The World Around Us

Why?

Sun, 16 Dec 2012 11:28:22 -0500

This is my statement: I believe in humanity. I believe that people are naturally good, and that love prevails over hate in the vast majority of circumstances. But some humans take an unnatural turn with their lives and acquire cold hearts. Cold hearts lead to evil deeds on rare occasions, such as the Sandy Hook shooting at an elementary school in Connecticut. Why do we focus more on the terrible stories instead of the beautiful ones? Some noted that the media is partially to blame, and I agree. First of all, why will the killer, Adam Lanza, become a household name because he is a monster of a man that massacred innocent school children and teachers? People deserve to remember the names of the victims instead of revolving the news stories around a disturbed individual. Then the next disturbed individual with a cold heart will hop on the opportunity for their claim to fame and shoot a larger amount of victims in a more sick, twisted way. I believe that we need to raise awareness for mental illness, which is often associated with these types of killers, and if we know people who seem to have thoughts that aren’t incorporating love we must get them the necessary help, perhaps even medication, so they do not acquire a permanently cold heart. Yes, I believe in love. I found this and wanted to conclude my statement with the following quote: An old Cherokee told his grandson: “My son, there’s a battle between two wolves inside us all. One is evil. It’s anger, jealousy, greed, resentment, inferiority, lies, and ego. The other is good. It’s joy, peace, love, hope, humility, kindness, and truth.” The boy thought about it and asked: “Grandfather, which wolf wins?” The old man quietly replied: “The one you feed.”

This morning I spent some time in deep thought. Of course some...

Sun, 18 Nov 2012 14:24:44 -0500

This morning I spent some time in deep thought. Of course some feelings and ideas cannot be properly described, but these are my words that I have created as a form of advice or at least a starting point for your own deep thought perhaps: “Act optimistic. Be bold. Aspire to make an impact in others. Inspire strangers to become friends. Dream for a positive change in the world around us. Align your

actions with your dreams. Realize there is no right or wrong; there are many perspectives. Do not judge because one person sees the same idea differently than another. Hatred is meant for those who cannot compromise. Love is freedom. Life is liberty. Happiness is hope. Believe that a smile is more than an expression. Understand that living is precious so create your own path. Remember we are all brothers and sisters in humanity and every second enjoyed is an eternity of time well spent.”

The London 2012 Olympic Games will begin this Friday with the...

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 19:59:53 -0400

The London 2012 Olympic Games will begin this Friday with the opening ceremonies. I love the Olympics. It’s a time where the nations of the world come together in peace. Citizens root for their own countries with pride. Medals are awarded to athletes who have broken records & spent their lives training to accomplish the physical feats they can do with such grace. I’m an athlete, but an olympian goes above and beyond that category. The dedication that it takes to push yourself to become the best in the world is so impressive. May the Games prove to be an inspiration for all of us.

Life…Accept differences. Be kind. Count your blessings....

Sun, 15 Jul 2012 10:24:26 -0400

Life…Accept differences. Be kind. Count your blessings. Dream. Express thanks. Forgive. Give freely. Harm no one. Imagine more. Jettison anger. Keep confidences. Love truly. Master something. Nurture hope. Open your mind. Pack lightly. Quell rumors. Reciprocate. Seek wisdom. Touch hearts. Understand. Value truth. Win graciously. Xeriscape. Yearn for peace. Zealously support a worthy cause.

▂ ▃ ▅ ▆ █ This is your life. Do what you love, and do it often....

Wed, 06 Jun 2012 18:36:01 -0400

▂ ▃ ▅ ▆ █ This is your life. Do what you love, and do it often. If you don’t like something, change it. If you don’t like your job, quit. If you don’t have enough time, stop watching TV. If you are looking for the love of your life, stop; they will be waiting for you when you start doing things you love. Stop over analyzing, life is simple. All emotions are beautiful when you eat, appreciate every last bite. Open your mind, arms, and heart to new things and people; we are united in our differences. Ask the next person to see what their passion is and share your inspiring dream with them. Travel often; getting lost will help you find yourself. Some opportunities only come once, seize them. Life is about the people you meet and the things you create with them…so go out and start creating. Life is short. Live your dream and wear your passion. █ ▆ ▅ ▃ ▂

A Message To Humanity

Wed, 30 May 2012 18:49:01 -0400

A Message To Humanity:

