Dream-Awake Spiritual Practice: Keep the Mind to the rhyme. Let the Heart do its part. So beyond either mode, the Soul shows the road. Life Purpose: Help free Spirits of my fellow creatures & myself. See Beauty, others & me. Reduce suffering. Help bring Light to Shadow & vice-versa. Life plan: All’s welcome. Follow Light & Love. Be a team. Pay it forward. Cultivate calm. Breathe. Forgive. Let Go.
An incredible and inspiring story of a modern urban family, the Dervaes, in Pasadena, California living off of 1/10th of an acre land and becoming free. Please check out their website(s):
Knut as a baby
from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBLizhD_0R4
The following blog entry by Dr. Lillian Glass touched me so profoundly that I've copied it here in total. Adorable Knut touched humanity in his life and in his tragic, far-too-early death. He showed us that all higher creatures, certainly humans, need to be loved and touched and appreciated and noticed and really cared for - and when we're not, we die slowly inside, and then ...
... Farewell beloved Knut. Thank you, friend. - LG Flower
Knut The Bear Dies of Loneliness and Lack of Attention
And Teaches Us Some Major Life Lessons
by Doctor Lillian Glass, Body Language Blog
March 19, 2011
"I am beyond sad and very disturbed that precious once world-famous “Knut the Bear” has just died in a Berlin Zoo. He died at the age of 4 1/2 and had at least 10 to 13 years ahead of him if not more. There was no predator to kill him. There was no fight he got into with another animal. He didn’t take drugs and OD.
So, did someone at the zoo kill him because he was labeled as being “difficult,” “psychotic” and a “narcissist” who was too difficult to handle? Or did he die of loneliness and a broken heart? I pray it is not the first. But I have every reason to believe that it was the latter.
His life and his death teach us so many huge lessons on many levels- from why childhood stars turn out the way they do and often self destruct to other valuable lessons.
It clearly shows us how important it is to have the companion of others, and to be physically touched, cuddled and loved on a consistent basis.
It also shows us the very sad truth – a reality that happens all too often in business and in personal relationships – that there is a chance we can be easily discarded when we are no longer of value or use to anyone. It’s sad, but horribly true in all too many cases.
Knut was the most adorable little polar bear who was rejected by his mother when he was born in captivity at the Berlin zoo on December 4, 2006.
The zoo keepers kept this adorable ball of white fluffy fur alive and nurtured him.
Knut even had his own keeper who slept in his pen with him and attended to his every need.
Knut was very happy as he bonded with his human daddy, who fed him, hugged him, bathed him, kissed him, hugged him, and played with him. Knut was given a tremendous amount of love and affection.
CUTE, PLAYFUL, CUDDLY AND HAPPY BABY KNUT
When baby Knut was a little over 3 months old he was put on display, for all to see. People came to see him from all over the world. He became a celebrity, as the crowds of people who visited him purchased Knute memorabilia tee shirts, mugs, key chains, candy, postcards posters, plastic replicas, and stuffed likenesses of him.
He loved the flashes of the camera and even posed when photos of him were taken by the countless visitors.
A year later he even made the cover of Vanity Fair Magazine in an Annie Leibovitz photo shoot.
AS HE MATURES, HE IS NO LONGER “CUTE KNUT”
But as Knute grew older, he was no longer cute. Crowds dwindled as they stopped coming to see him. Gone were the flashing cameras. Gone were the crowds of smiling delighted children squealing at his antics and tricks.
If there was not a wall between Knut and the visitors, Knute could have done some serious harm.
Also gone was his keeper, as the older Knute got be more difficult and harder to handle. His hug was a huge bear hug that could hurt, maim and kill, His teeth grew into big long bear teeth that could bite, pierce, and kill. Even though Knute still thought of himself as a playful baby cub, he was in reality, a dangerous polar bear.
Knute had no other bear mates to play with. He was isolated now that this keeper was gone and that he was treated like any other ordinary wild zoo animal. He got depressed and became unmanageable. He acted out and would howl for hours until he saw human people come in front of his glass container. When they did he would immediately calm down . He cried and cried until people took his photos and flashed their cameras in his big bear face. He loved it!
But then the visitors stopped all together at various time, especially during the winter. Knute got more and more depressed and even got violent. The zookeeper even publicly called him a ”sociopath” and said he was a narcissist and impossible to manage.
In order to appease Knute’s anger, the zoo staff would have to walk by his enclosure and take flash photos of him. This went on throughout the day, which cost the staff time and money as it took away from their other responsibilities.
KNUT DIES ALONE AND FOR NO APPARENT REASON
So 4 ½ years later The Berlin zoo’s bear keeper Heiner Kloes reported to The Associated Press that Knute the bear died alone and in his compound. His exact words were:
“He was by himself in his compound, he was in the water, and then he was dead,” said Kloes. “He was not sick, we don’t know why he died.”
