I Want to Hold your Hand

I want to hold your hand. I want to give you hope. I want to remind you of the strength you have that has kept you alive and productive your whole life. I want to tell you how much you mean to me. I want to thank you for the beauty you create and generate in this world. I want to take you on a mental vacation, so you can rest and repair and relax. Smile.

I want to make you laugh, tell you a joke. Here’s one. A guy is sitting at home when he hears a knock at the door. He opens the door and sees a snail on the porch. He picks up the snail and throws it as far as he can.
Three years later, there is a knock on the door. He opens it and sees the same snail. The snail says, "What the hell was that all about?"

I want to honor your intelligence and appreciate the small things you do everyday that go unnoticed like making dinner, doing the laundry, taking care of the children, the elders, the animals.

I want to dance around the room with you, play games, swim in the river, dip our toes in the ocean. I want to remind you to rest, take a nap if you can. Sing loud in the car because when I drive by you, it’ll make me laugh. I want you to know that singing helps your spleen and balances the left right hemispheres of your brain. I want to encourage you to hold a baby, visit an elder and tell them a story.

I want to thank you for taking care of yourself. I want to acknowledge how much you contribute to community, all the events, gardens, meals, festivals, celebrations, concerts, benefits and fairs that bring us all together to enjoy our time together. I want you to know that inspite of all the terrible awful things going on in the world that there is most definitely and surely good news. Here’s some of the headlines from the Positive News out OF Bolinas CA. American Indians Granted $760 million in a class action lawsuit settlement. Teachers without Borders connecting teachers Globally to make changes locals. Slow Food movement saves a Vermont. President Obama meets with 11 young climate activists. Huge Palm Oil Company in Indonesia promises to End Deforestation and 12 year old food grower Katie Tagliano from south Carolina donates 2 tons of vegetables to homeless

I want to tell you a story about a guy who photographs individuals who normally go unseen, enlarges them to extreme gigantic sizes and plasters them to buildings to surprise and enlighten neighborhoods devastated by war, crime and poverty. His name is JR and his the winner of the 2011 TED Prize which operates under the concept; one wish to change the world. One of JR’s most recent projects was to photograph Israelis and Palestinians in the same occupations, Taxi drivers, chefs, teachers, army and to put their photos side by side on the Walls which separate the two people. This artistic action has opened so many minds to the idea that we’re not that different.

Help others.org has a smile deck that you electronically shuffle and are given instructions for actions of kindness. Clubs are for people you know, hearts are for strangers, diamonds are acts for yourself and spades are for the world. This is a terrific exercise and could be contagious.

These are just a few of the sentiments and stories that are happening at this very moment in our world. The stories that never make the front page or even the last. The stories that we don’t see on TV or hear on the mainstream radio. We are a planet of 7 billion mostly good people and it is our daily interactions, of Art, compassion, love, kindness and simplicity that very much deserve our attention. We deserve to hear it, integrate it and spread it around. Here’s a challenge. See how long you can hold a smile without laughing. Pass it on.

You can finds links to these stories at my website. Sherryglaser.net

Positive Vibrations yeah Positive

These are todays headlines:

Ecuador makes A Revolutionary Promise to Leave Oil Underground,

Happiness is a Right

Indian Tribe in Victory Over Mining Giant.

Town Goes to depths to Save Beaver family.

Think I'm making these up, nope, these are just some the headlines of the Positive News a seasonal newspaper published out of Ithaca New York. How does it make you feel to hear those headlines? Good? excited? Happy? Glad you heard them?

Do you ever notice that sometimes you turn on the radio and there's a song playing or a public affairs show starting that mean a whole lot to you? It's the law of attraction at work. It's a power that when recognized and activated can bring such pleasure and peace to one's life. It's alignment with the infinite resources that are always available to us if we ask nicely.

I've been callin' all angels lately, asking for help, guidance, support to steady my trembling heart. My prayers are being answered in so many ways. As a a political analyst, commentator and social reflector I practically merge with every piece of information good and bad that crosses my desk, screen, and path as I strive to translate current events into something palatable, logical, entertaining, even humorous so us folks can find some happiness and relief along the way. As a conduit for information I can get triggered by tragic events and even become mired in the muck. (I know that's where the lotus grows) I admit I have slipped into oblivion the last few months. With the confounded political climate, With the death of my mother and my dog, )enormous blows to my emotional balance) I've been treading water even drowning and going under pretty often. Feeling like I'm losing hold of my purpose, but, my will is strong and determined and my weekly commitment to this radio broadcast(blog) is one of my lifelines. It's the power of being able to reach out to you and connect when I lose my way. Many of you have reached out to me in kind. Thank you.

While my intention is to transform I have needed help to replenish the positive vibration in order to survive. This weekend was a culmination of those intentions. Not only was I handed the Positive Newspaper, I had the great pleasure to perform my one woman show Oh My Goddess at the Glaser Center in Santa Rosa as a benefit for the Ceres Community Project. The auspicious opportunity reflected back to me in so many creative ways that I find myself in a new consciousness today, one that many of you engaged in the laws of attraction when it comes to spiritual work, social justice and sustainability have already and daily thrive in. It's joyful. The Glaser Center( No physical relation, but a terrific spiritual one) is a Universal Unitarian non denominational Congregation that supports individuals search for truth and meaning in life. It's tenets are tolerance, social justice, unity and love. It's messages and literature fills the halls and walls. The stage itself, is inside the sanctuary where people gather every Sunday and walk through the doors, under a sign that says, "Enter in Peace". It's a suggested donation. The audience was hungry for my comedy and devoured it. In turn they filled my belly with laughter and wild applause.

We partnered with the Ceres community Project for this production. If you are not familiar with Ceres. It is a non-profit organization serving Sonoma county, started 3 and half years ago and it's mission is to restore heart centered vibrant communities, caring for one another and providing access to beautiful delicious healthy food. One manifestation of that is a community kitchen that provides a space for people to gather to cook and deliver organic, nutritional meals for people dealing with life threatening illnesses and this place has become a magnet for teenagers ,yes, teenagers who volunteer every week to cook for those who cannot cook for themselves. It's contagious energy as Ceres attracts more and more Youthful volunteers. They say the feeling of making a positive difference in someone's life is key to the feeling of hope that many of us search for. Ceres is an authentic model of a better world. It's that simple. It's good work and that breeds more of the same. So, As the days become shorter and the we enter the dark time of year I will obey the laws of attraction, be here reminding you of the light. And I know you'll do the same for me.