Happy New Year

May each of you have a healthy, happy and prosperous New Year.
May 2007 bring more peace in the world, and good harvests in the fields.
May many blessings come to you and your family this year.
May each of us do something practical to help the Earth Heal.

"The Art of Peace begins with you. Work on yourself and your appointed task in the Art of Peace.
Everyone has a spirit that can be refined, a body that can be trained in some manner, a suitable path to follow.
You are here for no other purpose than to realize your inner divinity and manifest your innate enlightenment.
Foster peace in your own life and then apply the Art to all that you encounter.
One does not need buildings, money, power, or status to practice the Art of Peace.
Heaven is right where you are standing, and that is the place to train.
To truly implement the Art of Peace, yu must be able to sport freely
in the manifest, hidden, and divine realms."
- Morihei Ueshiba, 1883-1969, The Art of Peace



Aikido Founder Morihei Ueshiba, O'Sensei, watering his garden.

 

May each of you accomplish all of your New Year's Resolutions.

I usually do make a few "New Year's Resolutions." This year I called them:

11 Things Mike Garofalo Will Accomplish in 1,001 Days

I played a bit with developing another list called:

101 Things to Do in 1,001 Days

If you are curious, you can read some of the lists of "101 Things to Do in 1,001 Days" created by other people.