Photo inspired by the gorgeous sim : 🐾Pemberley🐾

Butterfly, fly, birds, dog, swing chair, and my ownself are not included 😜

~Outfits~

DarkFire : Frey Buckled Crop Top (Maitreya)

FashionNatic : Candy Skirt (Maitreya)

R3 : Savie Jacket [V2] L size

R.icielli : VONDA High Heels (Maitreya)

monso : Chowon 2 Hair

 

~Location~

Build ownself

~Outfits~

GB : Yukata2021(F) (Maitreya)

AGATA : Kaho Black Geta-Maitreya(RARE)

monso : Natalia Hair

 

~Accessories~

Blueberry : Show Time Bracelets

erratic : Cuff Silver

Z!P : Summer Gift Suika Tattoo Hand

 

~Pose~

Mixtape Poses : sparkler girl (Bento) V1.0

 

~Location~

Building : made ownself

Soy : CSC - Vending machine [Drink]

Soy : Vending Machine [Cigarette]

Soy : CSC - Promotional bench

Hideki : Bike with animations

Friends, just back from another trip to jungle in the Terai....will be catching up soon...here is just an idle capture of silhouetted cormorant in a jungle pond in Doars, West Bengal

BackSTORY - 50s Retro Nails

Blog:

nee-nees.blogspot.com/2024/07/backstory.html

Flourish Event:

maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Spellbound%20Downtown/32/6...

There's a story behind this. I'm not telling, though. You can make it up for your ownself. It's more fun that way, anyway.

 

P.S. My hair sucks. That is all.

 

Interestingness: December 10th, 2007 (140)

... pour Soi et pour l'humanité.... Basilique St-Clément Rome It... www.sacred-destinations.com/italy/rome-san-clemente.htm (Malheureusement, qu'en anglais... désolé)

 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5IIXeR5OUI&feature=related

 

(Flame of hope for ownself and mankind)

View On Black

I am a vagabond, and this is a self portrait. It shows a time where a new door has begun to open, a new light shining within me. A complete surrendering to faith, love, each person becoming a gift, a new member of my community. There is freedom in faith!

  

"You hit the road and stumble around from town to town,

and all along you see pretty farms,

pretty cars, pretty people, pretty towns,

and you don't think you can ever make enough money,

with your guitar and singing,

to have all of this,

so you lie,

you lie to your ownself, and you say,

'Everybody else in the world is all haywire, all wrong,

I hate their pretty world, because I can't find a hole to break into it.'

And every breath you're a liar.

Maybe a good guy, and maybe I love you, but still a liar."

 

'Bound to Glory - Woody Guthrie'

What's Wrong Wofie, are ya sick

Something in your Throat?

Wait A Minute are you trying to meow?

Ah Fella

I can see it when you're feeling low

You can't hide that from me

You're no status quo calico

So why keep trying to be?

'Cause you're more than that

You're my doggish cat

I wish you could see the you I see

I say

If you bark

Celebrate it

Make your mark

Serenade it

Noah's ark

Shoulda had a cat like you

And if

What you are

Is a strange you

Doesn't mean

You should change you

Only means

You should change your point of view

 

Hey, feline

You fetch just fine

To thine ownself be true

Your bow wow's

The cat's meow

It's how I know you're you

 

You don't need the bows

Or tiara

Bid your woes

Sayonara

Trust your nose

'Cause it knows the way to go

When you

Chase your tail

You're enchanting

Spirits sail

When you're panting

When you wail

You're a rover, Romeo

 

There is not

One hair of you

That I would rearrange

I love you the way you are

And that will never change

That will never change

I actually enjoy spending time by myself ~ am not desperate , am not needy am comfortable with my ownself....

Spoonful of Sugar 2022 - Charity Event DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS

 

maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/SOS%20Bricolage%20Lagoon/7...

 

maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/SOS%20Alafolie%20Island/18...

 

An intern,with a bag of O negative blood,running eccentrically through the hospital corridor to make sure the blood reaches the OT on time.

A junior doctor hunching over a patient's chest with all his strength trying to get a pulse.

A surgeon who just identified the bleeder and ligated it.

An obsteric surgeon who delivered a baby stuck by its own head.

An anesthesiologist who got a bilateral air entry on a difficult intubation.

A psychiatrist who sees his suicidal patient having a routine life.

And many more such doctors.

Each one of them in their own way saves a life everyday.

Someone stays up whole night monitoring a patient's urine output.

A father misses his daughter's first birthday to stitch up a wound.

A son turns up last for the family dinner again after attending someone else's family's concern.

We lose a lot of things that can never be bought back by money.

And no one ever gives an appraisal.There is no best employee of the month.No badges.No stars.

I have seen some of my seniors be on a duty for 96 hours straight,be perfect with managing 300 patients and yet be mocked for that one patient's BP they forgot to mention.

And I have still seen them roam puppy eyed behind consultants wanting to hear one "good job" or have a pat on their back.

But no one pats your back.

No one tells you were a hero today.

"It's your job.Well you chose to be a doctor.No one asked you to.Stop complaining."

"Doctors charge so much and are so arrogant."

"Dude they are killer's, man."

There is a time you feel so demotivated that no one praises you for what you do.No one understands your effort.

Except for that one thing.

The cardiac monitor showing a pulse after a pulseless electrical activity.

The flat line in the ECG showing a p wave.

That is your appraisal.

Your appraisal as a doctor is the life that you just saved .

And when you realise you have the power to do so, there is nothing more addictive, nothing more sickening, maddening than medical science.

You realise you lose your own life saving others, but every bit of it is worth the fight.

No one pats your back, you pat your own back.

You are your own hero.

You wear your own cape and crown.

You save your ownself and others.

And if this is something you hate and still love to do, congratulations on being a doctor.

We practice the real love

THE LOVE OF LIFE.

 

Un interne, avec un sac de sang O négatif, courant excentriquement dans le couloir de l’hôpital pour s’assurer que le sang atteint l’ergothérapeute à temps.

Un jeune docteur penché sur la poitrine d’un patient avec toute sa force en essayant d’obtenir un pouls.

Un chirurgien qui a identifié l’hémorragie et l’a ligaturée.

Un chirurgien obstiné qui a mis au monde un bébé coincé par sa propre tête.

Un anesthésiste qui a obtenu une entrée d’air bilatérale lors d’une intubation difficile.

Un psychiatre qui voit son patient suicidaire avoir une vie de routine.

Et beaucoup d’autres médecins.

Chacun d’eux à sa façon sauve une vie quotidienne.

Quelqu’un reste éveillé toute la nuit à surveiller les urines d’un patient.

Un père rate le premier anniversaire de sa fille pour recoudre une blessure.

Un fils revient en dernier pour le dîner de famille après avoir assisté aux préoccupations de la famille de quelqu’un d’autre.

Nous perdons beaucoup de choses qui ne peuvent jamais être rachetées par l’argent.

Et personne ne donne jamais d’évaluation. Il n’y a pas de meilleur employé du mois.

J’ai vu certains de mes aînés être en service pendant 96 heures d’affilée, être parfaits pour gérer 300 patients et pourtant se faire ridiculiser pour la PA de ce patient qu’ils ont oublié de mentionner.

Et je les ai encore vus errer derrière les consultants qui veulent entendre un "bon travail" ou avoir une tape sur le dos.

Mais personne ne te félicite.

Personne ne dit que tu étais un héros aujourd’hui.

"C’est ton travail. Eh bien, tu as choisi d’être médecin. Personne ne te l’a demandé. Arrête de te plaindre."

"Les médecins font payer et sont arrogants."

"Mec, ils sont des tueurs, mec."

Il est un temps où vous vous sentez si démotivé que personne ne vous loue pour ce que vous faites. Personne ne comprend votre effort.

Sauf cette seule chose.

Le moniteur cardiaque montre un pouls après une activité électrique sans pouls.

Ligne plate de l’ECG montrant une onde p.

Telle est votre évaluation.

Votre évaluation en tant que médecin est la vie que vous venez de sauver .

Et quand vous réalisez que vous avez le pouvoir de le faire, il n’y a rien de plus, mais chaque partie en vaut la peine.

Personne ne te caresse le dos, tu te caresses le dos.

Tu es ton propre héros.

Tu portes ta cape et ta couronne.

Vous vous sauvez vous-même et les autres.

Et si c’est quelque chose que tu détestes et que tu aimes toujours faire, félicitations pour être médecin.

Nous pratiquons le véritable amour

L’amour de la vie.

music.yeucahat.com/mp3/english/59551-shots~lmfao.html

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You said you always keep me happy

You said you always be true

You said you always keep me warm at night

I didn't know that there'll be someone else there too

 

But I still miss you... a little bit

Don't mind me, I'll get over it

Learn to live, live to love another day

I'll be my ownself in a week or two

Until then I'll be sad and blue

Yes I admit, I still miss you... a little bit (:

LOMO LC-Wide, MINIGON1 17mmF4.5. Kodal PORTRA800. Scanned print.

And by the sun and its brightness;

And by the moon as it follows it (the sun);

And by the day as it shows up (the sun’s) brightness;

And by the night as it conceals it (the sun);

And by the heaven and Him Who built it;

And by the earth and Him Who spread it,

And by Nafs (Adam or a person or a soul, etc.), and Him Who perfected him in proportion;

Then He showed him what is wrong for him and what is right for him;

   

Indeed he succeeds who purifies his ownself

indeed he fails who corrupts his ownself

  

I hadn't visited this tavern in years. It's a small, family-owned joint that caters to locals and working folks. It would probably qualify as a dive; there's no juke box, but there are a couple of gambling machines. The food is simple and basic, but generally good solid working class fare (although there was a guy at the bar eating a giant chef's salad). The drinks are inexpensive. It's a tad shabby, but it appears they've recently installed a few stations to charge your cell phone.

 

It's the sort of place where you're expected to drink your drink and eat your food and not make a fuss. If you don't finish your food, they'll hand you some foil and a paper bag and you can damn well wrap it up your ownself.

 

I love this place.

So here's me at the end of a year during which I had a hell of a lot of fun but also a year that was a horror show for this country and much of the combustible world.

"Momma, do they live in the forest?"

 

"Not always honey! Do we live in forest?"

    

"Momma, do they always creep out at night?"

 

"No dear! Sometimes in the sunlight too!"

    

"Momma, can they see us?"

 

"Always baby! Don't we see each other?"

   

"Momma, who are they?"

 

"Why asking sugar?"

    

" 'Coz momma I am scared!"

 

"You should be honey. Cuz they are us. Us is them. We are our own ghosts. We let ourselves be haunted, cursed and feared. You should be scared of your ownself darling, but not for today! Not until you grow up. Until then, my lullaby shall protect you."

  

He wanted 5 quid to let me pass.

It was a harrowing standoff. For a moment, I imagined myself as Clint Eastwood -- dusty poncho breathing with the wind, cigar dangling from my snarling lip, spurs clinking, eyes unblinking...then:

 

Reality stopped by, took away my six-shooter and handed me a banjo.

