Speaking Truth to Power with The Everlasting Power of Love

All around the world, educated, moderate people are very concerned.

We are experiencing a global culture war.

On one side, there are the religious zealots and fanatics in all religions, all claiming they are the correct religion.

On the other end of the spectrum are the greedy and the pornographers.  

The people in the middle need to grow more educated and stronger to create a healthy, compassionate world.

Moderate, considerate people, from all faiths, races and walks of life need to come together to be more organized politically, locally, nationally and globally...

Thoughtful, Caring

People of the World...

U N I T E  &  O R G A N I Z E !

WE THE PEOPLE, OF THE WORLD,
can all compassionately challenge institutional dysfunction and create social transformation aligned with the Earth... 

We can practice doing this every day.

If something is not working at home, at work, in the community, or the world, say something about it in a respectful way. I teach Gandhi's and Martin Luther King, Jr.'s non-violent social change in Chapter 5 of 7 Keys to Love.

Dysfunctional Leadership Traits
& Uncreative Bureaucratic Behaviors

Leaders and government officials are very important, locally, nationally and globally.

It is unfortunate when leaders and government officials don't solve problems.

An example of this is I started a GLOBAL AWARENESS CAMPAIGN to stop profit-driven food commodities day-trading that creates inflation and hunger... 

We need a sustainable global food system for sustainable populations, including sustainable communities and a sustainable economic system that honors the Earth... (SEE FOOD JUSTICE HERE) ... Yet, when you approach some leaders about this issue they act like you don't exist. They play dumb and pretend capitalism is working fine, "the markets will take care of everything."

They ignore the dysfunction of the unethical or immoral business and financial practices that go rewarded:
* profit-driven food commodities day-trading leading to inflation and hunger
* the drug trade leading to massive addictions
* the banking meltdown followed by bonuses
* massive conventional weapons trade leading to child soldiers and wasting needed resources
* intellectual piracy
* military intervention instead of comprehensive dialogue, collaboration and co-creativity to solve the world’s problems

There are 23 world problems needing expert attention around our world.

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This is former World Bank Vice President Jean-François Rischard’s list of Twenty Global Issues that need to be solved in Twenty Years. He recommends that 30 world experts in each field gather for two years to make recommendations to 70 other experts in their field to come up with solutions.

SHARING OUR PLANET: Issues involving the global commons 1. Global warming 2. Biodiversity and      ecosystem losses 3. Fisheries depletion 4. Deforestation 5. Water deficits 6. Maritime safety and     pollution

SHARING OUR HUMANITY: Issues requiring global commitment 7. Massive step-up in     the fight against     poverty 8. Peacekeeping,     conflict prevention,     combating terrorism 9. Education for all 10. Global infectious       diseases 11. Digital divide 12. Natural disaster       prevention and       mitigation

SHARING OUR RULE BOOK: Issues needing a global regulatory approach 13. Reinventing taxation       for the 21st century 14. Biotechnology rules 15. Global financial       architecture 16. Illegal drugs 17. Trade, investment       and competition       rules 18. Intellectual property       rights 19. E-commerce rules 20. International labor       and migration rules

I add three more issues that need to be addressed.

21. POPULATION

22. EMPLOYMENT

23. SUSTAINABLE       COMMUNITIES

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I now tell people this…
Wake up… snap out of it!
Most Systems are Dysfunctional.
Most People are Dysfunctional.
Most People refuse to Change.

God is not the Answer.

People Changing is the Answer.

 Change your mind, feelings, words and actions.
Be the Change you want in the world!
Be the Love you want!
Be authentic, real, genuine
Be respectful
Communicate
Co-empower others
Motivate, Inspire
Inform
Collaborate
Co-create the world you want

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Other leaders just don't ignore you. Some leaders are unfriendly, negative, belligerent and insulting. They can be super game players, liars, uncollaborative, uncooperative, selfish and self-centered. They may delay helping you, not complete what they should, not take responsibility for not completing, and waste your time, energy and money.  

They hate feedback and are blind to themselves, never taking responsibility for their duysfunctional ways of being and doing things.  

When you "speak truth to power," negative leaders may try to thwart your progress. You will need to periodically pull back and recharge. If you need to:     

* Stay away from negative people

* Be compassionate with yourself

* Take good care of yourself  

* Say to yourself, I am a clearing for positive energy, peace, love and abundance in my life and the world

How can you become more powerful in the face of these game players? Use these affirmations:

* Humility saves me from humiliation

* Forgiveness saves me from resentment

* I forgive all who have harmed me or not helped me
* I release them

* I move on gently… with compassion for myself    

Keep It Simple   

Some days, things may seem overwhelming, people may seem crazy, and you can feel confused. When that happens, only do what needs to be done just for today. Stop worrying about next week, next month, next year, or the future. Only do what needs to be done today. Make a list of things to do. When you finish something on your list, check it off and feel appreciative for what you have accomplished, even if it is something very small and simple.  Keep it simple.

Be Loving to Yourself and Others
When you accomplish something, even very small, appreciate yourself. This is needed because all the social changes that we are trying to create in the world are being thwarted by people making money, or having their ego inflated when they act like big-shots, superior, important, in-control, and in power.

Faridi McFree, was an interfaith minister, visionary author of Celebrate You - Art & Affirmations for Self-Healing, and Peace Begins With You.  She was a visionary artist and creator of the The Heartoons - Cartoons with a Heart & Soul. She was a very powerful, deeply spiritual and extraordinarily creative person. She spoke truth to power to Wall Street titans and media mogels... Faridi was tireless and fearless, unstoppable and unmessable...

Her parents were from Lebanon and she always spoke lovingly of Lebanon...

This painting by Faridi McFree is in 7 Keys to Love. It is one of the most loving paintings ever created in the world...

Let Phil Collins takes us home...

to Faridi McFree's reminder 
of the everlasting power of
love in the universe...
to make our planet
one of love...  

 

Sandy Hinden affiliated the
International Network of Museums for Peace
with the UN in 2000, created the Concert for the Earth
with the UN Environment Programme in 1984, and
created the UN affiliated Universal Children’s Gardens from 1979-1985.