Congratulations!
12May2008 Filed under: Uncategorized Author: adminOh I love these raffles! This one wasn’t very active at first, but close to the finishing line a bunch of people entered! Thanks everybody for helping to raise $130 this week. However, this week we have a Timbuk2 messenger bag,donated at $150 value, that scooterists, SUV drivers, bicyclists, and pedestrians alike will LOVE. Let your friends and family know, and help beat the money raised this week. We can do it! Isn’t it awesome?!!!
The golden ticket winners are:
Stebel Nautilus Horn: Shane
If your neighborhood didn’t know you were there, they will now! Enjoy! And thanks for buying 10 tickets, it obviously upped your odds!
Vespa Pint Glass: Ryan H.
Whatever your fancy is, drink more of it in style! Hey Buddy, let me know if you would prefer a Stella or Buddy one.
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WALL OF BELIEFS
Add your own...-
Even during the wrath of the myraid cosmic winds, the attacks by earthly being's desires, or the depths of eminant death and despair, one mind stays perfectly still and bright, this is everlasting peace.
mindtraining -
Peace is being left blissfully alone.
Nayagan -
Peace
"Just What It Is"
Silence,Serenity,Stillness
of Hate
Eager to Love
Accept & Relate
to Everyone
without Debate
Regardless of Race
Religion & Regulation
Peace is the Ultimate
Form of Elation!
Tammy Tuthill -
Personal peace is feeling content and happy in the moment. More difficult to obtain is the larger peace, in which everyone is able to feel this way.
Jeremy -
Virginia welcomes you and salutes you. How can we get Alix nominated as ABC News 'Person of the Week' ?
Andy -
Peace is knowing you finished this inspiring journey safely!
John A. -
Peace is the sun rising on the day I see you again.
Daphne -
Peace is being here now, paying attention, and knowing that every move, every thought, feeling, action can be a choice toward peace. At the funeral this morning for my neighbor's mom, I saw peace in the loving embraces and tears that brought us all together to celebrate the life of Dorothy. She inspired everyone with her peace and love. Just days before she died, she had a dream and woke to say, over and over, "It's so beautiful! It's so beautiful!"
Thanks, Alix, for asking us to write what is peace. Thanks for riding your scooter all around the country, and for being here now. Beautiful!
Liz Stanley -
Peace: absence of violent and hateful conflict. Abundance of love, compassion, and compromise.
VaVaVroom Denise -
Peace to me is, simply, empowerment to follow what is in your heart, given by and shared with those around you. It requires mutual trust and respect and selflessness to cultivate and blossom.
Peace is hard because fully practicing it leaves one vulnerable, and that makes many of us feel uncomforatable. I think that explains a lot of the non-peaceful actions committed in our world. Those who work on behalf of peace rarely achieve what is commonly defined as riches and rewards but, I suspect, earn something far more valuable.
Peace is not just an act or a state of being but it is also an embodiment. Peace is you, Alix. Thank you for following your heart and sharing it with all of us.
Rod Bosco -
Awareness and Intent.
It seems so easy, but so sloppy and graceless, to live without these things and therefore they become, for me, keys to peace.
It is with these things in mind (of mind) that Alix has found her peace and the strength to keep it.
I support her. I support you. You are peace.
Dana J -
Peace is opening your mind and heart to change!
Alix, You must realize that you have signified change in people across the nation,...we have kept you in our thoughts and hopefully if you are ever in our neighborhood you'll stop by....you have not only opened our mind by our heart to peace for everyone. Keep it up and hopefully it ripply in the the individuals thoughts across the nation.
Faith Simonelli
FAITH SIMONELLI -
I have many long and short definitions for peace. Today, it is each moment that I am so still inside that everything outside of me is a beautiful expression of that which I also am, no matter what. Loving the expression of needs met and unmet and awaiting spirit's prompting as to what my response in each moment shall be.
Karen Johnson -
Understanding that amongst the gays, blacks, whites, jews, Muslems, Christians, and other "dividers" in our world are just a bunch of souls doing the best they can to get through another day. It's amazing how many good people you can meet when you make an effort to assist them in that goal instead of being an obstacle.
