The meaning of life
Perhaps we ought to ask Monty Python and the Meaning of Life ?
Quint, from Ain´t it Cool News), sticks to what Gordon Liu ( Kill Bill actor) said in an interview : If you see some food appearing, go ahead and eat it, but don’t try to kill it. Don’t try to hurt other people.
But I´d like to ask someone from India.
From A Simple Path , by Mother Teresa of Calcutta,
"We have a sign on the wall of the children´s home in Calcutta that reads:
Take time to think
Take time to pray
Take time to laugh
It is the source of power
It is the greatest power on Earth
It´s the music of the soul
Take time to play
Take time to love and be loved
Take time to give
It is the secret of perpetual youth
It is God´s given privilege
Itis too short a day to be selfish
Take time to read
Take time to be friendly
Take time to work
It is the foundation of wisdom
It is the road to happiness
It is the price of success
Take time to do charity
It is the key to Heaven.
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Goldfinch House Plans
Brings Ingrid's freedom to call for justice
Íngrid Betancourt and other 14 FARC hostages (Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces) are finally free, thanks to God and many people).
When Marc Gonsalvez (one of three Americans kidnapped in 2003, all freed with Betancourt) recalled two days ago some of his experiences in a press conference, he called upon the fact that FARC are terrorists "with a capital T". But he also said : "the majority of FARC's forces are children and young adults (...) They come from extreme poverty and have very little or nor education. So they're easily tricked into joining the FARC, and they're brainwashed, believing that their cause is a just cause". That statment made us remember tof Pablo Rodríguez (*), an acquaintance of ours who was kidnapped in the Venezuela-Colombia frontier five years ago by irregular groups (not FARC). The ones that took care of him were teenagers who would talk about Marx, the revolution and Simón Bolívar, but would also call their hostage "dad" and were sad to see him go after his ransom was paid.
Are they still roaming through the jungle now? Could they be dead or still alive by now?
Many historical reasons should be accounted to justify FARC´s existence, but both Gonsalvez and Pablo´s experiences show, once again, that poverty is one of them.
The day after Betancourt´s release I looked at some titles while being in a workshop with other journalists: Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism , by Muhamad Yunus (Nobel Peace Prize Winner 2006) and The Fortune at the end of the Pyramid: Eradicating Poverty through Profits , by CK Prahalad, professor. These books bring both theoretical and practical reasoning on the benefits of entrepreneurship, micro-financing and inclusive business for development. I have read just bits of Yunus´ but both books should not be overlooked.
Microfinancing not as the magic pill for solving inequalities in Colombia and Latin America, but to affirm that Íngrid´s release seems to mark an excellent time to remember that peace in our region should not be only achieved by the completion of military targets or political agreements.
(*) Changed name
Íngrid Betancourt and other 14 FARC hostages (Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces) are finally free, thanks to God and many people).
When Marc Gonsalvez (one of three Americans kidnapped in 2003, all freed with Betancourt) recalled two days ago some of his experiences in a press conference, he called upon the fact that FARC are terrorists "with a capital T". But he also said : "the majority of FARC's forces are children and young adults (...) They come from extreme poverty and have very little or nor education. So they're easily tricked into joining the FARC, and they're brainwashed, believing that their cause is a just cause". That statment made us remember tof Pablo Rodríguez (*), an acquaintance of ours who was kidnapped in the Venezuela-Colombia frontier five years ago by irregular groups (not FARC). The ones that took care of him were teenagers who would talk about Marx, the revolution and Simón Bolívar, but would also call their hostage "dad" and were sad to see him go after his ransom was paid.
Are they still roaming through the jungle now? Could they be dead or still alive by now?
Many historical reasons should be accounted to justify FARC´s existence, but both Gonsalvez and Pablo´s experiences show, once again, that poverty is one of them.
The day after Betancourt´s release I looked at some titles while being in a workshop with other journalists: Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism , by Muhamad Yunus (Nobel Peace Prize Winner 2006) and The Fortune at the end of the Pyramid: Eradicating Poverty through Profits , by CK Prahalad, professor. These books bring both theoretical and practical reasoning on the benefits of entrepreneurship, micro-financing and inclusive business for development. I have read just bits of Yunus´ but both books should not be overlooked.
Microfinancing not as the magic pill for solving inequalities in Colombia and Latin America, but to affirm that Íngrid´s release seems to mark an excellent time to remember that peace in our region should not be only achieved by the completion of military targets or political agreements.
(*) Changed name
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Tamron Camera Lense For Nikon D60
Deeper We'll see, Lucy
Tomorrow we will face the decision to end a life. The
of my cat, Lucy, who was in the afternoon yesterday diagnosed with Feline Leukemia , an incurable disease, not transmittable to humans and has undermined his health, especially in the last week. Their survival, according to the veterinarian, would be tied to blood transfusions and treatment to extend his term of life, everything would have one more final. Thus the decision to euthanize the animal is legitimate and legal.
But his legacy is large: among others, the neighbors with whom we started talking regularly and, with the cat Street home, opening to the problems of thousands of animals "without race"-or her-that terms found in the street an extermination camp.
Word on the street, "the more you know the man, the more I love my dog." Could not exclude a man less than an animal. Both are equally worthy of respect. I am counting on humans to that community, can be protective of the estate as are all the animals.
Lying for hours in the same chair, staring at us with big eyes Lucy Green in a few hours and will be closed forever, no idea, perhaps, of what to expect. But quiet, Lucita, "I say it will be something calmer. Rest, and have no more pain.
Thanks for almost two years of good stories, smiles, meows and scratches.
Tomorrow we will face the decision to end a life. The
of my cat, Lucy, who was in the afternoon yesterday diagnosed with Feline Leukemia , an incurable disease, not transmittable to humans and has undermined his health, especially in the last week. Their survival, according to the veterinarian, would be tied to blood transfusions and treatment to extend his term of life, everything would have one more final. Thus the decision to euthanize the animal is legitimate and legal.
But his legacy is large: among others, the neighbors with whom we started talking regularly and, with the cat Street home, opening to the problems of thousands of animals "without race"-or her-that terms found in the street an extermination camp.
Word on the street, "the more you know the man, the more I love my dog." Could not exclude a man less than an animal. Both are equally worthy of respect. I am counting on humans to that community, can be protective of the estate as are all the animals.
Lying for hours in the same chair, staring at us with big eyes Lucy Green in a few hours and will be closed forever, no idea, perhaps, of what to expect. But quiet, Lucita, "I say it will be something calmer. Rest, and have no more pain.
Thanks for almost two years of good stories, smiles, meows and scratches.
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