“I’m sorry but I don’t want to be an Emperor – that’s not my business – I don’t want to rule or conquer anyone. I should like to help everyone if possible, Jew, gentile, black man, white. We all want to help one another, human beings are like that. We all want to live by each other’s happiness, not by each other’s misery. We don’t want to hate and despise one another. In this world there is room for everyone and the earth is rich and can provide for everyone. The way of life can be free and beautiful. But we have lost the way. Greed has poisoned men’s souls – has barricaded the world with hate; has goose-stepped us into misery and bloodshed. We have developed speed but we have shut ourselves in: machinery that gives abundance has left us in want. Our knowledge has made us cynical, our cleverness hard and unkind. We think too much and feel too little: More than machinery we need humanity; More than cleverness we need kindness and gentleness. Without these qualities, life will be violent and all will be lost. The airplane and the radio have brought us closer together. The very nature of these inventions cries out for the goodness in men, cries out for universal brotherhood for the unity of us all. Even now my voice is reaching millions throughout the world, millions of despairing men, women, and little children, victims of a system that makes men torture and imprison innocent people. To those who can hear me I say “Do not despair”. The misery that is now upon us is but the passing of greed, the bitterness of men who fear the way of human progress: the hate of men will pass and dictators die and the power they took from the people, will return to the people and so long as men die [now] liberty will never perish… Soldiers – don’t give yourselves to brutes, men who despise you and enslave you – who regiment your lives, tell you what to do, what to think and what to feel, who drill you, diet you, treat you as cattle, as cannon fodder. Don’t give yourselves to these unnatural men, machine men, with machine minds and machine hearts. You are not machines. You are not cattle. You are men. You have the love of humanity in your hearts. You don’t hate – only the unloved hate. Only the unloved and the unnatural. Soldiers – don’t fight for slavery, fight for liberty. In the seventeenth chapter of Saint Luke it is written ” the kingdom of God is within man ” – not one man, nor a group of men – but in all men – in you, the people. You the people have the power, the power to create machines, the power to create happiness. You the people have the power to make life free and beautiful, to make this life a wonderful adventure. Then in the name of democracy let’s use that power – let us all unite. Let us fight for a new world, a decent world that will give men a chance to work, that will give you the future and old age and security. By the promise of these things, brutes have risen to power, but they lie. They do not fulfil their promise, they never will. Dictators free themselves but they enslave the people. Now let us fight to fulfil that promise. Let us fight to free the world, to do away with national barriers, do away with greed, with hate and intolerance. Let us fight for a world of reason, a world where science and progress will lead to all men’s happiness. Soldiers – in the name of democracy, let us all unite!”

As many of us have barbecues, days at the beach, and other forms...

Sat, 26 May 2012 12:07:02 -0400

As many of us have barbecues, days at the beach, and other forms of enjoyment over this three day weekend, let’s actually take the time to remember what Memorial Day is all about. This federal holiday, in my opinion, is one of the most important because it’s a day of remembrance for our nation’s fallen heroes. Every single brave sole that puts their life on the line to preserve the freedom of our great nation has my utmost respect. I salute the members of the United States military who never made it back home, along with the other troops that have the courage to fight for our country in general. Also, I think it is strange that people say “happy Memorial Day”. Is death, as valiant as dying for America may be, a happy occurrence? Instead, have an honorable Memorial Day remembering the heroes that have died in the name of the stars and stripes.

I’d always heard your entire life flashes before your eyes...

Mon, 21 May 2012 20:13:14 -0400

I’d always heard your entire life flashes before your eyes a second before you die. First of all, that one second isn’t a second at all. It stretches on forever, like an ocean of time. For me, it will be lying on the beach, feeling the sun warm my entire body. And the walk home from school in mother nature’s woods. Or waking up early in the morning, and the rewarding cup of coffee that accompanies that. And listening to music that relaxes my mind. I guess I could be pretty pissed off about dying when the time comes, but it will be hard to stay mad when there is so much beauty in the world. Sometimes I feel like I’m seeing it all at once, and it’s too much. My heart fills up like a balloon that’s about to burst. Then I remember to breathe easy, and stop trying to hold on to it. It then flows through me like rain, and I can’t feel anything but gratitude for every single moment of my young life so far. You have no idea what I’m talking about, I’m sure. But don’t worry. You will someday. *See the beauty in the world, even in the simplest things. Most people don’t realize how significant their everyday routines are in life until they are too late.

Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or...

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 08:26:16 -0400

Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky. After all, the purest and most thoughtful minds are those which love color the most. Strive to see the world in color!

