This person sent me a comment on my blog, and i’m posting it because its beautiful to read, and emulate. Its true. When you hang out with the homeless, you give lots away. I know they do and its catchy. Well done to this person. Nice job ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ I live near downtown houston and every [...]
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Then Puke up Whatever is leftover Part 2
There is so much pain and suffering in our world. We don’t have to go to the Congo and watch as little boys are raped, or Darfur where men are butchered in front of their children. We can stay right here in Toronto where thousands of children go without 3 solid meals a day. Poverty [...]
Watching Mel Gibson Meltdown is liking Watching Ourselves
Watching a meltdown of a human being is daunting. It is because when we do, as we are with Mel Gibson, we are privy to the destructive forces within a human being taking over the creative. Rarely, if ever, in past generations have we been witness to the personal collapse of a human being. The [...]
Some Thoughts for the Day – Four!!!!!
1. Oil slick off Louisiana – the destruction to the sealife and environment will likely be enormous. What will the world be like when oil is not as important? 2. Canada’s Governor General apologized to the Rwandans for the world community, which includes Canada, not being involved in stopping the genocide there in 1994. It’s [...]
I Believe Tiger Woods, The Emotional Show Man
Tiger Woods is a man who likely has a hard time being himself. He has been a showman all his life; he has been watched, studied and idolized. Inevitably he had to have moved into that role. So today when he apologized to pretty much the entire universe, cosmos and more, there was something about it [...]
Newspapers: Some Reasonable Questions from Avrum
1. Do you think that newspapers are accusatory; that their general motif, way, is that of ‘got’chya’? Read your favourite newspaper(s) today and apply this thought while you’re doing so. How much of what you read reflects: we found the worst aspect of this person’s life, or a situation, highlited it, and now are presenting [...]
Michael Bryant and Darcy Sheppard Two Weeks Later
It’s quite amazing what has happened since the road incident that took Darcy’s life a couple o f weeks ago. People have taken a stand on the issue and either consider Michael a ‘murderer’ or see Darcy as a person who instigated and therefore was not killed but caused his own death. Couriers and bikers have taken very [...]
What do you tell your 3 Year old About Death?
1. I met a woman today who seemed very nervous and shy, but driven and accomplished. She works on Sundays. I wondered when we put our work before our family and visa versa. This is not a judgment call of her or anyone else, just a meandering about passion for issues and career versus familial stuff. Sometimes [...]
Is there time to be Introspective in Darfur?
I CAN’T HELP IT. THAT’S THE WAY I THINK… 1. I’m sitting home and it’s quiet. Sometimes it becomes quieter than it should be, or perhaps ever was. The other side to the loneliness of stillness is that I realize I am closer to me. The louder the quiet becomes the more self aware I [...]