 

At that moment I realized the truth of my ownself and turned and fled like Lou Costello.* I’m still running, wobbling, falling over stuff...*sigh*

 

*actually, most folk in my town call me Beowulf, because of all the Heroic stuff I normally unaccomplish.

 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxW_7mW7N_c

 

Noah's ark....

Shoulda had a cat like you!

 

To thine ownself be true

 

© All rights reserved Anna Kwa. Please do not use this image on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit written permission.

 

“I am you; you are ME. You are the waves; I am the ocean. Know this and be free, be divine.”

 

EXPLORED

... Qu'ils soient réels ou que dans l'imagination, nous sommes tous en quelque part dans notre propre prison.... Chacun essaie souvent et tant bien que mal, de vouloir s'en sortir... La liberté est ce à quoi nous aspirons tous... Elle, en est sortie... Cela a été long mais la clé était en elle... Photo prise au Château de l'Empérie, Salon-de-Provence

À lire: fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Château_de_l'Empéri

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"Behind her own bars" ... They are real or in our imagination, we all are somehow in our own prison…. Each one hope or want to leave it… Freedom is what we all looking for…,Some find their way out and other don't … She finally succeeded...The key was within her ownself... Picture taken at Château de l'Empérie, Salon-de-Provence

Read this: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Château_de_l%27Empéri

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Now I'm not one who's into turning the camera on one's ownself, but in this intance I couldn't resist.

Somewhere in rural Indiana for some story and this young labrador or golden (?) comes bounding across the street to greet the writer and me and was so excited to see warm bodies (if that's possible in that weather) that he just started going to town on my leg.

I had to shoot that.

Light (Right) And dark ( Wrong) – Both roads walk side by side. You just have to select the right one for your ownself --- to go on in your life......

”This above all: to thine ownself be true,

And it must follow, as the night the day,

Thou canst not then be false to any man.”

-Shakespeare-Hamlet

So here's me walking down the sidewalk and I see this very tasty bit if light cutting across the street from an alley. I unholster the camera and step up to photograph the way the light falls on the street, pausing to look behind me to make sure ain't nothing in the alley that's going to smack me from behind...and I see these two desperate chairs.

 

The alley itself seemed to have all the color sucked out of it. The chairs stood out like denuded bone stuck in wet charcoal. It was both beautiful and horrible, and I found myself feeling sorry for the people who had to smoke there.

street hoops in the shadow of the Marathon Oil facility in southwest Detroit.

 

the mother of the boy sitting at right came out and confronted me and accused me of being some kind of pervert for taking pictures of young boys, a certain testament to the times we live in. I showed her my ID and explained what I was doing, which isn't always easy to do when I don't understand my ownself.

 

6/12/2010

 

14mm set: www.flickr.com/photos/guyr/sets/72157624132964599/

 

bottom cameras for shooting through-the-viewfinder clockwise from top left: Brownie Reflex Synchro; Brownie Hawkeye; Anscoflex; Graflex Crown Graphic 4x5; Graflex 22; Agfa D-6 Cadet; Imperial Reflex; No. 3-A Kodak Jr.; and in the center, Argus Seventy-five

 

All images made with the Argus Seventy-five except its ownself, shot with the Anscoflex. The Argus was the first and most used. The Imperial Reflex and the Crown are probaly my favorites. Each yields a different result so the choice for the bottom depends on the subject matter.

 

I also had a Duaflex and loaned it to a coworker who subsequently managed to "misplace" it. And I had a Starflex that I managed to lose.

(c) www.facebook.com/nataliadiehexephotography

 

ATTENTION: NO copying/reposting/ remaking of a picture is allowed without author's direct permission and mentioning of an original source of a photo (Natalia Kempin aka Natalia Die Hexe www.talented-pixels.de/. ) Fans, fan clubs, news sites MUST request the photographer's permission.

 

P.S. yes, you can share original (!) link.

January, 1959. Age 2 1/2. Beaverton, Oregon.

 

Nice chair.

 

I shot this self-portrait of my ownself with the first digital camera I made while it was in Beta. It took 4 feckin decades before I perfected it and I've now retired on the big bucks rolling in from the patents. My good friend Rube Goldberg devised a device to trip the shutter since there were no self-timers back then. I knew at age 2 that I would pursue photography for life.

 

My list of 16 things (and I'll be damned if I remember where I'm supposed to post this to)

 

1)My name is Guy. Really. I still find it hard to believe at those restaurants where they take your name instead of giving you a number that at times I’m asked, “How do you spell it?”

2)My older brother, who I shared a bed with in our formative years, gave me the nickname “Woody” due to the daily occurrence of morning wood. I called him bonehead for basically the same reason.

3)I belive In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida was the first 17-minute Christian-rock song that’s a mondegreen.

4)My wife thinks I’m some kind of misanthrope for laughing heartily at this one: When God saw Adam sulking around alone in the Garden of Eden he told him he had a plan to make him happy. “I will make for you a mate. She will care for your home, prepare your meals, bear your children, never have a headache and be perfect in all ways.” And Adam said, “What will this cost me?” God replied, “an arm and a leg.” Adam thought for a moment and said, “What can I get for a rib?” And the rest is history.

5)When I turned 50 I had a colonoscopy and honestly thought the series of images made by the scope were way cool and something like looking in the Time Tunnel. When the doctor told me I was good to go and could have my next one in ten years I was crestfallen but won’t miss the night-before routine (talk about something chapping my ass).

6)When I was in high school I filled out a magazine subscription and had it addressed to Hugh G. Rection, Principal of J.J. Pearce High School.

7) I’m of Blasian decent (part Black, part Asian from my grandparents) but can’t play golf quite as well as Tiger Woods. That’s always chapped my ass.

8)Once every 11 years I make a hole-in-one so my fourth is due in 9 years when I’m 61. I hope my fourth child isn’t due then too.

9) While playing Scrabble with my first wife’s parents during meet-the-parents week I’m afraid I left a bad impression by steadfastly arguing that fuckoff is one work and therefore good for 50-points bonus.

10) My first full-time job was at Bill’s Bait Shack at Lake Texoma. Bill promised that if I’d work hard he’d give me a raise. In no time I rose to the position of Master Baiter.

11) I was a virgin until I married (unless you count the two summers I worked at my uncle’s sheep ranch).

12) My all-time favorite joke is this: There were two peanuts walking down a dark alley in New York. One was assaulted.

13) As a freshman law student at Georgetown I wrote a term paper about tort reform and was expelled because the humorless adjunct professor didn’t appreciate my explanation of the history of the torte in French cuisine and how during the Reformation the recipe was adapted to address the grievances of pastry chefs injured in service to the throne.

14) In high school debate class I had to make an argument for or against those who prosecuted the Boxer Rebellion. I just couldn’t decide between boxers and briefs.

15) In my only Copy Editing class we were given a geography quiz and a map to mark the locations of 30 places. The only one I missed was Perth. I know it’s a long time to harbor a grudge but I haven’t liked the Austrailopithicans since. Knuckle-draggers.

16) I don’t always drink beer, but when I do, I prefer O’l Froshingschlos.

  

This is what you get when you let your little one dress herself for Easter!

 

Josey: Look, Mommy, lookit!!

Me: What sweetie?

Josey: I maded my Easter hat...and...and...I dided my hairs all by my ownselfs!

Me: Wow, sweetie! That's beautiful! I think you have the whole flock up there!

Josey: Teehee...yeah...thanks, Mommy!.....Happy Easters, everybodies!

  

He was tired of hiding his true identity; he no longer could play the role he adopted for the world. He had to be free and let his true self be seen and known.

 

Who cares what the world thought of him. They were just the opinions of others. He had lied to the world and to himself for so long; he forgot who he truly was… until he set on a self rediscovery journey. The journey was hard, sifting through the lies which the mask hid. And, for what? Why? Was his created persona better than his true self? And, if he could not be true to himself, then he could not be true to another.

 

And, what about the others? How real are they to themselves and to the world?

 

We all wear masks. It is easier to pretend or to create a persona, but, by doing so, not only do we lose ourselves, but, we do not share the gifts, the true gifts, we were given and so everything else in our lives is false.

 

It makes one question our true or how false the world is.

 

So, he took his mask off, threw it in an old building where it landed on a dusty floor, turned, and walked out into the sunshine wondering just how many of his friends would remain so now that he was unmasked…

~ Marsha J. West, Author (This is my personal creative property.)

 

”This above all: to thine ownself be true,

And it must follow, as the night the day,

Thou canst not then be false to any man.”

-Shakespeare-Hamlet

 

For my Flickr groups...

 

When you are at the leader of growth

at times there is light at times is darkness

but keep the focus aligned!

 

Paavani. 28th Aug 08

JC Penney's

 

iPhone

 

12/28/11

 

There was just something about the mannequin's body language and countenance that seemed at odds with the photograph of the model. Is the former unhappy with her ownself in comparison to the enhanced?

بِسْمِ اللّهِ الرَّحْمـَنِ الرَّحِيمِ

Indeed he succeeds who purifies his ownself

And indeed he fails who corrupts his ownself

যে নিজেকে শুদ্ধ করে, সেই সফলকাম হয়।

এবং যে নিজেকে কলুষিত করে, সে ব্যর্থ মনোরথ হয়।

-Surah Ash-Shams -9-10

[ ••• VI JOINT VIRTUAL EXHIBITION "LIGHTPROJECT". Topic: "Easter" ••• ]

 

[ Another photo about this topic, at www.fotolog.com/hansolo/15175145 ]

 

In a single image is summarized the spanish Easter: there are two predominant colors. Red and black. The red of the blood, the suffering, the pain, the death. The black also of the mourning, the darkness, the fear, the doubt, the sin, the abstinence, the castration. The penitents, these sinister hooded characters, such as anonymous inquisitors, representing the worst nightmare possible for a child. In addition, one of the emblems of the Catholic religion, the crown of thorns, another representation of the torment, the torture, the slaughter. Humans harming humans. Humans making amends for their guilt through damage, to ownself or to other people. Wanting to like to their god, ingratiating themselves with their god through a display of sadness, subjugation and solemnity. Not too distant from other religions reviled by som others…

 

The Spanish Easter is a period so unique that it causes that even someone outside from this whole feels some revulsion and at the same time certain attraction, because it is so colorful and dramatic.

 

[ Photo of a penitent in an Easter march in Madrid. March 2008. Adjustments of light and color, with Photoshop ]

  

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[ ••• VI EXPOSICIÓN CONJUNTA VIRTUAL “LIGHTPROJECT”. Tema: “Semana Santa” ••• ]

 

[ Otra foto sobre este tema, en www.fotolog.com/hansolo/15175145 ]

 

En una sola imagen queda resumida la Semana Santa española: hay predominio de dos colores. Rojo y negro. El rojo de la sangre, del sufrimiento, del dolor, de la muerte. El negro también del luto, de la oscuridad, el temor, las dudas, el pecado, la abstinencia, la castración. Los nazarenos, esos siniestros personajes encapuchados, como anónimos inquisidores, representando la peor de las pesadillas posibles para un niño. Además, uno de los emblemas de la religión católica, la corona de espinas, otra representación del, el suplicio, la tortura, el sacrificio. Los humanos dañando a los humanos. Los humanos expiando sus culpas mediante el daño, propio o ajeno. Queriendo gustar, congraciarse con su dios mediante un despliegue de tristeza, sometimiento y solemnidad. No muy lejanos de otras religiones denostadas por algunos…

 

La Semana Santa española es un período tan único que provoca en alguien ajeno a todo este asunto cierta repulsión y a la vez cierta atracción, por ser tan pintoresca y dramática.

