“repeat after me: I am free”

If our lives do not demand explanation, then we have become the system we hope to change.-IC

Words of Inspiration

A beautiful  Message about the people of Yemen by Mohammad Arifi. If you dont have the patience to listen to the whole thing, fwd to the10th minute where he really begins to focus on Yemen. Amazing words. 

Wave My Flag

Incredible poem by @Sanasino

What Suprises the Dalai Lama

Someone asked the Dalai Lama, what surprises him most.

This was his response:

"Man, because he sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he does not live in the present or the future; he lives as if he is never going to die, and then he dies having never really lived."

New beginnings : How you can change the world

Don't underestimate the power of YOUR voice. YOU are the key to creating change and raising awareness.

I will bring peace to the world, will YOU?

A beautiful voice witth a moving story

This guy is amazing This is the kind of love and beauty I hope to always be surrounded by. What an inspirational figure.

I believe in memories because they are so, so pretty when I sleep.. We're better together, so much better when we're together-Jack Johnson

A Lesson in Laughter

A Lesson in Laughter

By theinkcartridge

She chose responsibility, or it was never a choice

Her life assumed obligations beyond her own

Their laughter made her wonder if too soon she had grown

She was taught to be tough…taught to be alone

Encouraged to cry and prepare for the unknown

Yet laughter seemed undemanding and too easy to be taught

A luxury of the simple and the light at heart

For a simple mind bore little obligation

And a light-heart greeted laughter with cheerful acclamation

She was taught to appreciate life one took it with a frown,

a heavy heart and to never claim the crown

Day by day her laughter grew unfaltering

So she settled for a smile…and kept it for a while

A cheerful look she kept in company but never on her own

She soon saw that melancholy never left her alone

“So Learn to Laugh and be like the light-hearted…”

She thought to herself

…For it seems from distress they have parted”

A lesson for all, a lesson for me

Teach those you love laughter or where it may be

Find laughter in your heart, mind and soul

For life is too much if not taken for a stroll

Open your eyes

Getting lost in thought...

“Evil can kill a person but it cannot kill a people.

We will punish the guilty.

The punishment will be more generosity, more tolerance, more democracy.”

-Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg & Oslo Mayor Fabian Stang

Explored.

“I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do.”

-Edward Everett Hale

A soul generated by love

“Everybody can be great, because anybody can serve.

You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and verb agree to serve.

You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.”

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

The story of Forgiveness

What a powerful video, Could I ever forgive someone for destroying my family? Could you?

PEOPLE OF THE SECOND CHANCE: EMMANUEL'S STORY from PEOPLE OF THE SECOND CHANCE on Vimeo.

If for a moment you thought you cant do something, think again

“I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do.”

-Edward Everett Hale

“Do not believe in everything you read, but believe in everything you say.”

will we ever see an end to poverty?

The city of Durham put together this game called “Spent.” It’s a game, but not one you would enjoy.. as a matter of fact it's no fun at all..  It’s a reality check. This is real life for too many Americans. A lot of America’s poorest people live on the streets, and they all didn’t end up there from continued substance abuse and denial. it's eye opening 

media: revolutionary

Everything you see in this video is drawn, modeled, and created on a computer. Nothing, is a real object. Made by the geniuses of CGI; Computer Generated Imagery (aka Pixar).

Silestone -- 'Above Everything Else' from Alex Roman on Vimeo.

Lens: Bokeh

i want to get this and it's only 25 bucks. look how pretty



Bokeh Masters Kit at the Photojojo Store!

Poetry, revolution up in the air.

Thanks to Invisible Children, i found this on their blog and was completely inspired because i really connected to it, especially the "why i write


"Dallas Clayton is a poet and author of Awesome children’s books. His blog is a mine of precious metals. Below are a couple that struck me this week.

-Azy

“REVOLUTION”

“As it turns out
when most people tell you they want to change things
what they really mean to say
is they want to change 
the size and color
of the room 
in which things take place.”

“WHY I WRITE”

I will never cure cancer
not with the schooling I’ve had
and my lack of focus
and because I don’t really even know what cancer is
or how it works.

So the best I can do
is to write some things down-
some words, some pictures-
in hopes that they will inspire a stranger
sitting alone
in a laboratory
in the dark of night
to move a microscope
two clicks in an unfamiliar direction
two clicks toward a discovery
that might forever change the world
and cure me
of ever having to worry
about knowing
anything about cancer.

“PETER PAN”

Maybe this recession
is just what you need
to remind you of how far you’ve strayed
from the plan.

Don’t you remember?
You were going to grow up
and paint your house
all crazy purple
with flamingoes in the yard
and your car parked on the roof
and seven TVs all upside down
and filled with glow in the dark fish.

the beauty of dreams.