Hello Super-Stars! I hope you are all doing well. December 1st is designated as World AIDS Day. This virus continues to plague millions of people around the world and many organizations are contributing in unparalleled ways to bring those who have the disease, and their family members, the various help they need just to survive another day. Many advances have been made in research and development to fight this dreaded ailment, but neither a cure nor a vaccine have as yet been discovered. Although, the advances in the pharmaceutical arena are offering hope for longer lives through proper medication combinations, these drugs do not work for everyone and AIDS is still a life-threatening diagnoses.
As a gay woman, I have seen first-hand the ravaging affects AIDS has had on my friends and the GLBT (Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered) community as a whole. I have lost all my male friends from the 1980's era to the disease and I am very proactive in talking to the new friends I am making to ask them to please practice safe sex...all the time...every time! I will also tell you now that all people, gay or straight, should be doing the same...knowledge is power and I implore you to be informed and stay safe from all sexually transmitted diseases. You have the power to make a difference by being safe.
Please take the time to learn more about how you might help local organizations provide the services that are so desperately needed by so many. In these economically challenging times, the services these people depend upon are being compromised by budgets that are strained to their limits. A small donation, or even an hour of your time would mean so much to the people in need. I know that together we can make a difference...we're Super-Stars!
Please forward this posting to all your friends in order to help get this very important message out. THANK YOU!!!
Think - Live - Be - A Super-Star!
In love & light and, with much appreciation,
Glenna :-)
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Happy Thanksgiving!
Hello Super-Stars! I hope you are all doing well. Happy Thanksgiving! Thank you for supporting and sharing the Super-Star message; I appreciate all you do to help make this a better world for us all. Now that the holiday season is truly upon us, life will likely be hectic for a couple of months...don't let this discourage you...take the time to be thankful for all the good things in the world and put a positive twist on all you think, say and do...you make a difference everyday! Believe!
As you spend time with family and friends, celebrating the holidays, please take the time to look around at all of the splendor that is your life. Think about how all these people affect your life and, how you affect theirs. This time of year is especially important to really see the glory of your life, to realize the true impact your very presence makes and to be thankful for all of the blessings - big and small - that are an inherent part of who you are now and, how these things are shaping the person you are yet to be. Believe!
Shine in the Light of the holidays! Share the Light of the Super-Star ideals in your every thought, word and action...give thanks to all whom you encounter. Encourage the less fortunate with your Super-Star Light. Give the gift of a smile and laughter. Drop pennies here and there for children to find as a gift of luck. Give yourself, and others, the gift of forgiveness. Find ways to brighten a person's day. The gift of your love will always be treasured by those who receive it; hold the love they return close and cherish its warmth on a cold day. These are all things to be thankful for...BELIEVE!!!
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!
Think - Live - Be - A Super-Star!
In love & light and, with much appreciation,
Glenna :-)
As you spend time with family and friends, celebrating the holidays, please take the time to look around at all of the splendor that is your life. Think about how all these people affect your life and, how you affect theirs. This time of year is especially important to really see the glory of your life, to realize the true impact your very presence makes and to be thankful for all of the blessings - big and small - that are an inherent part of who you are now and, how these things are shaping the person you are yet to be. Believe!
Shine in the Light of the holidays! Share the Light of the Super-Star ideals in your every thought, word and action...give thanks to all whom you encounter. Encourage the less fortunate with your Super-Star Light. Give the gift of a smile and laughter. Drop pennies here and there for children to find as a gift of luck. Give yourself, and others, the gift of forgiveness. Find ways to brighten a person's day. The gift of your love will always be treasured by those who receive it; hold the love they return close and cherish its warmth on a cold day. These are all things to be thankful for...BELIEVE!!!
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!
Think - Live - Be - A Super-Star!
In love & light and, with much appreciation,
Glenna :-)
Friday, November 21, 2008
Understanding and Compassion
Hello Super-Stars! I hope you are all doing well. Understanding and Compassion, the first of the Super-Star acronym's ideals, are important parts of the broader mission, however, they are not limited to how we treat others...but, also to how we treat ourselves. It is paramount to the overall impact these attributes have on our everyday lives in how we project and use these qualities for their best effect and outcome. How do we become understanding and compassionate beings if we do not offer ourselves the same consideration? How, in this ever increasingly busy world, do we take the time to be understanding and compassionate? Why is it so important that we do indeed incorporate these qualities into good habits and act without conscious thought as a result?