Even though a post mortem will be conducted on Monday to try and discover the exact cause of Knute’s death I wonder if there was something else that killed him. Did Knute lose his will to live? Did he commit suicide by drowning himself?
I strongly believe that Knute died because he had no interaction with anyone- bear or human and he was no longer a star.
His anger consumed him as he was not given the attention that he was raised with. Since infancy, he was raised to believe that he would be loved and cuddled nurtured and given massive attention. He was raised to believe that he would have a lot of physical contact as he did as a baby, when he was loved up cuddled and kissed and hugged as he played with his keeper, who lived with him.
But now there was no one to touch him and cuddle him and love him up. It saddened him and then it made him furious. Then it made him depressed and despondent until he lost his will to live and did himself in by either shutting down his own systems or perhaps even drowning himself.
KNUT’S EXPERIENCE HELPS US BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT CHILD ACTORS GO THROUGH
So how does what happened to Knute apply to human beings? What can we learn from it?
For one thing we can really see why child actors go off the deep end. They are catered to and paid an enormous amount of attention like Knute was. Then when they grow up and are suddenly not the cute little cherub of a child. They aren’t cast in as many films or TV shows. They don’t get all the goodies that come along with being a star like recognition and constant pampering, and getting away with mouthing off or getting whatever they want because they are the cash earning cow.
When the gigs stop coming, they get bummed out, much like Knute. And when the public recognition stops, they get angry, just like Knute.
Knut turned his anger outwards, by having tantrums and acting out, much like child stars have done. He also turned it inwards by getting depressed and essentially giving up on life. If Knut had access to alcohol and drugs, no doubt he would take them as well to numb his pain.
He would do it to numb himself against the pain of feeling worthless, because he was no longer relevant in other people’s eyes.
He didn’t have a bear parent to guide him and nurture him. He didn’t have a bunch of bear buddies to hand out with, or a bear girlfriend to love him up. He didn’t even have a human who could come into his enclosure and give him the hugs and kisses he hungered for that he had as a baby.
While they don’t wail and scream and show physical violence towards others as a means of getting attention, all too often, child actors who have grown up, often turn that anger outwards to get attention by behaving badly and by taking drugs
THE BERLIN ZOO CREATED A MONSTER AND THEN BLAMED INNOCENT KNUT FOR THEIR IGNORANCE
Instead of love and compassion and support, Knut had a zoo keeper that called him a sociopath and a narcissist and said Knute was dangerous and impossible to be around. Buy who created that sociopath and narcissist? The Berlin Zoo created it and THEY needed to rectify the mess they created. They needed to get him some buddies.
They needed to make sure he was still front and center as the Zoo’s star. They needed to stop complaining about the extra work they had to do to appease Knute by taking his photos at regular intervals during the day.
They needed to get him a some bear buds or a girlfriend or two so he could have fun and socialize. In fact they needed to have socialized him with other baby bears his age at the very beginning of his life.. Even if they were brown bears or other species of animals Knute could have bonded with them. But the zoo officials apparently seemed to be too busy making immediate money to notice or to think about the little bear’s future mental and emotional health.
AGE DISCRIMINATION – WHEN YOU ARE NO LONGER OF VALUE
As cold and heartless as it is, too many have known the despair of being laid off because they were too old . There are other who know the pain of not even being hired because they are too old.
With the exception of Meryl Streep, and perhaps Helen Mirren and Judy Dench, just ask any woman actress over 50 in Hollywood and they will tell you. Especially ask those who were once the hottest at the box office like Sharon Stone, Demi Moore, and Kathleen Turner. The roles stop coming and suddenly the tabloids which fuel public interest ,don’t care what they say or do. There is a new batch of brand new young hot beauties .
As long as these leading ladies were making millions of dollars for the studios, they were getting job after job. Now they are thrilled if they get a character role or two every once in a while.
It happens to men and women a lot in business. Gone are the days when you are at a company for 40 years and get a gold watch and a party when you retire. Instead men and women are let go due to downsizing. After all why should they pay a seasoned executive a hefty salary, when they can hire 3 young turks or turkettes who are also super computer savvy for the same price?
It happens in relationships too. In the dating world the biggest complaint I hear for both men and women is that he or she is “always looking for something better.” If there is conflict in the relationship, instead of working things out, all too many find it easier to break up or divorce and go on to someone else. Where is the loyalty?
It’s the same lack of loyalty that happened to little Knute after he became big Knute and no longer earned the stream of revenue he once earned with all of his merchandising and hoards of visitors, who paid top dollar to see him.
Now that he was no longer cute and a money making machine, he was not that important. He obviously felt it and it broke his heart and soul. Tragically he died.
KNUT DIDN’T DIE IN VAIN- HIS DEATH TAUGHT EVERY HUMAN BEING SOMETHING MAJOR ABOUT LIFE
Maybe he didn’t die in vain. Maybe his death has opened up our eyes to treating one another with more respect. Maybe it opened up our eyes to not take others for granted and to appreciate them and let them know how much we appreciate and love them. Maybe it opened up our eyes to giving people a special touch and a hug or a kiss to show that we adore them. And maybe it opened our eyes to make us realize how much we need one another and how we can’t be isolated. We need to be with others. We need to communicate, touch, and laugh,and hug, and cuddle. Every living creature needs other living creatures to flourish and to live.
