On the 23rd of June 2010, a young orca named Morgan was found swimming near the Netherlands with deteriorating health. The Dolfinarium Harderwijk got a permit to bring Morgan to a healthy state and release her, but unfortunately she was never released and is currently still held in captivity.

I stumbled upon Morgan’s sad story on the Huffington Post in an article titled “Free Morgan: The Ocean Wants Her Orca Back” and I couldn’t stay silent, I knew I had to share this on FLC, Twitter and Facebook.

This coming 1st of November, a court hearing will be held for Morgan to be released from the smallest captivity tank in the world and into rehabilitation so that she may swim freely once again. Please help this young orca have the possibility of living in freedom by clicking here and sharing Morgan’s story. Thank you!

(Original images from the Free Morgan Foundation website and Facebook page)

It’s been months and I don’t even know where to begin. Thank you to all of those who stuck around and welcome to all newcomers. So much has happened in my life since I last posted and I hope to share most of it with you. My summer is coming to an end and with it came the enticement I needed to start updating Four Leaf Clover once again. I never left, but in the last few days, I could no longer ignore the enthusiasm and joy I felt when I thought about writing on here.

For months I’ve been wanting to share numerous songs, but I felt like I couldn’t just post a song after having not written for so long. I don’t know whose rules I was following, but I’ve decided to throw them out the window. So here I am with an uplifting and very-fitting-for-the-occasion song from Colorado band OneRepublic. You may remember them from their famous song Apologize.

This song does more than simply have you dancing in your seat. OneRepublic is giving portions of the profit from the Feel Again single to Save The Children’s Every Beat Matters campaign. The song was actually made using the heartbeats of children!

What do you say? Does Feel Again make you smile and sing along? What song always lifts your spirits? And how cool is this music video?!

(Original images from OneRepublic.net and OneRepublic’s Facebook page)

It seems that, no matter how many times we hear/read messages like this, they don’t stick. So here’s another reminder presented in a very clever way. There is not much to add to this post beyond wishing you good luck with absorbing this message and reflecting it through every day life.

(Original image found at StevePavlina.com)

Thanks to a retweet I saw the other day, a petition from Tiger Time was brought to my attention and now I share it with you. Please sign this petition to help put an end to the tiger trade in China. I’ve written about the devastation that tigers suffer multiple times here on FLC and it’s about time these majestic creatures start to flourish in the wild once again. Please share and sign, thank you!

(Original image from Tiger Time)

Wow! This video has popped up a few times on my Facebook newsfeed and I finally watched it today. I’ve somehow never watched The Great Dictator, which is the movie that this speech is from and was written by actor and comedian Charlie Chaplin. Take what you will from it. I found it motivational and thought-provoking. The reminder to show love keeps showing itself everywhere.