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:
-888 IT"S TIME TO WAKE UP!!!888!!!SLOW DOWN!!!888BREATHE!!!STOP DREAMING!!!

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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Ildiko Kovacs

'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..