Welcome to Gaia! ::

*points at signature* Come on over. If I don't have eight potential gift recipients, I keep the gifts.

I need something special about this avatar.

My cats have been so sweet ever since I got back. They've woken me up countless times, just so I'll pet them and reassure them that I'm really home; sat in my lap often; groomed my fingers; butted their heads into my legs. I missed them just as much as they seem to have missed me.

These organizations are not there to spread their philosophies, to push their agendas, to convince anyone to take up their politics, though some of them do start from a political or religious perspective (that is, their religions teach them to give and share, and so they do). These organizations exist purely to serve the concrete, physical needs of the world. Go to these websites, or find other organizations that specifically exist to meet the needs of humanity. Learn something. Then do something to help. Thank you.

http://www.mazon.org/
http://www.cancer.org/
http://www.anticruelty.org/
http://www.arkchicago.org/
http://www.heifer.org/
http://locksoflove.org/

Just one voice
Singing in the darkness
All it takes is one voice
Singing so they hear what's on your mind
And when you look around you'll find

There's more than one voice
Singing in the darkness
All it takes is one voice
Each and every note, another octave
Hands are joined and fears unlocked if
Only one voice would start in on its own
We need just one voice facing the unknown
And then that one voice would never be alone
We need that one voice

Just one voice
Singing in the darkness
All it takes is one voice
Shout it out and let it ring
Just one voice
We need that one voice
And everyone will sing

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