Voices of Hope

I don't have a new Voices of Hope #voiceofhope to share. But I do have #hope and #gratitude to share. This was a snap I took on a walk this past weekend, just as the sun was lowering in the afternoon, I kept getting these wonderful moments as the sun, shone through trees, creating beautiful shadows and light beams piercing through. In those moments, I was grateful to have the #warmsun on a #chilly winters day, I was grateful for the cool #freshair , I was grateful to... call #canada home . I am grateful for the shadows created by the light. . So as this new day begins, I have #hope that we can switch our focus to the good happening in our world , the small changes we can all make as individuals to protect and restore our natural environment, how we all have the capacity to be kind to ourselves and each other and how this can and will ripple across communities, countries and continents. . Thank you to inspirational folks like Eddie Izzard #MakeHumanityGreatAgain with their #runforhope, but even more thanks goes to those who have joined so far in my journey to create #voicesofhope as a platform to bring forward positive, uplifting, hopeful voices, from this worldwide community we call #humanity. @schleonetti Prairie Folk Farmery @amanda.j.pope @mwasilenkoff Heather Ruth- Whole Connections @curiouscuratorial . I am excited to see this project grow, so please invite your friends, share this post, share your voice (link in bio) and let's create a ripple that extends right across the globe . See more

I don't think this is a great article, as I think it misses the point about why Eddie is doing this amazing feat, it's about Hope not perfection.... But I did get a mention if not by name. "When she introduced her next guest (I’ve got a lot of information about you *puff* but I’m knackered so *puff* can I leave it to you?), I began to think she might expire before my eyes." https://www.theguardian.com//11/eddie-izzard-a-run-for-hope

MORE HOPE, less fear, We will get through this year. . . This may seem like something that we may have said at the end of 2020. I think though as we begin 2021, now more than ever we need to find hope, however small that this world can and will get better for the sake of protecting and saving our planet to showing more #kindness #compassion and #love for our fellow human beings. If you have a message of #hope #empathy or #support visit my website www.spiritofthemoment.ca to ...find the #voicesofhope gallery or get involved. Let's build a global message of Hope, with everyday folks. I am so grateful to the voices so far @lynetteschlichting @amanda.j.pope @mwasilenkoff Prairie Folk Farmery @curiouscuratorial Heather Ruth- Whole Connections each and every one bring so much love to this project and the world around them. Let's share this FAR and WIDE. #morehopelessfearwewillgetthroughthisyear #morehopelessfear #morehope #spiritofthemoment & Alison Beaumont - Artist . For more #hope make sure to follow @eddieizzard and her #runforhope trying to #MakeHumanityGreatAgain See more

If you jump ahead to 3:14:30 you will find my interview... https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=622472151838894&id=37353380361

Voice of Hope #7 Tory, Kelowna, BC, January 7th, 2021 . They have called this a collective pause. A chance to look at ourselves to question and reevaluate what we know.... . What do you know? . What have you learned? Have the things you've loved changed? . Have they become more important? . Has your love grown. Amongst massive change amongst fear amongst the best in people and the worst in people amongst incredible adaptation and innovation.There are constants, a mask doesn't cover up love, two meters of space doesn't take away community. . We can feel those things and we can create those things through a screen.A phone, a distance interaction or a simple act of kindness, that reminds us that we are part of something bigger. There is so much beauty in that. . My hope is that whatever you've learned during this time that you carry those lessons with you and honour them. I hope we don't go back to normal that we choose to create a new one.And I hope that when we do go to do something the old way that memory persists and whispers a gentle reminder of the power that lies in our choices and the wisdom within us. . I hope that we keep the pause. . Tory Alison Beaumont - Artist #voicesofhope #keepthepause #kindnesscounts #spiritofthemoment See more