Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Shampooo Flower salopette

OUTFITS…..  Shampooo Flower salopette

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Sylph/6/224/22

Cardigan….. *COCO*_Cardigan(Lace)

http://slurl.com/secondlife/COCO%20DESIGNS/85/117/521

HAIR….. >TRUTH< Melinda

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Truth%20Hair/113/70/66

accessories …… ::BRILLANTE:: - Music Symbols

http://slurl.com/secondlife/adorable/98/233/22

SHOES…. *COCO*_LoaferMules

http://slurl.com/secondlife/COCO%20DESIGNS/85/117/521

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Sunday, March 21, 2010

get involved: Pink Elephant Collective

We are the change we want to see in the world, right? Of course, there is no question.

As an artivist, it definitely gets overwhelming when there are sooooo many causes that are equally important to you. Some require more energy now, while others are a process. But sometimes, you just gotta get out there and give the people what they need. Fuck what they want. America needs truth and not the watered down version. We live in a police state and it feels as if it is the norm. Among a million other wrongs.

An amazing artivist here in Atlanta, Camron Wiltshire, has exposed me to a lot of truths that I would have not known and he just keeps bringing the knowledge for the world. Along with many artists like Afua Richardson and Corinne Stevie, Camron organized a mural in Little 5 Points to bring attention to a topic that has been covered up for nearly a decade. It’s really sad how people can get away with such vicious acts of inhumanity and murder and not be held responsible.

But this agenda isn’t new. Pay attention in history class. All of the evidence is there for you to be the judge. We have to demand that this atrocity be brought to justice. Now, it’s up to you.

WeAreTheChangeAtlanta.Org

[Check out my cameo @ 3:22 !]

Go further. Click below.

Pink Elephant Collective

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Saturday, March 20, 2010

Things to keep in mind studying the Scriptures

I just wanted to touch on something this Shabbat.  A few things that will help people in their study of the Hebrew Scriptures, and things to always keep in mind.

#1  The Scriptures were not penned in English.  Now I know your pastor might say “Well if the KJV was good enough for Moses it is good enough for me…”  Meaning is lost via translation and often times bias is added.

#2  Purchase some good concordances at your local bookstore.   They are invaluable when reading Paul’s letters.  You can clear up many seemingly contradictions with good Concordance or Lexicon.

#3  The KJV is not infallible.  It is for the most part an ok translation of the Scriptures, but I repeat it is not infallible, and quite frankly has some very biased translations in it according to church DOGMA, especially in Paul’s letters.   If you are under the delusion of the KJV only crazies you will most likely live in spiritual stupidity your entire life.

#4  There was no punctuation marks in Greek.  See my article on “So you disobey the Creator because of a comma?”

#5  Understand that Chapters and verses were ADDED TO THE SCRIPTURES!  I cannot stress to you how important understand this is!  Let me repeat this, verses were added to the scriptures by a priest riding on a horse going through France!  Verses were never meant to be doctrine!  Many times entire thoughts are cut off with verses and even worse so with Chapters.

#6  Check your Bible to see what words in Italics, parenthesis, brackets are.  Many times these words do not even occur in the Greek Text.  They were added by translators.  Sometimes they help with the translation but other times they totally change the meaning of what is being said.  I STRONGLY RECOMMEND ANYTIME YOU SEE A WORD IN ITALICS IN THE KJV OF THE BIBLE THAT YOU GO BACK AND READ THE ENTIRE THING WITHOUT THE WORD IN ITALICS!

#7 When you read something in your English version of the Bible that seems to go against what the Creator teaches and what Messiah Yahushua teaches……OBEY THE CREATOR AND OBEY THE MESSIAH!  Then grab a concordance and do some research!  You will most likely find very biased translations that make that contradiction!

#8  The Scriptures were not written in 2010 America by western Gentiles that were christians!  I cannot stress enough on this point!  The scriptures were written by Hebrews from thousands of years ago, that looked at the world in a totally different way then the majority of the planet!  If you do not look at the scriptures from a Hebraic point of view, you will come up with some wacky ideas!  This is one reason we have so many denominations and cults!  Just because you have a cell phone does not mean the Apostle Shaul did!

