Inspirational Moments – February 2011

Posted February 11, 2011 | by Sue Kenney | in Inspirational Moments Newsletter | no responses

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“The Chinese Bamboo Metaphor”

Those of us who have a sense of movement in the grassroots, feel the energy grow before the dream materializes. In my advocacy of a UN NGO World Conference on Women and Girls as a means toward gender equity and feminine values, I believe that the Chinese bamboo metaphor fits the situation.If you sow seeds of this type on fertile ground, you have to be very patient. Nothing happens for years; there are no green shoots or any sign at all for the first, second, third, or fourth year. The fifth year, something green pushes through the soil, and then it grows 40 feet in one year! The reason is simple, for years nothing happens on the surface, but the bamboo is developing prodigious roots until it is ready to manifest in the world. This is what bottom-up grassroots change looks like when a critical mass is reached. Activism is an antidote against despair; whatever you do consciously to make a difference is doing something. As Vaclav Havel, playwright and first post-Communist Czech president defined it: Hope is an orientation of spirit, an orientation of the heart. It is not the certainty that something will turn out well, but the conviction that something makes sense, no matter how it turns out.

From the book (publication date: Earth Day 2011) Like a Tree: How Trees, Women, and Tree People Can Save the Planet, by  Jean Shinoda Bolen, M.D.

Group Camino Journey

There are still a few places left in the group Camino Journey with Sue Kenney that leaves May 29^th. We’ll walk for 10 days covering almost 200 kilometers on a medieval path that has been traversed for over 1100 years. On the Camino you have the possibility to manifest what you truly desire.

Visit the Camino page of this site for more information.

Events

22 Feb
Book Club in Toronto – private engagement.

28 Feb
Grimsby Author Series Sue Kenney and Terry Fallis-Canada Reads 2011 winner

http://grimsbyauthorseries.com

8 March
International Woman’s Day-Launch Free audio download of Las Peregrinasdocumentary film.

19-20 March
Women’s Lifestyle Show

25-27 March
100th Anniversary of International Woman’s Day
Sue Kenney is one of the 100 Women of Destiny from suffragette to Social Networker http://www.grailsprings.com/women-of-destiny Weekend Retreat.

29 March
Raindance- Live Ammo Screenplay Pitching Contest at Drake Hotel-Sue emcee- http://www.raindance.co.uk/site/index.php?id=462,5133,0,0,1,0

14-15 April
Lindsay Lifestyle Show-Discover Good Living- http://www.silverconnectionshealthlifestyles.com/
Walk with Sue Kenney to the show.

My Camino Audio Book

I’ve been busy at Joao Carvelho Studio in Toronto working with Bryan and Lori Hirst to create an audio recording of the entire book. What an incredible experience it was to actually speak the words out loud. I can’t wait to share it with you. I’ll be offering a FREE audio download in honour of International Woman’s Day. May the voices of women be heard all over the world!

Check my website to get updates on the CD launch event in Toronto in May. Come out and celebrate your journey.

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