Op Ed

One "independent sales consultant" gets one of their “friends” to be an independent sales consultant who gets one of their “friends” to be one – you get the idea. Most people just join in to get free samples, making little to no money in the end.

The sense that we are always “at war” is overwhelming and frightening – our children born since 9/11 have never known a world without war,

All this media attention on killers and terrorists is merely giving food to the monster that doth mock the hand that feeds it.

If our main problem with terrorists is that they threaten our way of life, how can we fray the fabric of that existence in an effort to combat them?

If he can indeed help others – even save other lives – Charlie’s story has a much happier ending than anyone could have imagined for him a few days ago.

The killings in Paris are part of a cycle based on erroneous beliefs and assumptions. Now is a time when we can pause and start a new cycle – a cycle of waking up to our oneness with each other, with our Mother Earth and indeed the entire universe.

All lives matter – ALL lives – and it’s about time the media embraces that fact and proves it by the stories that are covered.

On this cold fall day in New York my heart is in Paris.

If you do have an opportunity to meet a veteran today, don’t forget to extend your hand and say, “Thank you.” It’s the least any of us can do.

Remembering the Greatest Generation as it dims from memory.