#9  I recommend having 3-4 or more versions!  Do not fall into the trap of 1 version only!  I also recommend a Bible that will show you when certain passages in the Bible are questionable!  Yes my friends there is doubt to whether some things should actually occur or not! Use your brain!  DO NOT FALL INTO IGNORANT ARGUMENTS LIKE “O MAN THIS BIBLE HAS 1,000 DIFFERENCES FROM THE KING JAMES BIBLE!”  WHO CARES IF IT IS DIFFERENT FROM THE KJV COMPARE IT TO THE GREEK!

#10 LEARN AND UNDERSTAND THE RELIGIOUS FIGHT BETWEEN THE MESSIAH AND THE PHARISEES!  YOU WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND THE NEW TESTAMENT UNTIL YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS GOING ON AND WHY THEY HATED THE MESSIAH DO BAD!

#11 Learn about the Culture and times of the people in the Scriptures!


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Thursday, March 18, 2010

Why can't they mind their own business?

Our inside joke,
ain’t so private anymore,
what is wrong with them?!
Your exs, my exs,
(I’m guessing-who else could they be)
Didn’t you see it,
Hating on you,
Hating on me,
They don’t want us to be happy,
Why can’t they mind their own biz,
Saying bad things about you to me,
Saying the same to me about you,
Can’t we talk somewhere the haters can’t reach…

How did we last even this long with so much opposition?
Don’t tell me you’ve been listening to them,
If you don’t trust me yet…why would you want to spend your life with me?

[Via http://thewhitebuffalowoman.wordpress.com]

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Day 20 - Making lemonade on Match.com

You really have to appreciate that there is never a dull moment on Match.com. The online meat market is the perfect place for you to fly your freak flag with reckless abandon. But it is also an excellent place to meet people if you open your heart and your mind to the possibilities.

No, I did not meet my future husband on Match.com. But without my experiences (the good, the bad, the ugly) I never would have met 2 very incredible women who I am blessed to count among my dearest friends! And isn’t that a happy ending, indeed!

So much has happened in the last month or so. As I compose this blog entry, I am perched on a lounger, 16 floors up, with a full view of Waikiki beach from my hotel balcony. It is a little after 8am and the sun is ascending high above the craggy incline of Diamond Head and the valley below, the delivery trucks are beeping down the alleys to replenish supplies across the city, and I can see and hear a man playing ukulele and singing soothing Hawaiian songs while a hula girl sways across the pool deck at the hotel next door.

My roommate from Los Angeles is still sleeping on the other side of the tinted glass partition, and in the bed next to her is the sassy stylist I met on Match.com last month. Life is good!

I may not be ready to find the love of my life on Match.com, but good friends are hard to come by, and I thank Match.com for bringing a few incredible women into my life. These are the kind of ladies I hope to one day see at my wedding, flanking me supportively in their taffeta gowns and updos so crisp from hair product that they pose a fire hazard that would make Smoky the Bear blush. I kid, I kid. Taffeta and Aqua Net are instruments of the devil… just look at what they did to the 80’s.

But in all sobriety, I think I have learned an important and surprising lesson about Match.com’s role in social networking:

Sometimes you don’t really need a good man. Sometimes you just need a few good women.

[Via http://littlemisslemon.wordpress.com]

Sunday, March 14, 2010

Dirteh

Heyya friends…my sis Rosee Kohime and me are going to show our today’s style!She’s sweet and SHOPAHLIC! Here pics and stylecards:

Me wearing:

Skin: .:Hermony:. Kriz ST3 – Chinstrap

Hair: “FA”Army-LB011/short[black/brown]

shirt: (part of) ::[ Mr.Poet ]::Off shoulder shirt White

pants:  AMERIE M – Loose pants_Khaki

shoes: [ h ] Military Boots – Loose – Brown

Keychan: [CALYPSO GIANO] ~Pepper~ Keychain iphone male

Nails: Mstyle Perfect Male Nails – B&W+

Rosee wearing:

Skin: : curio:acorn-cupid-lovelorn

hair: >TRUTH< Sydney – black& whites

Shirt: -SU!- onik tank blue

Skirt: *linc*low rise mini jeans skirt black grey stripes

Boots: [stellar] Kemai boots- Charcoal

Socks: canimal – socks  vertical stripes – blue

Nails: *Linc* finger tapes w/nails

Piercing: AddiCt-Doulbe Marilyn Piercing

Necklace: *::UM::* color change_ Necklace

[Via http://youstylesl.wordpress.com]

Saturday, March 13, 2010

Love Actually

I wasn’t going to post tonight but have since been provoked: Ryker Beck very kindly dropped some preview skins from her new Stephanie line on me. I couldn’t justify logging off for the night without having tried them on, and I must admit it was love at first sight.

