GottaLoveMom: October 2013

Why I Love To Walk #zenwalk

There are various forms of exercise and walking is one of the ways you can be healthy - mind, body and soul.

I love to walk. Walking is simple. A daily walk is one of the ingredients in my happy, simple life recipe.

For 18 years, I've seen my elderly neighbor walk every single day. And it doesn't matter if she's walking by herself in the winter, spring, summer or fall.

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, by Jenjen Furer

Events

If you can make a difference in the world with one click, would you? Vote for A Liter of Light

“My life amounts to no more than one drop in a limitless ocean. Yet what is any ocean, but a multitude of drops?” ~ David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas

What if you can make a difference in someone's life, or better yet, to millions of people, just by voting through Face Book?

I know what you're thinking, "It's another one of those Face Book voting awards!"

However, this time, your vote will help bring more light to communities around the world, especially in the poor neighborhood.

(photo credit: Michael-Rex of Elaphance.com)

We take for granted the luxuries we are blessed to have. Other families don't even have access to basic needs such as light.

Illiac Diaz, a social entrepreneur, hopes to bring clean, affordable light to millions of homes in the Philippines and other under privileged areas using recycled plastic bottles. He's empowering people to create - be independent!

Here's the article written by Fred Sam Lazaro as publishedin PBS.org:

Filipino-Italian Illac Diaz began a project called Liter of Light to do two things in his home country: provide light to those who need it and recycle otherwise useless trash.

The project uses empty one liter soft drink bottles in numerous ways, most commonly filling them with water and a little bleach and fitting these into the tin-roofs across the slums of Manila and other places. The refraction brings light into these very dark dwellings, accomplishing electricity savings and re-using tons of plastic that would otherwise go to landfills or worse.

Now, you, too, can help make a difference just by Voting on Facebook for the Liter of Light forthe Sustainia Awards! ( Remember: Oct 31, 2013 is the last day to vote!)

VOTE HERE

1) Log-in to your Facebook account.

2) LIKE the Sustainia page FIRST (on the right top hand corner)

2) Scroll down and you'll a short description of "Liter of Light". Mark the VOTE box .

3) And if you feel like telling your friends to vote, Invite them to Like the Page.

This award is headed by Arnold Schwarzenegger and the chair of the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Dr. Rajendra Pachauri.

Here are a few related articles about Illac Diaz III and the Liter of Light

A Liter of Light website

Rappler: Q&A: Illac Diaz, Innovator

PhilStar: Changing the World, One Bottle At A Time

How Can Plastic Bottles Light A Million Homes; TEDx

Dream BIG and keep smiling.

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, by Jenjen Furer

motherhood

What do you want to be when you grow up?

"Do you know what you want to be when you grow up?"

"Who says I want to grow up?"

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, by Jenjen Furer

relationships

Praying for World Peace, Short Shorts and the Holy Rosary

What do you pray for?

I was headed to church when my son asked me what I pray for.

"I say thank you for what we have and guidance for what is to come. Sometimes I add a little bit of requests such as good health, jobs, and silly things like passing a test." I said.

"You mean you don't pray for world peace?" my son asked.

"Not necessarily. I assume God already knows that we want world peace." I answered.

"Mom, that's why there's so much violence and wars going on. You're not specifically praying for world peace," my son exclaimed.

"Nah. I pray and thank God for His graces. World peace is a given, I don't think I need to enumerate every requests, do I? " I asked.

This conversation went on back and forth, so I decided to agree to specifically pray for world peace.

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, by Jenjen Furer