 

[ Foto de un nazareno en una procesión de Semana Santa en Madrid. Marzo de 2008. Retoques de luz y color, con Photoshop ]

 

Jaina Lefevre watches a moment longer, then heads inside. "FRIES for ME Miss June! The guy with the smelly cigarette says so!"

 

Lukash Hallard whispers to Dru "I dun think thems serve fries innere none"

 

Druuna Pessoa stuffs more pie in her piehole. Speaking with her mouth full, trying not to drop anything "Your gross!" she grins wide and then looks a little more serious "Oh, the condoms? How many ya get?". She looks up at Jaina and nods polite at the girl.

 

Jaina Lefevre looks at Luk. "Uh huh. They do! River'n me gets 'em here all the time." She sits down and then blinks at Dru. "You gots Conor's present for (EDITED UNTIL REVEALED IN RP) ?"

 

Lukash Hallard: "Salty managed ta get us a tall box stuffed with it from da red cross peeps...quality shit even" he adds with a nod

 

Lukash Hallard scooped some more pie into his mouth while Dru and the kid talked, his beard now stained red with cherry

 

Druuna Pessoa facepalms, not wanting all the kids in Midian running around with condom-hats. She shrugs at Jaina and says with a bit of a typical street attitude she had "Ya like to know kid? Ya dun think it be his biz?" she offers a little grin.

 

Sapphira Laval shuffles inside, as ever. Bleary eyed. Perfect timing it seemed. Skirting around the small girl and wrinkling her nose a little as she rounded to kiss Luk on the cheek then sit. Leaving the cherries in his beard. "Morning."

 

Lukash Hallard: "Lady gots a point kiddo" he adds agreein with Dru

 

Druuna Pessoa waves a fork full of pie at Sa "Morning".

 

Lukash Hallard: "Good mornin'babes! Din'see ye at da house when I woke up!" he smiles a red smile to Sa, Luk was in a good mood alright

 

Jaina Lefevre picks at the plate of fries as they're delivered. "Conors is my second bestest friend and he tol' me about the presents for (EDITED UNTIL REVEALED IN RP) and said it was the bestest 'cause then she wouldn't get preg-nuns and go away." She nods sagely and then glances at the goo in Luk's beard and giggles. "You gots leftovers!"

 

Lukash Hallard chugs some more coffee down and scoops the last of his pie "aintchye a lil talker?" he chuckles while the girl rambles on

 

Sapphira Laval waved June over. "Coffee, cream and sugar please." Slipping her arm across the chest. Scooting to the edge of the seat, away from Jaina. Best she could without falling off. "Was using the computer. Apartment hunting. Can't get a signal inside so I go upstairs." She was half asleep still.

 

Druuna Pessoa just chuckles a little as she continues to molest her cherry pie. She speaks against with food in her mouth "Ya kids now'days!" she shakes her head. Not like she was any better, she grew up in Midian too. Just 10 years old when she arrived.

 

Lukash Hallard drops his fork on the smeered empty plate, waving his now empty mug for June, asking for a refill "any luck?" he asks Sa with a quirked brow

 

Jaina Lefevre dips her fries in the goo that is supposed to be ketchup and munches before looking at the adults. "I'm Jaina." she offers helpfully. Well, they're all sharing a table and being right sociable now, aren't they?

 

Lukash Hallard: "Luk" he gives the girl a smile, reaching for the refill June slides his way

 

Sapphira Laval: June was already on her way back with Sa's coffee. Patting Jaina on the head as she came by. Refilled Luk's coffee too on the way. Sweet woman she was. Dru's too if she had any. Sa shook her head as she stirred the coffee, "Not yet." She stared at Jaina for a minute. Wasn't hard to tell she was a little uneasy around her. "How do you feel about dogs?" She was really asking Lyk bu question might have seemed posed to ... everyone.

 

Lukash Hallard: "dogs?" he asks with arched brows "as in woof woof dogs?"

 

Jaina Lefevre grins at Luk. "I like that name, Luk. Miss Portia's boyfriend's name is Luk too. You says it to hers and her face gets all red." She looks over to Sa. "I like dogs. Sometimes, you can sleep curled up wif'em and it's nice and warm. Sometimes, you get 'em with lots of pepper and on a stick and it's good too."

 

Druuna Pessoa keeps assualting her her pie, she spills some in her big cleavage. Then sighs and gets a napkin, some of the red cherry got on her white top. "Doh..." she tries to save it best she can, then just shrugs careless and waves at Jalina "Hey, I be Dru"

 

Lukash Hallard swallows his coffee dry once he hears the kid...damn kids and their mouths! "uh...yeah...dogs are nice" he shifts subjects quickly

 

Druuna Pessoa smirks as Sa mentions dogs, she wish she had never talked to her about that. She looks between Luk and Sa as she chews on her pie.

 

Sapphira Laval nodded, still eyeing Jaina. "Yeah, like woof woof. Pets. Dogs. Like dogs... " She shrugged. Blinking a few times as she hears the kid. Shoots a narrowed eye to Luk then a raised brow. She looked to Dru for a brief moment too. "Any other Luk's on the island?"

 

Lukash Hallard: "err..." he gives his coffee a might sip, staring at the DAMN KID! "im' da Luk she's talkinnabout...uh...kinda"

 

Jaina Lefevre swings her feet and eats her fries, getting ketchup on her cheeks. She carefully sets her doll down on the table. "This is Pa-fetic. Conors named her." She smiles at Dru." You wanna hold her?" Then glances over to Luk and bounces. "Oh! Now I can says I seen you and make her face get all red again!"'

 

Lukash Hallard: "yeah kid! why duntchye do that?? In fact...I think ye should go on lookin fer'er right now" he lets out in a somewhat annoyed tone while staring at the kid with narrowed eyes

 

Sapphira Laval held the ceramic mug as tight as she could. The coffee inside shaking as she tried to bring it to her mouth. Anger riveted through her. Immediately. Her own face went bright red. But she was silent. Counting to ... four thousand possibly?

 

Druuna Pessoa shakes her head at the girl with a grin "Nah, ya can hold the doll Doll" she looks up and spots Mercy, giving him a wave "Eya Mercy. Ya hungry?"

 

Mercy Akami: *Grumbles as he opened the door, looking around the kitchen once again. There was that smell again...A smell like burned bodies. It was just so faint but Mercy had smelled it many times before out on the wasteland. It brought back horrible visions as he heard Dru call his name, but he had trouble snapping out of it.*

 

Jaina Lefevre shakes her head at Luk. "Nuh uh! I'm not done with my fries yet! And I didn't say 'scuse me yet so I hasta stay sitting." She picks up two fries this time. Yep..gonna make this plate last a LOOOONG time.

 

Lukash Hallard sighs at the sight of someone else into the room, finally breaking the damn tension the kid had created "damn bub...whut crawled up yer butt'n died?"

 

Mercy Akami: *His head shook and he blinked a few times to clear away his mind and then looked over at Luk, trying to regain himself mentally.* ...I thought that was just how you smelled, tall'n'lanky.

 

Sapphira Laval: Maybe for Luk the tension was broken. She sat there. Silent. Eerily quiet for her. Not confused by any means. Just drank her coffee slowly. Staring at the wall behind Luk. One thousand two hundred ninetey eight. One thousand two hundred nintey nine. It wasn't working.

 

Lukash Hallard sipped on his coffee some more, giving Sa a look and an embarassed smile...he'd explain it to her later...Luk shifts his focus back to Mercy "had breakfast already?" he asks the man with arched brows

 

Mercy Akami: Yeah. 'Yer mom made me eggs. He grunted as he sat down, resting his shield on the seat near Saph while he leaned forward to rest his right arm on the table.* ...but seriously, I won't eat from this place. It smells like something I remember from my exile and I want no part of.

 

Lukash Hallard: "lemme tell ye a lil secret din" he whispers out to Mercy in a kidding tone "stick ta da fruit pies"

 

Jaina Lefevre makes a soft 'eep' sound as the guy sits down. Did the bench creak? Just a little? She edges closer to the edge of the bench and drags her doll and fries with her, looking up at him with wide eyes. "Ya don't eat the meats in here. It's got eyeballs and stuff in it."

 

Sapphira Laval actually spoke, fairly sweet then after that look. IT didn't ease her anger. But there was one thing, she knew. Looking to Jaina, practically ignoring Mercy, "So, this Miss Portia? She loves her boyfriend? Talks about him a lot?" Looking passed Mercy, propped her cheek in hand against the table. Sliding a napkin over towards her then picking her coffee back up.

 

Lukash Hallard looked between the kid and Sa, he gulps

 

Jaina Lefevre shakes her head. "Nuh uh. She just gets all red when you talk abouts him. She /really/ likes him. And she's Conors sometimes baby-smitter. And she was mad at the may-ore 'cause he smushed my face when I threwed up on his boots." Chomp..chomp..fries...

 

Sapphira Laval nodded slow and continued to drink against her coffee. She hadn't looked bacck to Luk just yet, "Uh huh. Is she your baby sitter too sometimes?" She glanced over the little girl's features for bruising. It wasn't that she didn't -care- about kids. She just didn't like them very much normally. "The Mayor probably has a dozen pairs of boots for you to throw up on. I wouldn't worry to much about him or his shoes."

 

Lukash Hallard: "ye should even do it more often" he joins in while nodding

 

Mercy Akami: *Perked up on hearing the mayor.* ....Whats this about Damian?

 

Druuna Pessoa finishes the last of her pie, she begins to sip her coffee, having just watched and listen while she stuffed her face with pie.

 

Jaina Lefevre shakes her head at Sa. "No. I can takes care of my ownself. I don't need no baby-smitter. Miss Portia is a bally-rina and she's really pretty." She looks at Luk, then points to his beard and the cherry goo in it. "You forgots your leftovers." then turns to the scary guy next to her. "I don't knowed no Damian."

 

Lukash Hallard wipes his cherry smeered beard with a napkin, then sips the last of his coffee

 

Mercy Akami: *Tilted his head as he looked at Jaina* ...The mayor, kid. Damian. You don't know him?

 

Druuna Pessoa drinks more of her hot black coffee, then looks at Mercy and the kid talking. She smiles, Mercy was good with kids actually.

 

Sapphira Laval: "He's the mayor hon." She offers, still not looking to Luk. "So, Conor is your boyfriend then? He holds hands with you?" She smirked a little. "Does Miss Portia hold hands with /her/ boyfriend? Oh, bet they'll get married someday. She talks about that?" Curious brows. Oh, she could do this for a while. "She knows him Mercy."

