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Tribute To Ray Charles

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Our Shared Humanity and the Legacy of our African-American Pillars / #thisAmericanQuilt #positivedisruption #newday

"Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord." Seventy-six years ago, an experiment was conducted called the Tuskegee Experiment. As stated on the official TuskegeeAirmen.Org web site, the experiment was aimed at proving that African-Americans were able to fly and maintain combat aircraft.  1. Does the fact that there  was  seen the need of such an experiment a signal of the warped views and racial perspectives during that era, just seventy-six years ago? 2. Do the men and women who made up the Tuskegee Airmen serve as beacons of positive change? The Tuskegee Institute in Alabama was a formidable aeronautics school in the United States, but soon enough it became home base for the World War Two Tuskegee Airmen fighter-pilot wing. The Tuskegee Airmen included men and women, black and white, operating in different capacities as a team. The elite African-American pilot unit was held to the highest standards and the first class of African-American figh...

My #Adventures in #Hawaii / Appreciating our Natural Heritage #natureconservancy #USA #ohana #stewardship

My home in Oahuā€™s North shore town of Haleiwa was a 2 bedroom ā€˜shotgunā€™ plantation wood structure left over from the 1940ā€™s. It sat on a raised level just across the towns only 7-11 store on Kamehameha Highway. My backyard overlooked the pineapple fields and the massive mountain range that shoots out to Kaena Point, the most westerly tip of Oā€™ahu. While in Hawaiā€™i, I worked as a life skills trainer to a young, feral girl on the autism spectrum. On my time off, I would explore the island, surf, join bonfires on the beach and race through the pineapple fields. There was always talk of protecting the North Shoreā€™s natural environment and warding off big development was very important to the people of the town. Everyone liked the way things where. My neighbor, originally from Oregon, was an exceptional Mormon surfer guy who use to go out at midnight off Sunset Beach with a spear and long flippers to fish all alone. I was amazed he stayed alive.  A jack-of-all-trades...

Serving #EachOther Exercises the Heart & Mind / #servanthood #everyonematters #service #executivefunction #GoForthBoldly

Oscar Romero, child of God Setting time aside once a month to give back to oneā€™s community where it is needed is an exercise in humility and gratitude which is not forgotten by oneā€™s heart and mind. Does serving oneā€™s community strengthen our cognitive skills, such as our executive function abilities? Is community service therapeutic for oneā€™s heart of hears? 2.  How can parents organically do this with their family? My late-fathers congregation does something special once a month in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico. At sundown they go and feed people who are down and out. Some are local, some are from the U.S. mainland, mostly all are homeless,  heroin drug addicts  and the down and out that roam the cobble-stone streets of the city show up. Built over five hundred years ago, the walled-in and fortified city holds the seat of the islands government and preeminence as the epicenter of the islandā€™s culture. The youth skateboard area is not far in ā€˜Bal...

Unleash Your Heart In Service / #servantleadership #community #specialeducation #youth #success

"Practicing kindness and selflessness, you naturally align your life with the integral way." Lao Tzu, Hua Hu Ching Moments come and go, seasons change, opportunity flies by. What is all that matters? Is it important for the heart to live in accordance with God's will?  When I was fifteen I got on my knees and pleaded with the Lord to make me a Field General in his army. I wanted my life to count for something and understood that I was making a decision to forfeit a life of security and relative comfort in giving myself to the Lord.  Now I realize that he has been drawing me to him, rather than me approaching him on my own volition. In a world where the definition of success appears to be connected to money, my kind of success finds no ground to rest on, save in the eyes of God. In working with typical children and those with special needs, I recognize the value I bring to positively shifting lives. I bring hope, encouragement, enthusiasm, kindness and instruction...

Empty Clouds of Paper Stardom Can Become Full-On Forces Of Love / #servantleadership #thisAmericanQuilt #insideout

Man that lives for himself is of no use to mankind or God. Man that cares not for the plight and well-being of others forgets the commandment to love and treat others as we want to be loved and treated. Certain springs of energy in our America society push the notion in America that we must get our own and demonstrate an aggressive approach in how we go about attaining our success. God's word sais that this kind of posturing is like empty clouds passing by that may seem to bring shade for a season to others, yet drop no water.  Do nationally-recognized singers, entertainers acknowledge the gravity of influence that their words have on the psyche of their fan base? Taking to task well-springs which influence the hearts and minds of American youth Find your voice, find your tempo, begin to sing and pique the intellectual process of others, rather than devolve your profession into name-calling and empty-swag backed by nothing. Should irresponsible artists be allowed to r...

One Perfect Day in New York City / Lido Beach 9/15/16 / @SurfersHealing

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