Brummet's Conscious Blog

Recommended Resources It is not what happens to you, but how you view it… the stories we tell ourselves about what happened – we could focus and stress and tell ourselves all sorts of stories about how awful or mean or spiteful or greedy or unjust or hurtful something was. Or we can tell a different story. Yep that happened and it sucked – big time. But does it have to become something we hang onto? …and how long will we continue to hurt ourselves day after day, year after year? That event happened an hour ago, a day ago or 10 years ago. It was over moments after it happened. What we tell ourselves about it is where we can reclaim the power. https://www.ted.com/talks/matt_weinstein_what_bernie_madoff_couldn_t_steal_from_me -- Compassion, empathy, inclusion, accepting... this is what teens need more than anything - especially when they are feeling perceived as "different" or "unusual". https://www.ted.com/talks/joel_burns_tells_gay_teens_it_gets_better -- With ...

-- Recommended Resources --  Three more amazing resources for you to check out, and hopefully - share... -- Healthy creeks, streams, marshes, and other water sources that are often found near communities is essential for wildlife. Protecting and restoring those waterways is not as hard as it may sound and can have a huge impact on the local economy as well. Find out more via this fantastic article written by Tom Spencer and published on the World Wildlife Federation’s blog: http://blog.nwf.org/2018/06/healthy-creeks-and-streams-help-urban-wildlife/?s_email_id=201808_GFW_newsletter_August2018|MTMemHab -- https://www.facebook.com/OWLRehab/ http://www.owlrehab.org/ Orphaned Wildlife Rehabilitation Society is a non-profit animal sanctuary whose staff & volunteers are dedicated to the rehabilitation and release of raptors. Located in Delta, BC (Canada) Well stocked gift shop offers various owl and eagle stuffies, t-shirts, hoodi...

Positive News ShorelineCleanup.ca – did you know that volunteers working with the Shoreline Cleanup organization picked up over 191,000 plastic items on Canadian shorelines in 2016?  Kudos to the amazing efforts by these individuals! Anyone can lend a hand on this, at any time simply by cleaning up litter where ever they happen to find it.  Up to 80% of the litter on land finds its way to streams and creeks, then travels on to rivers and oceans. Much of what we see along our streets and parking lots is blown great distances by the natural and traffic-caused winds. Start where you are – so start where you are living; changing the interior habits of dealing with waste (recycling, returnables, donations, resale etc.) then working out in small circles from there. The first 'circle' might be scouring your own yard, the second 'circle' might include the alley and streets connected to your yard, then your neighbourhood and so on....