This is long overdue...
Like Martin Luther King Jr. I like to think that we all "Have" dreams...
Take a minute to think about it and you'll agree...
I dream of a world....
--Where mankind loves itself
--Where human being Love others as they love themselves
--Where children are loved for the innocent beings they are
--where malnutrition, hunger, poverty are next to non-existent
--where all diseases are curable
--where peace reigns
--where joy is abundant
--where love transcends all, moves mountains, and never causes irreparable damage.
It may seem unattainable but I'm sure a lot of people thought Dr. King was out of his mind too :)
Monday, January 18, 2010
Love!!!!
To attrack Love, we must become Love--- Anonymous
The soul needs love as urgently as the body needs air--- John O'Donohue
The Lover of life makes the whole world into his family--- Baudelaire
Love is a mystery in a mystery--- Vincent Van Gogh
I celebrate myself and sing myself--- Walt Whitman
I am he that aches with Love. Does the earth gravitate? Does not all matter, aching, attrack all matter? So the body of me to all I meet or know--- Walt Whitman
Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls--- Mother Theresa
The minute I heard my first love story I started looking for you, not knowing how blind that was. Lovers dont finally meet somewhere. They're in each other all along--- Rumi
Romantic love is a universal human feeling, produced by specific chemicals and networks in the brain--- Helen Fisher
Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier--- Mother Theresa
Love is a fundamental Human drive. Like the craving for food and water and the
maternal instinct, it is a physiological need, a profound urge---Helen Fisher
The only thing that live forever is Love--- Elizabeth Kubler Ross
Love is giving somebody the power to hurt you, but trusting them not to--- Anonymous
"When two Scorpions make a love match, it is a fierce tempest of intense passion. Both are obsessed with one another, and they move forward in love, sex and romance at an accelerated — some would say foolish — way. Personal relations are positively steamy but, to the equal and opposite extreme, disputes will also be frenetically powerful. This relationship could go either way: It will either be the most wonderful thing in the world or a destruction of both involved.
The romantic merger of two sexy Scorpions can bring out the best in both love mates; each will use their intense emotional and intuitive natures to love their partner very deeply. Resolve and passion will keep these two together. The most powerful and threatening external forces will have a difficult time intruding on the happiness of a truly committed Scorpio couple. If they can wrangle their ardent energies, this power pair can set off fireworks." (Courtesy of yahoo horoscope compatibility)
I'm extremely ecstatic and ready for LoVe!!! Come find me!!!
The soul needs love as urgently as the body needs air--- John O'Donohue
The Lover of life makes the whole world into his family--- Baudelaire
Love is a mystery in a mystery--- Vincent Van Gogh
I celebrate myself and sing myself--- Walt Whitman
I am he that aches with Love. Does the earth gravitate? Does not all matter, aching, attrack all matter? So the body of me to all I meet or know--- Walt Whitman
Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls--- Mother Theresa
The minute I heard my first love story I started looking for you, not knowing how blind that was. Lovers dont finally meet somewhere. They're in each other all along--- Rumi
Romantic love is a universal human feeling, produced by specific chemicals and networks in the brain--- Helen Fisher
Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier--- Mother Theresa
Love is a fundamental Human drive. Like the craving for food and water and the
maternal instinct, it is a physiological need, a profound urge---Helen Fisher
The only thing that live forever is Love--- Elizabeth Kubler Ross
Love is giving somebody the power to hurt you, but trusting them not to--- Anonymous
"When two Scorpions make a love match, it is a fierce tempest of intense passion. Both are obsessed with one another, and they move forward in love, sex and romance at an accelerated — some would say foolish — way. Personal relations are positively steamy but, to the equal and opposite extreme, disputes will also be frenetically powerful. This relationship could go either way: It will either be the most wonderful thing in the world or a destruction of both involved.
The romantic merger of two sexy Scorpions can bring out the best in both love mates; each will use their intense emotional and intuitive natures to love their partner very deeply. Resolve and passion will keep these two together. The most powerful and threatening external forces will have a difficult time intruding on the happiness of a truly committed Scorpio couple. If they can wrangle their ardent energies, this power pair can set off fireworks." (Courtesy of yahoo horoscope compatibility)
I'm extremely ecstatic and ready for LoVe!!! Come find me!!!
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Religion: The Oppressive Tool!!!
So we're sitting in Chili's the other day and Tyler Perry and Spike Lee came up...
Basically it boiled down to this: Spike is a better filmmaker than Tyler Perry but NO ONE can out rightly say that Tyler Perry does not have a positive impact on his community through his films.
Some time during the conversation my friend (let's call him Phil_ICE_Sopher) said something that stuck with me... He said during slavery religion was used as an oppressive tool which I agreed with but then he proceeded to say that this is still true today and that's when he lost me. He went on to explain that Black people have this ENDURE type of mentality that keeps them from doing for themselves. He said that religion is the reason why people are that way: ENDURE today for a BRIGHT tomorrow.
MY THOUGHTS...