Stephanie comes in four rich tones with various options for cleavage, freckles and dark or light brows. Watler is my favourite shade but in truth I liked the colouring on each, rich and smooth without exception.

The detail is excellent, with realistic naughty bits and subtle definition all over. Stephanie’s body isn’t overly toned; the stomach especially is softly done which I rather liked as something different. Having said this, everything is as it should be, with emphasis on the necessary – I’m a huge fan of Stephanie’s derrière, and the cleavage option offers an immediate improvement in the performance of your virtual underwear that is pretty unmissable.

Stephanie will be officially launched tomorrow, March 13 at 12pm SLT with a party where you’ll have chances to win one of five ‘Build Your Own Fatpack’ cards (with a L$5,000 value, they’re not to be sniffed at) as well as getting your mitts on the new Sienna fishing hole makeup which is a special for St Patrick’s Day.

Since I was in the process of winding down for the evening, I must admit my outfit is a little lacking by way of coverage, but certainly not in any other area. Truth released this gorgeous halter neck a few days ago; it’s simple but well done, two-tone with a seamed divide beneath the bust and stitched detail hemming the edges. The top features lovely stretch lines all around the torso, giving detail up close and from afar.

The knickers are part of the Cecile set from Insolence. Camilla Yosuke’s lingerie is always delightful, and Cecile is no exception; the sheer tulle is embroidered with florals, fringed in flicks of lace and running to a thong at the back. These are undeniably sexy, a must have whether you intend to spoil yourself or someone else with the view.

Stripy socks came from the quirky Narwhal store; the seams don’t quite match up but I forgive them this small flaw for the gorgeous colouring and rumpled texture that prevents them from feeling flat.

Finally the hair from Truth is the Veruca style, a cute twisted ponytail drawn forward over the shoulder. The colour change clips hold down the fringe to either side, loose tufts of hair flying to the back for a suitable untidy finish.

Outfit:
Tank: Truth, Halter Tank – Grey
Knickers: Insolence, Cecile Panties – Black (part of a set)
Socks: Narwhal, Purpul

Body:
Hair: Truth, Veruca – Mocha
Eyes: PixelDolls, Avatar Natural – Chocolate
Eyelashes: Symphony Skins, Sculpted Lashes
Skin: Exodi, Stephanie Watler – 5 (Dk/C)
Poses: Diesel Works, Shake 5
LAP, DG – Tart
Glitterati, Headshot 3

Chair: Gos, Queen Anne Chair – Black

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Thursday, March 11, 2010

Worshiping the Creature Over the Creator

I have very little knowledge when it comes to anything political but I do know the difference between right and wrong. Unfortunately it would seem that in todays day and age the concept of what is right and wrong somehow got twisted and turned upside down. It reminds me of the verse Isaiah 5:20

“Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!”

I was having lunch in my car the other day when I heard on the radio something about Obama wanting to ban sport fishing. What is happening to us? Are you serious? This is so crazy. I guess there was an article by Robert Montgomery for ESPN, opening line reads as follows:

“The Obama administration has ended public input for a federal strategy that could prohibit U.S. citizens from fishing some of the nation’s oceans, coastal areas, Great Lakes, and even inland waters.”

For the full article click here : Culled Out

Just another example of Romans 1:25

“because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.”

Now I’ve read other blogs and articles refuting the claims of Montgomery and I know politics is politics, there is propaganda on both sides. It’s sometimes hard to know what is true and what isn’t. I don’t know if Obama is trying to ban sports fishing. I do know that crazy enviro nuts would love to see it go along with hunting and just about everything else that requires the use of animals for the benefit of man. These are people who put the lives of animals above the lives of human beings.

