International Women's Day

I learned today that March 8 is International Women's Day. As I searched the Internet I was deeply moved by all the images of women related to this day. Women celebrating, protesting, working, living.

Next to my concern for animals is my concern for women. Women have been used, abused, neglected, belittled and even killed.

One wonders why some men are so threatened by women. Why men raised by mothers can be so cold and controlling to women. Women have power that many men want to squash. I believe in the rights of women to live in peace, to raise their families in love and to be free from fear.

This will not happen in my lifetime and may not happen in the life at all. But I choose to be a witness of and for women everywhere. My soul yearns to be of help to the women of the world. I hope I can make a difference. I hope I am making a difference in my little corner of the world. I hope by being tolerant and having compassion I can somehow uplift the world. If we all do it then it has to make a difference.