Wet Figures

Luis Cabrera Square. Mexico City

“I need, therefore I imagine.”

“Recognize yourself in he and she who are not like you and me.”
― Carlos Fuentes

Link to : Our World Tuesday

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Structures

Bougainvillea and Building

Link to :  Lisa's Chaos

Earth Day 2013  (Sculpture by Ponzanelli)

The Face of Climate Change

Climate change can seem like a remote problem for our leaders, but the fact is that it's already impacting real people, animals, and beloved places. These Faces of Climate Change are multiplying every day. Fortunately, other Faces of Climate Change are multiplying too: those stepping up to do something about it. Help us personalize the massive challenge climate change presents by taking a photo and telling your story. How has climate change impacted you? What are you doing to be part of the solution?        LEARN MORE

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Saturday Moments

“No flag is large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people.”

~Howard Zinn

Have a wonderful weekend!

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The Pond

THE CURRENT CHALLENGE

Fri Apr 19, 2013

            This week's challenge:

               'Pets!'

                     

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Past, Present and Future

 IDEAS OF PEACE

Am I saving the possibility of being in peace for last? If I am, time out. A change of

plans is required. That is not what I want to put off till the end. I need to feel peace

every day that I am alive.

I go around the world talking about peace, and I have understood one thing: People

don’t even know what it is. Nobody has a clue.

Some people think that peace is when people put flowers in their hair and dance in

the streets, and when they meet, they hug each other. When they go to a restaurant,

if the waiter was good to them, then after they’re finished, they pay the bill and give

the waiter a hug—no more tips. That is their concept of peace.

Other people think peace is when all the fighting has stopped. Nobody will fight

with anybody else. If your neighbor does something annoying, you’ll just sit there

and pout. And some people think that peace will be the day the trains stop running

and dogs stop barking.

Some people think peace is being on top of a mountain overlooking a beautiful lake

at sunset. When you hear crickets, you say, “Oh, it’s so peaceful.” Next time you see

a cricket, don’t just shoo it away—it’s associated with peace. Of course, if that same

cricket ends up in your bedroom, then peace is over; you declare war on it. And it is

not a question of “wanted: dead or alive.” You want it dead!

REAL PEACE

The peace I am talking about is the peace without which we would lose the very

fabric of who we are, the peace that dances in the heart of everyone. The reality. The

beauty. The joy. The true peace—not an absence of something, but the very presence

of something. That is what is alive. That is what is possible. Even in the middle of a

war, a person can experience this peace.

Some people think freedom is when you get away from your house for the weekend.

To teenagers, freedom is when they leave their parents’ house. Freedom to parents

is when their teenagers actually leave, not just threaten to leave, but actually leave.

Is that freedom?

Freedom from my troubles. Is that freedom? Freedom from my concerns. Is that

freedom? Freedom from my responsibilities. Is that freedom?

I talk about a freedom that can be felt even in a prison. That’s the freedom that

no one can take away from me. Peace that cannot be disturbed—that is real peace.

Freedom that cannot be taken away—that is real freedom.

Prem Rawat

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