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ACTION
Things you can do...
VALUES TO
LIVE BY
A Love of Truth – essential for a
just, inclusive and progressive society
A Sense of Justice – recognition of
the rights and needs of all
A Spirit of Co-operation – based on
active goodwill and the principle of right human relationships
A Sense of Personal Responsibility –
for group, community and national affairs
Serving the Common Good – through
the sacrifice of selfishness. Only what is good for all is good
for each one
These are spiritual values, inspiring the
conscience and the consciousness of those who serve to create a
better way of life.
Copies of the "Values to Live
By" card are available from World
Goodwill
From the World
Goodwill Newsletter
Hope
Magazine March/April 2002 Issue
From an article
about Patch Adams
(Patch)Adams's intention is to create a
caring world, and so he practices "universal friendliness," greeting
all who cross his path, engaging strangers in conversation, and publicly
celebrating life, with all of its imperfections. He encourages others to join
him: It's "a direct confrontation of evil and boredom and all of the
problems of society. Anyone can do it; you can do it today, and you can do it
tomorrow; you can do it if you're in prison or have AIDS.... The goal is to fall
in love with humanity," he says.
A list by Patch Adams
| TEN
QUESTIONS TO PONDER |
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If no one wants to end up in
a nursing home, what kind of community can celebrate all
ages together and honor elders?
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Could you choose at least
one child you're not related to and help give that child the
time and care s/he needs?
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If compassion and generosity
were the measure of success that money and power now are,
how would your life change?
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To bond your neighborhood in
healthy interdependence, would you host weekly potlucks?
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If being publicly joyful,
even silly, were beneficial for our society, would you
participate?
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If you have rooms at your
home, why not take in single parents as a gift?
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How can we move to an
economics of friendship?
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Could you volunteer ten or
more hours each week to make a healthier world?
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Do you dare to be
universally friendly to end violence?
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Can you match the cost of
everything you buy with a donation to an environmental
sustainability project?
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| TEN
THINGS ANYONE CAN DO |
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Pick up all the trash in an
area in your hometown;
be its guardian. Tell others about it.
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Be friendly to everyone at
all times; experiment outrageously.
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Offer a shoulder or foot rub
in any environment.
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Always speak up for justice,
no matter how much it costs.
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Go once a week to nursing
homes to cheer people up as a friend.
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Turn off your TV and become
interesting. Perform yourself.
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Consider being silly in
public. Sing out loud.
Wear funny stuff.
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Find ways to need a whole
lot less money; share beyond belief.
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Have potlucks frequently,
with neighbors, coworkers, strangers. Work toward living in
extended families.
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Take vacations in your own
town and spend the money working on projects there that help
build community.
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| BOOKS
FOR "A REVOLUTION OF CARE" |
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There's Nothing in the
Middle of the Road but Yellow Stripes and Dead Armadillos,
by Jim Hightower
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If the Gods Had Meant Us to
Vote They Would Have Given Us Candidates, by Jim Hightower
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Crowds and Power, by Elias
Canetti
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The Death of
Adam, by
Marilynne Robinson
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Burning All
Illusions, by
David Edwards
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Upside
Down, by Eduardo
Galeano
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Rich Media, Poor
Democracy,
by Robert W. McChesney
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A People's History of the
United States, by Howard Zinn
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No
Logo, by Naomi Klein
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Trust Us, We're
Experts, by
Sheldon Rampton and John Stauber
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One World, Ready or
Not, by
William Greider
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Stolen
Harvest, by Vandana
Shiva
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Giving Kids the
Business, by
Alex Molnar
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Global Spin, by Sharon Beder
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Generations at
Risk, by Ted
Schettler, M.D., et al.
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Infections and
Inequalities,
by Paul Farmer
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Dying for
Growth, ed. by Jim
Yong Kim, et al.
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Income Inequity and
Health,
by Ichiro Kawachi
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Severed
Trust, by George
Lundberg, M.D.
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Health and Human
Rights, by
Jonathan M. Mann, et al.
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Medicine, Money and
Morals,
by Marc A. Rodwin
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Betrayal of
Trust, by Laurie
Garrett
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The Great White
Lie, by Walt
Bogdanich
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Pandora's
Poison, by Joe
Thornton
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| BOOKS
THAT "BURST WITH HOPE" |
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Community and
Growth, by
Jean Vanier
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How Can I
Help?, by Ram Dass
and Paul Gorman
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The Call of
Service, by
Robert Coles, M.D.
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The Lost Art of
Healing, by
Bernard Lown, M.D.
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The Nature of Suffering and
Goals of Medicine, by Eric Cassell
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Intoxicated by My
Illness,
by Anatole Broyard
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The Illness
Narratives, by
Arthur Kleinman, M.D.