I would also say that the minorities of this world, and we are all a minority in some way or form, need to resist the urge to "get back" at the majorities that have suppressed for so long. It disappoints me to say this is just as much of a problem as discrimination from the majority.
Eric -
Definition of peace: Actively seeking out the good in each and every person, regardless of their traits and habits you may not understand. I have always felt that if every person thought for THEMSELVES instead of letting a govt, media outlet, religion, or other person or persons think for them, the world would be a better place.
I learned this first hand. My parents were of the type that if you made less money, you were lazy and if you made more, you were somehow crooked or greedy. If you drove a different type of car than my parents you might be criticized. You can only imagine what my folks think about different races and homosexuality.
Please understand the hurdle of NOT hating folks like this. I love my parents and fully understand that they are just working with the knowledge they were provided, never having the opportunity to leave the small town and predetermined thoughts that go with the long established community. The best we can do is try to put "dents" in their armor of status quo. My father has met minority friends of mine and has shook the hand of gay men.
I have no agenda towards this beyond meeting and enjoying as many souls in this world as I can before I check out. Life is too short to hate someone because they might have darker or lighter skin, different musical tastes, homosexuality, etc. I might draw the line at being a Dallas Cowboys fan (JUST KIDDING!!!)
Eric
Matua
May 19th, 2008 at 2:07 pm
Alix,
Below I’m pasting a copy of a portion of a paragraph from this entry:
“Sadly, I missed Matua by 24 hours, actually talking to him on the phone when he was here. He was rushing past Jackson, as seems to be his pace. It was frustrating, but I can understand not wanting to stick around here too long.”
Now, I’d like to set you and the record straight…
1) I’m not rushing. Repeat, NOT RUSHING. I have a schedule, because before I even began riding, I had thought-out and PLANNED to volunteer. Accordingly, I needed to devise a schedule so the nonprofits could schedule me to volunteer. I am merely trying to respect their generosity by arriving when I said and SAY I am going to.
2) I had no ill-will towards Jackson, MS. In fact, I spent a few hours sitting in a lovely coffeehouse and speaking with the wonderful people of Jackson. Furthermore, I spent the bloody night in Jackson, where once again, I conversed with and enjoyed the local residents and visitors.
3) Your ride, P.E.A.C.E. Scooter, is and should be YOUR RIDE. My ride, Vespadition, is and should REMAIN MY RIDE. Please don’t blur the lines between our two seperate missions and give people the false impression that our two rides are affiliated.
Ride Safe,
Matua
admin
May 19th, 2008 at 5:33 pm
It’s ok, Peter, I know what my ride is, I have since last year when I started. I find it rather unnecessary that after approaching me for help with your ride, using my letter to acquire some of your sponsorships and then reposting my words as your own on scooterbbs.com that you tell me what is my ride. The kindness and compassion seem to be missing from your approach.
Many times we spoke about the common threads between our rides and even mentioned trying to coordinate. I have no idea why you now feel threatened, as it seems you are by trying to remind me what my ride is-when I’ve been doing it for quite some time.
Below, I’m pasting something you wrote to me on Feb. 22. It has to do with the logo you created that synthesized our two logos. Remember that?
” The PACE image is by no means a final version. Moreover it was just something I played with. Its uncanny how well our colours go together. The more I think about P.A.C.E. the more excited I get about the possibilities - during our rides and afterwards. I can even imagine a network of P.A.C.E. websites (people & organisations with Peace and Compassion-focused websites), with little P.A.C.E. logos on the websites declaring them “a P.A.C.E. Website”. Its limitless, really.”
Limitless Peter, as the world is. Individuals all over are helping in their own way to improve the world. We are not the only ones, but we are all affiliated.
I will continue to share my contacts with you and rejoice when I know we get to meet the same people. Being that we are on rides going 20,000+ it is going to happen.
I was bummed we didn’t meet in Jackson. And the people are wonderful, I stayed two days. But I wouldn’t move there. I’m not the first to comment on your pace, ask you to slow down, as we want you to be good to yourself, so that you continue showing us how to be good to others.
Relax and ride safe