Think. Are you limited by your senses?

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War and Values

I often think that one of the main reason for wars in between civilizations is based solely on the values of those civilizations. If one does not endorse or comply to those values their are then not worth our respect. And so we will attack, try to impose and most importantly make sure that the masses believe that we are right to do so.

I believe that our fundamental nature as human beings is to take care of each other and respect one another based on the knowledge that we are ALL DIFFERENT but we are also all living on the one planet and in that sense we are not so different but we share a planet as a common denominator.

Have we become unable to do anything but to impose our ways of thinking and be right about them and giving people's behaviour adjectives such as: terrorists, rude, different (in a negative way), hurtful, bad etc... because in our view people who don't do what we want them to or expect them to do, are BAD?

The reason I have been thinking about all this is because I have hurt a friend's expectations of me. And I know that because of this the view this friend has of me have shifted.
So I became careless and did not set my priorities right in "their book".

I am often one to recommend that we take responsibilities for our actions and I a happy when someone reminds me about this.
I also understand the effects of negative feelings based on expectations.

Have done things right, or have I done wrong? YOU ARE THE JUDGE, what I can do is take responsibilities for hurting someone. But did I become a lesser friend, do I now have one of those adjectives stuck on me? Did I loose someone's respect for it?

I am at peace with the fact that the love I have for each and every one of my friends is true and is not something that I can change. It cannot be based on judging, expecting and complying. I do not love out of my expectations. Of course I am like everyone else and I get hurt and disappointed and so on, but on the scale of my physical lifetime I am able to understand the flimsy nature of those feelings and move on from them as they do not define me and the much deeper feeling of love I experience with my friends.

So one thing I want o say is I'M SORRY DutchieKiwiAussie, and I'm sorry little M; sorry I was not there sharing your first Birthday. I would just like you to know that throughout this lifetime; many times over; I will be imperfect and not always rising to your expectations...

BUT I WILL ALWAYS BE YOUR FRIEND AND MY LOVE FOR YOU CANNOT BE DIMINISHED.
I DO NOT GIVE MY FRIENDSHIP WITH A RETURN POLICY BUT FOR A LIFETIME>

Love.

The Miracle Mile

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This is why I love Aussie movies...

...And I love Toni Collette.
A coming of age story about fitting in, discovering teenage love and accepting your family.
Great acting by Rhys Wakefield, Toni Collette, Gemma Ward.
It's on DVD, go get it!



Director Elissa Down


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I am here!

I am here, not very far... I have not been away or hiding. Here I am!

A few weeks back I understood the meaning of a word I thought I knew,had and owned.

That word was ACCEPTANCE.

Wouah! Bang!

English not being my first language from time to time I understand the meaning of a word or an expression and it makes me feel good and I can't wait for the next thing I will learn. That's one of the reason I love reading because I can't see words together in their context and understand them.

Anyway, I had a few 'situations' in the past few weeks; the sort of 'situations' that would usually bring me down or make me feel stressed or angry.

One or more of the feelings previously mentioned came up and I chose to accept them.
Accept, not make it mean anything about me or about others.

Accepting is a way of being, not just a word to understand. It is something we all have in us. It is what can bring peace to you and to others.

Think of it, think of what meaning you give to the word 'accepting' in your life.

Next time you lock yourself out of the house just 'accept it' and feel the space and clarity of what you can do next instead of making yourself miserable.

Next time you think someone is wrong in his/her views, accept them and see how natural it is to be with someone who has different views.

Just accept and don't put any meaning on situations and peoples appearence, dress sense, colour, gender, religion, sexuality (the list goes on), the meanings are not real!

It's not to say that you cannot have an opinion, just think that your opinion is one of many and you don't have to make anyone believe that it is the only and true one.

You can relax, the exercise is to accept. Try it.

In the book "A New Earth" by Eckhart Tolle there is a reference of 3 things that you can fit in your life (experiences,situations):

Enthusiasm
Enjoyment
Acceptance

There is always a space if not for the the 3 of them surely for one of them to fit in your life.
Be enthusiastic, enjoy what you do and have a good look at acceptance.

Love from the man who just walked The Miracle Mile X






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To breathe you need lungs...

I said to my dad today that I will add a thought for his step daughter Melanie.
Melanie is in her early twenties and has been living with Cystic Fibrosis(CF) since she was born.
When her condition worsen a few years she had a lung transplant but the disease can eventually attacked the new lungs. This happened and Melanie was once again on a waiting list for lung transplant. Finally yesterday she had double transplant and everyone is waiting anxiously for the results.

I said to my dad that i would ask people who will read this to have a positve thought for Melanie, her mum Regine, her sister as I beleive in the incredible energy human beings can generate that may have an healing impact :)

Love to Melanie.

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Peace One Day 21/09/2008- please pass it on

This is a great thing. Peace One Day-Make a commitment.

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Just DANCE!! Where is Matt Harding?

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If you have to watch one movie next Week End

Original title: "Ensemble c'est tout"

From master director Claude Berri (Jean de Florette) and starring two of Frances brightest young stars, Audrey Tautou and Guillaume Canet, comes an enchanting romantic fable about a collection of misfits in Paris. Without each other, Camille, Franck, Philibert and Paulettes lives feel empty, but through one another they rediscover their passion for life and learn to face the world. Gorgeously original, full of wry humour and razor-sharp observation, Hunting & Gathering is a universal story of meaningful connections and the nurturing spirit of human relationships.

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Slow Down, Breathe, Be yourself ***888DAG

SLOW DOWN

BREATHE

BE YOURSELF

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Here we are, Welcome to our Shared Future....

