Ok, so this is a week early but it's message is timeless so I share it now.


Today is not HAPPY mothers day. It's mothers day. A day to remember and honor mothers.

All mothers.

 I contend parenting is the hardest job in the world, bar none. I honor everyone that accidentally ( a great majority) or on purpose, took on the job. We are all worthy of respect for even trying to work it out in this crazy world.

There are many mothers out there that may not be so proud of there handiwork, feeling less than successful at what they attempted. Yes, the card isles are full of appreciation for the great mothers who rode out all the obstacles and won, but this mother's day blessing is for the ones who tried and  feel like they failed; Sometimes miserably. I honor and bless those mothers today.

I honor the ones who tried to get it all "right" and ended up with their offspring all "wrong" in every conceivable way they couldn't  ever even have imagined. I honor the ones who doted on and provided for ungrateful kids that never see it. I honor the ones who watched their little ones fledge and never saw them again as they crashed upon the hardest circumstances that life offers. I honor all the ones who watch over the suffering of their children and don't have the resources to help them. I honor all those mothers who never had the tools from their own past and  so never had a clue about how to raise up healthy children. I honor those that stayed the course and those who jumped ship.

I honor every  mother. I bless you all, and I thank you. You may have no idea how brave and courageous and wonderful and amazing you are but I do. And so I bless you, and hope that someday soon, you too will see your greatness.

How everyone can help Myanmar - release the need to punish.

This short podcast reflects a huge step forward that humanity can take as power is removed from those who have wielded it to harm others, to truly bring peace on earth.

http://media.podcastingmanager.com/90716-83959/Media/burma.mp3

This is a very under-reported perspective on the China quake...one with global ramifications.

Mianyang, where devastation has been widespread in the recent earthquake, is the center for the nuclear arms research program in China. It contains facilities and laboratories comparable  to the US's  Los Alamos. Nuclear experts say that not far north from there are tunnels in the sides of mountains where nuclear arsenals are stored. “It’s very close to the epicenter,” said one specialist, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because, to the best of his knowledge, the exact location of the secret complex had never been publicly disclosed.

More information is available here