Women Re-shaping the World!

The truth about ourselves is never palatable.

Today I had cause to think about this, and it made me chuckle a bit, maybe it was me being mean I don't know.  So there I was dealing with an incident that escalated simply because someone couldn't man up and deal with me 'head on'; so to speak. I always figure that the best way to deal with situations is to battle them yourself, it is not about creating a confrontation but simply a matter of being woman or man enough to defend your position.  Of course we will all differ on this.

"The joker's response"

Strange this cold that lingers over me
Consuming me refusing to let go
Forces me to stand still
Eyes open wide
Heart racing
Mind weaving through years and years of
confessions, love exchanges, heart breaks, new romances

There is an old saying that goes "if you fail to plan, you plan to fail". 

For years I struggled with writing essay plans simply because I did not seem them as important. I write, give me pen and paper and the words flow; I write.  Then a few years ago I decided to do an essay plan just for the heck of it, I still can not finish writing out an entire plan but I must say I prefer the way my essays 'shape up' after I have written a plan. The other good thing is, if I am distracted by the TV, hunger, or the urge to sleep :-) my thoughts are already on paper so it is easy for me to pick up where I left off.

There I was sitting on the bus with about 5 other persons, when in comes a blind man, he feels for the over head hand bar grabs on to it and stands there...an old lady comes in takes the seat in front of him looks at him and then turns around.  So I sat there looking at this man standing in an empty bus and to me the most logical thought came to mind-he does not know the bus is empty.  I sat there and I continued thinking perhaps he does this all time and because it is far easier to stand than to feel the chair to find out if someone is in it.  The guy in front me is reading, and the other people on the bus just seem to be looking out for their stop.  I am shifting restlessly now finally I did something,

Growing up I was told to never call someone stupid so now that I am older I tend to be 'smart' about the way I do it; for instance I sometimes asks "Are you sure that is what you want to say" or I just give them the 'I think that was really stupid' look.  When I do this I don't feel too badly and I guess they don't feel too stupid, or maybe they do, I don't know.

Friends are the people who do not allow you to walk around with cold in your eyes and lettuce in your teeth.

Have you ever gone to the bathroom mirror smiled and noticed a piece of lettuce stuck neatly between two teeth in your front row and say; " I can't believe no one told me I had food in my teeth"? Then you start thinking of how many persons must have seen it and said nothing, and then you become embarrassed beyond measure . At some point in your life this has happened to you or it will happen to you, it is a good opportunity to decide who really has your best interest at heart.

Dame Mary Eugenia Charles, Prime Minister, lawyer, politician and journalist who died in Martinique on Tuesday 6 September 2005 was born May 15, 1919 at Pointe Michel village on the south-west coast of Dominica.

When was the last time you actually stopped and literally "smell the roses"?

Today on my walk home from the night market I had paused for a few seconds to look at a flower I had never really noticed before but it must have been there for a while because it was a big plant. Two plus years I have lived on this street and I have never seen that flower. So I stood there for a bit just looking the the plant in all its glory, then I walked on some more and with every few steps there was another wonder in front me.

A friend of mine told me recently if you don't find a man where you are don't bother coming home to look for one, but it seems that there is a hardly anywhere left to look for all around the world women are saying the same thing, 'there are no men available".

Many of us spend most of our time getting our minds in shape; books, television, the internet we ingest it all.  Pity we don't spend as much time getting our bodies and souls in shape. 

Total fitness should be our goal mind, body and soul.

The Blue Ribbon- Against Child Abuse


The month of April is Child Abuse Prevention Month

Child abuse is nothing new to any of us, for some it has been or is a situation that is quite 'real'.