It is easy to believe that we are such people...those who take the time needed without thought to our own schedules...to help others. When we become focused on making understanding and compassion an integral part of who we are, it becomes second nature to be available when someone needs a shoulder to cry on, or when a situation arises that requires a soft touch or to simply offer someone an ear so that they can verbally unload their burden. Being an understanding and compassionate person helps heal the hurts of the world by taking them and smoothing the rough edges of despair and turning them into lessons of love.
In this same way, we are able to love ourselves by directing that same understanding and compassion toward our own problems; by realizing that we are also worthy of being loved. Sometimes we are hardest on ourselves...when we would easily offer someone else understanding and compassion for the same situation...but for ourselves, we criticize and berate our actions when what we really need to do is to remember that we are deserving of the same understanding and compassion that we readily give others. Loving yourself is just as important as loving others...to accept less is a waste of time. Remember, promoting Love, Civility and Peace goes on and on...out from you and back to you: the ebb and flow of life.
Think - Live - Be - A Super-Star!
In love & light and, with much appreciation,
Glenna :-)
It is easy to believe that we are such people...those who take the time needed without thought to our own schedules...to help others. When we become focused on making understanding and compassion an integral part of who we are, it becomes second nature to be available when someone needs a shoulder to cry on, or when a situation arises that requires a soft touch or to simply offer someone an ear so that they can verbally unload their burden. Being an understanding and compassionate person helps heal the hurts of the world by taking them and smoothing the rough edges of despair and turning them into lessons of love.
In this same way, we are able to love ourselves by directing that same understanding and compassion toward our own problems; by realizing that we are also worthy of being loved. Sometimes we are hardest on ourselves...when we would easily offer someone else understanding and compassion for the same situation...but for ourselves, we criticize and berate our actions when what we really need to do is to remember that we are deserving of the same understanding and compassion that we readily give others. Loving yourself is just as important as loving others...to accept less is a waste of time. Remember, promoting Love, Civility and Peace goes on and on...out from you and back to you: the ebb and flow of life.
Think - Live - Be - A Super-Star!
In love & light and, with much appreciation,
Glenna :-)
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Saluting Our Veterans
Hello Super-Stars! I hope you are all doing well. Every year we honor and salute our Veterans, for their courage, honor and sacrifice for securing our freedom and peace, on Veteran's Day. My father was a fighter pilot in World War II in the Pacific arena on the U.S.S. Ommaney Bay aircraft carrier. There were many close calls from Kamikaze planes trying to sink the ship and, on January 4, 1945, a Japanese plane succeeded in its quest. As the carrier was aflame and sinking, my father was getting ready to jump ship when the fellow next to him told my dad he could not swim...my father told him to jump and then he would follow and save him...he did not let the sailor down, bringing him safely to one of the rope and cork life rafts.
My father rarely spoke of his travails during that time, but likened it to "just doing his job" for his country and fellow men. I wonder at the mental scars he must have lived with for so many years from that awful era, the friends lost in the process and how in the world he moved on from witnessing such awful brutality. However, he did not let it ruin his life and lived with the same sense of honor and pride of country until his last breath, in 2007. In a rebellious moment when I was twelve, in 1969/1970, I was drawing a Peace sign on a chalkboard with things like, "End the Vietnam War," and "Bring home our men." My father caught sight of the drawing and proceeded to sit me down and explain why we were at war and that, even though it was not a popular war, we were fighting for freedom, democracy and peace in a region that had little of those basic human rights. His intervention enlightened me to the plight of the people we were trying to save and, to the ultimate goal of peace. I continue to pray for a world of Love, Civility and Peace so that the world will avoid future conflict.
His explanation gave me pause to think more clearly on the reasons, even though I still did not think our nation should be fighting in Vietnam. He taught me the value of honoring the men that fought and how they should not be treated poorly upon their return, as many were during that fateful era. Time has thankfully passed and the fine Veterans of that war have been honored for their service and sacrifice. As our country is again at war, another unpopular one at that, I ask that you please honor all soldiers and their families for their sacrifice. Thank a Veteran wherever, and whenever, possible; everyday if the opportunity arises. Continue to push for Love, Civility and Peace in your everyday life and share the Super-Star message to the farthest reaching corners of the globe. Our respect, and the honor deserved by so many is worth the effort we put forth. Remember, thank a Veteran and salute them!!!
