Some of you may have seen the video on U-tube of the young boy who addressed the teachers' conference in Texas recently. His words were powerful as he asked the teachers, "Do you believe in me? Do you believe in my classmates?" What was so moving about his questions was that they touched into the fundamental piece that is missing from our educational system as well as our culture as a whole. When people are raised in a society that is based on competition, believing in each other and holding each other's dreams in our hearts are foreign concepts. Children today are painfully aware of the separation in our world and they wish to heal it.
We have come to the end of the time when individualism and self-absorption at the cost of others is a workable strategy for success. The time that we are moving into requires us to understand our connection, not only to the other people who inhabit the planet, but to everything in the universe.

Connection 101 will be a required course in pre-school, for parents, for educators, for politicians, for leaders, for business people, for inventors, for scientists, and for all humans in the not too distant future. If it is not, we are not likely to be around on the Earth much longer. She says that we must learn to play fair in the sandbox of life with respect for all those playing with us - or we will not be allowed to play any longer.

Each one of us can join the consciousness change in progress as we make choices in our own lives. We can ask ourselves what we can do each day that supports our own dreams as well as those of others. We can walk in nature and ask what the trees, plants, animals and Earth herself need us to do to respect and support their existence. We can examine the chatter that goes on in our heads to see if it is respectful and supportive of others and ourselves, and change it if necessary.

Most of all we can believe - in our dreams, in the dreams of others, in the most amazing and beautiful world that we are part of. When our hearts are filled up with believing there will be no room for wars and conflicts, no room for abuse and violence, no room for anyone feeling less or more than anyone else. Beauty and harmony will surround us and love will rule the planet once more. As we look into each other's eyes, we will feel without its even being spoken, the belief that we have in each other.

I believe in you! I believe in your dreams and your inherent value to the world. Please believe in me.

Connection creates
A space to heal when I say
"I believe in you"

If you have comments on this newsletter or ideas for future topics, call Linda Heron Wind at (585) 924-5620 or send e-mail to LHWind@aol.com.

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