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lessings to you, dear reader, this holiday season! Thank you for picking up this month’s issue of Natural Awakenings. Whether you’re a regular reader or this


is your first time reading our free monthly publication, we thank you for your support! I’d like to give a shout out to the people who make this magazine happen every month. Sara Shrode of Campfire Studios is


the amazing graphic designer who puts our magazine together each month as well as creates some of the ads and graphics that are needed. As her company name implies, Sara is especially fond of camping. Michelle Hamburger wears dual hats. She’s one of our ad salespeople and is also our roving reporter who writes most of the Community Spotlights. Michelle is a fashionista who loves to recy- cle, and she is happily and healthily gluten-free. Editing help comes from Karen Adams, Randy Kambic,


Michele Rose and, most recently, Cheryl Hynes, as well as from our corporate office that supplies us with leading-edge editorial as well as heart-centered assistance in all the ways they can to help their 95+ publishers grow and flourish. Also, I’d like to honor and recognize our advertisers who are


what keeps us in business. Please be sure to thank them by utiliz- ing their products or services if you feel called to do so. Our theme for December is Awakening Humanity and fea-


tures Judith Fertig’s article, “Sacred Activism: Love in Action Can Change the World.” Here are two quotes from her article that warmed my heart: “Kindness reveals kinship. It gives us connection to everything greater than us


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and everything else that is kind in the universe.” ~ Mark Nepo “Sacred activism is a fusion of two of the most powerful fires of the human psyche—


the mystic’s passion for God and the activist’s passion for justice.” ~ Andrew Harvey Some people think they’re such a small cog in a giant machine that their actions


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Christmas is, of course, the time to be home— in heart as well as body.


~Garry Moore


surely don’t matter; or maybe they don’t know where to begin. Possibly they’re too tired to care, in which case they must first nurture and care for themselves. No one should live in a world of not caring. There are many ways to make the world even better: help a friend; pick up litter;


smile; give; share; pray; be an answer to a prayer for someone; visit someone who doesn’t get out much; offer to babysit; or drive someone to an appointment. Sit in silence for a few moments and let your heart fill with love. List all the ways


that you can make a difference. Do what you can with the time, money and energy you have at the time. Adjust as needed. Inspire others to do the same.


Shine On! Jackie Flaherty, Publisher


Sara Shrode


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