Good Bye Dear Knute. RIP and God Bless Your Bear Soul."
by Dr. Lillian Glass - March 19, 2011
blog entry found at - http://drlillianglassbodylanguageblog.wordpress.com/2011/03/19/knut-the-bear-dies-of-loneliness-and-lack-of-attention-and-teaches-us-some-major-life-lessons/
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"You can change the world. It's easy. How? In this video, scientist Gregg Braden explains how the Law of Attraction works. That there is a field around us, a collective consciousness, in which we all participate. This collective consciousness creates our reality. It can be influenced by us through our DNA, by using the power of our thoughts and our heart. We can use this law on an individual base but also collectively, to change our world. There's even a formula (the square root of 1%) of how many participants are needed to achieve a certain effect for a bigger group (for instance peace). This has been proven scientifically, through experiments. For changing the whole world population this would only take 8,000 participants. The power of visualization is a gift from God for mankind to take fate into our own hands, and not having to stand by and watch powerlessly. So, let's accept this gift gratefully, and use it!!
If you want to participate in future mass visualizations where we use our collective power for causes like cleaning our planet and helping people in need, you can leave your e-mail address at our website http://www.visualizedaily.com"
"THE WATER CRYSTAL FROM THE WATER
EXPOSED TO THE WORD 'LOVE AND GRATITUDE'"
- Masaru Emoto
Photo and description from: http://www.masaru-emoto.net/
Video and text from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0EeKhBqumM&feature=player_embedded
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A very inspiring grass roots innovation using discarded plastic bottles for very inexpensive and very efficient solar lights in the poor and dark homes of the Phillipines.
video found at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYEIT6lLb8A
To donate or volunteer visit: www.isanglitrongliwanag.org
Music: "Side by Side" by William McMillan
Sculpture: "Letting Go" by Robb Browne
Images & Artwork: by many wonderful Artists & Truth Seekers found on Internet
Collage: "Let Freedom Ring" by Loveson G. Flower
Animation: "Liberty Falling Down" by Loveson G. Flower
Memorial: created by Loveson G. Flower for "Light of Love" in Septermber, 2005
A very moving and touching expression of a young woman's love for her father.
Une expression très émouvant et touchant de l'amour d'une jeune femme pour son père.
Music: "Le tunnel d'or"
Music Artist: AaRON
Video: from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBCzvYK8euw
Youtube Channel Artist: pralinegitan
Lyrics with help from / Lyriques avec aide de: http://lyricstranslate.com/en/Le-Tunnel-D’or-Le-Tunnel-D’or.html
"A short tour through the visible universe that we can see so far."
– Holoverse Youtube channel
Lyrics of "The Scientist" by Coldplay
Come up to meet you, tell you I'm sorry
You don't know how lovely you are
I had to find you
Tell you I need you
Tell you I set you apart
Tell me your secrets
And ask me your questions
Oh, lets go back to the start
Running in circles
Coming up tails
Heads on a science apart.
Nobody said it was easy
It's such a shame for us to part
Nobody said it was easy
No one ever said it would be this hard
Oh, take me back to the start.
I was just guessing
At numbers and figures
Pulling the puzzles apart
Questions of science
Science and progress
Do not speak as loud as my heart
Tell me you love me
Come back and haunt me
Oh, and I rush to the start
Running in circles
Chasing our tails
Coming back as we are
Nobody said it was easy
Oh it's such a shame for us to part
Nobody said it was easy
No one ever said it would be so hard
I'm going back to the start
Video from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8Aurpr68uE&feature=channel_video_title
Lyrics from: http://artists.letssingit.com/coldplay-lyrics-the-scientist-3spq2t1#ixzz1NALhNMXQ LetsSingIt - Your favorite Music Community
Lyrics: "Do You Hear the People Sing?" - Les Misérables
DO YOU HEAR THE PEOPLE SING?
From the French Musical "Les Misérables" (1980)
(Alain Boublil / James Fenton / Herbert Kretzmer / Claude-Michel Schönberg)
Recorded by:
David Burt; Chicago Musical Revue; Hal Fowler; Michael Maguire;
Royal Philharmonic Orch.; Sydney Male Choir; Anthony Warlow;
Dave Willetts.
Do you hear the people sing?
Singing a song of angry men?
It is the music of a people
Who will not be slaves again!
When the beating of your heart
Echoes the beating of the drums
There is a life about to start
When tomorrow comes!
Will you join in our crusade?
Who will be strong and stand with me?
Beyond the barricade
Is there a world you long to see?
Courfeyrac:
Then join in the fight
That will give you the right to be free!
Do you hear the people sing?
Singing a song of angry men?
