Monday, 28. December 2009, 07:56:24
I am the New Year ...
I am an unspoiled page in your book of time.
I am your next chance at the art of living.
I am your opportunity to practice
what you have learned about life
during the last twelve months.
All that you sought
and didn't find is hidden in me,
waiting for you to search it out
with more determination.
All the good that you tried for
and didn't achieve is mine to grant
when you have fewer conflicting desires.
All that you dreamed but didn't dare to do,
all that you hoped but did not will,
all the faith that you claimed but did not have -
these slumber lightly,
waiting to be awakened by the touch of a strong purpose.
I am your opportunity to make all things new.
I am the New Year!
Friday, 13. November 2009, 09:14:40
The use of children as soldiers has been universally condemned as abhorrent and unacceptable. Yet over the last ten years hundreds of thousands of children have fought and died in conflicts around the world.
Children involved in armed conflict are frequently killed or injured during combat or while carrying out other tasks. They are forced to engage in hazardous activities such as laying mines or explosives, as well as using weapons. Child soldiers are usually forced to live under harsh conditions with insufficient food and little or no access to health care. They are almost always treated brutally, subjected to beatings and humiliating treatment. Punishments for mistakes or desertion are often very severe. Girl soldiers are particularly at risk of rape, sexual harassment and abuse as well as being involved in combat and other tasks.
Children are forcibly recruited into armed groups in many conflicts but the vast majority of child soldiers are adolescents between the age of 14 and 18 who "volunteer" to join up. However, research has shown that a number of factors may be involved in making the decision to actually join an armed conflict and in reality many such adolescents see few alternatives to enlisting. War itself is a major determinant. Economic, social, community and family structures are frequently ravaged by armed conflict and joining the ranks of the fighters is often the only means of survival. Many youths have reported that desire to avenge the killing of relatives or other violence arising from war is an important motive.
Poverty and lack of access to educational or work opportunities are additional factors - with joining up often holding out either the promise or the reality of an income or a means of getting one. Coupled with this may be a desire for power, status or social recognition. Family and peer pressure to join up for ideological or political reasons or to honour family tradition may also be motivating factors. Girl soldiers have reported joining up to escape domestic servitude or enforced marriage or get away from domestic violence, exploitation and abuse.
Will this ever stop????
Friday, 6. November 2009, 05:54:31
I BELIEVE —
that we don't have to change friends if we understand that friends change.
I BELIEVE —
that no matter how good a friend is,
they're going to hurt you every once in a while and we must forgive them for that.
I BELIEVE —
that it's not WHAT you have, but WHO you have in your life that counts the most..
I BELIEVE —
that our background and circumstances may have influenced who we are,
but we are responsible for who we become.
I BELIEVE —
that your life can be changed in a matter of seconds by people who you don't even know.
I BELIEVE —
that no matter the consequences,
those who are honest with themselves, get farther in life.
I BELIEVE —
that two people can look at the same thing and see something totally different.
I BELIEVE —
that heroes are the people who do what has to be done
when it needs to be done, regardless of the consequences.
I BELIEVE —
that you cannot make someone love you; all you can do is be someone who can be loved.
I BELIEVE —
that sometimes the people you think might kick you when you're down,
will be the very ones to help you get back up.
I BELIEVE —
that you CAN keep going long after you think you can't.
I BELIEVE —
that sometimes when I'm angry I have the right to be angry,
but that doesn't give me the right to be cruel.
I BELIEVE —
that we are responsible for what we do, no matter how we feel.
I BELIEVE —
that it isn't always enough to be forgiven by others ...
sometimes you have to learn to forgive yourself.
I BELIEVE —
that there are people who love you dearly, but just don't know how to show it.
I BELIEVE —
that just because two people argue, it doesn't mean they don't love each other
and just because they don't argue, it doesn't mean they do.
I BELIEVE —
that it's a process, not an event, for me to become the person I want to be.
Thursday, 5. November 2009, 06:18:59
Everything you do in life, every choice you make, has a consequence. When you do things without thinking, then you ain’t making the choice. The choice is making you.
We may not always realize
That every thing we do,
Affects not only our lives
But touches others, too!
For a little bit of thoughtfulness
That shows someone you care,
Creates a ray of sunshine
For both of you to share.
Yes, every time you offer
Someone a helping hand ...
Every time you show a friend
You care and understand ...
Every time you have
A kind and gentle word to give,
You help someone find beauty
In this precious life we live.
For happiness brings happiness
And loving ways bring love;
And Giving is the treasure
That contentment is made of.
Tuesday, 3. November 2009, 09:44:29
A computer was something on TV
from a science fiction show of note
a window was something you hated to clean...
And ram was the cousin of a goat....
Meg was the name of my girlfriend
and gig was a job for the nights
now they all mean different things
and that really mega bytes
An application was for employment
a program was a TV show
a cursor used profanity
a keyboard was a piano
Memory was something that you lost with age
a cd was a bank account
and if you had a 3 1/2" floppy
you hoped nobody found out
Compress was something you did to the garbage
not something you did to a file
and if you unzipped anything in public
you'd be in jail for a while
Log on was adding wood to the fire
hard drive was a long trip on the road
a mouse pad was where a mouse lived
and a backup happened to your commode
Cut you did with a pocket knife
paste you did with glue
a web was a spider's home
and a virus was the flu
I guess I'll stick to my pad and paper
and the memory in my head
I hear nobody's been killed in a computer crash
but when it happens they wish they were dead
Tuesday, 3. November 2009, 06:42:18
Let me be the bandage for your bleeding;
Let me be the ocean for your tears.
Let me be the secret of your healing;
Let me be the song to still your fears.
Love isn't love that cannot love in darkness,
Nor is it love that turns away from pain;
Nor would I love would I not hold your sadness
And with my love your love of life sustain.
So do not think your malady a burden,
And do not think my willingness deceit.
Just let your sorrow flow into my garden,
And I will share with you the harvest sweet.
Monday, 2. November 2009, 12:32:49
I could not resist sharing this with you all.
Starkle, starkle, little twink,
Who the hell you are I think.
I'm not under what they call
The alcofluence of incohol.
I'm not drunk as thinkle peep,
I'm just a little slort of sheep.
Tee martoonis make a guy
Fool so feelish, don't know why.
Rally don't know who's me yet
The drunker I stay the longer I get
So just one more to full my cup,
I've all day sober to Sunday up!
Monday, 2. November 2009, 10:39:23
Friendship is a rare jewel that shines,
when you give it a sunny smile
Friendship is a lock that opens,
when you unlock your true self to it
Friendship is a song, which is sung,
when you know its rhythm
Friendship is a dream, which comes true,
when you believe in it
Friendship is a sun, which rises,
when your heart has set on it
Friendship is a throne, on which you can sit,
when you share your kingdom with it
Friendship is a path, which you will find,
when you know you are lost
Friendship is a hand that holds yours,
when you extend yours
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