Brummet's Conscious Blog

-- Quote of the Day -- I am fundamentally an optimist. Whether that comes from nature or nurture, I cannot say. Part of being optimistic is keeping one's head pointed toward the sun, one's feet moving forward. There were many dark moments when my faith in humanity was sorely tested, but I would not and could not give myself up to despair. That way lays defeat and death.” ~Nelson Mandela -- Positive News -- Miracle-kids.net has a wonderful program ( Hand to Paw ) going in the US that is helping young people from a troubled past make a difference by caring for homeless animals. The youth learn how to love and care for other living beings, grow a healthy respect for volunteering and nonprofit organizations, and increase the content on their resume by developing new skills and gaining work experience. Since many animal related fields accept volunteer work experience as valid entry skill training, and this eases their acceptance into a wide array o...

 *Today's article comes to us from: Jill Jepson - author of over seventy articles and three books, including Writing as a Sacred Path: A Practical Guide to Writing with Passion and Purpose. She edits The Whirlwind Review , an online literary journal focusing on writing and spirituality ( www.writingthewhirlwind.net ). Her Writing as a Sacred Path Blog can be read at writingasasacredpath.blogspot.com . Animal Advocacy as a Writer What does being a vegetarian and an animal advocate this have to do with writing? My answer: Everything.  I’m not saying that every writer needs to start writing about animal rights, or that they should all become vegetarians. I’m just saying that, to be writers, we must have an awareness of animal suffering in the way that we must have an awareness of human suffering. It comes with the job, if you’re going to do the job right. Why do animals matter? And, more to the point of this blog, why do animals matter to...