It is the music of a people
Who will not be slaves again!
When the beating of your heart
Echoes the beating of the drums
There is a life about to start
When tomorrow comes!
Will you give all you can give
So that our banner may advance
Some will fall and some will live
Will you stand up and take your chance?
The blood of the martyrs
Will water the meadows of France!
Do you hear the people sing?
Singing a song of angry men?
It is the music of a people
Who will not be slaves again!
When the beating of your heart
Echoes the beating of the drums
There is a life about to start
When tomorrow comes!
*****
À LA VOLONTÉ DU PEUPLE
du Musical "Les Misérables"
(Alain Boublil / Jean-Marc Natel / Claude-Michel Schönberg)
Michel Sardou (France)
A la volonté du peuple
Et à la santé du progrès,
Remplis ton cœur d'un vin rebelle
Et à demain, ami fidèle.
Nous voulons faire la lumière
Malgré le masque de la nuit
Pour illuminer notre terre
Et changer la vie.
Il faut gagner à la guerre
Notre sillon à labourer,
Déblayer la misère
Pour les blonds épis de la paix
Qui danseront de joie
Au grand vent de la liberté.
A la volonté du peuple
Et à la santé du progrès,
Remplis ton cœur d'un vin rebelle
Et à demain, ami fidèle.
Nous voulons faire la lumière
Malgré le masque de la nuit
Pour illuminer notre terre
Et changer la vie.
A la volonté du peuple,
Je fais don de ma volonté.
S'il faut mourir pour elle,
Moi je veux être le premier,
Le premier nom gravé
Au marbre du monument d'espoir.
A la volonté du peuple
Et à la santé du progrès,
Remplis ton cœur d'un vin rebelle
Et à demain, ami fidèle.
Nous voulons faire la lumière
Malgré le masque de la nuit
Pour illuminer notre terre
Et changer la vie.
Video from: 10th Anniversary Celebration performance of "Les Miserables" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCYr8TWAGn0&feature=relatedk and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4924xJl38E&feature=related
Lyrics from: http://lyricsplayground.com/alpha/songs/d/doyouhearthepeoplesing.shtml
Translation with help of Google/Traduction avec l'aide de Google:
Beloved Israel Kamakawiwo'Ole sings his renowned medley of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" and "What a Wonderful World." Israel was among the most known and celebrated of Hawaiian performers with a kind and gentle spirit that is evident in his touching melody. He tragically died in 1997 at an early age (38) and has been sorely missed by his many adoring fans.
According to Wikipedia: "The Hawaii State Flag flew at half-staff on July 10, 1997, the day of Kamakawiwoʻole's funeral. His koa wood coffin lay in state at the Capitol building in Honolulu. He was the third person in Hawaiian history to be awarded this honor, and the only one who was not a government official. Approximately ten thousand people attended the funeral."
The 64 photos of Rainbows were selected from Google and Bing images searches for "rainbow" to help visualize Israel's soaring words and melodious Spirit that still touches and inspires our deep places many years after he has gone. Thank you Israel Kamakawiwo'Ole.
English - French lyrics
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English: Tools Used = Apple iMac, iPhoto, iTunes & Quicktime Pro.
Français : Outils utilisés = iMac d'Apple, iPhoto, iTunes, Quicktime Pro.
Loveson G. (Gabrielle) Flower (a Nom de “Bloom”)
is an anonymous author & artist whose:
Dream-Awake Spiritual Practice:
Keep the Mind to the rhyme. Let the Heart do its part.
So beyond either mode, the Soul shows the road.
Life Purpose:
Help free Spirits of fellow creatures & myself. See Beauty, others & me. Reduce suffering. Help bring Light to Shadow & vice-versa.
Life Plan:
All is Welcome. Follow Light & Love. Be a Team. Cultivate calm. Breathe. Forgive. Let Go.
"Single acts of tyranny may be ascribed to the accidental opinion of a day; but a series of oppressions, begun at a distinguished period, and pursued unalterably through every change of ministers, too plainly prove a deliberate, systematical plan of reducing us to slavery."
-Thomas Jefferson
How Great A Man Was Thomas Jefferson?
From Judy Andreas
1-12-11
Thomas Jefferson was a very remarkable man who started learning very early in life and never stopped.
At 5, began studying under his cousin's tutor.
At 9, studied Latin, Greek and French.
At 14, studied classical literature and additional languages.
At 16, entered the College of William and Mary.
At 19, studied Law for 5 years starting under George Wythe.
At 23, started his own law practice.
At 25, was elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses.
At 31, wrote the widely circulated "Summary View of the Rights of British America" and retired from his law practice.
At 33, wrote the Declaration of Independence.
At 33, took three years to revise Virginia's legal code and wrote a Public Education bill and a statute for Religious Freedom.
At 36, was elected the second Governor of Virginia succeeding Patrick Henry.
At 40, served in Congress for two years.
At 41, was the American minister to France and negotiated commercial treaties with European nations along with Ben Franklin and John Adams.
