Hey Expat!!! Any suggestions are good suggestions! I thank you for the advice/idea! I really need to do some more digging and searching to see if there is anything left in Chicago for me. I hate the thought of leaving home but if it is meant.. I must go!
Daniel
ok.. this is my last post for today! I need to act like I work here! Start doing what I'm being overworked and underpaid for!! Ha!
Daniel- Just wanted to drop a quick note to you. I sent off the material to your agent at Cornerstone ( he should get it tomorrow via FedEx)! I being the person that I am FORGOT to include the name of the character in the script: There are four main male roles ( actually five) but Tyler Watson is the one specifically para ti!
Again I say thank you for your kindness and gracious offer ( even if you do use it as a wonderful new coaster! ) Remember brutally honest!
Personal Responsibility
Liquid, so much of your post strikes a chord. I often ask myself, whatever happened to personal responsibility, handling one's business? I grew up with old school, principled parents. They etched morals and values in me which I still maintain to this day. Despite numerous challenges along my journey I always come back to that which centers me, my foundation. Keeps me humble, stable, and focused. I still have faith in humanity, hope is a good thing.
So many people have given the media way too much influence in their lives. They have allowed the media to raise their children's level of consciousness to stupid, then wonder why Johnny still can't read. Also, kids are inundated with mixed messages filled with hypocrisy. Perhaps they never had a firm foundation to stand on. Perhaps they have allowed their trunk to be chipped away. Whatever the case may be, you always have to find your way back. With all that's going on in this world it is easy to stray. Some eventually find their way, while some unfortunately wander aimlessly in a vaste wasteland never to return. Can't save everybody. The mission remains the same.
I am all about personal responsibility. Ask ourselves, what is the intention? Am I being a positive influence in the world or a nuisance? Am I being true to myself first, doing all that I can for the betterment of humanity? I say, remain grounded and stand up for what you believe in; that which gets your heart pumping! Whatever it is, be passionate about it. The Universe will heed your calls.
Serene1
"The Universe is one great kindergarten for man. Everything that exists has brought with it its own peculiar lesson.The mountain teaches stability and grandeur; the ocean immensity and change. Forests, lakes, and rivers,clouds and winds, stars and flowers,stupendous glaciers and crystal snowflakes- every form of existence, leaves its impress upon the soul of man."
**Orison Swett Marden**
she's baaaack!! f'ing plane ride, my leeegggs maaan!
soooo, i love dave cha-f'ing-ppelle
dude, he rocks some true and not so true s-it, but he makes me laugh my arse onto the right place.
and i love that s.b. show on FX, over there, there some real s-hit, and of course, that show that got canned, the 30 day thing, that was good, but, that's gua-happens to good s-hit, it gets wiped off.
so, i'm all insipid for nicety, i'm all lit on the grossness of my truck mouth (esp. afta that plain, plane ride - so sexy peepes! dang it !! lonely again mhb!, b yourown!! guurrl)
so on to the grossness of it all -- like the trailer-fabulous (LOVE that sh-it tooo) queen me aspires to be - the heffa's JEFA, nuttin but!) Soooo, off to the air, 89.9 fm nuwhooo, yeah, nu-york www.wkcr.org
so, like, i liked greece, but damn, i love nyc and mia, and pr and all that jive, 10 times/tunes/turns mooooooh-re! DC, i know i'll love more than greece and turkey and mace, etc. but izzaaaalllllgoood now, i'm off to my som do brasil and my forro in the dark, like a home girl does in nyc on wed nites!!!!
catch ya fam latttaaa'!
FreeNote, call u as soon as this berry thing is again am-eeeeri-can, or i'm erick the can, or i'm the erie who can,
or imma'noBODY, who can't! dude, i'm so intoxi-greece-cated, i can't stop, but i'll sound right on the air, and if not, i'm just the producer ... to start with... LOL when r u coming down to my choco-factory!!???? miss u baaabyyyy??? Junior is jamming!! and meee, can't stop so, right afta my show, i'm off to CIELO with Li'l Louie VEEEEEGAAAAA, asi me gusta, caray!! beat that rabo m'ijo! that's funny, good joke! no can do, right! no can do and that goes for, well, for anyone, right??
freeeee, you just logged on but me gots-ta-go, papi chulo!! hear us a-right!?
beijos, mayazinha
sorry Daniel, using your serious space for serious frolicking!
"just let it go and set it free" jv is spinning expat!!
