{"id":5021,"date":"2015-03-11T06:35:53","date_gmt":"2015-03-11T06:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/flightofthesoul\/?p=5021"},"modified":"2015-03-23T02:27:51","modified_gmt":"2015-03-23T02:27:51","slug":"5021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/flightofthesoul\/2015\/03\/5021.html","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Get ready for a Hurricane!&#8221; Giving as Receiving. Loving as Sharing. The Butterfly Effect with Kindness and Courage"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>&#8220;Get ready for a hurricane!&#8221; \u00a0The butterfly effect \u2013 one butterfly flapping its wings can cause a hurricane. Like one single act of kindness encourages other\u2019s to do the same.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;Get a whole lot of butterflies to flap there wings in the direction of kindness and you change the world.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/proving-the-butterfly-effect-with-a-single-act-of-kindness\/\" target=\"_blank\">Link to the video\/article<\/a> on\u00a0Chris Rosati working to make a difference in his community and how each act of kindness ROARS across the planet.<\/div>\n<p>There is no greater\u00a0<span class=\"_58cl\"><a class=\"_58cn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/joy?source=feed_text\">\u202aj<\/a>oy<\/span>\u00a0than discovering the thrill of the soul in giving as receiving. \u00a0Get out there and do something loving in a courageous act of kindness today and everyday and watch your world completely unfold in so many miraculous and loving ways.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ampexperience.com\" target=\"_blank\">AMP Experience<\/a> is working with community groups, non-profits and alliances for loving change to AMPLIFY things that matter.<\/p>\n<p>Please reach out at <a title=\"Give Back Feels Great\" href=\"mailto:info@ampexperience.com\" target=\"_blank\">info@ampexperience.com<\/a> to get involved and get your Angel Assignment!<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, here&#8217;s a non-profit Dance Company full of Dancing Heart activists I support that are doing the work of the Angels in addressing social justice through Movement to Change the World.<\/p>\n<p>Critical Mass Dance Company<a href=\"http:\/\/www.criticalmassdancecompany.org\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0http:\/\/www.criticalmassdancecompany.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For further reading on the ways we need to work together check out Naomi Klein&#8217;s This Changes Everything. Beautiful Solutions&#8230;\u00a0h<a href=\"https:\/\/solutions.thischangeseverything.org\" target=\"_blank\">ttps:\/\/solutions.thischangeseverything.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Find your own way to give back or join us here at Flight of the Soul &#8230; Lots of Love, Mel<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/flightofthesoul\/files\/2015\/02\/1925311_10153142768427783_3452614817492534450_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5022\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/305\/2015\/02\/1925311_10153142768427783_3452614817492534450_n-300x272.jpg\" alt=\"Give Back program Melanie Lutz\" width=\"300\" height=\"272\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Also&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Giving can be as simple as a note of gratitude to someone you have never met who showcased a kindness. \u00a0In gratitude for all that you have, take a beat and think about what you might be able to give right now. \u00a0Allow the spirit to move you and have fun!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Get ready for a hurricane!&#8221; \u00a0The butterfly effect \u2013 one butterfly flapping its wings can cause a hurricane. 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