At 46, served as the first Secretary of State under George Washington.
At 53, served as Vice President and was elected president of the American Philosophical Society.
At 55, drafted the Kentucky Resolutions and became the active head of the Democratic-Republican Party.
At 57, was elected the third president of the United States.
At 60, obtained the Louisiana Purchase doubling the nation's size.
At 61, was elected to a second term as President.
At 65, retired to Monticello.
At 80, helped President Monroe shape the Monroe Doctrine.
At 81, almost single-handedly created the University of Virginia and served as its first president.
At 83, died on the 50th anniversary of the Signing of the Declaration of Independence along with John Adams
Thomas Jefferson knew because he himself studied the previous failed attempts at government. He understood actual history, the nature of God, his laws and the nature of man. That happens to be way more than what most understand today. Jefferson really knew his stuff. A voice from the past to lead us in the future:
John F. Kennedy held a dinner in the white House for a group of the brightest minds in the nation at that time. He made this statement: "This is perhaps the assembly of the most intelligence ever to gather at one time in the White House with the exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone."
When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall become as corrupt as Europe. Thomas Jefferson
The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not. Thomas Jefferson
It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars of the world. Thomas Jefferson
I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them. Thomas Jefferson
My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government. Thomas Jefferson
No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms. Thomas Jefferson
The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government. Thomas Jefferson
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. Thomas Jefferson
To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical. Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson said in 1802: I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around the banks will deprive the people of all property - until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered.
Portrait of Thomas Jefferson by Rembrandt Peale
Image from internet via Google: http://www.glenninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Thomas-Jefferson.jpg
Text from: http://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/forum.cgi?read=193067
RSA Animate - The Empathic Civilisation, lecture by Jeremy Rifkin
Jeremy Rifkin (born 26 Jan 1945 Denver, Colorado), founder and president of the Foundation On Economic Trends, is an American economist, writer, public speaker, political advisor and activist. Rifkin's work explores the impact of scientific and technological changes on the economy, the workforce, society, and the environment.
From: Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Rifkin#Biography
PamplamooseMusic - La Vie En Rose LA VIE EN ROSE (French Lyrics by Édith Piaf)
Des yeux qui font baisser les miens,
Un rire qui se perd sur sa bouche—
Voilà le portrait sans retouche
De l’homme auquel j’appartiens.
Quand il me prend dans ses bras,
Il me parle tout bas,
Je vois la vie en rose.
Il me dit des mots d’amour,
Des mots de tous les jours,
Et ça me fait quelque chose.
Il est entré dans mon cœur,
Une part de bonheur
Dont je connais la cause.
C’est lui pour moi,
Moi pour lui dans la vie,
Il me l’a dit, l’a juré pour la vie.
Et dès que je l’aperçois,
Alors je sens en moi
Mon cœur qui bat.
Des nuits d’amour à plus finir,
Un grand bonheur qui prend sa place,
Les ennuis, les chagrins s’effacent,
Heureux, heureux à en mourir.
Quand il me prend dans ses bras,
Il me parle tout bas,
Je vois la vie en rose.
Il me dit des mots d’amour,
Des mots de tous les jours,
Et ça me fait quelque chose.
Il est entré dans mon cœur,
Une part de bonheur
Dont je connais la cause.
C’est lui pour moi,
Moi pour lui dans la vie,
Il me l’a dit, l’a juré pour la vie.
Et dès que je l’aperçois,
Alors je sens en moi
Mon cœur qui bat.
LA VIE EN ROSE (English translation)
Eyes that gaze into mine,
A smile that is lost on his lips—
That is the unretouched portrait
Of the man to whom I belong.
When he takes me in his arms
And speaks softly to me,
I see life in rosy hues.
He tells me words of love,
Words of every day,
And in them I become something.
He has entered my heart,
A part of happiness
Whereof I understand the reason.
It’s he for me and
I for him, throughout life,
He has told me, he has sworn to me, for life.
And from the things that I sense,
Now I can feel within me
My heart that beats.
In endless nights of love,
A great delight that comes about,
The pains and bothers are banished,
Happy, happy to die of love.
When he takes me in his arms
And speaks softly to me,
I see life in rosy hues.
He tells me words of love,
Words of every day,
And in them I become something.
He has entered my heart,
A part of happiness
Whereof I understand the reason.
It’s he for me and
I for him, throughout life,
He has told me, he has sworn to me, for life.
And from the things that I sense,
Now I can feel within me
My heart that beats.