Am I upset over this news? I love fishing and hunting but to be honest I am not to worried about it, because I know everything is leading to one end, The Great and Terrible Day of the Lord. Everything I read and hear about just leads me to believe that the Lord will return in my lifetime, that is exciting. These are certainly interesting times we live in.

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Tuesday, March 9, 2010

What to Seek First

RAINING TRUTH WATERING THE GARDEN
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Watering the Garden 23
WHAT TO SEEK FIRST

Scripture:
And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind. For all these do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things. But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you. (Luke 12:29-31)
Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? Behold the fowls of the air; for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns: yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? Which of you by taking thought (troubled by cares) can add one cubit unto his stature? (time of life) And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin? And yet I say unto you, that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? Therefore take no thought saying, what shall we eat? Or, what shall we drink? Or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. (Matthew 6:25-32)

Jesus said our first priority is to seek truth and everything else will fall into place. We are not to worry so much about food and what we have to wear. His promise is that if we seek his kingdom he will take care of our daily needs. Along with the Psalmist may this be your desire. “When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.” (Psalms 27:8)

WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED?
Our first priority should be to seek the kingdom of God and he will take care of our daily needs.

Our Father appreciates the fact that you are trying. May God’s blessing be upon this
study of His word, Amen.
Susan

[Via http://rainingtruth.wordpress.com]

Sunday, March 7, 2010

So now Wolfscratch’s thousands of posts have also disappeared from the Tallahassee Democrat Cheryl Dunlap forum.

Don’t take my word for it. Go. Look.

I realize the Democrat is in control of that forum and has the right to kick off anyone they like.

But they have kicked EVERYONE off that forum. The only posters left are three people, and at least two of them are the same person! And they’re all the ones who don’t really want to talk about Cheryl, or even Hilton. Constantly changing the subject to other cases in other states, that have nothing to do with Cheryl Dunlap or her killer.

Sound like the public defender’s office working overtime? Sure does to me.

How is that legal? First they stifle information by keeping this case completely sealed for THREE YEARS now. Now they’re stifling public discussion on an online newspaper forum which is SUPPOSED TO be accessible to the PUBLIC.

Does this bother you? I know it bothers me, wolf, daffy and fungshway. Those are their handles and they keep their identities out of it. Smart. I put myself out there and now I feel exposed. We’re talking serial killers and associates her, and people who are in collusion with a serial killer. Which is why I learned karate, with a big ol’ shotgun in case kicks to the balls and gouging the eyes doesn’t work.

Obfuscate all you want, you crappy public officials. The truth and the lies will out. You can’t keep a bell jar on it forever.

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Learning to Fly

I’ve been through a lot in my lifetime.  To be honest with you, I never really felt loved by my parents.  My mother pretty much abandoned me for the other men in her life.  My father abandoned me for drugs.  Everyone in my family, and I do mean everyone, has tendencies to backstab and gossip about everyone else.  Therefore, I’ve never really trusted anyone in my family.  My brother.  I trust him.  That’s about it.  I even fabricated a lie about my Grandfather.  That lie has been following me for nearly five years now.  While he was a good man, he was not what I make him out to be.  I like to say that he was the only father I ever had (which I suppose is true to a degree).  I like to say that he and I were close, talking about life, love, happiness.  I like to say he gave me good advice and that I seeked him out for it every chance that I got.  But none of that is really true.  Yes, he was a good man, but no, I did not have the type of relationship that I portray to some people.  To be honest, I’ve never had a man in my life that I could trust completely.  And I blame it on the lack of a father in my young home.  And yes, it has effected every relationship that I have ever been in.  Every man in my past hurt me.  OR did I only hurt myself???  I think that I just made bad choices.  I went for the “bad guy”, I went for the “older guy”, I went for the “guy that I had nothing in common with”, I went for the “control freak” guy.   My life with these men consisted of Drinking, drugging, cheating, lying, controlling, abusing.  By the time I turned 34 I KNEW that I would never find true happiness with someone.  Yet, I was still determined to try.

