Once in a while, you might hear some news that scares
\nor angers you, even if you’re trying only to put your
\nattention on what you want instead of what you don’t
\nwant. These are thoughts that came after learning about
\nthe terrorist attack in Paris.<\/p>\n
“What if you held a war, and nobody came?”<\/p>\n
Compare these two people:<\/p>\n
One feels special and cherished, smart, safe,
\n empowered, free, respected for his choices,
\n financially rewarded for contributing his talents
\n and unique gifts, busy doing what he loves,
\n a valued part of a family and community that is
\n valued in his country and the world.<\/p>\n
The other feels alone, rejected, objectified,
\n hated, threatened, disenfranchised, bored, the
\n object of prejudice and violence, powerless to
\n earn a living doing anything legal, disadvantaged,
\n an unwelcome part of a family, or part of a family
\n or community that is unwelcome in his country and
\n the world.<\/p>\n
Which one do you think is more likely to be attracted
\nto finding a sense of importance and belonging by
\njoining a violent gang or a terrorist group?<\/p>\n
What if, instead of responding to terrorism with a
\ncampaign of violence, a community or a nation responded
\nby welcoming, respecting, loving, and celebrating
\neveryone, especially those at risk? What if everyone’s
\nbirthday was equally celebrated? <\/p>\n
What if nobody wanted to join a terrorist group because
\nthey were busily and happily doing something else?<\/p>\n
I found this story inspiring:<\/p>\n
http:\/\/sputniknews.com\/interviews\/20141205\/1015545942.html<\/a><\/p>\n If you have “yeah, but…” thoughts about the role of Your creative thoughts about creating a safer, happier Once in a while, you might hear some news that scares or angers you, even if you’re trying only to put your attention on what you want instead of what you don’t want. These are thoughts that came after learning about the terrorist attack in Paris. “What if you held a war, and nobody came?”… Continue reading A Different Way of Belonging<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,22,12],"tags":[30,29,28],"class_list":["post-1041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-healing","category-law-of-attraction","category-love-and-relationships","tag-belonging","tag-peace","tag-terrorism","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/happyhealthsystem.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/happyhealthsystem.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/happyhealthsystem.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/happyhealthsystem.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/happyhealthsystem.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1041"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/happyhealthsystem.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1041\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1050,"href":"http:\/\/happyhealthsystem.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1041\/revisions\/1050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/happyhealthsystem.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/happyhealthsystem.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/happyhealthsystem.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nIslam in terrorism, I recommend this letter:<\/p>\n
\nhttp:\/\/time.com\/3662152\/kareem-abdul-jabbar-paris-charlie-hebdo-terrorist-attacks-are-not-about-religion\/<\/a><\/p>\n
\nworld?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"