Translation by Thomas Keyes - April 8, 2005
from: http://www.useless-knowledge.com/1234/06apr/article064.html
Grégory Lemarchal - SOS D'Un Terrien En Détresse / SOS from a Land In Distress
pourquoi je vis, pourquoi, je meurs?
pourquoi je ris, pourquoi je pleure?
voici le S.O.S
d'un terrien en détresse
j'ai jamais eu les pieds sur terre
j'aimerais mieux être un oiseau
j'suis mal dans ma peau
j'voudrais mieux voir le monde à l'envers
si c'étaix plus beau vu d'en haut
d'en haut
j'ai toujours confondu la vie
avec les bandes dessinées
j'ai comme des envies de métamorphoses
je sens quelque chose
qui m'attire
qui m'attire
qui m'attire vers le haut
au grand loto de l'univers
j'ai pas tiré l'bon numéro
j'suis mal dans ma peau
j'ai pas envie d'être un robot
métro - boulot - dodo
pourquoi je vis, pourquoi je meurs?
pourquoi je crie pourquoi je pleure?
je crois capter des ondes
venues d'un autre monde
j'ai jamis eu les pieds sur terre
j'aim'rais mieux être un oiseau
j'suis mal dans ma peau
j'voudrais mieux voir le monde à l'envers
j'aim'rais mieux être un oiseau
dod l'enfant do
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traduction en anglais / translation from French
of "SOS from a Land In Distress" by Grégory Lemarchal
why do I live, why, I die?
why do I laugh, why I cry?
here is the S.O.S
from a land in distress
I never had feet on the ground
I would like better to be a bird
I'm wrong in my skin
I like better to see the world upside down
It is best seen from above
from above
I always confused life
with the comics
I have desires for a metamorphosis
I feel something
that attracts
that attracts
attracts me to up high
In the great lottery of the universe
I have not drawn a good number
I'm wrong in my skin
I do not want to be a robot
Metro - work - sleep
why do I live, why, I die?
why do I laugh, why I cry?
I believe it's to catch waves
come from another world
I never had feet on the earth
I would rather be a bird
I'm wrong in my skin
I would like better to see the world upside down
I would rather be a bird
sleep little child sleep
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Almost everyone in the French speaking world knows the remarkable story of Grégory Lemarchal, who captured every heart with his angelic voice and gentle spirit and then tragically died after reaching an early pinnacle of success.
He died at 24 in 2007 of cystic fibrosis, a hereditary disease which affects the lungs and other organs. He sold over 1 million albums and won the very popular, French "Star Academy." This was a televised, months-long, live-in talent competition / reality show in 2004. With his illness, it was said he sometimes collapsed back-stage, needing oxygen and medical treatment. Yet on stage, he sang like an angel with incredible range and feeling. The audience was unaware of his physical struggles.
How was he able to sing with such force and majesty when he had such trouble breathing and living? He died awaiting a lung transplant. I believe he was a living miracle.
In this photo & video melange, he is singing his near final performance for the Star Academy before being chosen by the judges and by over 80% of the votes of the French-speaking, world-wide television audience. The words of the song seem to describe his life - never really having his feet on the earth, being attracted to up high, having been given an unlucky lottery ticket by the Universe, and finally singing: sleep little child, sleep (like a premonition of his early demise).
With beautiful images of rainbows and nature, he seems to be an angel seeing the world as he described in the song: from a birds view, from way up high where he was pulled to be, for the purpose of catching waves from another world.
Thank you so very much, Gregory. You were such an inspiration, seemingly a real angel that came to earth for too short a time to remind us all what life truly means. Good bye, dear friend to humanity, and thank you once more for all you gave.
Traduction française (avec aide de Google):
Presque tout le monde dans la monde française connaît l'histoire remarquable de Grégory Lemarchal, qui a capturé tous les cœurs avec sa voix angélique et l'esprit doux, puis est mort tragiquement après avoir atteint un sommet au début du succès.
Il mourut à 24 en 2007 de la fibrose kystique, une maladie héréditaire qui affecte les poumons et autres organes. Il s'est vendu plus de 1 million d'albums et a gagné le « Star Academy ». C'était une très populaire concurrence de talent, durer des mois-longues, inclusion logées et nourries télé réalité en 2004. Avec sa maladie, il a été dit parfois il s'est effondré en arrière-scène, ont besoin d'oxygène et un traitement médical. Pourtant, sur scène, il chante comme un ange avec la gamme et le sentiment incroyable. L'audience était ignorante de ses luttes physiques.
Comment allait-il capable chanter avec une telle force et la majesté quand il a eu un tel ennui respirer et vivre ? Il est mort en attendant une greffe de poumon. Je crois qu'il était un miracle vivant.
Dans cette photo et vidéo mélange, il chante sa performance pour le finale de la Star Academy avant d'être choisi par tous les juges et par plus de 80% des voix des francophone mondiale de audience télé. Les paroles de la chanson semble décrire sa vie - ne jamais avoir vraiment les pieds sur la terre, étant attirés vers le haut, ayant eu la malchance de billets de loterie par l'Univers, et enfin la chanson: des enfants allez dormir (comme une prémonition de sa mort tôt).
Avec des belles images des arcs-en-ciel et de la nature, il semble être un ange qui voit le monde comme il le décrit dans la chanson: à partir d'un point de vue des oiseaux, de tout en haut où il a été tiré à être, dans le but de attraper les ondes d'un autre monde.
