Monday, December 31, 2012

7 things to do today, happy 2013

7 THINGS TO DO TODAY - HAPPY 2013
URL- http://americatogetherfoundation.blogspot.com/2012/12/7-things-to-do-today-happy-2013-url.html 


The best thing you can do for yourselves is to spend an hour between today and tomorrow with a pen and a piece of paper or its equivalent to reflect on your life. The best place to go is your library or wherever you can find quietness.

Lay the foundation for your 2013. Your best investment for 2013 would be an hour invested in yourselves and your family. The best way to go about is, to have an attitude, whether you achieve or not, but you are going to have a blue print as a guidance, rather than a stick to beat yourselves up.

When you draw the outlines tonight,  at least you know where you are going,  because you wrote it down instead of “I know it-I know it- bullshit” – let’s bring some discipline in our lives.

Yasmeen and I will be doing this tonight and asking our family and friends, and the people we know to make that effort, we are asking you to do the same tonight or tomorrow.

Write 7 headlines and start filling bullets in to each item

1) Health: broad and narrow goals with possible contingencies
2) Family: Time for each other, family and friends – an  approximation of time you will spend per day, week or year. You will find pleasant surprises.
3) Income:  all the work, education, business, professional activities that add to your income
4) Volunteer: It would enrich your life, if you can give at least 1 hour a week, three hours a week would be ideal. You can double your joy if you serve others, that is volunteer at a school, hospital, city hall, shelter, goodwill, salvation army, soup kitchens, church, temple, synagogue or Mosque, and make sure you don’t belong to the group or faith you are serving. There should be nothing in return to be true service.
5) Spirituality – Time for reflection about life, God, religious and humanitarian services.
6) Self-improvement – Reading books, taking courses to make yourselves an all round person.
7) Questions – No matter what you are reading or hearing, including religious, business or political talk, unless you question and see another point of view, your life would be incomplete if you do not see another point of view.  

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The next step is to review last year’s high and low points within each one of the headings, and if you don't like to see the low points again, write down, and if you want a few changes for 2013, make notes and then ponder how you can get there. There is nothing more peaceful than knowing yourselves, make the commitment and just do it.
Thanks for the friendship, and thanks for sharing your thoughts, ideas, likes, comments in 2012. For some of us, thank God 2012 is over and for some, it was a great year.
I hope you find the following message meaningful. If you have the space, please feel free to share on your facebook, twitter, like and comment.- http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-ghouse/charting-a-successful-life-in-2013-with-a-firm-commitment_b_2372394.html?utm_hp_ref=email_share

Wish you and your loved ones, the very best of 2013.
Please review the work we do at– www.americaTogetherfoundation.com and www.FoundationforPluralism.com  and if you like what we are doing, please consider contributing $50, $100, $1000, $5000 or whatever your budget allows, we all can aspire to build a great society.  Please Donate: www.AmericatogetherFoundation.com/donate

We are committed to build a cohesive America, where no one has to live in apprehension, discomfort or fear of the other. 

Mike Ghouse
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Here is a summary of 2012
·  48 articles have been published in Dallas Morning News
·  22 in Huffington post
·  375 articles published in  around the world, 
·  13 appearances on Sean Hannity show
·  11appearance on Local TV
·  16 on National Radio Networks
·  Spoke in 16 Churches and Colleges 
·  8th Annual Unity Day USA
·  7th Annual Reflections on Holocaust and Genocides
·  Spoke about Pluralism and Islam at 20 places of worship
·  A film is in the making and the book will be out.
·  State visitors from 20 nations to learn about Pluralism  
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LINKS TO SITES

Thanks to Sean Hannity and other TV and Radio hosts, including Huffington Post and Dallas Morning News for announcing and publishing our websites, it has generated a lot of traffic to our websites.
Every year, we get to host two to three groups of people visiting from the North African, Middle East, Central Asia, China and other parts of the world. I was blessed to coach Interfaith and pluralism to government ministers from over 20 nations in the last five years. The State Department has put us on the list of organizations to visit in Dallas. It’s all voluntary.

· www.AmericaTogetherFoundation.com
· www.AmericaTogetherfoundation.blogspot.com
· www.Foundationforpluralism.com
· www.StandingupforOthers.com
· www.hannity.com/guest/ghouse-mike/10804
· www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-ghouse
· www.religionblog.dallasnews.com/archives/texas-faith/
· www.WorldMuslimcongress.com
· www.PluralismCenter.com
· www.IsraelPalestineDialogue.com
· www.QuraanConference.com
· www.Sharialaws.com
· www.UnitydayUSA.com
· www.HolocaustandGenocides.com

Thank you
Mike Ghouse
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Mike Ghouse is a speaker, thinker and a writer on pluralism, politics, peace,Islam, Israel, India, interfaith, and cohesion at work and social settings. He is committed to building a Cohesive America and offers pluralistic solutions on issues of the day at www.TheGhousediary.com. Mike has a strong presence on national and local TV, Radio and Print Media. He is a frequent guest on Sean Hannity show on Fox TV, and a commentator on national radio networks, he contributes weekly to the Texas Faith Column at Dallas Morning News, fortnightly at Huffington post, and several other periodicals across the world. His personal site www.MikeGhouse.net indexes everything you want to know about him

Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Interfaith Christmas: Boundless God