Finally, I found happiness.   At 35, just 5 months before my 36th birthday.  I found it when I wasn’t even looking for it.  During that time,  all I was concerned with was a divorce from my husband and a life of my own.  A fresh start.  I did get the fresh start, but I wasn’t alone for it.   I found a wonderful person.  I found a friend and a lover.  I found someone that I could be relaxed around.  Someone that made me laugh.  Someone that wanted to spend time with me.  Someone that believed in family and being true to ones self.  Yet, five years later, I find myself confusing paranoia for intuition.  Those old “demons” from my past just won’t let me be.  How do I decipher these feelings? ?  Yeah, I’m not as bad off as I used to be but I still have my days and I hate it.  I truly do.    Instead of taking that giant leap of faith and just “going for it”…… I suit up in my armor and protect myself from my fears.  I get this mentality that says….Up yours!  I’m going to hurt YOU before you will ever hurt ME!  Yes, I remember the PAIN.  I want to forget it, but it’s always there….simmering in my subconscious.  Just when I feel free of it…….it rears its ugly head.

I think that pain has a way of clipping our wings and keeping us from being able to fly.

I want to fly.  My wings are ready.  So, so ready.

[Via http://lilmisslynn.wordpress.com]

Friday, March 5, 2010

Ouspensky on the meaning of life

Though this is a Buddhist-oriented site, I’m always open to genuine insight and love wherever it appears, and I certainly don’t think that the grandeur and richness of life can be encompassed by any view we might hold—Buddhist, Hindu, Christian, Jewish, atheist, agnostic, scientific, or whatever.

Recently I’ve been enjoying getting to know Peter D. Ouspensky, a Russian mathematician and philosopher who espoused many of the ideas and practices of George Gurdjieff, a Greek-Armenian mystic and spiritual teacher.

Here’s a short passage from Ouspensky on the meaning of life, which I found insightful:

P. D. Ouspensky

“Some say that the meaning of life is in service, in the surrender of self, in self-sacrifice, in the sacrifice of everything, even life itself. Others declare that the meaning of life is in the delight of it, relieved against ‘the expectation of the final horror of death.’

Some say that the meaning of life is in perfection, and the creation of a better future beyond the grave, or in future life for ourselves. Others say that the meaning of life is in the approach to non-existence; still others, that the meaning of life is in the perfection of the race, in the organization of life on earth; while there are those who deny the possibility of even attempting to know its meaning.

“The fault of all these explanations consists in the fact that they all attempt to discover the meaning of life outside of itself, either in the nature of humanity, or in some problematical existence beyond the grave, or again in the evolution of the Ego throughout many successive incarnations—always in something outside of the present life of man.

But if instead of thus speculating about it, men would simply look within themselves, then they would see that in reality the meaning of life is not after all so obscure. It consists in knowledge.”

Of course, Ouspensky had his views about how to “look within” and just what “knowledge”—self-knowledge—would be. I think his ideas about “self-study” are brilliant and readily applicable by anyone, anytime, anywhere.

What he says echoes that great aphorism of Ancient Greece: Know Thyself! That great truth echoes in the lives and words of all of mankind’s great spiritual teachers from Buddha to Ramana Maharishi to J. Krishnamurti, to mention just a few. Knowing ourselves is at once the simplest and the hardest thing to do.

No matter how much guidance and inspiration we get from spiritual teachers, masters, gurus, or saints, we finally have to roll up our sleeves and do the work ourselves. We finally have to see for ourselves what the truth is.

In the end, this doesn’t mean “one truth for me, and another for you.” Rather, every genuine insight into truth is an awakening to what is. If we believe something to be true that is at odds with what really is, experience will sooner or later reveal the error. Untruth always leads to suffering, but even the suffering of our false beliefs and views can become occasions for awakening to what is.

The more we are open to truth, to what is, the more confidence we get in our ability to see for ourselves what is true and what isn’t. We don’t have to look to outside authorities, but to our experiences, and to our hearts, and to our awakening minds. No wonder the Buddha said:

“Be ye lamps unto yourselves, be a refuge to yourselves. Hold fast to Truth as a lamp; hold fast to the truth as a refuge. Look not for a refuge in anyone beside yourselves.