Edited by: MayasHeartBeat at: 8/10/05 9:30 pm
why didn't anybody tell me Ibrahim Ferrer passe away????
not like anybody has a task to check on that
but daaaaang, that was my idol, f that, that's STILL MY IDOL
IIIIIBRAHIM-CITO
aaaaaayy que te lloro, mi cielo, te lloro con dolor
del alma, te lloooooro, Ibrahim-cito, just a short
short chance to meet you, and you touched
touched me, touched me so much, oh man, this man's
death hurts so mcuh, i can't explain it family, i can't explaint it, i can't i can't, i just found out off the stupid
vacation, and i should have been paying attention,
damn, that was my idol, that is my voice, the best voice
ibrahim, who's gonna' sing like you now, you know? who?
ohohohhhhhh, ooooohhh, ibrahim, ibrahim, que Dios te tenga en mas alla de la gloria, chico, porque tu, tu me llenaste, nos llenaste a tantos, y a todos, solo por ser y estar, ni digamos de cantar y amenizar chico, que cosa mas grande, alabado sea Dios que nos regalo tu sonrisa.
tu fanatica, maya
TE QUIERO Y TE ADMIRO
CON MI ROSA BLANCA
TE LLORO Y TE EXTRANO
ETERNO Y MUSICAL AMIGO
PIIIINCHE MAYA
NI ME PASO TU MUERTE
POR LA TELE NI MI PUERTA
PERO TENLO SEGURO
TE LLORO Y TE EXTRAN~O
TU PARTIDA, NO LO DUDES
EN MI ALMA ETERNAMENTE,
Y EN MIS OIDOS SIN TO CANTO
HARA FALTA, UN PROFUNDO DAN~O
dude, i miss that man... i love that singer
Ibrahim Ferrer, you need not rest in peace
for you sang about and showed us
what truly, is peace
lovely angels, loving U
Cuban singer Ibrahim Ferrer dies at 78. Suffered from emphysema
Leading voice with the hugely popular Buena Vista Social Club of vintage Cuban performers,won a Latin Grammy for best new artist in 2000.
Cuban singer Ibrahim Ferrer, a leading voice with the hugely popular Buena Vista Social Club of vintage Cuban performers, died on Saturday, recording industry officials in Havana said. He was 78.
The Montuno production company did not give a cause of death on Saturday night when confirming Ferrer's death earlier in the day.
Ferrer's colleagues said he suffered from emphysema in recent years and was feeling ill earlier in the week during a flight home from Europe.
Known for his trademark cap and greying moustache, Ferrer was a wiry, animated figure who enjoyed performing Cuba's traditional "son" music of the 1940s and 1950s for new generations of fans. Among a group of older Cuban performers recruited by US musician Ry Cooder, Ferrer performed on the Buena Vista Social Club album that won a Grammy in 1999.
Also in 1999, he was featured in one of a string of albums that followed, "Buena Vista Social Club Presents Ibrahim Ferrer," and won a Latin Grammy for best new artist in 2000.
In 2004, Ferrer was denied a US visa to attend the Grammy Awards after being nominated for his album "Buenos Hermanos".
Two other well-known members of the original Buena Vista group, singer Compay Segundo and pianist Ruben Gonzalez, died in 2003.
Originally from Cuba's eastern city of Santiago, Ferrer was still a boy when he began singing professionally with Santiago groups in 1941. By the late 1950s, he was a well-known singer performing regularly with the late, great bandleader Pacho Alonso.
Alonso's group moved to Havana in 1959, and Ferrer came along, remaining with the group for more than two decades.
By the early 1980s, Ferrer had left the musical scene, but came out of retirement to perform with the Buena Vista group.
personal responsibilty
Hey Serene!!!!!! I agree 100% and let me just add Amen to that!!! It's much easier to blame someone else for your mistakes.. rather then admit you failed!
If your child can't read.. it's the teachers or the school systems fault. Nevermind the fact that you don't have any rules or stability or a set schedule at your home for your child. Nor do you encourage him or her to read. We place the responsibilty on the schools to raise them.. because some of us are too busy " making a living."
My sister is a techer and had one parent complain that her child wasn't reading too well and what was she going to do about it? When my sister asked this mother if she ever sat down and read with her son.. the response.. That's not MY job! I pay money for YOU to teach him that!!!
LADY.. you're his MOTHER!!! EVERYTHING is your JOB! 24 hours a day.. 7 days a week.. 365 days of the year!!!!
We do not have children to keep as our own. They belong to the world! We are supposed to raising young men and women that will make this world better then we have left it. Preparing leaders, business man and women.. instead we are haboring thugs and video dancers! But it is no one's fault but our own. How do you excpect more out of your children.. if you are not pouring into them? If you are not giving them what they need to survive and prosper?
Alot of parents need to take the time and actually look at their children and see what they are unleashing on the world. I mean really look and ask themselves.. Would I want to sitdown and talk to my son or daughter? If I passed them on the street would I smile at them or moves closer to the otherside away from them? Our children are supposed to be our legacy.. so whatexactly are we leaving behind?
Teachers
Liquid, I have the utmost respect for our teachers. Your sister is one of those unsung heroes, much love to her! This past weekend I attended a party with quite a few educators present. Sister, did I receive a education on the state of the public school system, esp. in Chicagoland! I knew things had changed but was unaware of the magnitude of deterioration. These educators have so many obstacles to overcome, enormous challenges that make it difficult to teach and some of the most uncooperative parents. I am a product of a public school education and I thank GOD for my teachers who had such a positive influence in my life. They need our support and should be paid alot more money for all that they do. Truly a noble profession.
