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Follow Mandela’s lead

Sat., Dec. 14, 2013

Nelson Mandela’s death was perfect timing. He was an anti-apartheid activist, and the very word apartheid means to be separate. We are all individual and different in our physical bodies, our mental abilities and our emotional reactions.

Apparently, the time Mandela spent in prison showed him that there is another side to humanity, our spirit. You may call it soul, chi, life force, essence or anything you choose. Whatever it is, Mandela found it and used it to show how we are all connected; exactly what we need at this time in history.

World War III is knocking at the door, and we can choose to open it or ignore it.

Max Tuggle

Coeur d’Alene

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