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I Am Because We Are
Kamran Mofid Born on 16 March 1952, Tehran
‘If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.’- Meister Eckhart
‘Your lamp was lit from another lamp. All God wants is your gratitude for that.’- Rumi
‘i am so glad and very
i am through you so i’ -e.e. Cummings
The twelfth-century Chinese poet, Lu Yu, offers this portrait of the old man in his poem "Written in a Carefree Mood":
‘Old man pushing seventy,
In truth he acts like a little boy,
Whooping with delight when he spies some mountain fruits,
Laughing with joy, tagging after village mummers;
With the others having fun stacking tiles to make a pagoda,
Standing alone staring at his image in the jardinière pool.
Tucked under his arm, a battered book to read,
Just like the time he first set out to school.’
I am Grateful for the Gift of Life
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FALLING IN LOVE WITH MOTHER EARTH
'We and the Earth are One'- Thich Nhat Hanh
Milford Sound, New Zealand, one of the world's most stunning natural wonder.-Photo: istock
A recent authoritative report has estimated that the world spends 6,000 times more on environmentally harmful subsidies than on carbon offsets. Indeed, the global value of governmental support for the most polluting industries—fossil fuels, agriculture, forestry, water, construction, transport, and marine capture fisheries—is estimated to be over $1.8 trillion per year.
This selfish act of Fake Economics, in pursuit of equally Fake Greenwashing, is having a tragic impact on the lives, health, wellbeing, as well as the rights of people and mother earth in many parts of the world, in countless countries and regions.
Children, men and women, young and old are digging and dying to satisfy our appetite for ‘Green’ devices and electric cars. The entire web of life is in pain and agony. They are calling us: “We are dying. There is no food. Our fish are dead. Our trees are dead. We can’t take it any longer.”
We must not remain desensitised to the tragedy that is unfolding everywhere around us as we go on ‘GREENING’.
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The Scream by Edvard Munch, 1893. Photo: Via The Guardian
I wonder if you are feeling like I do, sick and fed up hearing about Boris Johnson, his lies, cheats and corrupt ways and means, or the NATO and in particular the US and the UK wanting to save, protect, and rescue Ukraine like they did Afghanistan!
To save my sanity, I have posted two lovely and inspiring pieces on our website.
So, if you too, are fed up with the dominant unhealthy media, then, have a look below:
‘Hope is a thing with feathers’
Life, endangered mother nature and the cult of busyness
GCGI: The Pathway to HOPE
In this troubled world the path of hope will save us
‘It is hope that can give meaning to life and which will give us the courage to continue on our way into the future together.’
Photo: ‘Golden eye’ by Andrew Gittos. The winning photo of the BBC’s Countryfile Calendar for 2022
Our Path of Hope is about many things. It is about challenging the norm. It is about volunteerism and service. It is about serving our communities, our world, and caring for our planet, our home. It is about finding out more about ourselves than we ever imagined possible. It is about having a dream. It is about a mission and our vocation in life. It is about believing in our journey and stories. It is all about hope.
A Pick from our Archive
In Search of a Better Tomorrow: Reasons for Hope In Times of Uncertainty
In a world that seems so troubled, how do we hold on to hope?
Healing the world as if the web of life mattered: In Praise of Ancient Wisdom
Life is too short not to live it simpler
New Year calls us to hope beyond despair and light beyond darkness
Mother Earth is Crying: A Path to Spiritual Ecology and Sustainability
'Nature and Me'-Part I: Educating the Heart and the Soul of Children to Build a Better World
'Nature and Me'-Part II: ‘A new guide to strengthening the relationship between people and nature.’
Nature and Me'-Part III: ‘This is it! The moment so many of you have been waiting for…’
'Nature and Me'- Part IV: Nature to Heal the World
‘Nature and Me'- Part V:A Beautiful and Inspiring Path to repair our relationship with life
‘Nature and Me’: ‘Nature as a Cure for the Sickness of Modern Times’
‘Nature and Me’: ‘200 words to protect the planet’
'Nature and Me': Unlocking a New Vision for a Better World
'Nature and Me': Educating the Heart and the Soul of Children to Build a Better World
‘Nature and Me’: A Beautiful and Inspiring Path to repair our relationship with life
A Joy Forever: John Keats' poetry lives on 200 years after his death
Detaching Nature from Economics is ‘Burning the Library of Life’
Desperately seeking Sophia: The Wisdom of Nature
Embrace the Spirituality of the Autumn Equinox and Discover What it Means to be Human
Season of Creation: Walking Together, Sowing Seeds of Hope
Land As Our Teacher: Rhythms of Nature Ushering in a Better World
On the 250th Birthday of William Wordsworth Let Nature be our Wisest Teacher
Celebrating the joyous Spring with Hopkins and Wordsworth
In a world that seems so troubled, how do we hold on to hope?
The beauty of living simply: the forgotten wisdom of William Morris
The Time is Now for Values-led Education to Make the World Truly Better and Great Again
In Search of a Better Tomorrow: Reasons for Hope In Times of Uncertainty
The IPCC Report- I Refuse to give up Hope: Earth Is A Mother that Never Dies
Season of Creation: Walking Together, Sowing Seeds of Hope
‘Open our minds and touch our hearts, so we may be attentive to Your gift of creation’
Spirituality and Environmentalism: Healing Ourselves and our Troubled World
I went to the woods to live deliberately- Henry David Thoreau
In this troubled world let the beauty of nature and simple life be our greatest teachers
Are you physically and emotionally drained? I know of a good solution!
Economic Growth: The Index of Misery
The Wisdom of Compassion: The path to Peace, Contentment and Well-being
Our Heritage is Arboreal and interwoven with the Life of Trees, OUR BEST ALLY FOR THE CLIMATE
Towards COP26: Education to Heal the World
Make COP26 The Dawn of a New Beginning
Crisis after Crisis: Ten Steps to Save the World
GCGI is our journey of hope and the sweet fruit of a labour of love. It is free to access, and it is ad-free too. We spend hundreds of hours, volunteering our labour and time, spreading the word about what is good and what matters most. If you think that's a worthy mission, as we do—one with powerful leverage to make the world a better place—then, please consider offering your moral and spiritual support by joining our circle of friends, spreading the word about the GCGI and forwarding the website to all those who may be interested.
Mindfulness - Glass ball in girls hand during sunset at the beach. Photo: Marco Verch