Congratulations to everyone who contributed to this historic moment. On Wednesday, New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez signed HB 172, a bill which will eliminate corporal punishment in public schools across the state.
Things are moving against corporal punishment of children:
Mark Ecko’s Unlimited Justice
www.unlimitedjustice.com/,
Paula Flowe’s The Hitting Stops Here!
www.thehittingstopshere.com,
Stacey Patton’s Spare The Kids
www.sparethekids.com,
Editorials in major newsprint,
Television interviews,
Bills pending in states…
This is a pivotal moment. Join me at the Summit in Dallas!
Your life is sculpted on a moment-to-moment basis. All your thoughts, the words you speak and the actions you take contribute to the complex quality and character of your unfolding world. Every action taken affects the whole as greatly as every ‘action not taken.’
It is simply impossible to be alive without making an impact on the world around you. When it comes to making the world a better place, what you choose not to do is just as important as what you choose to do.
No doubt you have encountered the ‘know-it-all.’ A person, who projects that she/he ‘knows-it-all’ is usually afraid of listening because she/he is afraid of anything new and so they do not allow any new information to come their way. She/he seems to know everything about anything that is brought up and tends to dominate the conversation. They feel uncomfortable with questions regarding their premise and seldom acknowledge if they are incorrect on a topic or concept.
Among the many acts of violence, great and small, that we commit regularly against each other and against animals, I wonder if we’ll ever dispense with one of the most common: hitting children.