No matter what faith you profess, the interfaith Christmas can offer everything you had always wanted; to live in peace and harmony with fellow beings without apprehension or fear of the other.  I hope this essay shines a light on the larger idea of humanity, and gives you a sense of connection with fellow beings without being a Christian.  
Full article - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-ghouse/interfaith-christmas-making-god-boundless_b_2347856.html


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Mike Ghouse is a speaker, thinker and a writer on pluralism, politics, peace, Islam, Israel, India, interfaith, and cohesion at work place and standing up for others as an activist. He is committed to building a Cohesive America and offers pluralistic solutions on issues of the day at www.TheGhousediary.com. Mike has a presence on national and local TV, Radio and Print Media. He is a frequent guest on Sean Hannity show on Fox TV, and a commentator on national radio networks, he contributes weekly to the Texas Faith Column at Dallas Morning News, fortnightly at Huffington post, and several other periodicals across the world. His personal site www.MikeGhouse.net indexes everything you want to know about him.

Muslim Leap of Faith: Offering Interfaith Prayers at Newtown

Would Mahatma Gandhi go to heaven? Even though each member of the faith will thoughtfully acknowledge that he would, but the ones who live in cocoons, would say, not until he calls on Jesus as his savior, or recites the Shahadah (Muslim pledge). A Muslim took an incredible leap of faith on the national TV on the eve of interfaith prayers in Newton Connecticut, in presence of the president, watch the video.


   Mike Ghouse is a speaker, thinker and a writer on pluralism, politics, peace, Islam, Israel, India, interfaith, and cohesion at work place and standing up for others as an activist. He is committed to building a Cohesive America and offers pluralistic solutions on issues of the day at www.TheGhousediary.com. Mike has a presence on national and local TV, Radio and Print Media. He is a frequent guest on Sean Hannity show on Fox TV, and a commentator on national radio networks, he contributes weekly to the Texas Faith Column at Dallas Morning News, fortnightly at Huffington post, and several other periodicals across the world. His personal site www.MikeGhouse.net indexes everything you want to know about him. 

Saturday, December 22, 2012

We are not a police state, we are a land of the free

WE ARE NOT A GOD-DAMNED POLICE STATE, WE ARE A LAND OF THE FREE



Guns don't kill people, but the deranged individuals who have the guns do. Do we need them on the road? 

To offset the drunk drivers, we don't put more drunk drivers on the road; we strip their licenses and privileges to drive to protect fellow Americans. Guns are no different.  If one is mentally not qualified, strip the gun!  Americans are not against guns, but certainly against automatic weapons that kill 26 people in a few minutes. 

The safety of Americans is the prime role of Government, and arming the teachers, day cares and churches is not, that is the Guns Sales people's job for a commission. We are not a Goddamned police state, we are a land of the free and we need to live and breathe freely without fear of the other.

Mike Ghouse,
America Together Foundation.


Friday, December 14, 2012

Press Release: Prayer Vigil for Victims of Connecticut Shooting in Dallas

PRESS RELEASE
Interfaith Prayers and vigil in Richardson, Texas at 3:00 PM on Saturday in memory of the innocent victims of shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, please join.



Interfaith Prayers and vigil
in Richardson, Texas at 3:00 PM on Saturday in memory of the innocent victims of shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, please join.


We send our heartfelt condolences to the families who have lost their loved ones at the Connecticut shooting. We pray for the peace and kindness to prevail, and seek the divine guidance to bless us with guidance to prevent these tragedies. At this time, we have to come together to express our support to the victims and their families.

In memory of those who have lost their lives at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, an interfaith vigil is being organized at the FunAsiA in Richardson tomorrow Saturday 15 December at 3 p.m.

Interfaith Prayers and Vigil
Time: 3:00 PM
Day: Saturday, December 15, 2012
Venue: Fun Asia grounds, 1210 E Beltline Road, Richardson, TX 75081
All are invited to participate in the interfaith prayers.

Contact
John Hammond-(972) 904-5904 - John@Funasia.net
Taiyab Kundawala-(469)-733-0859 - Tkundawala@hotmail.com
Mike Ghouse-(214)-325-1916 - MikeGhouse@aol.com
 
If you wish to send an official statement from your organization to be published at various sites, please send the email to us.

It’s shocking to hear the news about the shooting in Connecticut killing of 27 people including 20 children. It has gripped the nation beyond belief. Millions of Americans are expressing their shock. As the president said, our hearts are broken and we need to hug our children tightly to comfort them and pray for those parents, who cannot. Our hearts are indeed broken.

Here is President Obama's message
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIA0W69U2_Y

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Additional Press Release:
http://worldmuslimcongress.blogspot.com/2012/12/interfaith-prayers-for-families.html


Dallas Morning News
http://religionblog.dallasnews.com/2012/12/texas-faith-how-would-you-comfort-the-families-affected-by-the-connecticut-slayings.html/
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INITIAL LIST OF ORGANIZATIONS
Exclusive media partner; FunAsia


  • America Together Foundation   
  • India Association of North Texas
  • World Muslim Congress
  • Indian American Friendship Council
  • Pakistan Association of Texas
  • Bangladesh Association of North Texas
  • Nepali community
  • DFW International
  • NASIM Foundation
  • World Muslim Congress
  • Foundation for Pluralism
  • DFW Gujarati Samaj
  • Gurdwara Sikh Sangat, Euless. 
  • Dallas Indian Lions Club
  • Makkah Masjid Garland
  • Anjuman E Najmi 
  • Masjid Bait-ul-Ikram
  • Faith Club of Richardson.
  • Pratham USA

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