"Let every individual and institution now think and act as a responsible trustee of Earth, seeking choices in ecology, economics and ethics that will provide a sustainable future, eliminate pollution, poverty and violence, awaken the wonder of life and foster peaceful progress in the human adventure."
- John McConnell, founder of International Earth Day
RIGHT NOW, and then again tomorrow and then again the next day and on it goes day after day,
1/2 OF THE WORLD lives on LESS THAN 2 DOLLARS each day.
Psalm 27:4
One thing I ask of the LORD, this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD and to seek him in his temple.
Do all you can and don't worry about the odds against you. Wield the miracle of life's energy, never worrying whether we fail, concerned only that whether we fail or succeed we do so with all our might. That's all we need to know to feel certain that all our force of diligent effort is worth our while on Earth.
Carl Safina, Voyage of the Turtle
We try to play a nine round every weekend, to help make it a tradition, plus dominoes is really a great strategy game. I am teaching the girls each round strategies and the full nine round strategies.
So far each of the girls have won a round or two, but none of them have won the entire nine round. The round always goes to the lowest number, and so far it has been me. It is a great way for Tuki to learn in a confined environment to lose, she is a terrible loser, but on the flip side she is also a terrible winner...brags etc., so hopefully she will learn to relax and not be so moody when or if she loses and win with grace. Life is full of winning and losing, as we all know. Mim and Ve are ok either way, but they play to win too. I tell the girls I will be happy when they beat an all out, then I know that they are playing with their minds, with problem solving, some strategy etc.,and fun as well Once three months are up, the overall winner will pick the restaurant of choice. Then we will start another game session with another game, maybe garbage, maybe trouble, whatever the girls pick for three months.
You can see how hard they focus..plus it is something we all plan for so we plan to spend this quality time together in a busy schedule.
Today was Tuki's 7th year home, we celebrated after our semi-annual Ecycle drive this morning. We went out to eat at the Golden Corral....Tuki's favorite..all you can eat.
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