5 Minutes For Peace

Kahlil Gibran sums it up with his wonderful adaption ‘Five Minutes For Peace’

May traffic stop, work suspend, communication cease.
For five minutes may the only human noise be the sound of lives being saved.

Let us all come together, for this one moment, in silent hope and prayer.

Five minutes realizing that despite our titles, our blood runs as red as a beggar on a corner, as a madman in an institution, as a prophet’s, as a king’s.

We all feel pain, fear, confusion, anger and frustration.

It is only what we feed each other that tips the balance of fault and fairness.

We have all been prisoners of our pride, selfishness, and illusion. We all have, at times, allowed these ailments to lead us astray. We all know what it means to be lost, to be frightened. Yet we, are all also bearers of truth, of love, of compassion and understanding.

Five minutes of silence on behalf of everyone who truly wants nothing more than food, shelter, honest rewards for honest work, and to care for that which they love.

Five minutes of prayer for every man woman and child who wants simply to worship, to offer thanks and reverence for this chance at life, in the best way they know how.
Five minutes of peace for all whom feel it better to be enlightened, than beaten into submission.

Five minutes of silence for every person who, quite honestly, finds the wrath of God, Mother Nature, and human error excitement enough, thank you, without the terror of war, and the nightmare of our kin destroying brothers, sisters and ourselves.

Five minutes of hope that if any find their only joy in hatred, murder and destruction, they will go off to some desolate, barren land, happily destroy each other there, and leave us who seek peace alone.

Five minutes of peace, in the name of being tired.
Tired of feeding our children to angry ghosts who have only multiplied in the days, weeks, years, centuries, millennia of vile discord.
Tired of wasting our energies on hatred and fear, when there are so many places they are needed for love and solace.

Five minutes of silence in respect for those lost.
Five minutes in prayer, may they rest in peace.

Five minutes to find the pulse of our world so we may dance and sing in harmony once again.
Five minutes of silence in the name of living, and letting live in the best way we can.

Five minutes in the name of listening to and teaching what we believe is right, instead of terrorizing others who we fear are mistaken.

Five minutes of respect for every three-year old that shakes her head and sighs, newly aware of the madness that surrounds her.
Five minutes in sorrow for all children who come of age only to paint themselves in the colors of death because they see no hope, and do not understand why.

Tears for all those who know only the darkness, the misery that seems their birthright.
Five minutes of prayer, five minutes of love, five minutes of universal forgiveness.
Five minutes to show the world, that we are not the only ones who feel this way. Five minutes to feed the faith that we are not alone.

What next? What then, you ask? After five minutes of contemplating the hope and insanity that has brought us thus far? Listen to our hearts, let it deem our next actions.
Help to turn these towers of babble we call “modern technology” into beacons of hope.
For love, truth, and forgiveness are contagious. They spread with our embrace.
Purge yourself of the sin you find, sacrifice your secrets, and offer forgiveness to those you find doing the same. Let us have hope.

Let our prayer find action in universal solidarity, let us free ourselves and our children of this baggage of misery which we have carried since the dawn of time.
Let us clean our ragged wounds so they may finally heal. Let us restore this home, this life-spring, this haven we call “Earth”. We may never find perfection, but it is ever noble to try.

Kahlil Gibran

For Women over 40

For women 40 and over

This is for all you girls 40 years and over…And for those who are turning 40, and for those who are scared of moving into their 40’s…AND for guys who are scared of girls over 40!!!!… As I grow in age, I value women who are over 40 most of all.
Here are just a few reasons why: A woman over 40 will never wake you in the middle of the night to ask,”What are you thinking?”She doesn’t care what you think.
If a woman over 40 doesn’t want to watch the game,
she doesn’t sit around whining about it. She does something she wants to do. And, it’s usually something more interesting.
A woman over 40 knows herself well enough to be assured in whom she is, what she is, what she wants and from whom. Few women past the age of 40 give a hoot what you might think about her or what she’s doing.
Women over 40 are dignified.They seldom have a screaming match with you at the opera or in the middle of an expensive restaurant. Of course, if you deserve it, they won’t hesitate to shoot you,if they think they can get away with it.
Older women are generous with praise, often undeserved They know what it’s like to be unappreciated.
A woman over 40 has the self-assurance to introduce you to her women friends.
A younger woman with a man will often ignore even her best friend because she doesn’t trust the guy with other women.
Women over 40 couldn’t care less if you’re attracted to her friends because she knows her friends won’t betray her.
Women get psychic as they age.You never have to confess your sins to a woman over 40.They always know.

A woman over 40 looks good wearing bright red lipstick.
This is not true of younger women.Once you get past a wrinkle or two, a woman over 40 is far sexier than her younger counterpart.
Older women are forthright and honest.They’ll tell you right off if you are a jerk & if you are acting like one! You don’t ever have to wonder where you stand with her.

Yes, we praise women over 40 for a multitude of reasons.
Unfortunately, it’s not reciprocal. For every stunning,
smart,well-coiffed hot woman of 40+, there is a bald, paunchy relic in yellow pants making a fool of himself with some 22-year-old waitress.

