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"Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around."
~Leo Buscaglia
May 29-June 4 a group of bloggers traveled to Manila to witness and write about the ministry of Compassion International to impoverished children living in the Philippines. Read all about their journey at compassionbloggers.com/philippines
Is not the bond, between human and canine, an amazing and awesome thing? Two entirely different species understanding and communicating with each other - wow - it makes me want to just hug my dog and tell her I love her, because I know she will understand.
May 29-June 4 a group of bloggers traveled to Manila to witness and write about the ministry of Compassion International to impoverished children living in the Philippines. Read all about their journey at compassionbloggers.com/philippines
Averaging Concepts Using Flickr - Take a concept, one word, and plug it into Flickr and take the first 50 images and average them using Photoshop.
May 29-June 4 a group of bloggers traveled to Manila to witness and write about the ministry of Compassion International to impoverished children living in the Philippines. Read all about their journey at compassionbloggers.com/philippines
Zadar, Dalmatia, Croatia
Exakta RTL1000 + CZJ Biotar 58/2 + Ilford Pan F+
f2.8 1/500s
Ilfosol-S (1+14) - 8:30 min - 20 C
Brian, my son, took this photo of an Army nurse caring for an Afghan child who suffered from several shrapnel wounds. They are in the "waiting room" of the radiology section of the hospital in Bagram, Afghanistan. This was during my son's first 90 day deployment. He is now serving in Mosul, Iraq. Notice the waiting room furniture.
This original sculpture "Compassion" by artists Michael Angelo Menconi & Charles Lowrie was made on May 30th @ Elements Glass Studio in effort to aid relief around the world via, Doctors Without Borders. This 14" round multi-dimensional sculpture will be auctioned off though the Transcensions website for the month of August 2011, the bidders can email bids in. The artists agreed to donate 100% of the proceeds to Doctors Without Borders, so the winner of the auction will be asked write the deductible check directly to: Doctors Without Borders.
"I didn’t always care about the environment. Human services was my heart’s calling, and
I dedicated the last decade to building programs to serve homeless youth, coordinating
care for families in-need, and managing services for the largest shelter on Skid Row.
I said I was in the business of helping humans - that was top priority.
Sure, I recycled and reused, but the weight of protecting our earth was still something I
saw as separate, and less pressing, “there’s more important things at stake” I’d say.
That all changed the day I visited a swathe of protected land in northern New Mexico.
I was excited to see bison and spend time with a dear friend. What I didn’t expect, was
to have a profound reckoning with my own disconnect when it came to conservation.
But then I learned about a fish no one cared about. A species of trout that inhabited that
land for ages - only to be abolished from its rightful home. And as its hatching grounds
were developed and demolished, this fish became endangered.
Until one man set out to save them. He spent decades restoring riverbanks and
rebuilding ecosystems, fighting hard for their right to not only exist – but to flourish.
People criticized him for doing so. “There’s more important things at stake” they said.
But he kept fighting, and on a cold October day I squeezed my face between the reeds
to see a handful of tiny trout swimming in the stream below. And I cried.
You see, I’d seen these fish before – sleeping on park benches and under overpasses.
I’ve held them as they mourned the loss of their home and wiped their tears as they
cried from ages of disregard and endangerment. These were the beings that no one
cared about, but I did. Which is why I spent years fighting for their right to not only exist
- but to flourish.
I don’t know why it took so long for the dots to connect, why I didn’t realize that how we
treat nature - is a direct reflection of how we treat people. That those who speak for
those who have no voice - speak for our kids and trees, our elders and bees.
Conservation is an act of compassion.
Sustainability is an act of justice.
And restoration is vital to all.
Let us fight for flourishing.
Illustration by the lovely @kikamack
Words by the magical @noel_russ
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