TO BE A SPIRITUAL WARRIOR MEANSTO DEVELOP A SPECIAL KIND OF
COURAGE, ONE THAT IS INNATELY
INTELLIGENT, GENTLE AND FEARLESS.
~Sogyal Rinpoche
Of Note: One spiritual warrior garnering attention these days is Muhammad Yunus, the Nobel Peace Prize winning microfinancing guru. He has taken his message far and wide, even starring on a segment of the long-running television show "The Simpsons" last Sunday. In that episode he taught Lisa Simpson and Springfield the power of microfinance to lift poor people out of poverty. Of greater importance, however, is the Congressional Gold Medal that Yunus will receive for his work. The RESULTS advocacy group was responsible for the political action behind this medal and walked the halls of Congress until 2/3rds of both the Senate and House passed the necessary legislation. A RESULTS member said of the high honor: "Over 160 million people have received microfinance loans to work their way of out poverty--a transformational growth that would not have been possible without Professor Yunus' pioneering work to develop microfinance. Presenting him with a Gold Medal at a congressional ceremony will further raise the awareness of power of microfinance to change lives; build bipartisan support in Congress and send a signal to USAID and the World Bank that the U.S. is committed to microfinance." Mr. Yunus has been featured in this blog in the past for his financial innovations and continues his important role as a spiritual warrior working to lift millions out of poverty one microfinance loan at a time. Want to find out more about the advocacy group RESULTS? Check out www.results.org.
Today's Weather Report: Looking at the weather for the coming week shows that it will indeed by sunny and in the mid-60's Fahrenheit the entire time. Amazing for early October to have such a stretch of shirt-sleeve temperatures. All the better for the newly planted grass by the barn to get a start before the snow flies. Please note the Search box to the upper right. It is now possible to search for terms used in this blog since its inception December 2007. For example, the other day as a test, I searched for the term "spiritual values." Up popped a list of several blogs in which the words were mentioned. Professor Yunus would come up a couple of times as well. The Dalai Lama, another spiritual warrior, has been featured numerous times as have others tirelessly serving humanity.
Today's Weather Report: Looking at the weather for the coming week shows that it will indeed by sunny and in the mid-60's Fahrenheit the entire time. Amazing for early October to have such a stretch of shirt-sleeve temperatures. All the better for the newly planted grass by the barn to get a start before the snow flies. Please note the Search box to the upper right. It is now possible to search for terms used in this blog since its inception December 2007. For example, the other day as a test, I searched for the term "spiritual values." Up popped a list of several blogs in which the words were mentioned. Professor Yunus would come up a couple of times as well. The Dalai Lama, another spiritual warrior, has been featured numerous times as have others tirelessly serving humanity.