For all those men who say,”Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free”.Here’s an update for you.Nowadays 80% of women are against marriage.Why? Because women realize it’s not worth buying an entire Pig, just to get a little sausage

Words Of Wisdom

I loved my grandmother, she passed on some great pearls of wisdom, and now that I am, I guess it’s my turn to pass on some things I have learned along the way, and perhaps give my children a lasting impression of who I am, not just as their Mother, but as a friend, lover, Daughter, Sister, Human and Woman.

Take care of yourselves, learn to love those things about yourself that make you unique as a human being. Your first commitment should be to your own physical, mental, and emotional welfare.

Always, no matter how difficult it may seem, follow your passion, Take those gifts you were born with, and create something beautiful, never try to live up too the expectations of other’s…You’ll always fall short within yourself, Just strive to be You, the magnificent souls I know you already are.

Forge your friendships carefully. Be the friend you would want to have. Friends lighten up the dark places we go sometimes, they stand beside you even when you think your all alone. Their love can be as unconditional as a Parent for their child.

Don’t forget to stand up for injustice, your voice is important for change. Be strong and brave when faced with injustices of your own, speak the truth, and in doing so, you change the world!

Never be afraid to show your Love, and to express it on a regular basis. Everyone, including you, needs to know they are loved but seldom get to hear it. Love is as important as the air you breath, for without it we would surely suffocate.

Never be afraid to cry. Crying helps you wash away old pain, it cleans your mind to help bring understanding to your grief.

Be good to each other, take care of the earth…and enjoy your right as a human to live on a Healthy Planet. Set an example, pick up other people’s litter…it’s like a smile, contagious when witnessed enough.

Happiness Is…

“Happiness Is”

 

And you once asked me…What is happiness anyway? I answered… Happiness is different things to each of us and I can speak only from my heart. Happiness is the first bloom of life on a tree in spring and happiness is a slow evening stroll down a quiet country lane with large snowflakes softly drifting down. Happiness is laying outside in the beauty that is summer with the warm breath of the sun caressing your very soul and happiness is seeing the leaves fall and rejoicing in the life cycle and the rebirth that will come with spring. Happiness is family and friends and the joy that comes from sharing your deepest thoughts and dreams and happiness is watching the stars in the deepest darkest time of the night and glorifying in the splendor and depth of the universe. Happiness is the feeling of joy that comes from simply being close to you and happiness is the knowledge that whatever happens, our lives have been changed for the better for having loved and been loved. Happiness is loving and knowing that you are loved and happiness is watching your children grow, knowing that you are helping to define who they will become and what they will believe to be important. Happiness is the silly grin that magically appears on my face whenever I think of you and happiness is waking up in your arms each and every morning and wanting nothing more than to make each hour of every day happier for you than the hour before.

Author Unknown

Touched By an Angel

We, unaccustomed to courage exiles from delight live coiled in shells of loneliness until love leaves its high holy temple and comes into our sight to liberate us into life. Love arrives and in its train come ecstasies old memories of pleasure ancient histories of pain. Yet if we are bold, love strikes away the chains of fear from our souls. We are weaned from our timidity In the flush of love’s light we dare be brave And suddenly we see that love costs all we are and will ever be. Yet it is only love which sets us free. Written by Maya Angelou This has an extremely deep insight into the world of spirit…only the amount of love we give, unconditionally, can raise us from this slumber that most are completely unaware of. Practicing God [ pure love], giving god, is the trigger to recieving god and is the only way to overcome the fear that guides us. For now, we sleep, until the dawning of awareness that the source and the key have always been inside. The kingdom of Heaven is inside you, and all around you, but we see it not. If someone tells you the Kingdom of Heaven is in the sky…I say the birds will receive Heaven before you..if someone tells you the kingdom of Heaven is in the Ocean..I say the fishes will receive the Kingdom of Heaven before you…but when you come to understand that the Kingdom of Heaven is inside you and all around you…you have entered wisdom. [gospel of Thomas...sort of]

The real damn problems

You know, this world is fucked up!! Let’s face it, and whose fault is it? Ours morons….We all consciously know that things are in chaos, and say to ourselves”What can I do, I am one person”….well start with picking up your own trash would be a great start, then maybe move onto learn how to walk…Why are you driving your car 2 blocks to pick up a quart of milk? And maybe Tim Horton’s should start giving money back on their coffee cups so I could stop picking them up off the sidewalk on the streets of Charlottetown!! And to the people who throw their trash out the window and on the streets of where my children play… Fuckoff! How would you like me to desecrate your front yard? I meet so many people that want to clean up the world, and yet see so many undermining their efforts because they are Socially Ignorant! And you know who you are!

You know maybe it does come down to this ‘Treat everything the way you would want to be treated’ , Trying to be conscious in a world that seems to have lost all reason is a tough job, and we are all in this screwed up place together! So the next time you see someone dropping their trash, say something, stop turning a blind eye to the things that are going on right in front of you! And maybe when you suspect some asshole is using his kid as a punching bag, you may want to call a cop, yeah… I know, even that system has it’s problems, but it is all we have. If you were down and out, would you not want someone looking out for you?

I’m not perfect by all means, but I do have common sense, which I exercise on a daily basis, as well as having a willingness to speak out when things are not status quo. One voice may be the voice that saves you…..