 

Lukash Hallard: "Kids ain't too good with names Merce bub"

 

Lukash Hallard: "Jeez Sa toots I ain't goinnout with'er alright?" he says to his girl with an annoyed frown, she could ask him those questions instead of playing games with kid "jus' let da kid eat'er fries'n shit"

 

Jaina Lefevre looks from one to the other and then shoves more fries in her mouth. She starts talking, stops, chews. Swallows. Then offers oh-so-helpfully. "I threwed up on his boots and he smushed my face and said I had'ta get twelve bees shots and bloods and..." she pauses. "NOOooo! Conors is Caty's boyfriends. I don't has a boyfriend. Boys got cootie guts on them and stuff."

 

Mercy Akami: *He grinned raised his right hand up to pat Jaina on the top of her head.* Tell me some stories about the mayor, kid. I wann'a know what you've seen him do other than that.

 

Lukash Hallard chuckles at the kid "yeah...wait till yer twelve'n shit kiddo"

 

Jaina Lefevre 's teeth clack together at the pat on her head and she frowns. "Do I'se look like a puppy to you? Jeeze mister." She edges to the very edge of the bench, threatening to fall off.

 

Druuna Pessoa chuckles at Jaina "Aye, boys got cooties alright! Stay clear of them..." she tries to shove Luk a bit "He has cooties! Very dangerous!" she grins

 

Mercy Akami: *Shoots a glance over at Luk with a smirk.* She's right though. We're nasty and have cooties and smell bad.

 

Lukash Hallard: "yeah...da flesh eating cooties" he gives Jaina a scary face "ooooh!!" waving hands kiddingly

 

Sapphira Laval pulled her coffee closer to her. Then shifted in her seat. Now blue eyes would be steady on Luk, locking with him. "I didn't say you were. I want to know why she thinks you're hers." Possessive. Jealousy. All of the above. "What gave her the idea?" Tersley asked. Deep inhale and slow exhale. Trying so hard to not yell. Throw a coffee mug at something.

 

Judge Hocho stand behind the kid "You doing ok there little one? Get enought o eat?"

 

Mercy Akami: Hmm...? Luk? You been double-date'n?

 

Jaina Lefevre cups one hand around the other and 'sneaks' an offering of 'the finger' to Luk. "Scarey this, mister." she mutters and then glances up at Judge with a bright, ketchupy smile. "Hi Mister! Yeah...these fries are good. You want some?" There's a couple of them left, not much.

 

Lukash Hallard: "ahem...fucked up week did" he coughs out, not wanting to get back to the whole back to 16 subject

 

Judge Hocho chuckles "No kid, they are all yours. Listen I have to run, but will tell Miss June there to get you whatever you want.. .ok ? "

 

Druuna Pessoa looks between Luk and Sa as they seem to be heading for a fight of sorts. She understood it was just love and all that, but was still somewhat lost of her.

 

Lukash Hallard looks at Mercy and frowns "fuck naws!" then he looks at the kid and frowns too "ye bettah watch where ye shove'em fingahs kiddo"

 

Mercy Akami: *He reached back behind himself and drew his massive combat knife, putting it on the table and sliding it over slowly to Saph's side of the table.* I can hold his arms back for ya if you want, Saph...

 

Lukash Hallard arched brows at the scene "whu?"

 

Mercy Akami: You can cut it off and put it in a jar like i hear Rein does....

 

Jaina Lefevre smiles at Luk and sticks it in her nose, then pulls it out, examines it a moment, makes a face, and wipes it on her jeans before glancing up at Judge. "Fries is good. I gots oatmeals with raisins in it for breffast. Thank you."

 

Judge Hocho smiles, "you're welcome kiddo."

 

and reveal your uniqueness..

Yet here, Laertes! aboard, aboard, for shame!

The wind sits in the shoulder of your sail,

And you are stay'd for. There; my blessing with thee!

And these few precepts in thy memory

See thou character. Give thy thoughts no tongue,

Nor any unproportioned thought his act.

Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar.

Those friends thou hast, and their adoption tried,

Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel;

But do not dull thy palm with entertainment

Of each new-hatch'd, unfledged comrade. Beware

Of entrance to a quarrel, but being in,

Bear't that the opposed may beware of thee.

Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice;

Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment.

Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy,

But not express'd in fancy; rich, not gaudy;

For the apparel oft proclaims the man,

And they in France of the best rank and station

Are of a most select and generous chief in that.

Neither a borrower nor a lender be;

For loan oft loses both itself and friend,

And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.

This above all: to thine ownself be true,

And it must follow, as the night the day,

Thou canst not then be false to any man.

Farewell: my blessing season this in thee!

EXPRESATE A TI MISMA DE FORMA CREATIVA CADA DIA porque es realmente muy bonito

Ten tu propia experiencia de vida, vive tus sueños propios y anhelos, realmente todo es posible, y los sueños si se hacen realidad.

 

Es mi intención, que las imágenes, les den mucha alegría y felicidad, compartirlas siempre ha sido importante p/ mi, espero que les sean utiles en la planeacion de sus viajes o en su vida cotidiana.

 

“Lo q nos hace humanos es la humanidad que nosotros mostramos por otros. Es acerca de dar, preocuparnos por los demas, respetar y tener compasion.”

 

“What makes us human is the humanity we show each other. It’s about giving back, caring, respecting and having compassion for others.”

 

“Solo hay una vida para cada uno de nosotros, la nuestra. / There is just one life for each of us our own” Euripides

 

“ Cuida de tu alma, prioritiza la belleza, la contemplación, las Experiencias que se sientan de forma profunda, las relaciones interpersonales, conocimiento, sentido de un hogar, arte, paz Espiritual, comunidad, relajación y confort” / Take care of your soul prioritize: Beauty, Contemplation, Deeply felt experiences, Meaningful relationships, Knowledge, Sense of home, Art, Spiritual peace, Community, Relaxation and confort” Thomas Moore

 

“Your imagination is able to do all that you ask in proportion to the degree of your attention” Neville

 

“ I love, I accept you, I appreciate you, I forgive you” / “I am grateful” John Gabriel

 

“Live independent of the good opinion of others” Wayne Dyer

 

“There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving and that’s your ownself” Bob Proctor

 

No te quedes con un sólo momento, porque la vida esta llena de muchisisisimos momentos

 

“To win you have to believe it will happen” Megan Rapinoe

 

"We are all in the same quest to feel the peace inside us and live a fulfill life /Todos estamos en la misma búsqueda para sentir paz interior y vivir una vida plena”Prew Rawat

 

Antes, iba por la vida en busca de vivir experiencias únicas e increíbles. Ahora me doy cuenta que cada instante de la vida es realmente único e irrepetible

 

“We must reflect that when we reach the end of our days our life experience will equal what we paid attention to, whether by choice or default”William James

 

“Develop the habit of feeding your mind with positive mental food, remember, you are very sensitive to the influences in your environment, whether they are radio, television, newspapers, magazines, billboards or conversations with other people. Your mind is your most important and precious asset, you must protected and keep it clean, clear and focus on what you want rather that allowed it to be polluted by the negative influences around you…Keep your mind clean, clear, positive and free, not only you become what you think about it, but you also become what you feed in your mind on a regular basis.” Brian Tracy, Million Dollar Habits

 

“Get around the right people, make the habit to associate ONLY with the kind of people you admire, respect and want to be like, don’t just drink coffee with whoever happens to be sitting in the break room, do not go out for lunch with the person next door, do not socialize after work with anyone who invites you, be thoughtful and clear about the kind of people you allowed to influence your thinking and feelings with their conversations and opinions.” Bryan Tracy

 

“You can't fly with the eagles if you continue to scratch with the turkeys" - Zig Ziglar

 

“Make things happen” Bryan Tracy

 

“A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write if it be peace with itself, what a man can be it must be“ Maslow

 

“Universal principles:

The law of control: you feel happy to the degree you feel you are in control of your own life, you feel happy to the degree you feel you are not in control of your own life

The law of believe: Whatever you believe with conviction, becomes your reality, your believes then become your realities, your are not what you think you are as they said but what you think you are.

The Law of expectations: Whatever you expect with confidence becomes your own self fulfilling prophecy, in other words, you do not necessary get what you want but rather what you expect

The law of attraction: you are a living magnet, you invariably attract into your life the people, ideas and circumstances that harmonize with your dominate thoughts, specially your dominate thoughts emotionalized

The law of correspondence: your outer world is a reflection of your inner world,

You become what you think about most of the time, what you think about you bring about, you always move in the direction of your dominate thoughts ” Brian Tracy

 

"My life, my message" Ghandi

 

"You can never bath in the same river twice, the river is always flowing“

 

El universo es único

 

"I made my existence meaningful, at the least we will have no regrets " Dalai Lama

 

La confianza se gana, y es muy frágil

 

“Your most import goal in life is ensure your own happiness, if you don’t place your own happiness as the central organizing principal of your life no-one else will do it for you, each person is intensivly focus on doing the things that him her or her happy.” Bryan Tracy

 

“You can only give away something that you already have, often unhappy people said they are sacrificing their own happiness so they can make others happy. You cannot give away what you don’t have, you cannot make other people happy, if you are unhappy yourself.”Bryan Tracy

 

“If you want to improve anyone else quality of life begin by improving the quality of your own inner life,“Bryan Tracy

 

“Real change lies within all of us its in the choices we make everyday,” Megan Rapinoe

 

No seas sin darte cuenta, una repetidora, ten SIEMPRE, TU OPINION propia

 

Decide your environment wisely

 

Cultivate a vibrant o social life

 

Que puedas,

No necesariamente quiere decir que debas

 

"Kids need sleep and phisycal activity and family time and time to use their imaginations, those things cannot happen when they are lost in screen worlds" Adam Alter

 

"Tv and other entertainment media should be avoided for children and infants under age 2. A child's brain dévelops rapidly during these years. And young children learn best by interacting with people not screens" AAP

 

I am enough

 

Evita siempre que puedas a los "intermediarios"

 

Mas conciertos, más reuniones, más conexión humana verdadera cara a cara

 

Peaceful coexistence / Coexistencia pacifica

  

"Always embrace the common humanity that lies at the heart of all us, always affirm the oneness of our human family, let your hear be soften by the balm of compassion reflecting deeply upon the needs and aspirations of yourself and others..." Dalai Lama

 

Compassion

 

"May peace and happiness prevails everywhere/ Que la Paz y la Felicidad prevalezcan en todos lados " Dalai Lama

 

"Despite doctrinal differences we are all simply humans/ A pesar de todas las diferencias doctrinales todos somos simplemente humanos” Dalai Lama

 

Harmony

 

Basic human quality: empathy and good heart/ Cualidades humanas básicas: empatía

y buen corazón” Dalai Lama

 

¿Qué llevar contigo a cualquier viaje?

-Una actitud de respeto hacia los usos y costumbres locales, los habitantes de la region. la naturaleza, los minerales, y los seres vivos.

