I love it when I can read a book and something in it expands my mind and knowledge. This Christmas, I was gifted with the book The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell. What I realized is that the tipping point is similar to the Hundredth Monkey Syndrome – only Gladwell delves into epidemics and their causes. Epidemics are not only diseases. Have you ever been part of an epidemic of laughter? Someone begins to laugh and soon everyone in the room is laughing. The laughter became contagious. Gladwell gives an example of the Hush Puppy brand of shoes. They went out of style and in 1995 they became fashionable again. In contemplating these two words epidemic and contagious, I realize that this planet needs an epidemic of major proportions of love and gratitude.
I also researched the Hundredth Monkey and apparently this is a study done on a small Japanese island regarding one monkey getting the idea to wash its sweet potato and soon other monkeys picked up on the idea. Ken Keyes wrote a best seller on this research and although the actual study may not have been exactly as Keyes wrote, it does have validity. What it indicates for me is a paradigm shift or reaching critical mass. This only enhances my reason for forming the For Freedom Now Project.
I am asking that you continue with your focus of sending love and gratitude all around the Earth. I am asking that you send this website to as many people as you possibly can. www.forfreedomnow.weebly/home.html. Love and gratitude encompasses appreciation, laughter and a light heart. We may not see the results immediately. There will come a time when each of us will get an aha and realize that love and gratitude has reached the tipping point. I send each of you a big dose of love and appreciation. Bettye Johnson.