A Thousand Sisters, by Lisa Shannon. What an extraordinary memoire! What an epic journey—the saga of one woman from Portland, how she came to be gripped with care, remorse, guilt and love for women suffering a world away—and how she came to act! And, such action! This book, gushing with all the human emotions from dry-witted humor to gut-wrenching fear and deepest anguish—it hurls the real world in your face and places to rest in your lap the simple ways that you, too, can act—now and in ongoing easy steps so that the world heals at pace with your soul. Thanks to Lisa Shannon, the greater human condition shall gain at long last. Yes, with her strides along lonely 30-mile runs and along with the strides of her legion of followers, we shall help suffering women whom we love though we have not met. We know them in our hearts. We will join the women of Congo, and we shall place people before “things”. We shall care for Lisa’s sisters—our sisters. With ancient memories of Africa and the Earth Mother of all life, we will show in our daily lives the power of humans who care enough to “toss teaspoons of water upon a raging fire” until at last the fires of hatred, injustice and violence are doused by the deluge of our running, burning love.

Okay, I’m an optimist. All I’m saying is—go get your teaspoon, fill it with water, and toss it! At least read the book.

Please read more about “Run For Congo Women” at Lisa’s website:
http://www.runforcongowomen.org/congo.html

And “Friend” her on Facebook . . .

And buy the book at your favorite bookstore or online at:
http://athousandsisters.com/

There, that’s 3-teaspoons already!

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