grief is visible again. Not to wallow in sadness, but to say:

“This person is grieving.
Make space for their healing.” 🌱

Imagine if someone could wear a small symbol after a loss:
a pin 🎗️, a bracelet 📿, a ribbon 🪢.

Not a mark of pity
But a reminder to treat them with patience and gentleness.

A quiet message:

“Please walk beside me while I hurt.” 💞

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This isn’t just nostalgia.
This is a blueprint for a kinder future.

A world where grief isn’t rushed.
Where love is honored even in its most painful form.

We can build that world
One compassionate choice at a time. 🕊️✨

When Compassion Triggers Cruelty

 Tina Winterlik: When Compassion Triggers Cruelty

(October 2025)

Yesterday, I shared a post that said, “Being homeless is a full-time job.”
It struck a chord with me — because it’s true. When someone has no home, every single thing becomes harder. Finding food, staying warm, looking for work, protecting belongings, staying safe — it’s exhausting. Survival itself becomes a full-time job.

I didn’t expect that post to stir up what it did.

A woman I knew — not very well — texted me shortly after I shared it. Then she called. She said she wanted to know if I wanted to work at a market selling nuts. I thought it was a little strange since it wasn’t even her business — she said she was calling for her boss. Something about it just felt off.

At first, I tried to be polite. But the conversation quickly took a turn I didn’t see coming. Out of nowhere, she started saying awful things about trans people — hateful, cruel, and full of judgment. She called them vicious and obsessed with sexuality. I was stunned.

It broke my heart because I’d just been talking about compassion — about understanding what people go through — and here she was, tearing down others for being themselves. I froze. I had shared personal things earlier in the conversation, and suddenly I wished I hadn’t.

The whole thing left me shaken.

This woman is 67. She told me she retired in 2019, but she’s still working. So she likely gets a full pension and still earns income — yet instead of using that privilege to lift others up, she used her time to judge and belittle. And I can’t help but wonder: why?

Maybe it’s fear. Maybe it’s bitterness. Maybe some people, even after a lifetime of working, can’t find peace inside themselves — so they try to control or diminish others.

It reminded me of another moment years ago. A woman I knew a long time as acquaintance, always wearing her usual purple outfits, bright and eccentric. One day, before Trump was elected, she said, “He’s not a racist.” I remember my stomach twisting even then. I pulled away and never spoke to her after that. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised this time either.

Still, I was. Because I always want to believe people can grow.

But what I learned — again — is that you can’t predict who will turn hateful when the topic shifts to something real. Some people hide their prejudice behind politeness or humor until they feel safe enough to let it spill out.

Yesterday reminded me of why empathy matters so much — and how fragile it can feel when met with cruelty. But I refuse to let that kind of energy change who I am. I’ll keep standing beside love, acceptance, and truth.

I share stories about poverty, homelessness, injustice, and human rights because I believe in connection, not division. We can’t solve anything if we’re busy attacking each other’s existence.

So to anyone reading this who has ever been dismissed, judged, or hurt just for being who you are — please know: there are still people out here who care deeply. People who see your struggle. People who want a better, kinder world.

Because the real full-time job isn’t being homeless —
It’s surviving a world that has forgotten how to care.

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💬 Reflection Question:
When was the last time someone’s cruelty caught you off guard — and how did you keep your heart open instead of closing it?

💭 Quote to Remember:

“Stop working your shit out on other people.”
— Brené Brown

— Tina Winterlik 🌍💜

The Weight of Compassion: Refugees, Trauma, and Responsibility

 Be Careful — Not Again: A Warning to Policymakers

To the Honourable Lena Metlege Diab, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, and all policymakers shaping Canada's immigration future:

We watch the news, and it feels like a nightmare we’ve lived before. Starvation. Sleepless nights. Families ripped apart. Children scarred by violence they should never have to witness. 😢 And then we hear — they will come here, the refugees… and our hearts ache, not just with empathy, but with fear.

Fear because we remember. We remember the Syrian families, the Ukrainian families, the Vietnamese families — all seeking safety while we, as a society, struggled to support them. Hospitals overflowing. Schools strained. Social workers, nurses, and teachers stretched to their breaking point. And in the shadows, the echoes of past wrongs — Indigenous children taken, communities assimilated, promises broken — remind us how fragile compassion can be when systems fail. 💔

We do not have all the answers. All we have is the knowledge of what happens when decisions are made without care, without foresight. Housing ministers bring in hundreds of thousands of international students without homes or jobs. Governments promise support but leave the weight on the shoulders of ordinary people. And slowly, quietly, apathy seeps in. 😔

Consider the numbers: Canada accepted over 1.2 million refugees since 2015, including Syrians, Ukrainians, and others. Our hospitals, schools, and social services have been stretched to critical limits. Thousands of children arrive with trauma, and hundreds of professionals are burned out trying to help them. ⚠️

So we say: be careful. Not again. Watch history. Watch policy. Watch human suffering. Listen to the cries that cannot be ignored. Because the cost is real, and it lands here — in our schools, in our hospitals, in our streets, in the hearts of our children.

