If you had to lose your vision, what would you look at today?
Honestly, the first answer that came to me:
I would look at Farland's exquisite blog!
A feast for more than just the eyes ...
Honestly, the first answer that came to me:
I would look at Farland's exquisite blog!
A feast for more than just the eyes ...
Her wider invitation to the entire world population is to ask everyone to switch their mobile phones to silent mode for some time on the day, and to just take 3 minutes to allow their minds to also fall quiet.
This is why:
The idea of Sharing in Stillness is how Just This Day was born:
Just This Day was started by a mother, grandmother, teacher and student. Approaching her sixtieth year, Elizabeth found the divisions in families, societies, nations and even between religions and faiths, deeply sad. "Surely" she thought "this is not how we were designed to live?"
"If life has taught me anything, it is that fundamentally everybody is the same in wishing for happiness for themselves and those they love. If that circle is extended, the wish for happiness for others must expand with it."
The idea for Just This Day came to Elizabeth from two clear observations. First, that stillness exists. Second, when a person or a group of people are still, the power of that stillness has a tangible, palpable and positive effect.
To sit or be still knowing that the circle of well wishers of the world was your family, will she believes, be more powerful than any amount of political debate, more effective than any action.
Imagine what the effect of being still on Just This Day with thousands of other people could have? It is something anybody, whatever nationality, race, religion, age or gender can do.
The idea of joining together as a worldwide family on November 28th has already received a clear and positive response. This is something we CAN all do. We can allow ourselves to believe that there is a real possibility that by joining humanity in stillness we can make a difference.