And those, who shall be a lamp unto themselves, shall betake themselves to no external refuge, but holding fast to the Truth as their lamp, and holding fast to the Truth as their refuge, they shall reach the topmost height.”

♥♥♥

[Via http://mettarefuge.wordpress.com]

Thursday, March 4, 2010

Design of the Week - Mindreader

This week’s design is called Mindreader. It is a design that is brought about by a thought that I have had numerous times. What if?

What if someone put a computer chip behind your ear and it recorded everything you thought, saw, and did for a week. Then, after that week, those recordings were retrieved and posted on Youtube for your wife, kids, parents, and friends to see. Would you change anything that you’re doing? What if there were a bubble above your head that showed everyone else what you were thinking at that very moment? When you looked at that woman/man with lust, everyone else knew it. When you were lying to your spouse, they would instantly know. Any time you did something that you know is wrong, everyone else around you would know it clearly. Your thoughts would have lasting effects wouldn’t they?

Now think about this: While your wife, your kids, your boss, your parents, or complete strangers may not have a clue what you’re thinking, God knows every thought that you’ve ever had. Not only that, those thoughts will affect where you spend eternity. While that may sound radical, it’s exactly what the Bible says. Jesus said in Matthew 5:27-28:

“You have heard that it was said, ‘YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY’; but I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

This isn’t an action. You aren’t physically committing the adultery. But you are looking with lust and thinking about a woman in a way that is not righteous. For the Lord Jesus, this is enough. It’s enough to be adultery and it’s enough to send someone to hell for eternity. The same goes for hatred. Jesus sees hatred as murder. You don’t have to physically commit the act for it to affect your eternal life.

What are your thoughts like? If others could see them, would they glorify God? Would they confirm that you are the type of person your claim to be or would they contradict your very words?

I am not a mindreader, but God is; and He can see your thoughts just like He can see mine. As the just Judge of all the universe, He is the One who determines where each of us will go when we die. Part of His judgment will be based on what you and I think…

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Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Frailties and strenghts

The wind is whining outside my window…it sound almost like a cry…

I have mentioned that before I go to sleep every night I say thanks for what the day has brought. Well, I think today, there has been a lot to be thankful for so I feel the urge to share this in writing, five hours before I need to wake up to a “new day”

Maybe the wind will have found its rest by then…

Wouldn’t you agree that we understand the importance of gratitude more when we encounter situations where life’s frailties become evident?

Like an earthquake? Or a message of an incurable disease?

I had both things affect two of my friends just recently. The Chilean cleaning lady at work who not only has become a dear friend but a role model and a source of inspiration, was suffering very bad today from the earthquake (800 times stronger than the one on Haiti!) that struck the area where her family lives.

In my limited Spanish I gave her my support and in my unlimited language of humanity, I gave her a hug as she cried.

She is the strongest woman I have met and she reminds me everyday that life for a major part of people in the world isn’t about the size of their new flat screen or how many “friends” they have on Facebook.

Life – for many, many people, is a constant struggle and hard labor.

Trabajo - she says – is all that matters. You work hard and save your dinero and support la familia. Every month she sends money to her nephew so that he can go to school, while she doesn’t even allow herself a vacation. She talks about the importance of being a good person, amable, like Helen, she says, and smiles. And when I get back from my vacation (which in my opinion is when I leave the supermarket for good to start creating a life’s work in line with my dreams, although she insists I come back) we will joke about me being tired in the morning, “otro día mas”, el cafecito, the time that flies by rapido and about when I will come and visit her family in Chile.

A home that may not even exist anymore. How sad is that?!

What words of comfort are there, in any language, to that?

The other thing that made me remember how frail our lives are and how quickly things can change is that one of my closest friend’s father was diagnosed with incurable cancer, which completely turned her world around and instead of going to Australia, sent her off on another journey – one she was not prepared to take, but one that leaves no other choice than to arm yourself with a lot of faith – and good friends!

Therefor, having tea with my best friends in their living room tonight was oh so meaningful.

My sad friend – who has always been my most happy friend – my two best friends – who are leaving for the Philippines in two days – and me – who is staying – trabajando, experiencing la vida and soon, while the wind weeps outside my window – dormiendo.

[Via http://inwardsun.wordpress.com]