Re: Teachers
Good morning everybody....
Wouldn't it be a better idea to give teachers the salaries we give our athletes who spit on umpires, get busted for drugs, and beat each other to pieces because the ball didn't land the way they wanted it to? Athletes receive millions to work (play) a hobby and complain while our teachers should be getting hazard pay because of the violence of the kids who are only imitating what they learn from their parents and their idols--misbehaving famous people, anybody on a popular show under age 17 and having irresponsible sex, foul-mouthed rappers who disrespect women even though they have mother, sisters, and nieces who deserve more respect than
that.The best way to teach is by example. They are actually putting teachers through workshops to deal with violent parents who complain that Johnny can't read. How about the fathers losing their tempers and beat and actually killed one coach of his child's team because he did not like that fact that the kids were being taught to enjoy the game and show good sportsmanship?That father felt the coach wasn't pushing the kids hard enough to win and teaching them to be losers. Guess little Johnny has a loser father in prison for something stupid now. These are the parents who complain when Jimmy and Sally can't read but they are putting them in $100 sneakers and $75 pro-athlete jerseys. And as one of you, I think Liquid said, don't take responsibility for teaching the children proper behavior or education. We'll let MTV raise them. Let them be the girls in the videos and the dope slinger turned rapper/actor who is now living the "American dream".
Our whole society is deteriorating especially in education. It's not important. Priorities are gone. That's what I meant when Daniel said the we will see the death of the celebrity. Not a chance. Just as Expat mentioned, life has been reduced to the frivilous. Idol worshipping of the celebrities and athletes is the norm. The awful part is while there are good celebrities and athletes to emulate, bad is good and good is bad. Bad has always been more appealing. Isn't it more exciting to watch Madonna kiss Britney and Christina as she passes the "torch" of her legacy to them than to read a book? I feel so bad for teachers who work for so little to make a difference and are always having pay cuts forced upon them while politicians and CEO's rape and pillage the economy. I grew up in the public school system in Chicago as well and
there is just a lack of respect for education period. Ebonics and I-pods rule. And as Liquid and I talked about getting our butts kicked around the South and North side of Chicago because of community discipline; it used to be that the teachers were allowed to be a part of that process. They disciplined out of love and for our well being. Now that society has stated a simple butt whipping is abuse, the children now run things. And part of the problem is parents are becoming younger and younger. I know women who are grandmothers in their their thirties. Babies having babies without guidance breeds ignorance. What can one baby teach another?
Liquid you made a good point:
Alot of parents need to take the time and actually look at their children and see what they are unleashing on the world. I mean really look and ask themselves.. Would I want to sitdown and talk to my son or daughter?
The only problem with that is that if you are looking at a carbon copy and you think there is nothing wrong with the original, why and where would you recognize a problem?
Re: Teachers
I think good teachers deserve to be paid well and praised. However, in my experiences in the public school system in Louisville, Ky, I had very few good teachers. Some of the people that were teaching at the schools I attended should not be near anyone's kid.
I listen with envy when my mother talks about how great her teachers were back in the 60's. She went to an all Black high school here in Louisville and she had all Black teachers who were proud, who valued education, and valued their students. They disciplined out of love as Shulammite said.
I fear that because of the lack of pay and respect in the teaching profession, good people are turned away from it and they just let whomever wants to teach do it.
VG--
You are on the money about that side of this issue as well. I am in the South and we get a lot of stories about teachers molesting children. One music teacher had been molesting a group of 8-12 year olds for years. There is such a shortage of teachers because of the politics and red tape in the school system, the lack of discipline in the children, the dangers of disgruntled students, the pay..... You could could on and on.
Would you believe that one school here was actually caught allowing a school bus driver, a school janitor, and a cafeteria lady "teaching/babysitting" students because of the shortage?
Just as in anything there are two sides to every story. I went to an excellent high school at the time in the Chicago and with me being black and last name King, I had a teacher with rotten teeth who enjoyed this joke as if the greatest comic of all time had told it:
"Queenie, the only way you'll ever make it into the White House is through the back door." He would laugh until his sides ached as if it was the first time he heard it every single time. I will never forget that annoying cackle and rotten teeth. Mr Gradman. Fortunately, it didn't bother me too much to effect my self esteem. Plus, I think it's an ugly house that looks like an over-sized mausoleum anyway.
You just reminded me of a teacher here for special needs students. She took a mentally disabled child and repeatedly slammed his face into his desk until she had broken his teeth.
The schools always claim they do background checks and they are either never done or not looked into enough. Unfortunetly she had been in the school system for many years and had several complaints but they never saw fit to remove her until they had to. I was horrified. Again, on the money VG.
