S: Is for speaking your truths

Referred to as a modern-day shaman, a Mother Teresa for the ‘90s and Hollywood’s answer to God Marianne Williamson is a voice in a sometimes silent world. A spiritual activist, author, lecturer and founder of the The Peace Alliance, a campaign supporting legislation currently before Congress to establish the United States Department of Peace, Williamson always speaks for Peace. Associated with the urban myth of Nelson Mandela's 1994 inauguration speech.It was Mendella who quoted Williamson. That was the quote I used in yesterdays column. The press has condemned yet failed to credit her for working with AIDS,cancer patients and the homeless on L.A.'s streets. The Centers for Living, is her organization dedicated to providing home-delivered care for people with life-threatening diseases. In 1989, she founded Project Angel Food, a meals-on-wheels program that serves home bound people with AIDS in the Los Angeles area. Today, Project Angel Food serves over 1,000 people daily. Her debut novel A Return to Love starts "The journey into darkness has been long and cruel, and you have gone deep into it. What happened to my generation is that we never grew up. The problem isn't that we're lost or apathetic, narcissistic or materialistic. The problem is we're terrified." Having published 9 critically acclaimed books, four of which have had extended runs on the Times best seller list. In December 2006, NEWSWEEK magazine named Marianne one of the fifty most influential baby boomers. 1st known for her talks on A Course in Miracles, a step-by-step method for choosing love over fear. Marianne has been a popular guest on numerous television programs such as Oprah, Larry King Live, Good Morning America, and Charlie Rose. Marianne's newest professional venture is her own radio show, airing on the new XM Radio block called 'Oprah and Friends'. Her passion now is worldwide peace. On February 3 – 5 of this year she lead the Peace Alliance, a conference in Washington DC campaigning for legislation to create a US Dept. of Peace. She spoke to sold out audiences with Joaquin Phoenix, Steven Tyler and Deepak Chopra lending their support. They reach a multitude arranging for over 250 meetings and conferences. Peace is a dynamic process of nonviolent social interaction that results in security for all members of a society. www.thepeacealliance.org is the website where you can join in and make a difference. Violence is a fire that is threatening to engulf us, and we need not stand by. After Katrina Williamson stated “Something very important is happening here. Something more than a hurricane, or the suffering of thousands who were neglected by their government during a time of great need. Most worldly occurrences reflect deeper truths. What is happening is a gigantic reckoning, as Americans are forced to come to terms with how very, very naked is the Emperor who we thought had such incredible clothes”. Iraq’s tragedy spanned “There is nothing strong about rushing into a unilateral war based on faulty intelligence, thereby squandering the resources necessary with which to take care of your own people; there is nothing protective about a government that apparently didn’t monitor events on the ground in New Orleans any better, in fact, less! The president prides himself on running the government like a well-run business. That of course makes him the chief executive. And if the government failed, then he failed. (In the Bush's Regine we are 3 trillion in debt with 2 wars and 2 more on the horizon would a Board of Directors keep him on as CEO with Cheney as Chairman or would they be fired by for lack of profitability and squandering resources?)
Fool us once, and maybe their tricks were dirty; fool us twice, maybe their PR was too good; fool us now, and perhaps we just deserve to be fooled. From war to hurricanes, the alarm bells of needless human suffering are going off everywhere. A nation who refuses to wake up at this point is in a dangerous slumber. The nightmares are upon us now. They will remain until our eyes are opened and we have awakened to the truth.”
As we end this week of people over 40 making a difference I urge everyone no matter what your age is to take an active part on what is going on, Use your voices and soon we can make a noticeable difference. And that is a F.A.C.T.