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 Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2007 9:33 am
Welcome to One-Thousand Paper Cranes: Project World Hope
In this project people will be folding paper cranes and the people folding will be whole heartedly making a single wish they hope to come true. Why are we folding one-thousand paper cranes and making a wish? Well, that's because of a legend that has been around for sometime (See post number two). I believe if we focus our energies on this and keep these good thoughts with us as we fold, that maybe our wishes really will be granted.
I believe that there is a chance this will happen because of a few reasons.
One of which being the book/movie called The Secret, and another being the effects of prayer/chants when it comes to healing.
If you would like to take part in this project, please keep reading.
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Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 12:00 pm
The legend and a Story Legend says that anyone who folds one thousand paper cranes will have their heart's desire come true. The origami crane has become a symbol of peace because of this legend, and because of a young Japanese girl named Sadako Sasaki. Sadako was exposed to the radiation of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima as an infant, and it took its inevitable toll on her health. By the time she was twelve in 1955, she was dying of leukemia. Hearing the legend, she decided to fold 1,000 cranes so that she could live. However, when she saw that the other children in her ward were dying, she realized that she would not survive and wished instead for world peace and an end to suffering.
A popular version of the tale is that Sadako folded 644 cranes before she died; her classmates then continued folding cranes in honor of their friend. Sadako actually folded more than 1,300 cranes before her death. She was buried with a wreath of 1,000 cranes to honor her dream. While her effort could not extend her life, it moved her friends to make a granite statue of Sadako in the Hiroshima Peace Park: a young girl standing with her hand outstretched, a paper crane flying from her fingertips. Every year the statue is adorned with thousands of wreaths of a thousand origami cranes. A group of one thousand paper cranes is called senbazuru in Japanese.
-wikipedia The Secret Watch the Secret - This is about 20 minutes of The Secret. It explains a lot, and I hope it helps some of you who are not yet familiar with it. I feel it is very important for everyone to just take 20 minutes of their time and watch this from start to finish.
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Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 12:00 pm
People Involved and Their Wishes It you would like to take part in this project, please PM me or Post here. Don't forget to say what your wish is!
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Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 12:01 pm
Progress If you wish to have me keep track of what number you're on, just PM me and I'll place it here.
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Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 12:03 pm
Side Notes There is no set amount of paper cranes that you have to make each day. I do ask that you start anytime after the first of January 2008, and that you are finished with your cranes by December 31st 2008 because we're calling this a year of hope project. People are allowed to pick a wish that someone else has already listed. I actually encourage it! This way we'll have more good energy and thoughts going towards whatever cause it is ^__^
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Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 12:04 pm
One-Thousand Paper Cranes: Project World Hope is now opened and ready to start listing wishes ^___^!
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Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 2:12 pm
My wish will be to bring hope and comfort to those who seem to have lost the sparkle in their lives.
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Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 12:49 pm
My wish? I wish for an end to all the horrible things people do to each other:
Harrass
Backstab
War
Etc.
I'm actually on 11 cranes, I started folding them before I was invited to this guild. Thank my Spanish teacher. whee
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 8:05 am
i wish for a groundbreaking data to be found in the cure for cancer.
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Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 7:16 am
i wish to end disease and famine
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