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Green
Development, by Alex
Wilson, et al.
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Holding Our
Ground, by Tom
Daniels and Deborah Bowers
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Natural Capitalism, by Paul
Hawken, et al.
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Toward Sustainable
Communities, by Mark Roseland, et al.
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Peace is the
Way, ed. by
Walter Wink
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The Cohousing Handbook, by
Chris Hanson
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The Quickening of
America,
by F. M. Lappé and P. Du Bois
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Hope's Edge, by Frances
Moore Lappé and Anna Lappé
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The Legacy of
Luna, by Julia
Butterfly Hill
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Forests of
Hope, by
Christian Küchli
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Eco-Pioneers, by Steve
Lerner
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Making a
Difference, by Amy
Irvine
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Gaviotas, by Alan Weisman
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Banker to the
Poor, by
Muhammad Yunus and Alan Jolis
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Unarmed
Bodyguards, by Liam
Mahony and Luis Enrique Eguren
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No Future Without
Forgiveness, by Desmond Tutu
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We Make the Road by
Walking,
by M. Horton and P. Freire
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Speak Truth to
Power, by
Kerry Kennedy Cuomo
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Washington, DC 20090-8072
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Go to the
Patch Adams website to learn more
http://www.patchadams.org/howhelp.htm
"The world is my country,
all mankind my brethren,
and to do good is my religion."
Thomas Paine (1737-1809)
A FORMULA FOR WORLD PEACE AND PROGRESS
An affirmation by men and women of goodwill
around the world
Men and women of goodwill in their millions, convinced
• that there is potential for good in all mankind
• that the human family can live together in right relations and at peace
• that right relationship between peoples and nations is the key to unity and
peace
• that practical goodwill is the key to right relationships
• that the energy of goodwill is the active principle of peace, justice and
progress for all humanity;
Affirm their intention
• to practice goodwill in all relationships, in all daily affairs and in all
attitudes and actions towards those of other nations, races, religions and
social backgrounds
• to support and co-operate with those in positions of influence and
responsibility who use goodwill and reason instead of force and coercion
• to encourage, publicize and work for the adoption of goodwill-in-action by
local and national groups and institutions.
Enough men and women of goodwill accepting responsibility for the establishing
of right relationships among people and between nations, and working actively
with the principles of unity and goodwill, guarantee a future of peace and
progress for the whole human race.
TRIANGLES OF LIGHT NEWSLETTER
Barbara Domalske, Editor
Copyright © 2002
http://members.tripod.com/~TOLN/index-7.html
From the Partnership for
Caring Website http://www.partnershipforcaring.org/TakeAction/action_set.html
Break the Silence
Petition
I believe in options for people at the end
of life - compassionate, humane quality care...hospice and home care...pain
management...and wide-open access to these types of care.
I support Partnership for Caring's efforts to achieve compassionate
courteous, quality care that is respectful of each individual's choices.
Please add my voice to those of others to ensure that these rights are
provided to every American:
- Relief from pain and suffering
- Courteous and compassionate treatment
- Doctors nurses and social workers
trained to give good end-of-life care and stand by me all the way
- Quality care without insurance or
managed care obstacles
- Help for my family to ease the burdens
of my illness.
Partnership for Caring
1620 Eye Street,
NW Suite 202 Washington, DC 20006
FAX: 202-296-8352
Email: pfc@partnershipforcaring.org
URL: www.partnershipforcaring.org
"Racism in its many forms is one of the chief barriers to individual fulfillment
and happiness in our own society, and a major component in wars,
persecutions, and ongoing slavery elsewhere in the world. I hope that people
will finally come to realize that there is only one 'race'--the human race--and
that we are all members of it," Margaret Atwood
Websites
The Rolling Thunder Down Home Democracy Tour
http://www.rollingthundertour.org/
Dennis Kucinich’s “Prayer for America”
www.thespiritoffreedom.com
Yes! Magazine
http://www.yesmagazine.org/
Hope Magazine
www.hopemag.com
Utne Reader
www.Utne.com
Partnership For
Caring
www.partnershipforcaring.org
Patch Adam's Website
http://www.patchadams.org
World Goodwill
http://www.lucistrust.org/goodwill
An Article
The Future is Ours…Right Human Relations and the
Legacy of Our Mothers and Fathers
by Gita Saraydarian
http://www.tsgfoundation.org/outreach/OR01May-Jun.pdf
A Mantram for Right Human
Relationship
May the Power of the one Life
pour through the group of all true servers.
May the Love of the one Soul characterize the
lives
of all who seek to aid the Great Ones.
May I fulfill my part in the one Work
through self-forgetfulness, harmlessness, and right speech.
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