 

“La verdadera marca de la grandeza no está sólo en lo que una persona logra en su propia vida, sino en su capacidad de ayudar a otros a ayudarse a sí mismos y darse cuenta de que ellos también pueden llegar a ser grandes”

J. Earl Shoaff

 

La confianza es cómo el papel China / que al romperse, imposible que quede igual

 

Answer the call for compassion, included self-compassion

 

Stop outsourcing decision making about your life to devices and computers

 

“Trata de forma deliberada mantener tu atencion plena en el momento presente “

 

Las bibliotecas publicas son una de las mejores ideas del universo, ya que cualquiera puede acceder a un numero casi infinito de libros, audiolibros, revistas, material e información reelevante que pueden tener un super mega impacto positivo en nuestras vidas.

 

“Anything is possible” / Cualquier cosa es posible

Tu siempre tienes el poder de elegir como reaccionar y que hacer en el ahora “

Cada momento es unico

 

La naturaleza es hermosa, respetemosla, y cuidemosla todos los dias, usemos jabones y detergentes biodegradables, y tratemos lo mas posible usar envases reusables

 

"Your voice is the most important voice that you need to hear , & it needs to be positive and strong " Ian Smith

 

Respira y disfruta de hoy y cada instante de la vida, ya que es muy bonita!

 

Recuerda, hoy y siempre TODOS somos seres humanos Y SERES vivientes, las plantas, la naturaleza, todo. Es nuestra humanidad lo q nos hace humanos y nos hace sentir la alegria o el dolor de otros. Aprendamos a ver a los demas, no desde un punto de juzgarlos x sus decisiones, ni condenarlos constantemente x sus acciones, xq en realidad nos proyectamos nosotros mismos c/ vez q juzgamos a otros, sino mas bien, como alguien q al igual que nosotros esta en un proceso de vida. Toda la energia extra mejor usemosla para aprender como amarnos a nosotros mismos, hacer nuestros anhelos y sueños realidad y alcanzar La Paz interior.

 

Haz un esfuerzo deliberado por terminar con las actitudes y actos que fomentan la separacion entre seres humanos y el medio ambiente / “Work to end separation in your own life” Deepak Chopra

 

“Humans learn Empathy and understanding by watching how their actions affect other people.

Empathy cannot flourish without immediate feedback and is a very slow developing skill “ Adam Alter

 

“We all are in this together” Deepak Chopra

 

Todo depende la la situación actual en el momento presente

 

La ´UNICA forma de APRENDER es VIVIR

 

Nada es complicado

 

“Treasure your greatest gift, your imagination” Wayne Dyer

“Never let your attention, be directed by anything or anyone other than your own highest self” Wayne Dyer

 

Verdad, amor, luz

 

“Haz una practica diaria de meditar por La Paz - por tu paz interior y por La Paz en el mundo” / Make it a daily practice to meditate for peace - yours and the world’s. “Wayne Dyer

 

“Expresarnos a nosotras mismas, es algo que la verdad es que nunca termina y nunca debería terminar. Cada uno de nosotros, tiene algo único que traer al mundo. / Self expression is something that does not and should not ever stop. Each of us is creative. Each of us has something unique to bring to the world”. Julia Cameron

 

“1.- Creativity is the natural order of life. Life is energy, pure creative energy

2.- There is a underling in dueling creative force infusing all of life including ourselfs

3.-When we open ourself to creativity we open ourselves to the creators creativity, within us and ours lifes.

4.- We are ourselfs creations, and we in turn are meant to continue creativity by being creators ourselves

5.- Creativity is God given gift to us, using our creativity is our gift back to God.

6.- The refusal to be creative is self will and is counter our true nature.

7.- When we open ourselves to exploring our creativity we open ourselves to God orderly direction.

8.- As we open our creative channel to the Creator many gentle but powerful changes are to be expected

9.- It is safe to open ourselves up to greater and greater creativity.

10.- Our creatives dreams and yearnings come from a divine Source, as we move to our Dreams, we move towards Divinity ”. Julia Cameron

 

"If you are depressed, your are living in the past. If you are anxious, you are living in the future. If you are at peace, you are living in the present /

“Si tu estas deprimido, estas viviendo en el pasado. Si sientes ansiedad, estas viviendo en el futuro. Si estas en paz, estas viviendo en el presente” Lao Tzu

 

Claridad:

Pregunta, con sinceridad A que se refiere ? )

 

Viajo con alegria

 

Hasta q no se sabe, no se sabe

 

"Crea una vida que a ti te encante"

 

I choose me

 

Me elijo a mi.

 

Compassion

 

“Se necesita valor para convertirse en quien realmente eres"

 

“If I want to be free, I have got to be me, not the me I think you think I should be, not the me I think my wife thinks I should be, not the me I think my kids think I should be, If I want to be free, I have got to be me and I better know who me is” / “Si yo quiero ser libre, entonces tengo que ser yo, no el yo que yo pienso que tu piensas que yo debería ser, no el yo que yo pienso que mi esposa piensa que yo debería ser, no el yo que yo pienso que mis hijos piensan que yo debería ser. Si yo quiero ser libre, tengo que ser yo, por lo que es mejor saber quien yo soy yo” Bill Gove

 

No te quedes con un sólo momento,

porque la vida esta llena de

muchos momentos más.

 

"...el lenguaje universal, el que todos entendemos alrededor del mundo, es el de los sentimientos que todos los seres humanos experimentamos.."

 

Privacy is a fundamental human right

 

“Ayer yo era inteligente, asi que quería cambiar el mundo. Hoy soy sabio, asi que me estoy cambiando a mi mismo./

Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”

Rumi

 

Paz en. la tierra / Peace on Earth

River Grau runs inside, zigzagging through the adults as he tries to get to Jaina. Some sort of baked good wrapped in clear plastic tied with a bow was closely held to his chest. Skidding to a stop, he looked over to where his friend was, eyes trying to figure out what was wrong with her if he could. “What happened!? What happened!?!?”

 

Chameleon Blinker puts a hand on River's shoulder. "Calm down, it's okay, everyone's okay."

 

Jaina Lefevre watches Sister. "Bye Sister." She looks up at River as he comes running. "Youaysee." she says. "Rai and Kimi saveded me."

 

Koami Silvercloud opens and closes the back door of the clinic as quietly as she can and nods to the other lady in the room before going towards the other room, looking worriedly over to her sister.

 

Kimani Silvercloud looks at river silently and nods at Jai's statement exausted from retelllimhg what happened, and from the events of the day

 

River Grau looks up at Sid as the hand in placed on his shoulder. He frowned as he heard UAC iwas who did this... "What was the person's name, Jaina? The one that hurt you, do you know it?" He wasn't sure what to do with the pastry in his hands and just stared down at it.

 

Darkness Odigaunt reached out her arms, then dropped them, utterly defeated. She turned to the door, "Proud of how well you did.... Love you both." She moved out the door, almost at a run.

 

Kimani Silvercloud waves to the sister

 

Koami Silvercloud takes a few more steps before grinning widely towards Kimi and skipping the rest of the way over, "I've been lookin' for ya all day. Go figure yer in here again."

 

Jaina Lefevre sighs. "Dunno, Rivers. He was big. Whatcha gots?" She isn't moving much, covered with bandages and scratches. She glances at Koa and then back to River.

 

Kimani Silvercloud looks at her sister "I aint hurt, I promise!"

 

River Grau reaches out to place the pastry next to Jaina on her bed. "It's a tart. It gots fruit and stuff, no sugar. In a pie thingie. It's for you.. It even gots a blue bow 'cause you wear blue a lot." He tilted his head to the side, "What color hair he got? Did what hair cut?"

 

Chameleon Blinker pats River on the shoulder again. "Well, kids, I'll leave you be now if you'd like. River, you got my number?"

 

Koami Silvercloud loses her smile as she sees Jaina and gives a small polites curtsey, then turns and curtseys to the other two people in the room. Koa then glares at her sister, "Cha, other people are hurt though, you could've been hurt!"

 

River Grau shakes his head at Sid, or Denny, or whatever he has been calling her. "No.. I never got it." He pulled out his phone from his pocket to program it in.

 

Kimani Silvercloud "but I wasnt luckily, I helped" she is too tire to argue

 

Jaina Lefevre smiles at the tart. "Tha's really neat, River!" She reaches out and touches the tart, awed by the gift. "Thanks youse." She looks up at Cham and waggles the dolly at her, then tucks it back under her chin.

 

Chameleon Blinker gives River her number, and looks up to wave at Jaina. "Take care kids, just call if you need help."

 

River Grau programs the number into his phone and nods to Denny, "Yeah, thanks. See yah later.."

 

Koami Silvercloud leans over Kimi's chair worriedly and looks over her carefully again before giving a slow nod, "Okay..." She waves to Cham then puts a hand on Kimi's shoulder protectivly, "Ya need anything then? I ain't seen you all day."

 

Kimani Silvercloud "no I don' need anything" she replies rubbing her eyes

 

Jaina Lefevre watches her and then looks to River. "They tried t'kill us. Me 'n Kimi and Rai. But they got them t'let me out." She is tired and hurting and waiting for Mom to log on...

 

Koami Silvercloud wiggles back and forth before nodding again, "Okay." Her ears then perked up as she listens to what Jaina is saying,

 

River Grau 's attention turns back Jaina, "They say why they did that? The UAC..? I.. I dunno... who to ask 'bout that."

 

Kimani Silvercloud "yeah, they scared us, and were really mean to Jai, cause they hurt her"

 

Jaina Lefevre mumbles. "Mommy's gonna fix them." She smiles at the tart. "What kindsa fruit is it, River? You made this your ownself?"

 

River Grau frowns, "Did it happen at the UAC place..? Or.. Or someplace else?"

 

River Grau nods to Jaina, "Aunt Saki helped me by tellin' me what to do. It gots kiwi, oranges, grapes, strawberries.." It was a rather large tart.

 

Jaina Lefevre sighs. "S'all my fault, even though Miss Portia and Sister D said wasn't. He was helpin' me with my aim and was bein' nice...but then he said I hadta join the Youaysee and I said I was gonna be like my Mommy, a Major..and he said mean things about hers so I shotted him with a ball bearing and it hitted his armor. He got mad and pulled out his gun when I was gonna shot the other targets again and he shot the gun at me and I let the balls go by accident 'cause I got scared and I ran. He said I shot a claymore mines at him but it was jus' ball bear-rings and I ran and Rai ran and he did a big boom thing..and couldn't see..and hear...and it got dark and then he throwed me in a cage and..." she's out of breath.

 

River Grau paused. So it was someone in armour? That still didn't help much. He just listened closely and nodded, trying to get more clues of who it could be. Not that he knew many UAC..

 

Jaina Lefevre smiles at the tart. "I'm gonna eats it when I can sits up, okay River? It looks nummy." She closes her eyes and shivers a little. "Don't wanna close my eyes. I keep hearin' the shots." She looks at Kimi. "You too?"

 

Koami Silvercloud grits her teeth as she hears the story of what happened today and kept ahold of her sister's shoulder. Glaring dangerously at the wall since there was nobody to truely be mad at, she tapped her foot impatiently on the floor, "Ya gotta have like, a discription of the person who did all this? One of you must..."

 

River Grau nodded to Kaomi, "Yeah, do you know what he looked like, Kim? What hair, what face, etc?"