Everyone seems to want summer. They post, talk, and even dream...

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 18:54:47 -0400

Everyone seems to want summer. They post, talk, and even dream about it excessively. But rarely do people address WHY they want the summertime. I look forward to summer because that is my time of pure freedom. There is no designated schedule that regulates my everyday routines such as in the school year. Summer is perfect for relaxation. Everyone has stress in their lives, and sometimes a long break is a valuable way to calm the storm of life. Memories will be made, laughs will be shared, and opportunities will arise all in the few months we have off from school. I, along with the majority, am excited for this approaching summer of 2012. It will be legendary. And when it arrives, remember to cherish every moment.

Read the ENTIRE conversation and be changed. Professor: You...

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 17:56:37 -0400

Read the ENTIRE conversation and be changed.

Professor: You are a Christian, aren’t you, son?

Student: Yes, sir.

Professor: So, you believe in GOD?

Student: Absolutely, sir.

Professor: Is GOD good?

Student: Sure.

Professor: Is GOD all powerful?

Student: Yes.

Professor: My brother died of cancer even though he prayed to GOD to heal him. Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill. But GOD didn’t. How is this GOD good then? Hmm?

(Student was silent.)

Professor: You can’t answer, can you? Let’s start again, young fella. Is GOD good?

Student: Yes.

Professor: Is satan good?

Student: No.

Professor: Where does satan come from?

Student: From … GOD …

Professor: That’s right. Tell me son, is there evil in this world?

Student: Yes.

Professor: Evil is everywhere, isn’t it? And GOD did make everything. Correct?

Student: Yes.

Professor: So who created evil ?

(Student did not answer.)

Professor: Is there sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things exist in the world, don’t they?

Student: Yes, sir.

Professor: So, who created them?

(Student had no answer.)

Professor: Science says you have 5 Senses you use to identify and observe the world around you. Tell me, son, have you ever seen GOD?

Student: No, sir.

Professor: Tell us if you have ever heard your GOD?

Student: No , sir.

Professor: Have you ever felt your GOD, tasted your GOD, smelt your GOD? Have you ever had any sensory perception of GOD for that matter?

Student: No, sir. I’m afraid I haven’t.

Professor: Yet you still believe in Him?

Student: Yes.

Professor : According to Empirical, Testable, Demonstrable Protocol, Science says your GOD doesn’t exist. What do you say to that, son?

Student : Nothing. I only have my faith.

Professor: Yes, faith. And that is the problem Science has.

Student: Professor, is there such a thing as heat?

Professor: Yes.

Student: And is there such a thing as cold?

Professor: Yes.

Student: No, sir. There isn’t.

(The lecture theater became very quiet with this turn of events.)

Student: Sir, you can have lots of heat, even more heat, superheat, mega heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat. But we don’t have anything called cold. We can hit 458 degrees below zero which is no heat, but we can’t go any further after that. There is no such thing as cold. Cold is only a word we use to describe the absence of heat. We cannot measure cold. Heat is energy. Cold is not the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence of it.

(There was pin-drop silence in the lecture theater.)

Student: What about darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as darkness?

Professor: Yes. What is night if there isn’t darkness?

Student: You’re wrong again, sir. Darkness is the absence of something. You can have low light, normal light, bright light, flashing light. But if you have no light constantly, you have nothing and its called darkness, isn’t it? In reality, darkness isn’t. If it is, well you would be able to make darkness darker, wouldn’t you?

Professor: So what is the point you are making, young man?

Student: Sir, my point is your philosophical premise is flawed.

Professor: Flawed? Can you explain how?

Student: Sir, you are working on the premise of duality. You argue there is life and then there is death, a good GOD and a bad GOD. You are viewing the concept of GOD as something finite, something we can measure. Sir, Science can’t even explain a thought. It uses electricity and magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one. To view death as the opposite of life is to be ignorant of the fact that death cannot exist as a substantive thing.

Death is not the opposite of life: just the absence of it. Now tell me, Professor, do you teach your students that they evolved from a monkey?

Professor: If you are referring to the natural evolutionary process, yes, of course, I do.

Student: Have you ever observed evolution with your own eyes, sir?

(The Professor shook his head with a smile, beginning to realize where the argument was going.)

Student: Since no one has ever observed the process of evolution at work and cannot even prove that this process is an on-going endeavor. Are you not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you not a scientist but a preacher?

(The class was in uproar.)

Student: Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the Professor’s brain?