Serene, Shula & VG- As far as my sister goes. I do not know how she does it!! Some of the stories she has shared with me is... well there are no words. From kids who have been moved from house to house because their father was a drug dealer.. killed another drug dealer.. now HIS people are looking to kill him. Another little girl's mother is a prostitute.. so depending on if her mother is having a "guest" she may or may not be able to do her homework. I could go on and on about what these babies go through. And it seems the ONLY place of peace they have is school. I have visited my sister's classroom with her students and they adore her.. for she runs her room.. like our parents ran the house. You do the work, you get the rewards. No one is treated differently then the others. But to know that here in Chicago.. Daley is spending more money on making the city look all " pretty" for tourists, while our children recieve books that have been out of print since 1983 is ridiculous!!
We are still dealing with school closing due to lack of funding. Isn't that what the Lottery was originally started for? All the money people shell into trying to hit it big and we can't even heat a classroom for the winter or re-paint the walls!? But you can spend MILLIONS of dollars on an over sized, metal BEAN to sit in the middle of an over priced park on Michigan Ave!!!
I've volunteered at schools in Roseland and it breaks my heart to see our young minority kids struggling with inferior educational material but if you travel to the suburbs of Naperville or Oakbrook or Flossmoor, you have the privileged children reciving the latest technology and not really caring if they pass or fail.. either way mommy and daddy will pay for a car or a college education.
And all of you are right!! Alot of teachers have given up. They make teachers walk through the fire to teach/raise our kids. But they will not give them the tools, compensation or freedom to do so!!! So the good ones go work in corporate where they can make DOUBLE what they made teaching and the lunatics are left to run the asylum!
Not to be mean but my sister just told me she has a little boy named FAMOUS in her class this year! What are we doing to our children!? Now how is he supposed to get a job? What HR person is going to look at his resume and take Famous R. Johnson seriously? It's wrong but it is the truth! Naming your children after cars and exspensive handbags and perfume ( one little girls names was CoCo Shaynel.. all her first name!!) is not the way to go! I'm not trying to offend but we can't just go for what sounds cute! It's like we have this built in mentality to destroy our chances of succeeding!!
Shanice doesn't listen in class and cursed the teacher out, so the teacher suspended her.. what does that parent do? Go up to the school and curse EVERYONE out! Instead of getting both sides of the story and acting accordingly. But as you, I believe Shula, stated.. how can we expect babies to raise babies! You can not teach what you have not learned. Thus ignorance begets ignorance and the cycle continues!
Shula- I had this professors in college tell me I would never be more then I am because I couldn't grasp a mathematical concept! I have never been good in math and I told him I would try to do better, if he could suggest a tutor. He told me that If he had to bet on if I would or if I wouldn't... He'd bet against me! That I should be prepared to be in college for atleast an extra year! I refused to go back to his class.. studied on my own and in groups.. came to his class the day of the final and aced it! Before I placed my paper on his desk.. I told him that he wasn't a teacher.. just a man collecting a check. And that I felt sorry for him.. because to teach.. you must love what you do and love who you are to want to share that knowledge with the world. So he must really hate himself for he has nothing inside worth giving! Then I walked out! LOL!! Later he tried to apologize and give me a gift! It was the funniest thing! But all that came because my parents instilled in me a drive to be more..to do more! To believe that I am and I will as long as I worked for it!
I have had some GREAT teachers who regardless of everything loved to teach and brought that spark to my life! I will remeber them forever. Even the idiots who have crossed my path, I to shall remember. It's just sad that our parents have taken a backseat to their children and their future. We don't fight for what we deserve.. just sit around and complain about it! We say we need better education for our children.. yet we won't take the time to protest and demand more!
If Reggie can play basketball and go to the pros.. who cares if he can't read! Just as long as he can sign his name on the dotted line! So what happens when Reggie blows out his knee in his first season and has nothing to fall back on? He's washed up at 17 or 18 and has to go back to the block and live in his momma's basement! OR the fact that you always told little Shantay that she was pretty but never told her she was smart and could be somebody one day! So the first boy that told her he loved her and she was Pretty.. got her pregnant. Now you have a baby having a baby at 14 and she sees nothing but the welfare system ( which seems to pay our young girls for their children) and a GED.
Everything begins at home. Our children can't take into this world or the schools what they aren't getting as a foundation. If WE as their parent's don't teach it at home.. they can't bring it to the streets. Parent's who say " He isn't listen or she doesn't know any better." Sell their children short. Because they are ALWAYS listening and understand far more then you give them credit for.
When we leave our children to sit alone with their fears and pains and we never take the time to talk to them or get involved. We get two lonely misgudied boys building a bomb in the family's garage, while their parents sip Starbucks and talk about the economy. We get Columbine.
Or when our nails, hair and the latest Enyce outfit is more important then telling our son or daughter that they are special and though it may seem hard now, if they try.. they can make it.. We get a 9 month old baby girl found wrapped in newspaper in a dumpster, or two young men shot and killed while sitting in a parked car, apparently the result of the increasing gang violence int he area!
We get wasted life, another news report that no one really listens to and more children thinking that tomorrow is just another day in hell.
