Happy Earth Day!

Let’s start off with a little Michael Franti to get us in the mood:

I don't need a passport to walk on this earth
Anywhere I go cause I was made of this earth
I'm born of this earth, I breathe of this earth, and even with the pain I believe in this earth

So I wake up every morning and I'm stepping on the floor
I wake up every morning and I'm stepping out the door
I got faith in the sky, faith in the one, I got faith in the people walkin underneath the sun

Cause every bit of land is a holy land, and every drop of water is a holy water, and every single child is son or the daughter of the one earth mama and the one earth papa

This time last year I was hanging out in Topanga Canyon in California celebrating the earth. This year I will be teaching Zulu babies how to tye dye and plant trees. Close enough J.

Meet Thobani

I've decided that trying to explain living here is far too daunting a task for me. So in an attempt to give you some insight into how incredible things are here, I am going to slowly introduce you to some of the phenomenal people who I cross paths with everyday. Thobani is the young gentleman on the right. The fella with the dredlocks is also wonderful and I will tell you all about him sometime soon (I can't recall his name, but we call him Lil Wyclef... can't you see the resemblance?).

Anyways, Thobani is a wonderful 5 year old who I see 3 times a week at 1000 HCH. He lives with his dad and has an extremely difficult situation at home. He is by far the naughtiest fellow in the creche. He likes to walk up to you and sock you right in the hip. But he has stolen my heart away. When I feel any sadness, he seems to know that I do. Thobani walks up to me with his arms out and I can't imagine anything better in the world and I forget what I was sad about.

So, I hope that each of you have someone to hug you and make you feel that way. I wish it were Thobani. But, we can't all be so lucky :).

Lesson Learned

Loving one another is the only thing in this world that matters at all. Do that and everything else will fall into place.