Reflective question for policymakers: 💭 How can Canada welcome those in need without creating unbearable strain on existing communities and public services? Are we prioritizing compassion responsibly, or are we repeating mistakes of the past?

Compassion is not infinite, but responsibility can be. Let us demand it. Let us remember. And let us be careful — not again. ✨

New Chapter for DTES

 🌟💫 A New Chapter for the Downtown Eastside 💫🌟

Today my heart is full of gratitude 🙏💖 and hope 🌈✨. News that Larry Campbell — former Vancouver Mayor, Senator, and Coroner — has been appointed to oversee efforts in the Downtown Eastside (DTES) feels like a sign that maybe, just maybe, great change is finally coming 🌱🌍.

Larry has walked many hard paths — from the heartbreak of being a coroner ⚰️💔, to the challenges of being Mayor 🏙️, to years of public service 👔. Now, he’s stepping into one of the toughest roles yet: helping the DTES heal, rebuild, and rise 🕊️.

💜 The DTES is a place of deep resilience 🌟, but also deep struggles 😢. Addiction, homelessness, poverty, and stigma have weighed heavy for decades. This new role is not just another job — it’s a calling 💫🌈🌸.

🌿✨ I pray this appointment brings:
🏠 Affordable & safe housing
🧡 Real compassion in health & social care
🌳 Clean, safe public spaces
🤝 Respect for community voices
💡 Dignity & hope for every single person

This is a chance to bring together government, non-profits, and most importantly the people who live in the DTES themselves 🗣️❤️. Healing only happens when everyone’s voice is heard.

🌟 May Larry Campbell have the wisdom 🌿, the heart 💖, and the courage 🦁 to guide this work well. And may we as a community stand behind positive change 🌈✨.

Let’s believe that this moment is the beginning of something brighter 🌞🌸🌿 for the DTES, for Vancouver, and for all of us.

🙏💖🌈✨

Enough Is Enough: The System Is Broken and We’re All Paying the Price

 

By Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita

Another brutal attack. Another headline. Another person in crisis. And again, the system shrugs. The accused in the recent unprovoked attack on a tourist on Vancouver’s seawall didn’t just “snap out of nowhere”—he was failed, repeatedly, by a system that claims to care.

He was released after a domestic violence incident. He violated his release conditions. He was off his meds, and his own mother was begging for help. Instead, he was sent back to her care—without support, without supervision, without compassion. And now a stranger is left with a broken face and trauma that may last a lifetime.

What more do we need to see to admit the system is not just cracked—it's shattered?

People with mental health issues are suffering. Their families are suffering. And now, total strangers are getting pulled into these cycles of crisis. Police, courts, health services, housing—they’re all operating in silos, ticking boxes instead of saving lives. This isn’t justice. This isn’t care. This is negligence wrapped in bureaucracy.

Enough is enough. This has to be a turning point.

If we truly care about community safety, about human dignity, about preventing tragedy instead of reacting to it, we have to start making real changes—today. Here's where we start:

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5 Ways to Flip the Script and Stop the Cycle

1. Mandatory Mental Health Monitoring Post-Release
   Anyone released on bail with a known mental health diagnosis must be automatically connected to a care team and receive supervised follow-up. No gaps. No exceptions.

2. Create Crisis Support Housing with Wraparound Care
   Families should not be the last line of defense. We need housing solutions that include on-site mental health workers, security, and trauma-informed staff—safe for the individual and the community.

3. Integrated Court-Mental Health Response Teams
   Judges, lawyers, and police should be required to consult with mental health professionals before issuing bail or release conditions for at-risk individuals.

4. Real Accountability for Violations of Release Conditions
   Breaching bail—especially after a violent offense—must trigger immediate review and intervention, not another release slip and crossed fingers.

5. Community-Led Oversight and Advocacy
   The public must have a voice. We need watchdogs, not just in media, but within the system. Survivors, family members, and mental health advocates must be part of policy-making and review boards.

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We say we’re a compassionate society. But compassion means action—not after another person is hurt or killed, but before the damage is done. Let this case not be another forgotten headline. Let it be the beginning of real change.

Because next time, it could be your mother. Your daughter. Your friend. Or you.

#EnoughIsEnough
#FlipTheScript
#MentalHealthJustice
#CommunityCareNow

We've All Got To Unify- Ta'kaiya Blaney -PARIS 2015

Citizens' Voice at the Paris Climate Talks

14-year old singer-songwriter Ta'kaiya Blaney, from the Tla'Amin First Nation in British Columbia, closes the Rights of Nature Tribunal in Paris, December 5, 2015, with a stirring song of hope and transformation.

Ta’Kaiya Blaney in Rio for the Earth Summit. Photo by Zack Embree.

Have you seen The Butterfly Circus

Photography by Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita © 2015

This is a beautiful amazing inspiring story that should be viewed by all!! Enjoy!!



TheButterflyCircus - HD from The Butterfly Circus on Vimeo.

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At the height of the Great Depression, the showman of a renowned circus discovers a man without limbs being exploited at a carnival sideshow, but after an intriguing encounter with the showman he becomes driven to hope against everything he has ever believed. 

