So…who says that chivalry is dead???

~~February 1, 2014~~

You’ve Never Heard A Cover Of John Lennon’s ‘Imagine’ Like This One

Pedro Reyes is a Mexican artist who has taken 6,700 seized and decommissioned guns donated by the Mexican government and turned them into … musical instruments. (Wouldn’t have been my first guess.)

The result is a haunting version of John Lennon’s “Imagine” like nothing I’ve ever heard before. A man is playing a flute made from a gun.

Need we say more?

Imagine Concierto

Source: http://www.upworthy.com/youve-never-heard-a-cover-of-john-lennons-imagine-like-this-one?c=upw1

We ALL are ONE!! 

Just Imagine!! 

Croatian Parliament votes on
same-sex life partnership law
Photo: Cropix

Homophobia was the social norm in communist Yugoslavia

The significant levels of homophobia that regrettably still exist in Croatia (as it does in other countries) are not solely the product of Catholic indoctrination over the years as many, including the current communist-nostalgic government, would like to claim but rather the product of complex historical circumstances in which harsh opposition to gay sexual orientation had also been a communist party driven oppressive social norm for more than half of the communist Yugoslavia’s existence. While one can come across many media articles and reporting that tend to spin the politically coloured story that Croatia’s government officials recently challenged the Catholic Church opposition to gay marriage and passed the “life partnership” law to create greater rights for same-sex unions, the truth on the ground is evidently far more complex than that.

Same-sex sexual…

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Simple is best when beginning anything. So, today, I’ll give you a simple practice for making the most of every moment. This technique comes from Thich Nhat Hanh. Use this practice for a month — if you are low on energy or if you are lacking sometimes in concentration, you will notice a substantial difference — or if this sort of practice is entirely new to you. 

Thich Nhat Hanh is one of the world’s leading teachers of mindfulness and meditation. He claims that life is available only in the here and the now; it is our true home.

Thich Nhat Hanh’s mindfulness meditation is simple and isn’t at all religious.

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I’ll summarize his most basic teaching here. 

Thich presents mindfulness (here and the now) living as a practice of five simple steps that you can use in just about very moment of your day.

1) Mindful Breathing, 
2) Concentration, 
3) 

Life

like a river 

runs as it goes

Who lives in life 

bridges land marks on it’s course

Who leads the life

passes like a wood piece through out it’s course

Acknowledge the life to kindle the knowledge of one’s own

                                                                          ………….advocatemmmohan

Just like last year, the guys in our family headed to Baltimore for a weekend of baseball.  This time to see the Yankees, who are universally  hated by most fans in the country unless, of course,  they are from NYC.  The series was split and professor was pleased that finally after a dry spell, the Orioles might be in the series. . . .  .long time until October, but hope springs eternal!   Camden Yard, one of the urban fields in baseball. Enough baseball.. . . the girls from Troy headed to Skaneateles for the Lavender Festival!  The men were happy to miss that so it all worked out well.     Of course when there is a summer festival of any kinds, there are vendors selling jewelry, lavender creams, food, and even lavender iced tea. One of the tents held a mom seeling lovely glass jewelry and her teenage…

I’ve noticed you wait
You hesitate waiting for me
to say I Love you
You know I can’t live with regret
so you pause waiting
instead of saying it first
But what’s the use in saying
I love you
When you don’t act like it?
So I stopped…maybe waiting
to see if you would
But I do….Love you
I can’t live with regret
that’s how I am, you know it
I never say I love you unless I do
if I love you I let you know
So next time I talk to you
and you hesitate
I’m going to say I love you
I know you’ll regret you didn’t!