Merci beaucoup, Gregory. Vous avez été une source d'inspiration, un ange qui semble réel qui est venu sur terre pour un temps trop court pour nous rappeler à tous ce que la vie signifie vraiment. Adieu, cher ami à l'humanité, et merci encore pour tout ce que vous a donné.
Video: from www.youtube.com
Photos: from 64 extraordinary artists found by Google and Bing searches for "rainbow" / de 64 artistes extraordinaires ont trouvé par des recherches de Google et Bing pour « rainbow »
Photo Video Mélange: by / par Loveson G. Flower
Tools / Outils : Apple iMac, iPhoto, iTunes & Quicktime Pro, and iSquint.
ON AGING, ENJOY THE RIDE. THERE IS NO RETURN TICKET
by Larry Miller
Do you realize that the only time in our lives when we like to get old is when we're kids? If you're less than 10 years old, you're so excited about aging that you think in fractions.
'How old are you?' 'I'm four and a half!' You're never thirty-six and a half. You're four and a half, going on five! That's the key..
You get into your teens, now they can't hold you back. You jump to the next number, or even a few ahead.
'How old are you?' 'I'm gonna be 16!' You could be 13, but hey, you're gonna be 16! And then the greatest day of your life ! You become 21. Even the words sound like a ceremony.YOU BECOME 21. YESSSS!!!
But then you turn 30. Oooohh, what happened there? Makes you sound like bad milk! He TURNED; we had to throw him out. There's no fun now, you're Just a sour-dumpling.. What's wrong? What's changed?
You BECOME 21, you TURN 30, then you're PUSHING 40. Whoa! Put on the brakes, it's all slipping away. Before you know it, you REACH 50 and your dreams are gone...
But! wait!! ! You MAKE it to 60. You didn't think you would!
So you BECOME 21, TURN 30, PUSH 40, REACH 50 and make it to 60.
You've built up so much speed that you HIT 70! After that it's a day-by-day thing; you HIT Wednesday!
You get into your 80's and every day is a complete cycle; you HIT lunch; you TURN 4:30; you REACH bedtime. And it doesn't end there. Into the 90s, you start going backwards; 'I Was JUST 92.'
Then a strange thing happens. If you make it over 100, you become a little kid again. 'I'm 100 and a half!' May you all make it to a healthy 100 and a half!!
HOW TO STAY YOUNG
1. Throw out nonessential numbers. This includes age, weight and height. Let the doctors worry about them. That is why you pay them.
2. Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down.
3.Keep learning. Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening, whatever, even ham radio.. Never let the brain idle.. 'An idle mind is the devil's workshop.' And the devil's family name is Alzheimer's.
4. Enjoy the simple things.
5. Laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath.
6.... The tears happen. Endure, grieve, and move on. The only person, who is with us our entire life, is ourselves. Be ALIVE while you are alive.
7. Surround yourself with what you love , whether it's family, pets, keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies, whatever.Your home is your refuge.
8. Cherish your health: If it is good, preserve it. If it is unstable, improve it.. If it is beyond what you can improve, get help.
9. Don't take guilt trips.. Take a trip to the mall, even to the next county; to a foreign country but NOT to where the guilt is.
10. Tell the people you love that you love them, at every opportunity..
AND ALWAYS REMEMBER:
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.
Stanford Professor Philip Zimbardo conveys how our individual perspectives of time affect our work, health and well-being. Time influences who we are as a person, how we view relationships and how we act in the world.
Dalida "Pour Ne Pas Vivre Seul" Lyriques
(French - see English Lyrics translation below) :
Pour ne pas vivre seul
On vit avec un chien
On vie avec des roses
Ou avec une croix
Pour ne pas vivre seul
On s'fait du cinéma
On aime un souvenir
Une ombre, n'importe quoi
Pour ne pas vivre seul
On vit pour le printemps
Et quand le printemps meurt
Pour le prochain printemps
Pour ne pas vivre seul
Je t'aime et je t'attends
Pour avoir l'illusion
De ne pas vivre seul,
De ne pas vivre seul
Pour ne pas vivre seul
Des filles aiment des filles
Et l'on voit des garçons
Épouser des garçons
Pour ne pas vivre seul
D'autres font des enfants
Des enfants qui sont seuls
Comme tous les enfants
Pour ne pas vivre seul
On fait des cathédrales
Où tous ceux qui sont seuls
S'accrochent à une étoile
Pour ne pas vivre seul
Je t'aime et je t'attends
Pour avoir l'illusion
De ne pas vivre seul
Pour ne pas vivre seul
On se fait des amis
Et on les réunit
Quand vient les soirs d'ennui
On vit pour son argent,
Ses rêves, ses palaces
Mais on a jamais fait
Un cercueil à deux places
Pour ne pas vivre seul
Moi je vis avec toi
Je suis seule avec toi
Tu es seul avec moi
Pour ne pas vivre seul
On vit comme ceux qui veulent
Se donner l'illusion
De ne pas vivre seul
Dalida - English translation / Traduction anglais de "For Not to Live Alone"
For to not to live alone
One lives with a dog
One lives with roses
Or with a cross
For to not to live alone
One makes the cinema
One loves a memory
A shadow, anything
For to not to live alone
One lives for the Springtime
And when the Springtime dies
For the next Springtime
For to not to live alone
I love you and I wait for you
To have the illusion
Of to not to live alone,
Of to not to live alone
For to not to live alone
The girls love the girls
And one sees the boys
Marrying the boys
For to not to live alone
Some others make children
Of children who are alone
Like all the children
For to not to live alone
One makes cathedrals
Where all those which are alone
Hang on to a star
To not to live alone
I love you and I wait for you
To have the illusion
Of to not to live alone
For to not to live alone
One then makes some friends
And they come together
When comes the troubled nights
One lives for his money,
His dreams, his palaces
But what was never made
A coffin with two places
For to not to live alone
Me I live with you
I am alone with you
You are alone with me
To not to live alone
One saw what he wants
To give the illusion
Of to not to live alone
Wikipedia: "Dalida (17 January 1933 - 3 May 1987) was an Italian Egyptian singer and actress, naturalized French. Dalida was born and raised in Egypt, but she lived most of her adult life in France. She received 55 gold records and was the first singer to receive a diamond disc...