Re: Teachers
Bravo-- I so appreciate the thoughts of you all. It confirms the "Is it just me or is something terribly wrong?" feelings I get. I did not recognize Chicago this summer. I used to wonder about the Lottery money issue as well. Where is it? It certainly is not in our school systems producing the geniuses and masters that Daniel says will manifest themselves in our time. No disrespect to Daniel but I think we would all like a glimpse into the world from his eyes.
Expat-- Could you let us know what the schools are like there?
I know it cannot possibly be near our level but it would be interesting to know what kinds of issues in education that you have to overcome "across the pond". Also, the attitudes of the children towards education. Has materialism, capitalism, and idolizing celebrity reared its ugly head there, yet?
Thanks ladies. This is getting so depressing just thinking about it. Let's all remain committed as we have to do all that we can personally to make a positive change. You all are great role models and you must be pure gold in the lives of any children in your sphere.
Teachers
Don't be depressed Shula!!! If you raise your children or pour into the little ones around you with even an ounce of the love, intelligence, compassion and support you give us here on this board; They will rule the world!
I appreciate being able to speak my mind and heart with all of you and have it answered with love and respect!
Plain and simple.. Ya'll are some deep Heffas!!!!! !
Maya- You had me laughing out loud.. calling KarolR on "being bored with us" yet she still is on the board!!! We are addictive! She can't stay away!
Have a great weekend everyone! Be Blessed and pray through it!
Death of Peter Jennings
I am a little surprised that no one here has mentioned the death of Peter Jennings. I had first posted about him when he was diagnosed with lung cancer, and I seem to be the first again to mention him about his death.
His untimely death is truly a loss. He was honest, straight foreward, and did not conform. He brought light to situations around the world that we never would have otherwise had known about had it not been for him. It seems as though the good ones always die first, and the assholes live on.
Daniel, if you have not already, please quit smoking.
Daniel Sunjata Cocoa Lounger
Posts: 73
(8/13/05 2:41 pm)
Didn't mean to be so abstract. For the sake of clarification, i just want to comment on the intention behind my previous post. The insight I was offering was more an observation of certain trends in our culture, and my interpretation of what they indicate about the future for humanity. Not necessarily the immediate future. I admit, given the obvious , it would take a True Miracle for us to witness these changes in this lifetime, but I was speaking with my eye focused on the horizon in the distance, and not the reality in the midst; which is saddly full of pain and dread and inequality and injustice, and also HOPE.
For similiarly to the great architectural structures of human civilization, which were built by generations of laborers laying brick and morter towards the externalization of a beautiful design, the consumation of which most did not live to see, so must we who yearn for a better world lay the brick and morter of our lives into the foundation of our vision for humanity's future. I am reminded of a quote from Bob Marley's Redemption Song "We foreward in this gereration, triumphantly." But once again i digress into abstractions lol. More pointedly, what i was communicating is my vision of the unfolding of our collective evolution, and an insight that in order for certain things to come to pass, certain other things must receed, wither, and fade. The cult of celebrity as it exists is not sustainable, anymore than is the depletion of natural resources, or the production of land-mines, or the hostile invasion and forceful takeover of foreign lands. The the death of the star, the democratization of the media, and the resultant opportunity for a collective genius to manifest are in my view some of the inevitable consequences of the gradual waning of this pervasive myth of sustainability. In any event, that is the blueprint to which i intend to lay my mortar and my brick.
"Jah come to break down-pression. Rule equality, yeah!
Wipe away transgression, SET THE CAPTIVES FREE!
SET THE CAPTIVES FREE!"
-Bob Marley/Exodus
R.I.P. Mr. Peter Jennings. Comfort to those most affected by his loss. Believe me, I am trying!
In the Image of my Creator, i create
Daniel Sunjata
ps: Had i not used the term "In this age" this second rant could have been prevented But I meant it more in the spirit of "In this age of Aquarius." I.E. over the course of the next 2100 or so years. But who knows? "The way Earthly things are going, anything can happen." < guess whoEdited by: Daniel Sunjata at: 8/13/05 11:56 pm
Ibrahim Ferrer also died of emphysema and the smoking and I'm glad Peter Jennings and Ibrahim lived, very different, but not so different and very full lives. I'm happy for the legacy they left imprinted in my education and in my spirit, and that cannot be dwindled to any perceived shortcomings they had. My friends are planning on opening a new venue, just so happens they are planning for me to manage and I'm concerned that I don't wanna' hand out cigarrettes to anyone, but I'm not the decision maker with Starting Capital, not even a silent partner. I've voiced strongly that I'm opposed to selling them and we should have a cig machine. They say we cannot risk to have minors come to buy and have our venue closed down. Wanting to see and know that the glass-half full, as my dear Dr. Christiane Northrup recommends, I realized that we are all trying to do the best we can for our own individual as well as collective reasons. There is a reason why we like to smoke (cigarrettes, cigars, tobacco and other herbs, and some dare smoke other drugs). The reason is very personal, even if we adjudicate that to the others (advertising, smokers giving an image, the drink that tastes better with a smoke, etc.). The reasons are not for me to judge, simply to understand.
