tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456617944315372118.post2329046446677784950..comments2024-01-03T21:18:04.198-08:00Comments on In Your Neighborhood: Letting Our Light Shine... Reflection Inspired By Nelson MandelaHigh School Confidentialhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17350238752693393750noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456617944315372118.post-13946809438764111692008-09-29T18:51:00.000-07:002008-09-29T18:51:00.000-07:00I have not read Peltier's book... great suggestion...I have not read Peltier's book... great suggestiong... I shall look up the PBS program from Now...<BR/>and I celebrate with you, Lorraine, the wonderful womn of Rwanda and of so many towns and cities throughout our world who are seeking to make our world the world of blessings for all that it is meant to be...<BR/><BR/>JosephJosephMcGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13059894814761761857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456617944315372118.post-11787144980559781882008-09-29T09:52:00.000-07:002008-09-29T09:52:00.000-07:00Oh how I love, honour, and respect this beautiful ...Oh how I love, honour, and respect this beautiful man of our times. His words, his story, reach me more than the story of Job, as told in the Bible.<BR/><BR/>Have you ever read Leonard Peltier's book "Prison Writings: My Life Is My Sundance" Joseph? I think there's a lot in there that would speak to you as well.<BR/><BR/>As Nelson Mandela was giving this speech, a friend of mine (a security guard with the United Nations) was standing close by. He later gave me the beautiful gift of a first-hand account of this day and its magnitude.<BR/><BR/>By the way, if you google NOW National Organization of Women) on PBS, you will find a brilliant video that I watched the other night, about women, power and politics. In it they spoke of Rwanda. After the awful massacres, there were mostly women left, to carry on. Half the reps in government there are now women and forty-one percent of the country's businesses are owned and operated by women.<BR/><BR/>One very eloquent woman from their parliament spoke about their focus of service to rebuilding their country. It made me cry when I compared her substance and nurturing spirit to a certain woman political candidate in America. This Rwandan woman found the same freedom of spirit and responsibility of service as Mr. Mandela through her own struggle...for life, for self-worth.<BR/><BR/>Now is the time to reset our inner compass. The world depends on it. Our spirits depend on it.Lorraine Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01116210981761633646noreply@blogger.com