yumm.. Oyster mushrooms I grew. It was a kit, so growing them wasn't difficult, but I am still proud! I have to admit, they are kinda like friends to me...made my room less lonely. :)
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(I didn't compile this)L’esprit d’escalier: (French) The feeling you get after leaving a conversation, when you think of all the things you should have said. Translated it means “the spirit of the staircase.”
Waldeinsamkeit: (German) The feeling of being alone in the woods.
Meraki: (Greek) Doing something with soul, creativity, or love.
Forelsket: (Norwegian) The euphoria you experience when you are first falling in love.
Gigil: (Filipino) The urge to pinch or squeeze something that is unbearably cute.
Pochemuchka: (Russian) A person who asks a lot of questions.
Pena ajena: (Mexican Spanish) The embarrassment you feel watching someone else’s humiliation.
Cualacino: (Italian) The mark left on a table by a cold glass.
Ilunga: (Tshiluba, Congo) A person who is ready to forgive any abuse for the first time, to tolerate it a second time, but never a third time.
Maybe you will listen now.
These people are,
and this world is
ours to love.
As humans we are young, we are naive,
and we do not collectively have something to look to for guidance.
many of us are lost. we all have our own ways.:
some of us find comfort in religion.
some of us find satisfaction helping other people.
some of us are content to stray without direction.
We are all different.
But we are all together, and that is the important part.
We are all together as a community in this loss,
We are all together as a race in this world,
and we are all together as living creatures in this universe,
and we need to realize that together we can make and break lives.
because we have a power. It is a power that we all utilize in different ways.
Humans, through all their flaws, have the capacity for love,
and if we open our hearts that capacity will fill to its infinite brim.
However, if you think about it, love is also responsible for hate.
Hate is driven by love. It is for the love of something that we employ hate to protect that which we love - an idea, a religion, a person, a way of life...
but rather than closing the doors on "conflicting" ideas ect, why do we not remember the age old adage "live and let live"?
The reasoning behind this cliché is that no one person is the same - as you can see by looking around you right now - but that our differences are a gift which present us with the chance and the choice to love.
Sadly do not always take it that chance. In fact, I would say it is rare for any one person to show love to every other person that they meet.
Why? Because that calls for complete acceptance,
and acceptance requires strength, and we are weak.
But we are weak only as long as we allow ourselves to be.
I say NO MORE. I choose strength. I choose acceptance.
I choose to open my life up to the possibility of love without force.
It is time to be strong, for ourselves and for everyone else.
It is time to cast aside ignorance and fear of the unknown
and embrace the truth that we are all here together and we need each other.
It is time for a revolution in the name of love.
Love and life go hand in hand:
Without life there is no one to love.
Without love there is no reason for life.
-Me, January 2, 2008
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Revolution.
"DROP EVERYTHING GET UP AND RUN
RUN to the side of your brothers and sisters who fight on your behalf
RUN to the footsteps and doors of office buildings full of those still sleeping
STOP what you are doing whatever it may be and RUN
STOP watching the news
STOP checking for status updates
STOP driving your car, literally pull over get out and RUN
PUT DOWN your cell phone and coffee, ok maybe not the coffee
LEAVE BEHIND the comfort of your warm home
LEAVE BEHIND outdated modes of thought
LEAVE BEHIND anything and everything that is holding you back and RUN
WHAT IF you could be the straw that breaks the camals back
WHAT IF your presence would help make those around you stronger
WHAT IF you could actually change the world
WHAT IF you could inspire people to want to at least try
IMAGINE IF it worked
IMAGINE IF every single person you know started running right now
running to the side of our brothers and sisters standing in the cold
holding onto every hope they've ever had of making things better
COULD YOU decide that everything you left behind was not as important as our future?
COULD YOU ignite the fire in your heart that's been slowling burning out
the fire that used to guide your way, telling you that all things are possible
TELLING YOU that you have the right and the responsibility to no longer be silent
TELLING YOU to use your voice to defend those who cannot speak and who cannot run
WOULD YOU use that fire to set the world ablaze and watch it burn? or
WOULD YOU use a spark to ignite the hearts of everyone around you
WOULD YOU feed that fire until it burned so hot that they couldnt stop themselves from running?
running to the sides of our brothers and sisters keeping themselves warm only
by the embers in their hearts.
DO YOU BELIEVE that the there is something worth saving
DO YOU BELIEVE that you are strong and powerful, if not by yourself than together with others
DO YOU BELIEVE you could make sacrifices to be a part of something bigger than yourself?
then let any reason you have, any little spark of life you find worth defending, ignite your heart
and RUN"
-Jessica Armstrong