 

Kimani Silvercloud "yeah, I don' wanna sleep, I am gonna think I am getting killed again even though it is fake killed, he had like caremel skin, and dark hair, and he was being told what to do"

 

Jaina Lefevre whispers. "He had big boots and he laughed when I smushed on the wall."

 

Muggles busts thru the door looking for something * finds her*. " Jaina!! Its all over the street.. what happened??" Eyes River " What are U doing here??"

 

Jaina Lefevre looks at Mugs. "River is Tengu, and he's my friend. Be. Nice. I gots a lotta aches so don't wanna be mad too."

 

River Grau rolls his eyes at Muggles, "Whatcha think I'm doin' hear?" He nodded at what Jaina said, quickly looking away and to the other children.

 

Koami Silvercloud cutseys to the new person who walks in then chews on her lip for a moment, trying to put together a pciture in her head, "And he was in UAC so he had a uniform? Was he tall too? Or short?"

 

Jaina Lefevre sighs. "I'm short so's everyone is tall."

 

Kimani Silvercloud "big and tall" she replies spotting Pixis

 

Belldandy Ghost doesnt speak or anything, just stays put outside the curtain, watching Jaina, wondering if she had recovered any since the event earlier.

 

Muggles eyes falling on Jaina's wounds," Who was it Jaina?," Looks around the room," Where is Nells, Blue Shoes and RaI?? "

 

Muggles torn between concern and anger lets concern win over," Alright .. " Not so happy he ignores River

 

Kimani Silvercloud heres her nickname and sits up, "I'm right here"

 

Koami Silvercloud nods as she makes a mental picture of the mysery guy and stretches her arms before making fists with both her small hands and growling, "Okay, I'm gonna go find him." She stomps a few steps towards the door before gasping and turning to curtsey so she isn't rude.

 

River Grau had been glancing around the room, so noticed Belldandy behind the transparent curtain. Stepping over, he clasps his hands behind his back and watches her for a moment. "Friend or foe?"

 

Kimani Silvercloud looks at her sister "dont leave!" she says "bad decision, you will be hurt"

 

Belldandy Ghost shifts her glance to River and looks at the child for a moment "If Pixis as an enemy, Pixis would have crushed you the moment Pixis entered the door...."

 

Koami Silvercloud waves her hand to the side dismissing her sisters complaints, "I'll be fine, I ain't accident prone like you. Ciao!"

 

Jaina Lefevre: "Rai went t'do scoutin'. Don't know where Nellie is. River made me a tart. It's gonna be fruits and nummy when I'm sittin' up." She looks over at Koa. "No..you gotsta wait. We're gonna do it t'gethers. Like put glue outside their doors...and drop bricks on their heads...and pull out th'manholes when they get close...gurry-lilla warfares it's called. I read 'bout it in my books."

 

Kimani Silvercloud "wait, dont go without me" she would rather she not go alon "river take over sitting watch over Jai, okay?" she gets up

 

Koami Silvercloud shakes her head to Jaina, "I'll do that too," She then glances over to her sister getting up and quickly darts to the door trying to get far enough away that Kimi can't catch up.

 

Muggles looks at Koami," then back at Jaina," I don't know her but I can go with her!! They need to be BEANED!!!!"

 

Jaina Lefevre: "Tha's Kimi's sister."

 

Kimani Silvercloud "we will just follow him!"

 

River Grau quickly gets distracted from the woman in front of him as Jaina talks about what she wants to do to the UAC. He steps over there, head shaking, "No, no, don't go near. UAC will kill you..! Have your Mommy do stuff. They kill."

 

Jaina Lefevre nods to Mugs. "Go...Kimi got shotted at once already. Don't want her gettin hurts." She looks at River. "I know. I was in that big see-mint place."

 

Clyde Gemini looks to Jaina, sighs and nods," Ok "

 

Kimani Silvercloud "I am going with her too" she says firmly "she is my sister"

 

Jaina Lefevre nods. "Tha's what I meant, Kimi...you guys go togethers."

 

River Grau pauses as he tries to think about what Jaina is saying. "The place with the barricades..? Alllll the way past the park in Apoc..?"

 

Belldandy Ghost speaks up, even though she wasnt being psoken to "confirmed Location....Apoc//UAC Compound....." she would know, she had mapped the ro ute she too to get there

 

Jaina Lefevre uh huhs. "It was really scariest."

 

River Grau face-palms. He just couldn't help it. "And RAI was there too?" He was ten and knew the UAC place was somewhere a hybrid should never ever be. "Jaina.. Don't go there. Don't never go there again. Bad people. LOTS of bad people."

 

Jaina Lefevre sighs. "I was in th'park, on the wall. The soljur was nice. He was helpin' me with my aims. And then he said I hadta join the Youaysee and I said no...was gonna be like Mommy..and he called mommy bad things and I shotted him with my slingshot..but he had armors, so it just bounced. He shotted at me with a gun and I ran in the park and Rai was there and we hids and they threw a bang thing (flashbang) and it got all dark."

 

River Grau frowned, "Don't trust UAC, they're bad." His eyes were wide, and he held his arms around himself. "Make girls do stuff they don't wanna. With knives. And break tails and they're bad. Don't go near 'em."

 

Jaina Lefevre watches him and holds out her hand to him. "River, it was really bad. I'm tryin' hard to be braves but I wanna cry. Lots. But girls shouldn't cry much. It's not good."

 

River Grau reaches out to hold Jaina's hand as he slides onto the seat next to him. "You can cry, Jaina. It ain't bad to cry. Adults probably do it too." He wondered if his parents ever cried as he said this. He hadn't seen them ever do it, and the thought of his father crying seemed so silly. "Portia was cryin' when I asked you where you was. So it must be okay to cry."

 

Jaina Lefevre looks at him. "Miss Portia was cryin? Is she okay?"

 

River Grau shrugs, "Dunno.. she told me where you were.. and.. and.. I ran here as fast as I could."

 

Jaina Lefevre holds his hand, her arms covered with little cuts and scratches from the cement wall shrapnel. "Think I can break off a bite of this thing and taste it?" She looks from the tart to River. "I'm kinda hungries."

 

River Grau holds Jaina's hand while his free left arm goes to unwrap the tart. He first slips off the blue ribbon before carefully unwrapping the clear wraper to reveal the fruit tart beneath. "How much yah want?"

 

Jaina Lefevre lets go of his fingers a moment and reaches to break off a little bit of the tart crust with some of the fruit goo on it. She scoops up more of the fruit and eats it, eyes going wide. "Ooh..tha's really good! You should be a cook-person when you get bigger!" She gives him a big smile and dips her finger in to get a little more, licking it off her finger. "Okay..don't wanna mess it up so's I can share it, but it's really nummy."

 

River Grau smiles slightly and nods. "Aunt Saki is a baker and she's been teachin' me how to make some stuff. Maybe I will.. When I grow up."

 

Jaina Lefevre: "You wanna taste?"

 

River Grau nods and breaks off a peice of the tart with some of the fruit on it and eats it. "It's okay. I guess." He says while chewing with his mouth open.

 

Jaina Lefevre grins and then reaches over to tug the wrapper a bit and her hand is shaking. She pulls the little rag dolly close and whispers. "I was glad we wasn't fightin' no mores." she offers softly. "I didn't want you sad if I got deaded and we was still fightin'."

 

River Grau nods at Jaina's words, "I ain't want you to get all dead even if we was fightin, kay?"

 

Jaina Lefevre uh huhs. "Me neever, but they made me feel like I was deaded."

 

River Grau sighs, not sure what else to say. "Yeah, but we ain't fightin' no more."

 

Jaina Lefevre: "Nope. We ain't fightin. But they can't do that kinda stuff. Kimi fainteded and Rai was brave. He tried t'get them to shot him and let us go."

 

Rai Pawpad looks around, awestruck. For once almost at a loss for words. "Wow..."

 

Jaina Lefevre is alone in the apartment this morning. Nanny is out running errands and Moms are both at work. She's sitting on the couch with a bowl of cereal and cartoons on. She gets up to open the door and grins, letting him in. "Want cereal and toast and stuff? I can do some of it my ownself." She gets out a bowl and the milk and the cereal, putting it on the table.

 

Rai Pawpad nods, dumbly. "Yeah...cereal....You live here?"

 

Jaina Lefevre starts putting the stuff on the table. "Yeah, I do now. And there's another 'partment in the Beast. I don't like it there much." She pours him cereal, to the top, and adds milk and gets a spoon and puts it down in front of a chair. Climbing up on a stepstool, she gets out pop tarts and puts them in the toaster. "Eat it 'fore it gets soggies?"

 

Rai Pawpad gingerly touches the leather couch. "This is nice. Like a castle, almost." He twitches his ears and watches her getting the food out, suddenly remembering his hunger. He grabs the bowl and pulls it to him, speaking around a mouthful. "What's not to like?"

 

Jaina Lefevre grins a little. "Yeah, it's nice. But there's lotsa rules and the hugs are good but the rules..." she waits for the pop tarts to..well..pop..and puts them on a napkin, juggling the hot stuff until she gets it on the table. "You want a banana? I ain't never had one 'fore coming here."

 

Rai Pawpad spills some cereal on the table and scoops it up with his fingers. "Oh, yeah, rules. That's the downside of parents. They don't lock you in, though at least. Or tie you to anything, right?"

 

Rai Pawpad nods, reaching for the banana. "Sure, I'll take it. Save it for later, maybe."

 

Jaina Lefevre shudders. "No, no cages neither." She gets the bananas and then sits down with her cereal and stuff and looks at him. "I didn't always have mommies. I was on th'street too."

 

Rai Pawpad snatches one of the poptarts, giving a little growl as it burns his fingers. "You?!" He looks incredulous. "I don't believe you."

 

Jaina Lefevre swallows her mouthful and nods. "Yeah, me. I was a jar baby. Mister saveded me but he got smushed, and someone put me on a boat. I didn't get off when everybuddy else did, but I got hungry and got off here. Mommy found me at the church and then found me at th'beach and at the hopsittle and then she took me homes."

 

Rai Pawpad tosses the poptart from one hand to another, and eyes her. "What's a jar baby? And how come you were on a boat, anyway?"

 

Jaina Lefevre sprays pop tart crumbs on the table as she starts to talk. "I was growed in a jar, not in a mommy. And they put me on a boat 'cause it was blowin up all over."

 

Rai Pawpad considers this, his eyes widening as he looks at her. "See?! I tole everyone you were special! They growed you to be the Princess. That's what they do, you know. And they were tryin to save you cause you've got the royal blood." He takes a mouthful of poptart, pleased that it's all coming together for him.

 

Jaina Lefevre stops chewing a moment to look at him and you can almost see the gears turning. She knows damned well she's no royalty, but as long as YOU think she is, she's going to be better off. "Where'd you come from?"

 

Rai Pawpad: "Me? My mom brought me from the mainland. Mostly for the same reason, had to protect me, cause they might kill me if they know I'm gonna be the king." He swallows, and shrugs. "And she had some job workin for them DuPlottes."

 

Rai Pawpad reaches for another poptart.

 

Jaina Lefevre finishes her cereal and pushes the box closer to Rai. "You can has more if you want." She swings her feet and peels the banana. "You got a Momma...do you got a Daddy too?"