I do agree that Black people tend to be complacent more times than not but is it really because of religion?
I believe that there is only one God, whether you are Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, the only thing that differentiates them is the way in which the individuals who practice these beliefs choose to worship. And whichever you practice you believe that your GOD will always protect you and want what's best for you. But like I said before life is all about the choices you make, you need to make the first step before God can guide you through the other 99 steps. I don't believe religion is oppressive because everyone should stand for something or else they'll fall for anything. What you choose to do with the information each of these beliefs provided you is yours and yours alone. People choose to sit around and and let life happen to them instead of making life happen for them, religion is not to blame.
Religion is an institution practiced by human beings who are far from perfect.
How one chooses to practice the institution isn't the institution's fault so to say "religion is oppressive" is far-fetch because religion doesn't practice itself nor is it there at every corner telling you "this is how it's done". Religion is a tool and just because some use it to oppress others does not make the institution itself oppressive.
Thank you and The End
Basically it boiled down to this: Spike is a better filmmaker than Tyler Perry but NO ONE can out rightly say that Tyler Perry does not have a positive impact on his community through his films.
Some time during the conversation my friend (let's call him Phil_ICE_Sopher) said something that stuck with me... He said during slavery religion was used as an oppressive tool which I agreed with but then he proceeded to say that this is still true today and that's when he lost me. He went on to explain that Black people have this ENDURE type of mentality that keeps them from doing for themselves. He said that religion is the reason why people are that way: ENDURE today for a BRIGHT tomorrow.
MY THOUGHTS...
I do agree that Black people tend to be complacent more times than not but is it really because of religion?
I believe that there is only one God, whether you are Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, the only thing that differentiates them is the way in which the individuals who practice these beliefs choose to worship. And whichever you practice you believe that your GOD will always protect you and want what's best for you. But like I said before life is all about the choices you make, you need to make the first step before God can guide you through the other 99 steps. I don't believe religion is oppressive because everyone should stand for something or else they'll fall for anything. What you choose to do with the information each of these beliefs provided you is yours and yours alone. People choose to sit around and and let life happen to them instead of making life happen for them, religion is not to blame.
Religion is an institution practiced by human beings who are far from perfect.
How one chooses to practice the institution isn't the institution's fault so to say "religion is oppressive" is far-fetch because religion doesn't practice itself nor is it there at every corner telling you "this is how it's done". Religion is a tool and just because some use it to oppress others does not make the institution itself oppressive.
Thank you and The End
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Nice To Make Your Acquaintance!!!
I earned the name Sheila B. my freshman year in college. One of my close friends, (let's call her, Mother Hen) told me I was the only person she knew that was both boogie and ghetto (still trying to figure what exactly gave her that impression) therefore dubbed me Sheila Boughetto. The name stuck with me throughout my undergraduate career and every now and then it comes out of hiding.
Sheila B. is a Scorpio and a Tiger (Scorpio for American astrology and tiger for Chinese zodiac).
I like to think I'm a misanthrope at times, but deep down I have an unwavering love for human kind. I believe people are innately good and their environment slowly but surely will suck it out of them if they allow it. I work on keeping every ounce goodness I possess and refuse to allow the actions of others to deter me from my journey to perfection. Some may call me naive because of some of the principles I live by but I believe I have just the right amount of reality to keep me grounded.
My Principles:
Treat others as you would like to be treated...
Treat others as they want to be treated...
Every life is precious...
If helping another doesn't physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually put you at risk it is an obligation not a choice whether or not you should help.
Life is all about the choices you made, you make, and will make... but bad things do happen to good people (pardon the cliche) at no fault of their own. It is your job to:
prevent these bad things from diminishing the goodness in you
turn them into a learning experience that embellishes not debase the person that you are
and believe (just as you believe the sun will rise in the morning) that you are capable of things beyond your imagination with a little help from the Man above.
Till next time,
Beaucoup de Baisers :)
Sheila B. is a Scorpio and a Tiger (Scorpio for American astrology and tiger for Chinese zodiac).
I like to think I'm a misanthrope at times, but deep down I have an unwavering love for human kind. I believe people are innately good and their environment slowly but surely will suck it out of them if they allow it. I work on keeping every ounce goodness I possess and refuse to allow the actions of others to deter me from my journey to perfection. Some may call me naive because of some of the principles I live by but I believe I have just the right amount of reality to keep me grounded.
My Principles:
Treat others as you would like to be treated...
Treat others as they want to be treated...
Every life is precious...
If helping another doesn't physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually put you at risk it is an obligation not a choice whether or not you should help.
Life is all about the choices you made, you make, and will make... but bad things do happen to good people (pardon the cliche) at no fault of their own. It is your job to:
prevent these bad things from diminishing the goodness in you
turn them into a learning experience that embellishes not debase the person that you are
and believe (just as you believe the sun will rise in the morning) that you are capable of things beyond your imagination with a little help from the Man above.
Till next time,
Beaucoup de Baisers :)
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