So I turned to Channel 13 for some answers on why I was so bummed on certain things "for the regular basis" and okay with them "on occasion". Why is it okay to drink and indulge on some crazy nights out, but so awful when you see others drunk? Why is the measuring stick out for so many external wrongs, and far from reach when the wrongs come from within ourselves?
And miraculously, or rather answering a vibe I had that answers were forthcoming, there she was, one of the best teachers I've met in my life. I've posted about her here before, ladies. And yep, I hear you, she's white. So if anyone else can point me to a non-white woman or man who understands these mind-body-spirit issues, please don't hesitate.
:) ;)
Communication, in sweeter terms, can be music to our ears ... and the rest of our bodies ... remember we consist 98% of water, and what happens to water when sound waves strike? A lot of motion, or commotion. That's why I love rhythm and melody a tad more than lyrics, we can change the world with rhythm/melody without saying a single word.
We can hurt deeply with just one awful sounding word, let alone a string of painful ones attached to rhythm/melody.
Sooo, here's a short list (there are thousands) of good rhythm sites we can visit and hear to feel world happinness flow through our personal oceans, turning the tides, ebbing and flowing, to the beat of best medicine I know, MU-SI-CA!!
Today was a self-nurturing day and I've taken breaks to read our recent posts. So I thought we all, starting with myself, needed a quick dose of positive reading, 'cause reading works!!
A Campaign for Forgiveness Research
Site of an international research project funded by the John Templeton Foundation and others, co-chaired by Desmond Tutu and Robert Coles
website : www.forgiving.org/
Cooperative Communication Skills
Site provided by Dennis Rivers, editor of the Journal of Cooperative Communication Skills, which includes wise material on forgiveness
website : www.coopcomm.org/index.htm
email : comments@coopcomm.org
Conflict Research Consortium
Conflict Management and Constructive Confrontation: A Guide to the Theory and Practice. Provides an international �Online Training Programme on Intractable Conflict�. Based at the University of Colorado, USA
website : www.colorado.edu/conflict/peace/index.html
email : crc@colorado.edu
Forgive
Although primarily a site for marketing the book Forgiveness: the Key to the Kingdom by John-Roger, founder of the ecumenical Church of the Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness, the site does make available a free online email course in forgiveness, and other valuable materials.
website : www.forgive.org
email : jrbooks@msia.org
Forgive for Good - Fred Luskin
Fred is one of the most celebrated practitioners of forgiveness training (see also the entry below under �Standford�), and this site is an introduction to his superb recent book, �Forgive for Good�.
website : www.learningtoforgive.com/index.html
email : learningtoforgive@attbi.com
The Forgiveness Foundation
Site being developed by Jim Dincalci, family therapist and forgiveness counsellor, with inspirational articles and wisdom to integrate psychological and spiritual approaches
website : www.forgivenessfoundation.org/
email : admin@forgivenessfoundation.org
The Forgiveness Web
The most comprehensive listing on the web of sites concerned with many diverse aspects of forgiveness, operated in conjunction with Amazon.com.
website : www.forgivenessweb.com/default.htm
email : webmaster@forgivenessweb.com
ForgivenessWorks
New site being developed by Jerry Jampolsky and Diane Cirincione, celebrated international authors and teachers. Aims to be �a catalyst at making forgiveness as natural and as important in our lives as breathing and eating
website : www.forgivenessworks.org/
email : fwinformation@forgivenessworks.org
I�m sorry - relationship repair
Site introducing Jay Krunszyinsky, a counsellor and behavioural consultant, and the experiences and ideas behind his new book �I�m sorry - Repairing a Hurtful Relationship� on improving and healing relationships in education, families and couples
website : www.relationshiprepair.net/
email : KRUZ75@peoplepc.com
Inner Peace
A very interactive and free programme for working creatively through healing and spiritual issues, including much on forgiveness
website : www.innerpeace.org
email : volunteers@innerpeace.org
Institute for Human Responsiveness
Insightful materials developed by Pascal Baute, a human relations counsellor
website : www.lexpages.com/SGN/paschal.html
email : Pbbaute@aol.com
The International Forgiveness Institute
Based at the University of Wisconsin, USA. Valuable research and writing following developmental psychology guidelines and incorporating many religious and philosophical strands.
website : www.forgiveness-institute.org/
email : webmaster@forgiveness-institute.org
Michael Henderson
Michael is a freelance journalist, speaker and broadcaster, the author of nine books, the latest being the highly valued Forgiveness: Breaking the Chain of Hate
website : fenet.co.uk/henderson/
email : michaeldhenderson@compuserve.com
North American Institute for Conflict Resolution
Site for mediator Barbara Ashley Phillips, the author of The Mediation Field Guide and other works. The site provides valuable material on forgiveness.