(The class broke out into laughter. )

Student: Is there anyone here who has ever heard the Professor’s brain, felt it, touched or smelt it? No one appears to have done so. So, according to the established Rules of Empirical, Stable, Demonstrable Protocol, Science says that you have no brain, sir. With all due respect, sir, how do we then trust your lectures, sir?

(The room was silent. The Professor stared at the student, his face unfathomable.)

Professor: I guess you’ll have to take them on faith, son.

Student: That is it sir … Exactly! The link between man & GOD is FAITH. That is all that keeps things alive and moving.

P.S.

I believe you have enjoyed the conversation. And if so, spread the word to increase other’s knowledge… or FAITH.

By the way, that student was EINSTEIN.

Today is the day that my Jesus, your Savior, the King of kings...

Fri, 06 Apr 2012 09:42:09 -0400

Today is the day that my Jesus, your Savior, the King of kings died on the cross to save humanity from our sins. The Lord was crucified under Pontius Pilate and mocked by the soldiers and Jewish leaders that demanded He be killed. Christ wore the crown of thorns, and His hands were nailed to the cross. On the cross, there were two criminals to the left and right of Jesus. One of the thieves asked the Lord for forgiveness, and Christ forgave him and welcomed him to the kingdom of Heaven after death. Today is a day to remember we can all be forgiven. Hold on to your faith. Today I encourage everyone to fast between 12:00-3:00pm because that was when Jesus Christ was suffering and dying on the cross.

I want to organize a rally in our nation’s capital called Youth...

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 09:36:04 -0400

I want to organize a rally in our nation’s capital called Youth 4 Truth. Using the powers of social media, I’d like to arrange this event to be in the spring of 2014. The government has failed and continues to fail on multiple levels. We don’t want to be lied to by politicians running a campaign or trying to keep their job, the youth of today demand to be told the truth. It’s irrelevant whether you are a Democrat or Republican; we must find the answers in order to benefit the majority and not the minority. The generation that is running the country today is responsible for each citizen in the United States being $49,868.95 in debt. The adults, who make these decisions that have put a blemish on our great country, look down upon today’s youth. It will soon be our generation’s turn to make a difference. We want to clean up politics and our nation. Teenagers today want to be heard, and we will provide a voice that speaks the truth. After all, we are the future. This is just an idea at the moment, but this march on Washington can show that kids truly can change the country and even the world.

One day, as a wise man was walking along the shore, he looked...

Sun, 26 Feb 2012 08:45:21 -0500

One day, as a wise man was walking along the shore, he looked down the beach and saw a human figure. As he got closer, he noticed that the figure was that of a young man. The young man was reaching down to the shore, picking up small objects, and throwing them into the ocean. He came closer still and called out “Good morning! May I ask what it is that you are doing?” The young man paused, looked up, and replied “Throwing starfish into the ocean.” “I must ask, then, why are you throwing starfish into the ocean?” asked the somewhat startled wise man. To this, the young man replied, “The sun is up and the tide is going out. If I don’t throw them in, they’ll die.” Upon hearing this, the wise man commented, “But, young man, do you not realize that there are miles and miles of beach and there are starfish all along the shore? You can’t possibly make a difference!” At this, the young man bent down, picked up yet another starfish, and threw it into the ocean. As it met the water, he said, “It made a difference for that one.” Ordinary people can change the world.

Today we honor a man who changed the world. His legacy lives on,...

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:07:52 -0500

Today we honor a man who changed the world. His legacy lives on, and we should always judge someone not ‘by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character’. Thank you, Dr. King, for reforming the human race.

This is a picture of the OmnioSigne social experiment project...

Sun, 01 Jan 2012 10:38:00 -0500

This is a picture of the OmnioSigne social experiment project that I started. The goal is to use a hand symbol to convey a positive message. First, take each hand and make the sign language symbol for love. Then, combine the two hands at the center and create OmnioSigne. The green dot represents ending violence & that love is the answer over hatred.

An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A...

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 10:35:46 -0500

An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves. Wishing everyone a day of celebration for the past year and to a bright future in 2012.

fashiontakesmybreathaway: HAPPY NEW YEAR! :D WELCOME 2012!!

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 08:07:51 -0500

fashiontakesmybreathaway:

HAPPY NEW YEAR! :D WELCOME 2012!!

Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are...

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 21:42:12 -0500

Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves; vanity, to what others think of us. So stop worrying about what you see in the mirror, start being proud of who you really are.

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Sat, 24 Dec 2011 21:39:12 -0500