What the media today prefers to focus on, instead of what is really important. This cartoon says it better than I could ever.

FWD: Priceless

I received this pic in a forwarded email and found it so funny. Kudos to whoever started the chain!

(click on photo to enlarge)

Happy Columbus Day

In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue...
he landed on an island already inhabited with people, raped, enslaved, and killed the locals and then claimed to have discovered the place. So here is to that great explorer, a hero certainly deserving of his own holiday.

About Me:

(You know that little section on all networking sites that asks you to describe yourself, I realized I had left it blank when I started this blog so this is my attempt to fill in the blank.)

About Me:

I am passionate.

I am caring.

I am adventurous.

I am mellow.

I am understanding.

I am friendly.

I am honest.

I am realistic.

I am optimistic.

I am hard working.

I am forgiving.

I am funny.

I am wild.

I am loving.

But most of all,

I am hopeful.

BUT sometimes I lack:

patience (especially when waiting for the train),

confidence (when it comes to believing in my abilities), and

faith (when all seems to be going badly).

However, my lack of patience, confidence, and faith never last long when I remember: that all things take a little time and that life can't be rushed. That I have the capability to do anything and ONLY I can tell myself what I can and cannot do. AND when I remember that faith is vital in bleak situations; that faith in God, faith in Man, and faith in Myself is what will keep me strong and what will allow me to remain: passionate, caring, adventurous, mellow, understanding, friendly, honest, realistic, optimistic, hard working, forgiving, funny, wild, loving and most of all HOPEFUL.*

"Be the change you want to see in the world"

Probably the most famous quote by Mohandas Ghandi;

and today on the anniversary of his birth I think it's only appropriate that we took a good look at this world...

Unemployment and poverty increases in even the most developed of nations
Political coups followed by the removal of civil liberties and censorship of the media
Natural disasters ripping ripping through countries causing death, disease and suffering

The deteriorating state of the environment
And the endless violence over religion and territory

...and asked; What can we do to make a change?

Happy Birthday Ghandi, your worlds and teachings continue to give hope and light in even the bleakest corners of this world.

that's one way to get the message across