Purrs 4 Peace- Week 14: Enchanted Gardens

There is a garden in every childhood, an enchanted place where colors are brighter, the air softer, and the morning more fragrant than ever again. ~Elizabeth Lawrence

Unfortunately, not all childhoods remain an enchanted place.

Welcome to week 14 of Purrs 4 Peace:

According to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children:

• 797,500 children (younger than 18) were reported missing in a one-year period of time studied resulting in an average

of 2,185 children being reported missing each day.

• 203,900 children were the victims of family abductions.

• 58,200 children were the victims of non-family abductions.

• 115 children were the victims of “stereotypical” kidnapping. These crimes involve someone the child does not know or a slight acquaintance who holds the child overnight, transports the child 50 miles or more, kills the child, demands ransom, or intends to keep the child permanently.

Those who victimize children must have a selfish darkness inside them that allows them to perpetrate such EVIL. How can the world be at peace when parents must fear for their children....when children can be subjected to such pain? The truth is simple: there is no chance of world peace until the darkness that is inside child predators is eradicated.

There is a Chinese proverb that says: better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. Today we don’t just curse the dark in our world. Instead we take action. We purrrrrrrrr light into the dark corners. We purrrr for purity in every human heart. We purrrrrrrrrrr for peace.

2:59 p.m. Get ready to Purrrrrrrr.

SET.

3:00 p.m.

Confucius Cat say: GO!

Purrrrr, purrrr, purrrrr,

Purrrrr, purrrr, purrrrr, purrrrr, purrrr, purrrr, purrrrr, purrrr, purrrrr, purrrr, purrrrr, purrrrr, purrrr, purrrr, Let your purrs glow inside you like a healing, purifying light.

Purrrrr, purrrr, purrrr, purrrrr, purrrr, purrrrr, purrrr, purrrrr, purrrrr, purrrr, Purring.... Imagine that glow of light inside you become a beam radiating outward.

Purrrr, purrrrr, purrrr, purrrrr, purrrr, purrrrr, purrrrr, purrrr, purrrr,

The dark evil in the heart of any human who would prey on a child is replaced with the light of innocence, compassion, empathy.

Purrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

Purrrrrr.purrrrr, purrrr, purrrr, purrrrr, purrrr, purrrrr, purrrr, purrrrr, purrrrr, purrrr, purrrr, purrrrr, purrrr, purrrrr, purrrr... Imagine every child on earth surrounded by a barrier of blazing luminescence as bright as the sun.

Purrrrr, purrrr, purrrrr, purrrr, purrrrr, purrrrr, purrrr, purrrr, purrrrr, purrrr,

Purrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.......

3:03 p.m. You can stop purring.

Purrs 4 Peace- Week 14 Announcement: CHILDHOOD SHOULD BE FUN

If our American way of life fails the child, it fails us all. ~Pearl S. Buck

Purrs 4 Peace was begun 14 weeks ago with a dream.... a dream that the calmness and inner peace that is inspired in human beings by the purring of cats could translate itself into outer peace. Peace in the world at large.

For this world to be at peace, the future of the human race, i.e., its children, must be safe and healthy. A major threat to the safety and welfare of this world’s children are sexual predators.

According to reports, there are approximately 674,000 convicted sex offenders in the United States. Frighteningly, an estimated 100,000 of those convicted have failed to register with local authorities as required. Police efforts to keep track of these dangerous predators living in our communities have been thwarted by the sheer numbers. This is particularly worrisome given that Department of Justice statistics show that sex offenders are four times as likely to be arrested for another sex crime after release from prison than other offenders.

The tragic reality of these statistics was illustrated recently in the arrest of a convicted sex offender Phillip Garrido He is accused of kidnapping Jaycee Lee Dugard when she was eleven years of age and holding her for eighteen years, during which time she was reportedly sexually molested. And with the discovery of human bones on Garrido’s property, it seems likely that more victims of this predator will be discovered. Garrido was at large despite the fact that his prior conviction should have kept him in prison for life and a conclusion by the parole board that he was rehabilitated.

Confucius Cat believes that offenders who prey on children are but another example of the narcissism which has reached epidemic proportions at this time on earth. These predators place importance only upon themselves, their own feelings and their prurient desires. They do not have empathy or compassion for those they victimize. They are blinded by their own narcissism.

This week we purr to put a stop to predators. This week we purr to protect the children. This week we purr for peace.

Week 14 details are as follows:

• Week fourteen’s appointed time is Sunday, September 13, 2009.
• Participants should purr for three minutes commencing at 3 p.m. EDT (U.S.) which is 8:00 p.m. (20:00 hrs.) BST in the U.K.
• The cat’s human staff should assist their cats with the project by stroking and nuzzling the cat at the appointed time.
• Please post your cat name and the country you purr in at www.confuciuscat.blogspot.com as a COMMENT if you are participating in this historic project. (posting a link to your own website-if you have one-is encouraged.) Or let me know by message on twitter or facebook.
• Posting purrs on facebook ( Acolytes of Confucius Cat or as friend to Alley Mason) and twitter (@ConfuciusCat) is encouraged, since it inspires purring in others, but not required. On twitter please use #purrs4peace in your tweets.

PURRS SHALL PREVAIL* PEACE SHALL PREVAIL * PURRS SHALL PREVAIL * PEACE SHALL PREVAIL