Saturday, December 31, 2011

Welcome to a Wonderful New Year!






The past year has been a wild ride for The 51% Project, a year of beginnings, the first year of our project.  It’s given both of us the opportunity to assess ourselves, our values, and goals with a critical eye.    We have both grown in ways we couldn’t have imagined as we began our journey, and we are so grateful for all that we’ve learned along the way.

Beginning a new year gives us the opportunity and challenge of sweeping away the old and beginning anew.  Change isn’t always easy, but the benefits of it are undeniable.   Not since 2000, and the change to a new millennium has the world looked to the new year with such anticipation and trepidation.  It’s a perfect time to look closely at our lives and decide to live with gratitude and positive expectation.  We expect 2012 to be the beginning of a brilliant future for all of us.
With this new beginning, Dorothy and I have decided to make some changes in how we reach out to you.  You’ll see us more on our Facebook page, daily in fact.  Our posts will  be in the form of passages that have touched our hearts.  We hope it will make it easier to take a moment from your very busy day to charge your outlook with positivity.  
We’ll still post to our blog site weekly and include all of the quotes for the week, as well as post beautiful videos and stories as we encounter them.  It’s a change, and change is growth ... please join us as often as you can and if you like what you see we hope you’ll share our project with your family and friends.
As we look forward to welcoming a new year, it is our sincere hope that it is one of giving with love, receiving with gratitude, and giving thanks for all of our gifts.
Susan and Dorothy

Saturday, December 24, 2011

Gratitude and Peace


This month of holidays brings wonderful gifts, no matter what our unique circumstances are.  These beautiful lyrics by John Bucchino touched our hearts and we hope they give you pause for a moment of gratitude.  
   
I’ve got a roof over my head.
I’ve got a warm place to sleep.
Some nights I lie awake counting gifts
Instead of counting sheep,
I’ve got a heart that can hold love,
I’ve got a mind that can think.
There may be times when I lose the light
And let my spirits sink.
But I can’t stay depressed
When I remember how I’m blessed.
Grateful, grateful
Truly grateful I am.
Grateful, grateful
Truly blessed and duly grateful.
In a world that can bring pain
I will still take each chance.
For I believe that whatever the terrain
Our feet can learn to dance.
Whatever stone life may sling
We can moan or we can sing.
Grateful, grateful
Truly grateful I am.
Grateful, grateful
Truly blessed and duly grateful.
-John Bucchino
As we look forward to welcoming a new year, it is our sincere hope that it is one of giving with love, receiving with gratitude, and giving thanks for all of our gifts.  May the celebrations of the season fill your heart with joy and love.
Susan and Dorothy

Saturday, December 17, 2011

A Grown Up Christmas List

As Christmas nears, many of us find ourselves caught up in the not enough time, too much to do, high dollar experience of the holiday season.  We hope this beautiful video will provide you a few minutes to pause, reflect and remember that the greatest gifts are not those grandly wrapped and placed beneath the tree, but are the intentions of the heart to make the world a better place for all humankind.


We thank  Kelly Clarkson for her beautiful rendition of David Foster's touching composition and Rob Pattinson for putting it all together in this wonderful video and add our hopes for the safe return of those fighting in Afghanistan as well.

We wish you and your loved ones much comfort and joy.

Dorothy and Susan

Sunday, December 11, 2011

A Prayer for a Child

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From here on earth, 
From my small place 
I ask of You 
Way out in space: 
Please tell all men 
In every land 
What You and I 
Both understand...
Please tell all men 
That Peace is Good 
That's all 
That need be understood 
In every world 
In Your great sky. 
(We understand
Both You and I.) 
  -Dr. Seuss


With hearts full of sadness we offer this as a beacon of hope.
Susan and Dorothy
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Saturday, December 3, 2011

Choose Joy!


Find Joy in Unexpected Places


 
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During this time of harried days and frazzled nerves, with daunting To-Do lists, and time passing at full speed, remember that the choices you make today will determine how pleasant, productive or problematic the day will be.  You have the power to find and make joy.

We wish you Peace….

Dorothy and Susan