 

Rai Pawpad shakes his head his ears twitching at the uncomfortable question. "No. " He answers shortly, pouring from the box. "Who needs those? What about you? You don't have one either, right?"

 

Jaina Lefevre shakes her head. "No. I got two moms. That's enough." She takes a bite of the banana and starts to talk with her mouthful, then stops. A moment of swallowing and she asks. "So why you like me?"

 

Rai Pawpad flushes, the question taking him off guard. "Well... I mean, you're the princess, right? And I um...I been watching you. " He stops eating but looks at his bowl. "You look nice. Like a fairy I saw in a book once." This last is delivered in a lower voice.

 

Jaina Lefevre blinks at him and looks down at the table. "You won't hurt me nevers, right?" The tone is low and soft and she's trembling slightly.

 

Rai Pawpad looks up, food forgotten. "NO! Of course not, never! I'm here to protect you. Listen, if I'da seen you on the streets, I woulda taken care of you. " He lowers his eyebrows. "And if anyone tries to hurt you, you tell me. I'll hurt THEM. Bad."

 

Jaina Lefevre doesn't look at him. She sets the banana, two bites gone, on the table and rubs her hands on her shorts. "Someone tried t'hurt me once. Said I was his fairy dolly. It scared me."

 

Rai Pawpad leans forward, intent. "Yeah? Who was it? That David guy?"

 

Jaina Lefevre shakes her head. "No, was on the boat. He's not in this place." She looks up at him. "D..do you like..hugs?"

 

Rai Pawpad blinks. "Hugs?" He tries to remember the last time he had one. "Yeah, those are okay, I guess. "

 

Jaina Lefevre slips from her chair and walks over to him and moves to wrap her arms around his shoulders and rest her head on his shoulder. "Good, cause I needs one right now."

 

Rai Pawpad freezes for a moment, his heart hammering. Then he gingerly pats her arm and turns to look at her. "Okay...I guess. I'm kinda dirty....I mean...should I hug you back?"

 

Jaina Lefevre nods against him. "Yeah. Hugs me back. It feels good. And I don't care 'bout dirty. I just want hugs."

 

Rai Pawpad stands up and awkwardly puts his arm around her shoulder. "Like this?" He tries the other arm, acting as though he's afraid she'll break. She feels so tiny.

 

Jaina Lefevre reaches up and takes his arms and puts them both around her waist, then settles her arms around his shoulders and steps close, resting her head on his shoulder and just..holding. "This is goods." she whispers. She smells of strawberry soap and baby powder, laundry detergent and Jaina.

 

Rai Pawpad lets her move his hands and swallows hard, then leans his head into hers breathing the scent of her. A little purr starts in his chest, and he nods against her hair. "Mhm, it is kinda good. " His voice is rough around the purring. He holds very still, not wanting to make her stop.

 

Jaina Lefevre isn't about to let go anytime soon. "I need hugs lots." She grins a little, her face hid as she keeps it tucked in his shoulder. "You give better hugs'n River. He's always quick and runs away. Even when I'm scared."

 

Rai Pawpad involuntarily tightens his grip, and his purr stutters to a stop. The idea of River hugging her makes him feel suddenly violent. "That's cause he's a tool." It's an effort to keep his voice quiet, and he strokes her hair, wanting to keep her there. "You don't need to be huggin him."

 

Jaina Lefevre mms. "Not if you is gonna hugs me. I get scareds and I need hugs. And they makes ya feel good, huh?" She shifts to rest a hand between them against his chest. "Do the rumbly again?"

 

Rai Pawpad nods, even though she can't see him. No one's hugged him in a long while. "Okay, you get scared, you come to me. Right?" He concentrates and starts purring again, still stuttery.

 

Jaina Lefevre "Okay..." she stops talking and giggles at the purr. "I likes that." She sighs contentedly and keeps her hand over his heart, cheek against his shoulder, just leaning there. Then a random thought slips in and she frowns. "Is Kimi your girlfriens?"

 

Rai Pawpad stops petting her hair, thinking. "I....I don't know. She's my Minister, and I .... this girl last night said she was. " It's an effort to keep purring. "I guess so. She never asked me."

 

Jaina Lefevre stiffens a little and lifts her head. "She can't be. If you is the Prince and I the Princess, then you gots to make me your girlfrien. Tha's how it works. The Prince -always- gets the Fairy Princess and she don't share."

 

Rai Pawpad looks down at her, disturbed by the sudden stop to this hugging thing. "You want to be? My girlfriend? But...I know you are.....and I am...." He stutters, having never thought this through before. "Really?"

 

Jaina Lefevre nods to him, eyes on his face, expression serious. "Tha's how it works. You 'spect me to be the fairy princess, then thems is rules we gotta follow. Its in all the books."

  

Rai Pawpad flicks his ears nervously. "Yeah, I know. I read the books. But...I think that means we got to get married someday..." He looks at her big eyes and his ears lower. "You're too young to have a boyfriend, aren't you? I mean, I'm lots older than you."

  

Jaina Lefevre shrugs a little. "Worry 'bout the marryin' part later. That's a long long LONG times away. And I already been kissed so's why not has a boyfrien?" She tips her head and looks at him. "I'm almost six, but I'm diff'nt. I'll get older fast."

  

Rai Pawpad looks down at her, his brows lowering. "Yeah, well you shouldn't be kissin people! That's ...that's not nice. For someone like you...and I was supposed to be the one that kisses you, an wakes up from the enchanted sleep and all!" He taps her arm, agitated. "That's in the books, too!"

  

Jaina Lefevre sighs. "I wanted t'know what the big deal was. It weren't no fun. He's got those metal things in his lip and it was weird. Luci says that you is supposed to stick your tongue in the mouth and that just sounds gross."

  

Rai Pawpad shakes his head. "That is gross. Those big girls are nasty. They're gonna end up workin at the Dollhouse, they keep actin like that." He deftly avoids the kissing part of what she's said. Admitting he's never kissed anyone wouldn't make the right impression. He likes to think he's pretty worldly.

 

EXPRESATE A TI MISMA DE FORMA CREATIVA CADA DIA porque es realmente muy bonito

Ten tu propia experiencia de vida, vive tus sueños propios y anhelos, realmente todo es posible, y los sueños si se hacen realidad.

 

Es mi intención, que las imágenes, les den mucha alegría y felicidad, compartirlas siempre ha sido importante p/ mi, espero que les sean utiles en la planeacion de sus viajes o en su vida cotidiana.

 

“Lo q nos hace humanos es la humanidad que nosotros mostramos por otros. Es acerca de dar, preocuparnos por los demas, respetar y tener compasion.”

 

“What makes us human is the humanity we show each other. It’s about giving back, caring, respecting and having compassion for others.”

 

“Solo hay una vida para cada uno de nosotros, la nuestra. / There is just one life for each of us our own” Euripides

 

“ Cuida de tu alma, prioritiza la belleza, la contemplación, las Experiencias que se sientan de forma profunda, las relaciones interpersonales, conocimiento, sentido de un hogar, arte, paz Espiritual, comunidad, relajación y confort” / Take care of your soul prioritize: Beauty, Contemplation, Deeply felt experiences, Meaningful relationships, Knowledge, Sense of home, Art, Spiritual peace, Community, Relaxation and confort” Thomas Moore

 

“Your imagination is able to do all that you ask in proportion to the degree of your attention” Neville

 

“ I love, I accept you, I appreciate you, I forgive you” / “I am grateful” John Gabriel

 

“Live independent of the good opinion of others” Wayne Dyer

 

“There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving and that’s your ownself” Bob Proctor

 

No te quedes con un sólo momento, porque la vida esta llena de muchisisisimos momentos

 

“To win you have to believe it will happen” Megan Rapinoe

 

"We are all in the same quest to feel the peace inside us and live a fulfill life /Todos estamos en la misma búsqueda para sentir paz interior y vivir una vida plena”Prew Rawat

 

Antes, iba por la vida en busca de vivir experiencias únicas e increíbles. Ahora me doy cuenta que cada instante de la vida es realmente único e irrepetible

 

“We must reflect that when we reach the end of our days our life experience will equal what we paid attention to, whether by choice or default”William James

 

“Develop the habit of feeding your mind with positive mental food, remember, you are very sensitive to the influences in your environment, whether they are radio, television, newspapers, magazines, billboards or conversations with other people. Your mind is your most important and precious asset, you must protected and keep it clean, clear and focus on what you want rather that allowed it to be polluted by the negative influences around you…Keep your mind clean, clear, positive and free, not only you become what you think about it, but you also become what you feed in your mind on a regular basis.” Brian Tracy, Million Dollar Habits

 

“Get around the right people, make the habit to associate ONLY with the kind of people you admire, respect and want to be like, don’t just drink coffee with whoever happens to be sitting in the break room, do not go out for lunch with the person next door, do not socialize after work with anyone who invites you, be thoughtful and clear about the kind of people you allowed to influence your thinking and feelings with their conversations and opinions.” Bryan Tracy

 

“You can't fly with the eagles if you continue to scratch with the turkeys" - Zig Ziglar

 

“Make things happen” Bryan Tracy

 

“A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write if it be peace with itself, what a man can be it must be“ Maslow

 

“Universal principles:

The law of control: you feel happy to the degree you feel you are in control of your own life, you feel happy to the degree you feel you are not in control of your own life

The law of believe: Whatever you believe with conviction, becomes your reality, your believes then become your realities, your are not what you think you are as they said but what you think you are.

The Law of expectations: Whatever you expect with confidence becomes your own self fulfilling prophecy, in other words, you do not necessary get what you want but rather what you expect

The law of attraction: you are a living magnet, you invariably attract into your life the people, ideas and circumstances that harmonize with your dominate thoughts, specially your dominate thoughts emotionalized

The law of correspondence: your outer world is a reflection of your inner world,

You become what you think about most of the time, what you think about you bring about, you always move in the direction of your dominate thoughts ” Brian Tracy

 

"My life, my message" Ghandi

 

"You can never bath in the same river twice, the river is always flowing“

 

El universo es único

 

"I made my existence meaningful, at the least we will have no regrets " Dalai Lama

 

La confianza se gana, y es muy frágil

 

“Your most import goal in life is ensure your own happiness, if you don’t place your own happiness as the central organizing principal of your life no-one else will do it for you, each person is intensivly focus on doing the things that him her or her happy.” Bryan Tracy

 

“You can only give away something that you already have, often unhappy people said they are sacrificing their own happiness so they can make others happy. You cannot give away what you don’t have, you cannot make other people happy, if you are unhappy yourself.”Bryan Tracy

 

“If you want to improve anyone else quality of life begin by improving the quality of your own inner life,“Bryan Tracy

 

“Real change lies within all of us its in the choices we make everyday,” Megan Rapinoe

 

No seas sin darte cuenta, una repetidora, ten SIEMPRE, TU OPINION propia

 

Decide your environment wisely

 

Cultivate a vibrant o social life

 

Que puedas,

No necesariamente quiere decir que debas

 

"Kids need sleep and phisycal activity and family time and time to use their imaginations, those things cannot happen when they are lost in screen worlds" Adam Alter

 

"Tv and other entertainment media should be avoided for children and infants under age 2. A child's brain dévelops rapidly during these years. And young children learn best by interacting with people not screens" AAP

 

I am enough

 

Evita siempre que puedas a los "intermediarios"

 

Mas conciertos, más reuniones, más conexión humana verdadera cara a cara

 

Peaceful coexistence / Coexistencia pacifica

  

"Always embrace the common humanity that lies at the heart of all us, always affirm the oneness of our human family, let your hear be soften by the balm of compassion reflecting deeply upon the needs and aspirations of yourself and others..." Dalai Lama

 

Compassion

 

"May peace and happiness prevails everywhere/ Que la Paz y la Felicidad prevalezcan en todos lados " Dalai Lama

 

"Despite doctrinal differences we are all simply humans/ A pesar de todas las diferencias doctrinales todos somos simplemente humanos” Dalai Lama

 

Harmony

 

Basic human quality: empathy and good heart/ Cualidades humanas básicas: empatía

y buen corazón” Dalai Lama

 

¿Qué llevar contigo a cualquier viaje?