Directed by: Joshua Weigel; Written by: Joshua Weigel & Rebekah Weigel; Produced by: Joshua Weigel, Rebekah Weigel & Angie Alvarez; Starring: Eduardo Verastegui (Bella, Chasing Papi), Nick Vujicic (Life Without Limbs) & Doug Jones (Pan's Labyrinth, Fantastic Four - Rise of the Silver Surfer, Hellboy)

I'm Crazy, I'm Mental, I'm Talking about it!! - Howie Mandel

Time we all reach out and start helping one another, being empathic and not making people feel bad because they have mental health issues. Love what Howie says!


It's also time for the government to WAKE UP and address the financial burden caused when you do not take care of those in need.

Here's some fun!! I Love this!!

a Hug and a few kind Words

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Hey everyone, I was wondering if you could take a moment and think happy positive thoughts for Stephanie.

You don't know her and neither do I but on my way to work I passed by her and she was crying. I asked if she was okay and she said "not really." I asked if she wanted a hug...and she said "okay!" Then I told her it was all going to be okay and she just had to think positive.

I looked into her eyes and asked if it was "really bad." She said she hadn't worked in like 6 months and she just got a job and she lost it. I told her that whenever a door closes and new one opens.

Then I told her how just last year I got a job at Vancouver Children's hospital taking photos of the babies...but it wasn't a good fit and that the same thing happened, I lost it the first day...but that very soon after I was accepted to my 6 month intensive program at Emily Carr in the Interaction Design Program and then as soon as that ended I got my job at the Granville Island Soap Gallery. I told her to project what she wants and it will happen.

I gently but firmly told her to stay positive. She said "she would try" between the tears.... I said "don't try, do it...be positive and good things will happen."
and I smiled a lot...

Then I told her I had to rush off for work but that everything will be okay. She thanked me and said I had helped her a lot and she really needed to hear something like that.

So that is why I would like you to all say a little prayer and hope she finds the perfect job.

And also the next time you see someone crying...at least ask if they are okay...a few kind words and hug can really help turn around someone's bad day.

We've all been there... Sending you all GREAT BIG HUG and saying prayers and thinking positive thoughts for you all to achieve your dreams. Love ya








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Occupy Wall St - The Revolution Is Love-Video-Excellent!

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This is a really beautiful video. Talks about giving and really being community and we are all together, there is no other. We need to follow thru and keep this movement going so we can start our future, the future we've all dream about, one of peace and compassion and creativity and giving.



Occupy Wall St - The Revolution Is Love

Have You Seen The Butterfly Circus?

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This is just so Awesome, I have to Share! I hope you'll watch all of it, I was so touched, it's so beautiful. Please Share this beautiful film. So many powerful messages about love, compassion, empathy, strength, courage, just AMAZING! Now they are going to make it into a Feature Film!



 The Butterfly Circus Website

At the height of the Great Depression, the showman of a renowned circus discovers a man without limbs being exploited at a carnival sideshow, but after an intriguing encounter with the showman he becomes driven to hope against everything he has ever believed. 

Directed by: Joshua Weigel; Written by: Joshua Weigel & Rebekah Weigel

Produced by: Joshua Weigel, Rebekah Weigel & Angie Alvarez

Starring: Eduardo Verastegui (Bella, Chasing Papi), Nick Vujicic (Life Without Limbs) &; Doug Jones (Pan's Labyrinth, Fantastic Four - Rise of the Silver Surfer, Hellboy)

The Butterfly Circus

 http://thebutterflycircus.com/about/who-we-are/

Who created this Fantastic Film?
Joshua and Rebekah Weigel have been married for 14 years and write and produce together as a creative team with the goal of creating meaningful films that entertain, challenge and inspire.   Their most recent work,“The Butterfly Circus”, was directed by Joshua and stars Nick Vujicic, Eduardo Verástegui (Bella) and Doug Jones (Pan’s Labyrinth, Fantastic Four).

Seen now by nearly 10 million people worldwide, and having garnered numerous awards, Joshua and Rebekah are currently working to expand the short into a feature length film.

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I think it's time for A "HUG"

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Well after all the stuff that's been happening lately, it's time for a "HUG"

Forgiveness is a Creative Act

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To read more, visit: http://humanityhealing.net/2009/04/gift-of-forgiveness

To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you. ~ Lewis B. Smedes

Most of us carry around anger, resentment, jealousy, or some other negative emotion directed to others. Unless dealt with, they will eventually start to broadly affect the quality of our lives and those around us.

Forgiveness is the act of unchaining yourself from thoughts and feelings that bind you to an offense, imagined or real, committed against you.

It is a commitment to a process of growth and change. The first step is to recognize the value of forgiveness and the positive impact it can have in our lives.

When we forgive, we release the control and power of the offending person and stop playing the victim. We no longer define our lives by how we have been hurt and instead can define ourselves by how we have grown.

Anger makes you smaller, while forgiveness forces you to grow beyond what you were.~ Cherie Carter-Scott

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