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As One Friend Posts, "We Need to Get Real about Car Safety for Kids, not leaving kids in a car by mistake and more"

on Tue, 08/13/2019 - 01:59
So far in early August in the USA, there have been 39 deaths of children left or found in cars (some that they get into on their own, so an important reason to check cars often before and after using them and to lock the car and keep windows and doors closed to prevent someone from climbing in to hide etc.) Safety advocates are promoting better standards for the auto industry yet more can be done by parents, drivers and communities at large in every state.
 
We could promote having a Doll or Toy large enough (and with a tee shirt with the child's name on it) that a person puts in the car seat

A Passing Storm Spurs Many Messages From Another Realm

on Fri, 08/09/2019 - 00:01

I had a young friend roll some story blocks a few times (a new chapter each time)..and made up a story in a few minutes about a bridge waving to a rainbow, then a powerful force freezing the rainbow..but in the end after the advice of a question mark was honored by a chance helpful entity needing guidance (eating an apple and looking in all directions, including up and down, side to side and actually moving one's head when doing so) the spell was broken...

That was around 3 pm today. Hope all are safe and our 'storm stories' are over for the day...

Even as I heard the start of the

The Power of Chillin' Out

on Thu, 08/08/2019 - 16:33

This morning I read the first 58 pages of Real Happiness, The Power of Meditation by Sharon Salzberg (author of Lovingkindness), a 28 -day program. I found it helpful to hear from someone whose taught thousands of people from all walks of life in part through the Insight Meditation Society she co-founded with Jack Kornfield and Joseph Goldstein.

The basic idea for starters is to appreciate that many people benefit from being able to 'calm down and tune into' their very own breathing in (slowly) and out (also slowly) ideally for 20 minutes a day in a  consistent quiet place at a regular time.

The Beauty of Love and Teamwork in Life Overcoming The Beast of Problems In Our Lives and World

on Mon, 08/05/2019 - 13:43
When one is dreaming you may have time to say things you can't find a way to say when awake or directly to a person. I had one of those dreams last night and it felt good to get my points across. When I woke up I realized 'it wasn't real' but it was very therapeutic and inspiring.
 
That's how much of the writing I do on livfully.org turns out for me and I would imagine many others because I wonder out loud "What IF" and don't worry about 'reality, whether past, present,future or this planet or inhabitants of the next.'
 
Not many mainstream media allow for such 'creative flow, discovery,

Grateful a Mom Shared the Story of Her Child's 2nd Chance Due to 1st Aid!

on Mon, 08/05/2019 - 02:46
Likely everyone has seen or heard of a young child 'slipping under the water'...playing in the water then struggling or otherwise taking water in the next (sometimes Not Struggling, as in this case. ) Thankfully this child was revived..How cool is that and such a gift!
 
Thankfully the people Knew CPR and were ready to use it (the friend of the mom, both nurses..but the Mom was panicking...realizing her son was underwater when she'd helped another child get ready to swim.) A Mom named Maribeth shared how one of her 5 year old twin boys, Adam  was saved by a her nurse friend after he slipped

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