Happy Continuation Day, Malala! and Happy Malala Day!

“To every child – I dream of a world where you can laugh, dance, sing, learn, live in peace and be happy.”

~ Malala Yousafzai~

as always, this young woman of peace, she is both the youngest UN Messenger of Peace and Nobel Laureate, wishes on her birthday for all girls to have the opportunity to go to school, to learn and to lead... it was her activism as a teen that resulted in her being shot and almost killed by a member of a fundamentalist group who believed girls should not be educated…

“After months of surgeries and rehabilitation, I joined my family in our new home in the U.K.,” says Malala on her site. “It was then I knew I had a choice: I could live a quiet life or I could make the most of this new life I had been given. I was determined to continue my fight until every girl could go to school… I’m grateful that I was able to complete my education. And every day I fight to ensure all girls receive 12 years of free, safe, quality education. I travel to many countries to meet girls fighting poverty, wars, child marriage and gender discrimination to go to school. Malala Fund is working so that their stories, like mine, can be heard around the world. With more than 130 million girls out of school today, there is more work to be done. I hope you will join my fight for education and equality. Together, we can create a world where all girls can learn and lead.” yes, let us all join with Malala in waging peace and education and equality…

and, may we all  keep alive our child heart of wonder, of pure awareness seeing the beauty and sacredness of this moment, of every moment…