My "fifteen days of love" was going to be "thirty days of love". But I couldn't quite get it together by mid-January.
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| From www.standingonthesideoflove.org |
So I was very excited to see a Thirty Days of Love campaign as I traversed the Internet. Not at all the same thing as my Fifteen Days of Love, but it is a great idea for people who want more from the holiday than the usual gifts, flowers, and overpriced meals.
Many kinds of love; many ways to celebrate Valentine's Day
"Standing on the Side of Love"s Thirty Days of Love project promotes a different kind of love, a love for all mankind through social justice, as described below:
Standing on the Side of Love is a community of people compelled to speak out against oppression, united in the common belief that love is the ultimate guiding force of our world. Join us for the Thirty Days of Love, a period for intentional action, service, education, and reflection running from January 19 to February 17, 2013.
Thirty Days of Love is a project that was born of their re-imagining of Valentine’s Day as a social justice holiday. It has now become “a month-long spiritual journey and commitment to sustained action and service.”
The goal of Thirty Days is to influence attitudes and public policy by elevating compassionate religious voices. From January 19th to February 17th, each week has a theme and each day has a Daily Action for participants to complete.
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| From www.standingonthesideoflove.org |
You can participate!
Among the various projects at the website is this nonpartisan non-religious pledge for people to contact their CongressCritters and sign:
Our nation needs our message.
Tell your members of Congress to stand on the side of love by denouncing vitriolic language in the public discourse.
After a contentious election year culminating in nail-biting fiscal cliff negotiations and in the face of upcoming debates on several big issues like preventing gun violence, comprehensive immigration reform, and the debt ceiling, we find ourselves in search of a more compassionate national dialogue.
None of us has all of the answers. What we do have is our hearts. When we stand on the side of love, we allow our hearts to be our guide, and we ask others to do the same.
At this crucial moment in time, use your voice to ask your members of Congress to stand on the side of love by denouncing vitriolic language in the public discourse and committing to a more respectful, bipartisan climate.
Take this opportunity to ask our leaders to work with us for something better.
And remember... Love is expansive. The more you have; the more you can give away.. to other friends, family members, to your community, to the world.
There are many kinds of love and many ways to celebrate Valentine's Day.
There are many kinds of love and many ways to celebrate Valentine's Day.
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