Yellow, Brown and Red
Sometimes, in public restrooms, I have to consciously remember to flush the toilet. I live in a house where you only flush if it is brown or red. I think it is funny. I also think it is time to evaluate what we do and why we do things. The time for doing something because, "that's how it's done," is an old and dangerous idea. Let us move towards conscious living and awareness. Lets break some of the rules that need to be broken.
Monday, February 21, 2011
Thursday, February 17, 2011
To save a life.
"I had the money to buy her life."
I heard an interesting story today. One line stood out to me. A woman was paying for a surgery for a small girl in Africa. Through encouraging this medical procedure, a small African family was left without the oldest daughter as well as their mother for three months. The daughter ended up dying anyways. The woman was devastated, and made the comment, "I had the money to buy her life." Buying life. Because technology is there, life is possible, some people get to play God in the influence that they have over others. Are they task-masters? Saviors? People with good intentions who cause irreparable damage? How do you play God, and what is the degree of your awareness in these situations?
"I had the money to buy her life."
I heard an interesting story today. One line stood out to me. A woman was paying for a surgery for a small girl in Africa. Through encouraging this medical procedure, a small African family was left without the oldest daughter as well as their mother for three months. The daughter ended up dying anyways. The woman was devastated, and made the comment, "I had the money to buy her life." Buying life. Because technology is there, life is possible, some people get to play God in the influence that they have over others. Are they task-masters? Saviors? People with good intentions who cause irreparable damage? How do you play God, and what is the degree of your awareness in these situations?
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
To be naked.
I would love to be naked everywhere I go.
I would like you to be naked to.
No clothes.
No barriers.
No secrets.
We could be comfortable in that.
I was walking today, contemplating how strange as "Homo sapiens" we are above the animal kingdom. We wear clothes. Does any other creature participate in such a ridiculous notion? Not that I know of. And yet that has been our key to survival, I would assume, from the very beginning of our history. Why do we wear clothes?
To stay warm.
For protection.
To express our sense of self.
Clothing is commonly given as a gift. I rarely wear any of the clothes that are given to me by others. Often, they are all wrong for me. They aren't something I would ever wear myself. And yet, I claim to not care how I look. I throw on whatever comes to mind or hand first, and then deal with the consequences.
I would love to be naked everywhere I go.
I would like you to be naked to.
No clothes.
No barriers.
No secrets.
We could be comfortable in that.
I was walking today, contemplating how strange as "Homo sapiens" we are above the animal kingdom. We wear clothes. Does any other creature participate in such a ridiculous notion? Not that I know of. And yet that has been our key to survival, I would assume, from the very beginning of our history. Why do we wear clothes?
To stay warm.
For protection.
To express our sense of self.
Clothing is commonly given as a gift. I rarely wear any of the clothes that are given to me by others. Often, they are all wrong for me. They aren't something I would ever wear myself. And yet, I claim to not care how I look. I throw on whatever comes to mind or hand first, and then deal with the consequences.
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