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It's 1am...Thinking of Hapiness

Just a random thought but here it is:

You talk to your friends and 99% will have to mention some level of Happiness they haven't reached yet. Sounds familiar?
Well what about if it was just like this: It is like learning something new, something that makes you free. Then soon after you learn another new thing and the air around you expand, the muscle of your body have relaxed or maybe you feel yourself shivering at the transformation of your mind. IT"S THE FEELING OF HAPPINESS!
And now a secret: Happiness is here with us everyday! It is part of us. So to finally feel happiness, BE CURIOUS, LEARN, SHARE, TEACH. Recognise the world around you, it is where Happiness has been sleeping, alone and longing the be reclaimed.

HAPPINESS IS AROUND YOU SHARE BE CURIOUS LEARN TEACH LOVE DIVERSITY

The Miracle Mile it's now 1.15am

Inspiration and new definition of a helping hand...

888Nick Vujicic defines what we can all do, no arms,no legs but a functioning brain...
Hi 60 minutes story on Sunday 3rd August was just INSPIRING! Whatever your beliefs: BELEIVE IN HUMANITY!888

Pour mes amis francais: Quelque soi tes croyances: Crois en l'humanite:

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Thought of the day

Today is the certainty in your world. Make the best of it.

8v8yry mom8nt is magic...

Olivier came back today, I love him and we're creating such an amazing life together.
Spoke of Integrity and being yourself, and I said, imagine:

-888 'Let's say that nothing has been written yet...
-888 ...we don't know waht will happen in the minute that follows...
-888 ...but what we know is...
-888 ...we can create what happens next... TOGETHER, as ONE, as HUMANITY, as PEOPLE LIVING ON THE SAME PLANET...'

I love you and I am looking forward to:
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THANK YOU!

I love Helen Thomas

The excerpt from a Senator Obama’s speech

This was one of the tasks we set forth at the beginning of this campaign--to continue the long march of those who came before us, a march for a more just,more equal, more free, more caring and more prosperous America. I chose to run for the presidency at this moment in history because I believe deeply that we cannot solve the challenges of our time unless we solve them together –unless we perfect our union by understanding that we may have different stories, but we hold common hopes; that we may not look the same and we may not have come from the same place, but we all want to move in the same direction—towards a better future for of children and our grandchildren. This belief comes from my unyielding faith in the decency and generosity of the American people. But it also comes from my own American story.I am the son of a black man from Kenya and a white woman from Kansas. I was raised with the help of a white grandfather who survived a Depression to serve in Patton's Army duringWorld War II and a white grandmother who worked on a bomber assembly line at Fort Leavenworth while he was overseas. I've gone to some of the best schools in America and lived in one of the world's poorest nations. I am married to a black American who carries within her the blood of slaves and slave owners—an inheritance we pass on to our two precious daughters. I have brothers,sisters, nieces, nephews, uncles and cousins, of every race and every hue, scattered across three continents, and for as long as I live, I will never forget that in no other country on Earth is my story even possible.It's a story that hasn't made me the most conventional candidate. But it is a story that has seared into my genetic makeup the idea that this nation is more than the sum of its parts-- that out of many, we are truly one.Throughout the first year of this campaign, against all predictions to the contrary, we saw how hungry the American people were for this message of unity. Despite the temptation to view my candidacy through a purely racial lens, we won commanding victories in states with some of the whitest populations in the country. In South Carolina, where the Confederate Flag still flies, we built a powerful coalition of African Americans and white Americans.This is not to say that race has not been an issue in the campaign. At various stages in the campaign, some commentators have deemed me either “too black” or “not black enough.” We saw racial tensions bubble to the surface during the week before the South Carolina primary. The press has scoured every exit poll for the latest evidence of racial polarization, not just in terms of white and black, but black and brown aswell. And yet, it has only been in the last couple of weeks that the discussion of race in this campaign has taken a particularly divisive turn.

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'Escarpment II', 2003

Oil on plywood

Street 'digital' Art

Symbol of UNITY IN DIVERSITY, DEMOCRACY, and UNITY OF PURPOSE

The symbol is also referred to as odenkyem mmemu - Siamese twin crocodiles joined at the stomach. From the proverb: Funtumfunafu, denkyemmfunafu, won afuru bomu nso wodidi a na worefom efiri se aduane ne de ye di no mene twitwi mu. Literal translation: Two headed crocodiles fight over food that goes to a common stomach because each relishes the food in its throat. This symbol stresses the oneness of humanity in spite of cultural diversity. It also emphasizes the need for unity in the family or state. Members should not quarrel or fight for selfish interests, for what each gains is for the benefit of all. It also emphasizes the reality of individuality in relation to one's membership in a society. Much as the community interests are to be pursued for the common good, individual rights, interests, passions and responsibilities cannot and must not be trampled on. This symbol, in essence, depicts the Akan notions about the inherent difficulties of reconciling individual and group interests in a democratic system

Starting with lyrics....

What about what I need? Curtis says its the best thing for the group.
What about whats best for me? He feels the Dreams can crossover.
What about how I feel? But when we're famous I'll write great things for ya, Effie do it for me. What about me? What about me?
It's more than you, it is more than me
No matter what we are, we are a family
This dream is for all of us, this one can be real, and you cant stop us now because of how you feel..
It's more than you, It is more than me
Whatever dreams we have, there for the family,
we're not alone anymore now there are others there,
and that dreams big enough for all of us to share, so dont think that your going,
your not going anywhere, your staying and taking your share,
and if you get afraid again, I'll be there..,
We are a family like a giant tree branching out towards the sky,
we are a family we are so much more than just you and I
we are a family like a giant tree, growing stronger, growing wiser,
we are growing free... we need you... we are a family..