Think - Live - Be - A Super-Star!
In love & light and, with much appreciation,
Glenna :-)
My father rarely spoke of his travails during that time, but likened it to "just doing his job" for his country and fellow men. I wonder at the mental scars he must have lived with for so many years from that awful era, the friends lost in the process and how in the world he moved on from witnessing such awful brutality. However, he did not let it ruin his life and lived with the same sense of honor and pride of country until his last breath, in 2007. In a rebellious moment when I was twelve, in 1969/1970, I was drawing a Peace sign on a chalkboard with things like, "End the Vietnam War," and "Bring home our men." My father caught sight of the drawing and proceeded to sit me down and explain why we were at war and that, even though it was not a popular war, we were fighting for freedom, democracy and peace in a region that had little of those basic human rights. His intervention enlightened me to the plight of the people we were trying to save and, to the ultimate goal of peace. I continue to pray for a world of Love, Civility and Peace so that the world will avoid future conflict.
His explanation gave me pause to think more clearly on the reasons, even though I still did not think our nation should be fighting in Vietnam. He taught me the value of honoring the men that fought and how they should not be treated poorly upon their return, as many were during that fateful era. Time has thankfully passed and the fine Veterans of that war have been honored for their service and sacrifice. As our country is again at war, another unpopular one at that, I ask that you please honor all soldiers and their families for their sacrifice. Thank a Veteran wherever, and whenever, possible; everyday if the opportunity arises. Continue to push for Love, Civility and Peace in your everyday life and share the Super-Star message to the farthest reaching corners of the globe. Our respect, and the honor deserved by so many is worth the effort we put forth. Remember, thank a Veteran and salute them!!!
Think - Live - Be - A Super-Star!
In love & light and, with much appreciation,
Glenna :-)
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
A New Milestone
Hello Super-Stars! I hope you are all doing well. Yesterday's Presidential Election marks a new milestone in the history of this great nation, The United States of America. As a promoter of Love, Civility and Peace, I am certain that we are on a path toward a future full of promise toward that aspiration. I believe that we must continue to stand together in unity as a nation, showing the world that we are a caring population, that our diversity is their diversity - since most of us are descendants of other nations - and, that we are all one together; a true global community.
I am sure this momentous occasion is resounding around the globe with a message of hope that will encourage the world's leaders to face differences and challenges in an intelligent, thoughtful and compassionate manner. We must hold these leaders accountable to the peoples of the world; all of us are deserving of compassion, respect and love...to accept less is to deny ourselves of the most basic of human rights and dignity. However, we must also hold ourselves accountable for the way we live our lives and contribute to our respective communities and, to how we treat each other.
The Super-Star message of promoting Love, Civility and Peace is a good place to start as we come together for the common good; lend a helping hand, offer encouragement wherever and whenever possible, comport yourself in the best sense of the Super-Star acronym's meaning. Go forward with faith in today and the future. Know that together we are mighty! We are SUPER-STARS!
Think - Live - Be - A Super-Star!
In love & light and, with much appreciation,
Glenna :-)
I am sure this momentous occasion is resounding around the globe with a message of hope that will encourage the world's leaders to face differences and challenges in an intelligent, thoughtful and compassionate manner. We must hold these leaders accountable to the peoples of the world; all of us are deserving of compassion, respect and love...to accept less is to deny ourselves of the most basic of human rights and dignity. However, we must also hold ourselves accountable for the way we live our lives and contribute to our respective communities and, to how we treat each other.
The Super-Star message of promoting Love, Civility and Peace is a good place to start as we come together for the common good; lend a helping hand, offer encouragement wherever and whenever possible, comport yourself in the best sense of the Super-Star acronym's meaning. Go forward with faith in today and the future. Know that together we are mighty! We are SUPER-STARS!
Think - Live - Be - A Super-Star!
In love & light and, with much appreciation,
Glenna :-)
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