We live in a dynamic place of complimentary opposites – positive/negative, male/female, light/dark. When we are born into this plane of complimentary opposites, the unconditional becomes conditional. However, somehow we are still able to grasp the concept of being unconditional even as we are being conditional about love. Just as we are able to grasp the concept of being one, while we are being more than one. We don’t see it logically with our mind, but we know it is true at some other level of … [Read more...]
OMTimes celebrated AUG: To Be an Emissary of Compassion
New Moon (AUG 6) – Message from Joni Ross Astrologer
Tuesday, August 6, 2013, 5:51 PM EDT With the Moon in Leo there is a strong urge to express oneself. Leo is associated with the Sun. Healthy Leo, healthy ego. More than any other sign, Leo rules creative actualization of the self. The ego in a healthy state is the sun-4[1]champion of the greater self. The more we know about who we are and the great potential we have as a human being the more we become adept at dealing with the wide range of experiences in life without needing an … [Read more...]
The Children’s Wish Foundation – philanthropy at it’s best!
Meet The Girl Who Stole Kate's Heart What started with a handwritten note to Princess Kate, penned from her hospital bed, culminated on July 7, with the meeting of a lifetime for six-year-old wish child Diamond. Diagnosed earlier this year with stage IV undifferentiated sarcoma, Diamond was referred to Children's Wish to help grant her most heartfelt wish of meeting a real princess: Catherine the Duchess of Cambridge. From her bed at the Alberta Children's Hospital, Diamond watched … [Read more...]
Trust in GOD, GOD will help You Trust You
Give God what you have in your hands today, as you stay faithful to do your part, God will do His part! You have to be willing to pour in everything you have before you can see Gods increase flowing in your life. Believe in yourself, the angels emphasize the value of self-trust. When you put Action behind your Faith and Trust God, He will pour wisdom, strength, and creativity into you and help you accomplish the dreams and desires He has placed in your heart. Trust … [Read more...]
University for Peace course Costa Rica (July 22-27, 2013)
Headquartered in Costa Rica, the United Nations-mandated University for Peace was established in December 1980 as a Treaty Organization by the UN General Assembly. As determined in the Charter of the University, the mission of the University for Peace is: “to provide humanity with an international institution of higher education for peace with the aim of promoting among all human beings the spirit of understanding, tolerance and peaceful coexistence, to stimulate cooperation among peoples and to … [Read more...]
TOP LESSONS I’VE LEARNED AS A NANNY
I am approaching 25 years as a professional nanny/household manager. I’ve been fortunate to work for some amazing families, and am blessed with friends and colleagues near and far. I’m not the perfect nanny nor the perfect household manager, but I am the best I can be in a profession I love. Here are a few of the lessons I’ve learned along the way that have helped shape me into the professional I am today. The one thing I wish I had done from the start of my career was save. Even if it … [Read more...]
First-ever Global Gender in Film Research Study, Geena Davis
UN Women Partners with Geena Davis on First-ever Global Gender in Film Research Study Study will analyze gender stereotypes and representation of women and girls in global family films (July, 2013) UN Women is partnering with the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media on a global study to analyze the depiction and representation of female characters in family films. The Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, with support from The Rockefeller Foundation, has commissioned the study from … [Read more...]
Sub-Saharan Africa, AIDS widows strive to regain their rights
“After the death of my husband, my neighbour harassed me through insults and threats to harm me and my family. But the worst was when he let his cows into my farm and destroyed all my crops. I was left with nothing to feed my children since I’m not employed and I have no other source of income,” recalls Florence*, a 34-year-old farmer and mother of three from Kitui Country which lies south-east of Kenya’s capital city, Nairobi. “I had lost everything and they kept telling me I had no ‘one’ … [Read more...]
Celebrate Africa, Supporting Female Farmers in Tanzania!
Fortunata and her child at home in Ameru, Kilimanjaro region. Copyright: WFP/Jen Kunz. Fortunata is a single mother of four living in Ameru, a small village in the Hai district of northwest Tanzania. High food prices and her community's dependence on agriculture in a region where rainfall is irregular and droughts are severe meant it was a daily struggle for Fortunata to feed her family. Fortunata's one-and-a-half acre plot yielded green beans, but the lack of water was a constant … [Read more...]
FAO Dimitra community listeners’ clubs Taking Action!
Community listeners’ clubs empower Rural Women and Men Give women access to information and the possibility to communicate and they will change the world. That is the premise behind the FAO Dimitra community listeners’ clubs – groups of rural women, but also men and young people, who meet regularly to discuss development issues and challenges, and to find solutions together. Working with community radio stations, which produce interactive radio programmes in local languages to increase … [Read more...]
Mom, 10 Life Lessons to Teach Your Son!
Teaching children valuable life lessons and instilling the values and morals that will shape the adults they become is arguably the biggest and most important responsibility that mothers are tasked with. After all, your adorable son with his toddler lisp and wide eyes will eventually grow into a man who has to navigate the world on his own. His perceptions of women and the relationships he has with them will have a foundation in the relationship he has with you. These are ten … [Read more...]
Susan Polgar celebrates Women in Chess @ chessdailynews.com
Susan Polgar celebrates Women in Chess ABOUT SUSAN POLGAR: * Winner of 4 Women’s World Championships (Under 16, Blitz, Rapid, and Classical) * The only World Chess Champion in history (male or female) to win the triple-crown (Blitz, Rapid and Classical World Championships) * 5-time Olympic Champion with 10 overall medals (5 Gold, 4 Silver, 1 Bronze) * 2006 Women’s Chess Cup Champion * Previously held 5 world chess records (* still … [Read more...]
OMTimes & Gaiam TV, 30-Day Conscious Living Challenge
The 30 Day Conscious Living Challenge Community is now open! The OMTimes & Gaiam TV 30-Day Conscious Living Challenge is a program that gives you the opportunity to renew your soul and make small but effective changes in your physical, emotional, spiritual and conscious health. The OMTimes & Gaiam TV 30-Day Conscious Living Challenge is for anyone and everyone who has the desire to make changes in their lives. Whether you want to have more energy, like the person in the … [Read more...]
WEST BANK, Celebrating Woman lifts family ‘out of poverty’
Woman lifts her family out of poverty in the West Bank INAYAT NAGEEB IN HER LINGERIE SHOP, A BUSINESS SHE WAS ABLE TO START THANKS TO A GRANT FROM DEEP. THROUGH HER BUSINESS, SHE HAS DOUBLED HER FAMILY'S INCOME. (PHOTO: UNDP PAPP) Starting a business with limited resources in East Jerusalem, West Bank, is a challenge — especially for women. For Inayat Nageeb, a housewife and a mother of three sons and two daughters, life has not been easy. Her husband works as a guard at a mosque, with … [Read more...]
“Nothing should stop me,” says Ethiopian schoolgirl
WFP’s school meals programme has benefitted millions of school children across Ethiopia over the last 19 years and currently serves some 650,000 students in 1,800 schools in different parts of the country. Fatuma is one of those children. Gewane, ETHIOPIA – A daily round trip of three hours along a dusty road might not appeal to many, but for schoolgirl Fatuma Hamedu, the journey shows just how committed she is to changing her life. “I travel this distance every day,” says Fatuma. “I do … [Read more...]