-Una actitud de respeto hacia los usos y costumbres locales, los habitantes de la region. la naturaleza, los minerales, y los seres vivos.

 

“La verdadera marca de la grandeza no está sólo en lo que una persona logra en su propia vida, sino en su capacidad de ayudar a otros a ayudarse a sí mismos y darse cuenta de que ellos también pueden llegar a ser grandes”

J. Earl Shoaff

 

La confianza es cómo el papel China / que al romperse, imposible que quede igual

 

Answer the call for compassion, included self-compassion

 

Stop outsourcing decision making about your life to devices and computers

 

“Trata de forma deliberada mantener tu atencion plena en el momento presente “

 

Las bibliotecas publicas son una de las mejores ideas del universo, ya que cualquiera puede acceder a un numero casi infinito de libros, audiolibros, revistas, material e información reelevante que pueden tener un super mega impacto positivo en nuestras vidas.

 

“Anything is possible” / Cualquier cosa es posible

Tu siempre tienes el poder de elegir como reaccionar y que hacer en el ahora “

Cada momento es unico

 

La naturaleza es hermosa, respetemosla, y cuidemosla todos los dias, usemos jabones y detergentes biodegradables, y tratemos lo mas posible usar envases reusables

 

"Your voice is the most important voice that you need to hear , & it needs to be positive and strong " Ian Smith

 

Respira y disfruta de hoy y cada instante de la vida, ya que es muy bonita!

 

Recuerda, hoy y siempre TODOS somos seres humanos Y SERES vivientes, las plantas, la naturaleza, todo. Es nuestra humanidad lo q nos hace humanos y nos hace sentir la alegria o el dolor de otros. Aprendamos a ver a los demas, no desde un punto de juzgarlos x sus decisiones, ni condenarlos constantemente x sus acciones, xq en realidad nos proyectamos nosotros mismos c/ vez q juzgamos a otros, sino mas bien, como alguien q al igual que nosotros esta en un proceso de vida. Toda la energia extra mejor usemosla para aprender como amarnos a nosotros mismos, hacer nuestros anhelos y sueños realidad y alcanzar La Paz interior.

 

Haz un esfuerzo deliberado por terminar con las actitudes y actos que fomentan la separacion entre seres humanos y el medio ambiente / “Work to end separation in your own life” Deepak Chopra

 

“Humans learn Empathy and understanding by watching how their actions affect other people.

Empathy cannot flourish without immediate feedback and is a very slow developing skill “ Adam Alter

 

“We all are in this together” Deepak Chopra

 

Todo depende la la situación actual en el momento presente

 

La ´UNICA forma de APRENDER es VIVIR

 

Nada es complicado

 

“Treasure your greatest gift, your imagination” Wayne Dyer

“Never let your attention, be directed by anything or anyone other than your own highest self” Wayne Dyer

 

Verdad, amor, luz

 

“Haz una practica diaria de meditar por La Paz - por tu paz interior y por La Paz en el mundo” / Make it a daily practice to meditate for peace - yours and the world’s. “Wayne Dyer

 

“Expresarnos a nosotras mismas, es algo que la verdad es que nunca termina y nunca debería terminar. Cada uno de nosotros, tiene algo único que traer al mundo. / Self expression is something that does not and should not ever stop. Each of us is creative. Each of us has something unique to bring to the world”. Julia Cameron

 

“1.- Creativity is the natural order of life. Life is energy, pure creative energy

2.- There is a underling in dueling creative force infusing all of life including ourselfs

3.-When we open ourself to creativity we open ourselves to the creators creativity, within us and ours lifes.

4.- We are ourselfs creations, and we in turn are meant to continue creativity by being creators ourselves

5.- Creativity is God given gift to us, using our creativity is our gift back to God.

6.- The refusal to be creative is self will and is counter our true nature.

7.- When we open ourselves to exploring our creativity we open ourselves to God orderly direction.

8.- As we open our creative channel to the Creator many gentle but powerful changes are to be expected

9.- It is safe to open ourselves up to greater and greater creativity.

10.- Our creatives dreams and yearnings come from a divine Source, as we move to our Dreams, we move towards Divinity ”. Julia Cameron

 

"If you are depressed, your are living in the past. If you are anxious, you are living in the future. If you are at peace, you are living in the present /

“Si tu estas deprimido, estas viviendo en el pasado. Si sientes ansiedad, estas viviendo en el futuro. Si estas en paz, estas viviendo en el presente” Lao Tzu

 

Claridad:

Pregunta, con sinceridad A que se refiere ? )

 

Viajo con alegria

 

Hasta q no se sabe, no se sabe

 

"Crea una vida que a ti te encante"

 

I choose me

 

Me elijo a mi.

 

Compassion

 

“Se necesita valor para convertirse en quien realmente eres"

 

“If I want to be free, I have got to be me, not the me I think you think I should be, not the me I think my wife thinks I should be, not the me I think my kids think I should be, If I want to be free, I have got to be me and I better know who me is” / “Si yo quiero ser libre, entonces tengo que ser yo, no el yo que yo pienso que tu piensas que yo debería ser, no el yo que yo pienso que mi esposa piensa que yo debería ser, no el yo que yo pienso que mis hijos piensan que yo debería ser. Si yo quiero ser libre, tengo que ser yo, por lo que es mejor saber quien yo soy yo” Bill Gove

 

No te quedes con un sólo momento,

porque la vida esta llena de

muchos momentos más.

 

"...el lenguaje universal, el que todos entendemos alrededor del mundo, es el de los sentimientos que todos los seres humanos experimentamos.."

 

Privacy is a fundamental human right

 

“Ayer yo era inteligente, asi que quería cambiar el mundo. Hoy soy sabio, asi que me estoy cambiando a mi mismo./

Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”

Rumi

 

Paz en. la tierra / Peace on Earth

Me above the mouth of Big River, Mendocino - photo by Molly B.

This is part of a letter I sent yesterday to an American friend in China. She was just told by the government that she cannot have her visa renewed, because she, also is too old, like me turning 66. She, like I was, has been teaching there for 10 years.

 

Dear D,

 

Listen, dear, listen. Be GLAD be very very non-stop glad that you have to go home!!

 

I had it all wrong about the painful part of being in China. I thought it was all caused by not understanding the place and the people. No. The pain was caused by NOT being understood by them! Being un-understood is what hurts. This became so clear today, that the scales are still falling off me like a warm waterfall.

 

Let's see, I pulled the car over and made some notes: Walking around not understanding a place, language, people is interesting! Going around with your ownself a display of a two-footed anomaly is painful! This is accentuated in China where the local people always point and murmur, "foreigner" when they see us.

 

Our own place on the map feeds us. The ground, the air, the trees, the familiar streets are nutritious. Coming up against the continuous otherness of where I lived rubbed, rubbed me raw. Just as if the skin rubbed off, I felt the pain of loss of a part of myself which had always before lived in a cycle of re-plenishment.

 

I think continuing to stay in China, after deciding that I wanted to leave, for me was like the stance of an abused wife - always waiting for things to improve, and in the meantime hunching over more and more under the weight of what is wrong. Scoliosis of the spirit!

 

My spirit has expanded so much here recently (last few days)! I can almost see it. It's huge, it glows. It doesn't hover, it lays back in the light/air, relaxing with its feet up and head leaned back. Smiling. It is at once shiny, transparent and nude. But, most important, it is plugged in again now. Recharging all the time.

 

Sometimes, since I have gotten back here, I have just had to stop what I was doing and do nothing at all. Just stand or sit there and BE. I think now these were the times when my 'spirit,' my non-physical being, was returning.

 

It feels like sometimes I had become a starving and dreadfully weary horse which as it recognized some places just had to simply stop. I needed to refuel by way of memories, or to have the light coming at a special angle or warmth or color fall on me simply so I could absorb whatever it was bringing me. Sometimes it was probably some sound I needed to hear. or lack of sound.

 

And surely a lot of the wayside pauses here in Mendocino have been to take in the air, which I will refrain from trying to explain - it requires a new vocabulary of gourmet terms. And natural, raw beauty, which has always been enough to pull thousands of tourists here. Its enough for them to see it briefly. Not true for me. I am PART of this place. I know that now. I was existing in a state of amputation after too many years in China! I just learned a new meaning of Home. Finally. Perhaps it was almost too late - I wonder. That could be why there was an unbroken chain of 'fortunate' seeing events that carried,( it felt like literally being carried) me out of Xiamen, China.

.....

 

So. Be very very glad that you have to go home. You will become a different person when you do. And, yes images and memories of the people and places I love in China do appear to me. I nod in pleasure, then the page turns itself back to the present, and easier here and now.

 

My brittleness is gone. Now, when I sit down outdoors anyplace in a way it reminds me of how it feels to sit down in a good restaurant. But here the menu is a seamless thing surrounding me.

 

Love, Karin

Yesterday night I got notified that I was awarded a runner up for the fierce competition of the card/membership of the association I am affiliated with, RPS.

The card competition is so competitive because RPS chooses one image from this competition to be printed annually on our membership card and other stationeries.

It means visibility for the winner.

To be affiliated to RPS means for me, to be amongst photographers - amateurs and professionals from all fields. I am accredited as an Associate member to this very prestigious society and I am on the process of submitting my fellowship to it. I posted about this before on FB.

This image won the second place amongst images like these:

www.rps-365.org/competition/all/365/entries/?page=1&s...

The finalists can be seen here:

www.rps-365.org/competition/finalist/365/membership-card-...

and the winners are here:

www.rps-365.org/competition/finalist/365/winners/

I am delighted to be on the second place. The image will be published on our november issue and I also won a beautiful print out of it.

To be competing with such talented people and such variety means to me, that my work makes sense to the world of photography, it is NOT confined to child or family photography, it surpass boundaries. This has been my journey and I knew when I did this beautiful session, that I was closing a creative cycle of 10 years. From them on, I knew that I had found a clear path on my creative journey. To be on second place at this prestigious competition, means to me, the need to continue on the path, to remain true to my ownself, to dive in, to keep going.