med
that there would be plenty of opportunities to visit her and say the
things that needed to be said. TIME, it seemed, was elastic - I could
stretch it to accommodate my blinkered and, let’s not dodge it,
self-aggrandising behaviour. Sadly, I failed to hear what the poet
Andrew Marvell identified as - “time’s winged chariot hurrying near ”.
The upshot was distorted priorities. Illusions of urgent demands –
career, status, approval – were given immediate attention. By contrast,
precious, unrepeatable moments with loved ones were squandered.
Jeff Randall
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Added by Michael Grove at 10:01 on September 24, 2013
ss a problem, we become fixated on that problem: "The problem is now in the centre of the room. The broken things are in the centre of the room. Whatever is not working, or whatever is dysfunctional, is what’s taking up all the space. Then your interrogation of it, your consideration of it, or whatever you are, you’re reacting to the brokenness. So the brokenness is everything, right?Fundamentally for me, the reason why we don’t get things done the way that I think we could get things done – because there are enough amazing, miraculous, impossible, supernatural people on this planet who love this planet, and who operate from goodness and integrity and accountability – but we get so bogged down in staring into the abyss that we’ve lost our sight of heaven, our version of heaven."
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Added by Michael Grove at 13:42 on December 20, 2019
ll is no longer a fortress and Mecca is empty. Hugs & Kisses suddenly become weapons, and not visiting parents and friends becomes an act of LOVE. Suddenly you realise that power, beauty and mo are worthless and can’t get you the oxygen you’re fighting for. The world continues [IT]s LIFE and it [IS] BEAUTIFUL. [IT] only puts humans in cages. I think [IT]’s sending us a message “You are not necessary. The air, earth, water and sky without you are fine. When you come back, remember that you are my guests, NOT MY MASTERS.” WHAT [IS] IS and sure ain’t NO [IS]er !! …
G VALUES, RESPECT FOR GAIA and EVER AFTER THINKING
as espoused in ... A handbook for creating the world that we want !
What WE CAN BE - WE MUST BE
zaadzsters of THE planet UNITE
ALL hail ! to Jon Symes, Phil Turner and particularly Ron Monnier for creating this superb "centre-piece" image for the children.
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The problems we face are rooted in the way we LIVE and the way we THINK, so these are what must change. A new, higher level of thinking will usher in a new way of living, in which social justice and environmental sustainability are enshrined and where there is no concept of exploiting other people or damaging our home, Planet Earth.
WE need every ounce of our ingenuity, determination &resolve right now to build this future.
Your Planet Needs You - Introduction
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In the context of “two nations POTENTIALLY divided by the same language” …
LISTEN to “THE View” of these children … and having LISTENED to the children ...
LET US ALL BE PART of SOMETHING BETTER
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Zaadzsters_et_al@gaia UNITE …
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KreaShine! said
Patience is a virtue :)
Love IS action :)
I have the sail ready…
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We kan kreate a kickin' kosmic kidz klub of kindness…for ALL who care :)
INDEED WE kan
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yes, let's listen to the children…
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in bronze, and looking a little perplexed, was renamed the Freedom Foyer for the occasion. John Kerry, the Secretary of State, listened as John Boehner, the leader of the House Republicans, gave a passionate speech of dedication.
“Ladies and gentlemen,” said Mr Boehner, “this is one of history’s true love stories. Between a great statesman and a nation he called 'The Great Republic.’ ” The famously sentimental Republican wiped tears from his eyes as the crowd listened to a recording of Churchill addressing Congress following the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. Afterwards, Roger Daltrey of The Whos sang Stand by Me – a tribute, Mr Boehner said, to “the best friend the United States ever had ”.
All in all, it was a very American ceremony to celebrate the life of a very British icon.
So why do our transatlantic friends love a foreign former prime minister so much?
That love is undeniable and deep. In 1954, President Dwight Eisenhower said that Churchill
“comes closest to fulfilling the requirement of greatness of any individual that I have met
in my lifetime”. In the aftermath of the September 11 attacks, President George W Bush invoked
Churchill’s name when pressing the case for the War on Terror, and was rumoured to have been
given a private lecture by Martin Gilbert, Churchill’s biographer, in the White House. After newbie
President Barack Obama removed a bust of Churchill from the Oval Office, Republican presidential
candidate Mitt Romney made it an election promise to restore it. And when CEOs in 2013 were
polled for their “most admired leader”, Churchill topped the list – ahead of the likes of ...
Steve Jobs, Nelson Mandela and Ronald Reagan.
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