I have been giving & supporting as many friends as possible. You, too,can vote with your $$ with these wonderful Projects & Causes: (Even a small gesture can have a large energetic impact. You’ve got to give to get.)

People of Burning Man book – I have a blurb on the book jacket!

Kaminanda’s new album, “Year of the Golden Tiger.” – The soundtrack to our evolution. Great guy and amazing music.

Community Fundraiser for Laura Lee and Animae – horrible story of mercury poisoning

Rebuilding Pitung’s house in Indonesia – help rebuild the burnt home of a friend of a friend.

Legal help for friend of friend arrested in AZ with marijuana.

Donate your old sleeping bag to the homeless. – I’m trying to get 100 bags by Valentines Day.

** In progress. Comment or email if you have something for me to add. **

At SXSW I met Dr. Karen Rayne, who does a great blog on teen sexuality. (She also does a really cool “Belly Project.”)

This week she posted an interview I did with her about HugNation and more.

“Our planet is so ready for catalysts of connection. Despite what we hear on the news, the world would rather hug us than hurt us. We are all blessed to have Gail & Daryl traveling the globe as Hug Ambassadors. May their journey ignite a chain reaction of Love.”
-John Halcyon Styn, HugNation.com

Sometimes I feel like I publish things into a huge vacuum. And, actually, I slipped into that mindset earlier in the week.
“I don’t promote enough.”
“I don’t work on SEO enough.”
“I don’t get enough views.”

But I found my way back to a peaceful headspace. I reminded myself that I publish because I love to share stories. I enjoy an audience, but it can’t be what motivates me.

Just follow the flow, and let go of the outcome.
From that place, I felt the joy again.

Of course, with perfect cosmic timing, as soon as I let go of the “audience,” I got TWO humbling reminders from the universe:
1) One of my most significant spiritual teachers, Jacob Glass, posted my 4th of July card on his blog.
2) The author of one of my most inspiring spiritual books, Rob Brezsney, linked to me from his newsletter.

Color me tickled pink.

This blog takes other people’s party pics and then teases from afar. Often WRONG, but usually hilarious, like: Roofie Party

(I’m also testing out the new Flock browser by blogging from it. So far, it’s flocking GREAT!)

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I have recently become a fan of Gary Vaynerchuk.

He does a vlog about wine that my low-class butt never motivated to watch. But I just started watching his 2 minute daily vlogs about gratitude, loving life, working for what you believe in, and other “Be a good person” themes.

They (and he) are fantastic.

Well, he has named today, April 3, “Good People Day.”

So spend the day thinking about all the wonderful people you know. Give them credit. Tell them thanks.

What a wonderful idea!

# 22 Halcyon Pink doesn’t read books. He stares them down until he gets the information he wants.
# 23 Halcyon Pink once visited the Virgin Islands. They are now The Islands.

get the whole list… (and switch out my name for your’s)

wellllll, it may not be as effective as hugging. But Zach G. has certainly taken “snuggling” to new heights:

wellllll, it may not be as effective as hugging. But Zach G. has certainly taken “snuggling” to new heights:

The Yeti vs. Bigfoot comments to this post are AWESOME.

(from @The_Butterfly)

…and I’ve decided to post more external links here. Hopefully it wont push me past the “posts too much” threshold.