website : www.crtraining.com/
email : events@crtraining.com
Plough Publishing/Bruderhof
Plough is the publishing house of the Bruderhof, a radical community movement of families and single men and women founded by Eberhard Arnold in 1920, challenging many institutional assumptions
websites : www.plough.com/index.htm & www.bruderhof.org
email : feedback@plough.com
Radical Forgiveness
Innovative therapeutic approach developed by Colin Tipping and his wife JoAnna, co-founders of the Georgia CancerHelp Program.
website : radicalforgiveness.com/index.html
email : colint@mindspring.com
Religious Tolerance
The most frequently visited religious website anywhere, providing thorough introductions to points of mutual understanding for many religions, including Wicca
website : www.religioustolerance.org/
Restitution Incorporated
Restitution Inc. helps inmates on death row make restitution for their crimes through writing and original artwork : �Offenders heal by making restitution; victims heal through forgiveness�
website : www.restitutioninc.org
email : Betsy@restitutioninc.org
Restorative Justice
Another site devoted to this vision, developed by lawyer Tom Cavanagh to provide a set of core values to guide the vision of others working in this area
website : www.restorativejustice.com/index.html
email : okirish@holly.colostate.edu
Restorative Justice Online
Main resource site reflecting the aim of some US lawyers to move legal justice and attitudes from a retributive to a restorative model
website : www.restorativejustice.org
email : lparker@pfi.org
Softpower
Sponsored by UNICEF Canada and partners, Softpower develops approaches to conflict resolution using attraction rather than force. Remarkably, the whole Unicef Education for Peace and Conflict Online Manual is available free onsite.
website : www.softpower.org
email : mycity@interlog.com
Spirit at Work
Major resource site for anyone exploring the vision of a human workplace built on spiritual values
website : www.spiritatwork.com
email : spiritatwork@earthlink.net
Christian Science site developing web community for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of spirituality and life, with good resource material, and online discussions on issues such as forgiveness
website : www.spirituality.com
email : thomast@spirituality.com
Stanford Training in Health and Healing
A training programme developing at Stanford University, and also funded by the Templeton Foundation. Directed by Fred Luskin.
website : www.stanford.edu/~alexsox/forgiveness.htm
email : fredl@leland.stanford.edu
Trauma and Chaplaincy
Thoughtful site about diverse care and justice issues, published by Catholic chaplain Fr J Mahoney
website : 207.238.20.223/Default.htm
email : frjmahoney@earthlink.net
Worldwide Forgiveness Alliance
Aims to celebrate the healing power of forgiveness worldwide through the establishment of the first global holiday, International Forgiveness Day, and to broaden awareness of forgiveness
website : www.forgivenessday.org
email : rwplath@forgivenessday.org
Yehudah Fine
Charismatic NY rabbi (the �Times Square Rabbi�), author and teacher who works with many teens and with their parents, and with people with addictions, Yehudah majors on hope and forgiveness.
website : www.yehudahfine.com/
email : featherriver@mac.com
Edited by: MayasHeartBeat at: 8/13/05 9:54 pm
Re: Didn't mean to be so abstract.
Daniel,
I hope my posts did not make you feel as if you needed to clarify anything. I noticed I have been a little long-winded and militant lately and with us obviously being two people that passionately believe in our relative causes and have very strong convictions about them--- I did not mean to dismiss or minimize what you expressed in any way. I agree, there is HOPE in our future. How far ahead? I don't know. I enjoy your posts, they come across as sort of utopian and it just makes me wonder if maybe your everyday experiences and what the rest of us write about can actually co-exist. I BELIEVE WITHOUT A DOUBT THAT THERE IS HOPE. BUT I need you to help me understand how is it that the death of celebrity phenomenon is even possible or better yet in anyway connected to this new democratization? Most youths today would vote Ozzy Osbourne, Courtney Love, Eminem, and Marilyn Manson into any position of power before they would even consider Barack Obama. Fame and celebrity rule the world. Power and domination has been here since the dawn of mankind---Cain and Abel. Just let me see through your eyes what you mean. I can see how it can be almost to abstract to describe but you're intelligent and articulate and I need to see what you see. Originally, you mentioned that IN OUR TIME we would see I believe "collective geniuses" who were meant to make change in our time or generation. I may be mistaken on the time referred to. I promise I am not trying to irk you but I want to know what source would this True Miracle be from given the present state of humanity?
What trends in our culture do you see that influence your observations?
Do you agree that for a collective evolution to take place their has to be some unity of thought, principles, and ideals of the people involved to allow that "collective" evolution to even come to be?
How can this evolution take place when at no other time in the history of the world has mankind been so divided politically, financially, morally and with belief systems? We have gotten to the point where world super powers refuse to be governed by the U.N. and other nations are being bullied into living in a political belief system that has been forced upon them and belies every moral and political principles they have.
