Brummet's Conscious Blog

-- Conscious Living Events -- Today is the annual celebration of the International Day for Tolerance , which began back in 1995, sparked by the creation of the United Nation's Year for Tolerance , and celebrations officially began in 1996. This day was set aside to promote awareness of the dangers of intolerance. The importance of this awareness day is explained by the following excerpt from the UN's Declaration of Principles on Tolerance :  " Resolving to take all positive measures necessary to promote tolerance in our societies, because tolerance is not only a cherished principle, but also a necessity for peace and for the economic and social advancement of all peoples ."  Education seems to be the key to peaceful living and includes understanding our rights, developing empathy for others, and countering hateful information that influences fear, judgment or violent behavior. Drop by the link I've supplied here and scroll down that page to find resources fo...

-- Quote of the Day -- If we could see that everything, even tragedy, is a gift in disguise, we would then find the best way to nourish the soul. ~ Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, M.D -- Prize Winners for Last Week's Contest -- Congratulations to last week's prize draw winners - Judy K., T.Wilkins & Lizanne E. - who will receive Michael Hanson's short story collection Sha'Daa , Tom Riddell's nonfiction book Pieces of My Path & Lillian Brummet's e-book: Towards Understandin g. Thank you for participating everyone! *Check out this week's prize announcement and enter before Sunday! Prize Draw Contest for Nov 16-23: Enter to win a copy of Lillian Brummet's e-book Towards Understanding - info @: www.brummet.ca & a copy of Tom Riddell's nonfiction book: Pieces of My Path (www.tomriddell.com) To enter the draw all you need to do is: Email me at: ldbrummet @ yahoo . com (remove spaces before sending) with the word "prize" in the subject line...