New Thought Songwriters Workshop & Peace and Justice Department Fundraiser, 4/30/07

What a lovely weekend! I spent Friday and Saturday at the New Thought Songwriters Workshop in San Marcos, Texas, where around 25 artists participated. We spent much time presenting our music in the round, supporting one another, and getting aquainted. In the evening, we held a concert for the local community.

The musicians of the New Thought (or True Thought we decided to call ourselves) movement are artists creating positive music to make a better world. There was so much love, support and acceptance from this group, not to mention all of the positive vibrations created from the music. Most of the musicians were quite accomplished in their field. It was a treat for me to sing with such celestial music makers. I made several new friends and hope to perform with them over time.


Saturday afternoon, I drove back to Houston, where I performed at the Peace and Justice Department Fundraiser. There I met a fellow Portuguese American woman who is helping war struck children from Iraq. She was instrumental in helping to get new limbs for a child whose arms had been destroyed by bombs. Marie is also raising her grand daughter at age 67. What an amazing and inspiring woman!

There, I also met and spoke at length to a Russian immigrant who fled the country during the communist regime. Her husband was protesting against the government, when they had to leave to avoid being jailed. She lost both her husband and son over the last few years to cancer. In honor of her family, she sells artifacts from a Tibetan temple to support the Tibetan monks. (Her husband and son were Buddhists).

These are the things that leave deep impressions on my mind. The human heart is such a mysterious thing. My new Russian friend lives a life of service in honor of her family. This way, she doesn't think so much about her loss. The human heart....