If the super powers are persisting in the horrific manner they have been with no restraint from the U.N. what or who would it take to cause the unfolding of our collective evolution, and an insight needed in order for certain things to come to pass, and cause certain other things to receed, wither, and fade?
Who is there capable of destroying the cult of celebrity as it exists in its presently sustainable state, who can prevent the depletion of natural resources when capitalism is the master of that game? Or the production of land-mines, or the hostile invasion and forceful takeover of foreign lands when no one who can make a difference has ever done so in any unneccessary conflict?
Also, unless we have a rabbit we haven't pulled out of our hat yet, I think if these things are not accomplished in a timely manner; we may just be headed for a Revolution instead of an evolution.
Last question, who is the Jah that Bob Marley is referring to in
this verse you quoted?
"Jah come to break down-pression. Rule equality, yeah!
Wipe away transgression, SET THE CAPTIVES FREE!
SET THE CAPTIVES FREE!"
-Bob Marley/Exodus
I'm not being obnoxious, I honestly would like clarification on the questions I asked based on your post if you have time.
Thanks for your posts, this kind of conversation keeps me on the pulse of how others feel and interpret what goes on around us. That Bob Marley lyric you must answer if nothing else--he was someone who recognized the inhumanity that we humans constantly seem to steep ourselves in and Mr. Marley knew oppression more than any of us ever have so I would love to know who he was referring to.
Expat! Happy Sunday!
Danny T. - Tomorrow
(by mhb, all rts. resv'd)
[narrator:
Some place off the Navy Yards
A lamp light comes on
Bodies emerge from the bed's 6 pillows
Someone yawns and moans
hinting regret ...
and singing this, song]
... aaaahhh man!
It's 4 am!
It's 4 am and I just missed
Last Call!
... aaaahhh crap!
It's 4 am!
It's 4 am and we just
Missed, Last Call!
Aaaaawwwwhhhh,
I'm sooo sore
I'm sooooo tired.
I don't wanna' go to work!
Aaaaawwwwhhhh,
I'm sooo sore
I'm sooooo ti-red!
I don't-feel-that-I-can-dance no more!
... aaaahhh man!
It's 4 am!
It's 4 am and I just missed
Last Call!
... aaaahhh crap!
It's 4 am!
It's 4 am and we just
Missed, Last Call!
Where are my boots?
Did you wash my stockings, baby?
Gotta' do my dance from the swing
Above the barmaids, just after noon.
What boots?
I don't wash your work clothes
I hate that you swing
With barmaids below, morning, night or noon!
... aaaahhh man!
It's 4 am!
It's 4 am and I just missed
Last Call!
... aaaahhh crap!
It's 4 am!
It's 4 am and we just
Missed, Last Call!
Aaaaawwwwhhhh,
I'm sooo sore, I'm sooooo tired.
I don't wanna' go to work!
No more! No more! No more!
But we need the rent cash
But we need the gas cash
And we need to eat
Tomorrow
So what? So don't go
We always find a way
And we get through anyway
So who gives a f--k about, tomorrow?
So what? So don't go
We always find a way
And we get through anyway
So who gives a f--k about, tomorrow?
All I know
Is that I have a job
Gotta' dance from the swing
Above the barmaids, at noon.
So find my fishnets, find my shorts
Hand me that halter-top
The red, no, the purple
And those thigh-high, sti-let-tos
Gotta' dance from the swing
Above the barmaids, at noon.
Gotta' dance from the swing
Above the barmaids, at noon.
[narrrator:
It's August 13
Today's schedule says]
Danny T., oh, yes Danny T.
Will spin, while I swing.
It's August 13
Today's schedule says
Danny T., yes Danny T.
Will spin, while I swing.
And so to work I go,
And so to work I go,
And so to work I go,
Who can predict, tomorrow?
----------------------
So, Expat! Danny Tenaglia will be in the Ibiza on 8/28 and I can't make it, but YOU SHOULD!!
I really need to do some more digging and searching to see if there is anything left in Chicago for me. I hate the thought of leaving home but if it is meant.. I must go! 
Start doing what I'm being overworked and underpaid for!! Ha!
) Remember brutally honest! 
Fortunately, it didn't bother me too much to effect my self esteem. Plus, I think it's an ugly house that looks like an over-sized mausoleum anyway.
It was the funniest thing! But all that came because my parents instilled in me a drive to be more..to do more! To believe that I am and I will as long as I worked for it!
For the sake of clarification, i just want to comment on the intention behind my previous post. The insight I was offering was more an observation of certain trends in our culture, and my interpretation of what they indicate about the future for humanity. Not necessarily the immediate future. I admit, given the obvious , it would take a True Miracle for us to witness these changes in this lifetime, but I was speaking with my eye focused on the horizon in the distance, and not the reality in the midst; which is saddly full of pain and dread and inequality and injustice, and also HOPE. 
But I meant it more in the spirit of "In this age of Aquarius." I.E. over the course of the next 2100 or so years. But who knows? "The way Earthly things are going, anything can happen." < guess who
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