There are lots of ways to Occupy your Neighborhood. Support your local businesses, buy locally grown food, help your neighbors, and participate and give back to your community in whatever way you can. Even small acts of kindness can make a big difference. Strengthening our communities will prove to be invaluable as the old system falls apart. And who wouldn’t want to live in a vibrant, caring community where everyone looks out for one another?
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“I dream of a beautiful, happy world where everyone is friends and fighting becomes a rarity… So what do I do to help make this happen? I believe the small things we do, can have a positive impact on everyone and everything around us and find smiling and wishing a good day to the people we meet can be amazing!
Doing this makes me love the community I live in, especially when they wish a good day in return ♥ it helps that person behind the check-out counter in the local shop have a brighter day, because they’ve had a pleasant customer that’s acknowledged their existence. If they’re wearing a name badge I’ll use their name to greet them with, which makes it a personal greeting to them. It even has a positive impact on the next time I meet that person, as they are more likely to remember me and be friendly.
I’ve made many friends in my local community by doing this; many stop me in the street to have a chat, which is lovely. I’ve learnt so much from the people I’ve met; including other languages and fantastic recipes. The best thing about this is that it all came from that initial smile followed by a greeting for a good morning and the wish of a lovely day.
Please have a good day everyone, be that person you’d like to be friends with and don’t forget to smile :-)” -Mo Taylor
“When a new day begins, dare to smile gratefully.
When there is darkness, dare to be the first to shine a light.
When there is injustice, dare to be the first to condemn it.
When something seems difficult, dare to do it anyway.
When life seems to beat you down, dare to fight back.
When there seems to be no hope, dare to find some.
When you’re feeling tired, dare to keep going.
When times are tough, dare to be tougher.
When love hurts you, dare to love again.
When someone is hurting, dare to help them heal.
When another is lost, dare to help them find the way.
When a friend falls, dare to be the first to extend a hand.
When you cross paths with another, dare to make them smile.
When you feel great, dare to help someone else feel great too.
When the day has ended, dare to feel as you’ve done your best.
Dare to be the best you can –
At all times, Dare to be!”
~ Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“In a world where the agenda is to mold everyone to be the same, to have the same dreams of striving to be “someone” or “successful”, to be educated with the same information, to look the same, to think the same, to fit under certain belief systems and categorizations, and to follow a path laid out for us since the day we’re born, a path handed down by “authority” and past generations, a path so engrained and so supported by fear of change where if you question it or don’t conform to it you’re seen as radical, crazy, rebellious etc, the most powerful and serving thing we can do at this time is to truly be ourselves. Do what our heart desires. Speak honesty and truth. Every single person on this planet wants to live in freedom and wants peace in their life no matter what is said or done in any situation. You can be an “elitist” trying to manipulate the entire world or you can be a monk in the Himalayas. Deep down we’re all searching for the same thing and we all want out of this and it’s being felt more and more. To get there we have to look at ourselves and human society. We have to look at it without judgement or attachment and feel if it’s something we want to continue to experience.
We can choose to uncreate it and create something new if we truly want to. A whole new world is waiting to be created as we are infinite potentiality and limitless creators! We’re just playing a game here and can change the game whenever we make the choice to do so. Recognizing this power will bring about a feeling of wholeness and peace within ourselves that can truly change the world. It will propel us to move forward. If we’re not experiencing this peace and are still limited and driven by our minds, we will carry that into the future and create an unpeaceful and separated world all over again. We have to truly be willing to change and be examples of a new experience living in a higher consciousness. The world is our canvas, let’s paint a new future!”
~Matthew Peter Christodoulou
Under The Blue Door 