Dalida performed and recorded in more than 10 languages including: French, Italian, Arabic, German, Spanish, English, Dutch, Japanese, Hebrew, and Greek. She collected 19 number one hit singles to her name in four languages (French, Italian, German, and Arabic) and has a long list of top 10, and top 20 hits in French, Italian, German, Spanish and Arabic, and accumulated myriad top selling singles and albums largely, in France, Italy, Germany, Belgium, Spain, The Netherlands, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Austria, Greece, Canada (Quebec), Russia, Japan, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, and Egypt, spanning over forty years... (with) Worldwide sales... over 130 million...
Personal life - Despite enormous career success, Dalidas private life was marred by a series of failed relationships and personal problems. Her first husband, Lucien Morisse, committed suicide several years after her divorce. Two of her lovers, Luigi Tenco and Richard Chanfray also took their own lives.
Death and Legacy - On May 3, 1987 Dalida died as a result of an overdose of barbiturates, leaving a suicide note reading "Life has become unbearable ... Forgive me." Dalida was buried in the Cimetière de Montmartre, Paris, and a life-size statue of the singer stands outside her tomb.
Since her death, Dalida has become a cult figure to a new generation of fans. In 1988, The Encyclopedia Universalis commissioned a poll which was eventually published in daily newspaper Le Monde, the aim of which was to reveal personalities that had the greatest impact on French society. Dalida polled second, behind Général de Gaulle"
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Music / Musique: Dalida - Pour Ne Pas Vivre Seul
Soundtrack from 15 ans déjà... Dalida l'original (2002)
Label: Barclay
Video: from GamilElSoura http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ro7R3k...
Animation: Electric Sheep animations from www.electricsheep.org along with FadeText lyrics
Tools / Outils : Apple iMac, Apple's iTunes & Quicktime Pro, Fade Text OSX 10.5 Screensaver, iSquint and Snappy Pro.
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Philadelphia Lyrics:
I was bruised and battered and I couldn't tell
What I felt I was unrecognizable to myself
I saw my reflection in a window
I didn't know my own face
Oh brother are you gonna leave me
Wastin´ away
On the streets of Philadelphia
I walked the avenue 'till my legs felt like stone
I heard the voices of friends vanished and gone
At night I could hear the blood in my veins
Black and whispering as the rain
On the streets of Philadelphia
Ain't no angel gonna greet me
It's just you and I, my friend
My clothes don't fit me no more
I walked a thousand miles
Just to slip the skin
The night has fallen, I'm lyin’ awake
I can feel myself fading away
So receive me brother with your faithless kiss
Or will we leave each other alone like this
On the streets of Philadelphia
From wikipedia/Bruce_Springsteen: "Springsteen ... won an Academy Award in 1994 for his song "Streets of Philadelphia", which appeared on the soundtrack to the film Philadelphia. The song, along with the film, was applauded by many for its sympathetic portrayal of a gay man dying of AIDS"
Music: Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Philadelphia
Soundtrack from Philadelphia (1993)
Label: Sony
Animation: Magnetoshpere iTunes Visualizer blended with Electric Sheep animations from electricsheep dot org along with FlipText Screensaver lyrics
Tools: Apple iMac, Apple's iTunes and Quicktime Pro, FlipText OSX 10.5 Screensaver, iSquint and Snappy Pro.
Traduction Anglais-Français fait automatiquement avec aide des outils linguistic de Google. Pour voir la traduction plus grande, cliquez sur le page blanc.
Translation English-French automatically made with help from linguistic tools of Google. To see the translation larger, click on the white page.
