What can we do today to oppose global atrocities and violence?

[marions ghost]

2. "Ripple of change"

I like that.

Acting together, even though we may be far apart in physical reality--is a powerful tool and ease of communication gives us more possibilities for using that tool effectively.

For those who think symbolic protests and vigils don't change things--can we put aside our collective cynicism --born of experience--and see it as a starting point, an impulse to action rather than ignoring?

In the face of the global horrors we are witnessing can we imagine something better, can we send forth a conscious projection for new and better solutions? Can we restrict our consumption to send a strong message to the political and corporate entities that pit us against each other for their own gain? Can we tell them we have had enough of this insanity? How do we dismantle the war-making machine that defines our own national intentions?

One thing we know-- these wars, these unspeakable acts of violence in this country and around the world, these atrocities of human against human--these are the ways of our barbaric past. These ways are holding us all back and hurting all of us, as we watch helplessly while others suffer needlessly.

How do we create a new future? How do we change this negative and primitive behavior? We start where we are.

Thank you hopemountain.