Author Archives: Elizabeth Sato

  JUST ONE If you have the ability and opportunity Show compassion and grace to just one One child One person One elder One family Just one during this season of joy and magic Just one is all it takes When the electric company is threatening shut off, or you have no idea how you […]

Do you know the secret to a successful year-end appeal? I do because I love Nonprofits. I have volunteered, served, directed and launched many year-end fundraising campaigns in my forty-year career. All too often–I witness how many nonprofits, ministries and 501c3 organizations miss their opportunity to finish the year strong. While most companies and organizations […]

    Many people wonder why I box–what is the attraction? First of all (little secret) it is a terrific workout. In 40 minutes–I am dripping with perspiration and my inner core feels tight. When your sparring is complete, you feel just about every muscle in your body because boxing requires “mindfulness.” Perfecting the art […]

Artwork (c) Still Dancing – Jonathan Labillois, Listuguj Migmaq First Nation Band in Gaspe Quebec I cannot self-identify without bringing recognition and attention to the thousands of women and female children who have no voice because their voices have been suppressed, shamed and mutilated by societal ignorance, culture, tradition and self-indulgent greed that has not […]

artwork (c) Aaron Paquette (Metis Nation) Nature’s birds are my alarm clock. I overslept this morning because I did not hear their song. I usually awaken before sunrise but there were no birds singing, in fact all of the animals were silent. Perhaps it was the dark grey almost black skies filled with smoke and […]

Eclipsing Forward With Hope- a prayer for humanity    I got so emotional during the Eclipse. It seems my spirit was overcome with the realization that all across our nation people, brothers and sisters– from many nations around the world were viewing a rare celestial event. We were all looking up and I was secretly […]

I love this photo–it so reminds me of me in my spiritual walk which is so dichotomous. Sometimes I am so serious and oft-times I am filled with joy. Growing up a Buddhist, I memorized and chanted all of the critical scriptures but discovered through research that women were thought to never be able to achieve […]

I love FB timeline pop ups, they make me smile recollecting all of the many wonderful experiences that enveloped our lives when my three sons were young. It was not easy raising three boys as a single-parent and it was especially challenging raising three young teen boys of African-American heritage during a time when prejudice, ignorance and stereotypes […]