Shape of Water

I remember as kids back in the Philippines, we used to throw water at people on the streets celebrating this day. This is a festive occasion that I’d rather stay indoors, but some towns celebrate it in a bizarre way … Continue reading →

Water is water, no matter where you are.

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First, I must have a Cuban water or Cuban Water! Water has so many uses from cooling off your feet to washing your car, from an empty huge swimming pool to small fountain, from catching fishes to growing rice. And … Continue reading →

Who has seen the Wind?

Earth, Wind, Fire and Water are the quintessential natural forces of nature.
We can see the earth, fire and water but not the Wind.

Who has seen the wind, neither your nor I

Do we have to see it to believe it?

Who Has Seen the Wind?
BY CHRISTINA ROSSETTI

Who has seen the wind?
Neither I nor you:
But when the leaves hang trembling,
The wind is passing through.

Who has seen the wind?
Neither you nor I:
But when the trees bow down their heads,
The wind is passing by.

In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “Forces of Nature.”

 

Quotable Depths

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This may appear to be a dirty pool of water but for the feathered friends, it means bath time.  “You’ll come to learn a great deal if you study the Insignificant in-depth”  Odysseus Elytis When it rains, it pours. When it … Continue reading →

A Brave New World

Caring about the air, water, and land that give us life.

“The earth does not belong to us. We belong to the earth.”
― Chief Seattle, The Chief Seattle’s Speech

People on the Earth have not heeded environmental warnings and have lived without protecting their environment for decades.  Now, due to a huge hole in the ozone layer, the Earth’s temperature has slowly risen.  As a result of this temperature rise, the Earth’s core temperature has risen creating new volcanoes which are erupting everywhere.  There is almost complete devastation of the Earth’s surface.  However, on one small plot on Earth, a spaceship is equipped for automatic flight to a planet that is similar to Earth.

The only known survivors of the volcanic eruptions are 13 people clamoring to get aboard the spaceship.  The problem is that there is only space, oxygen, food and water aboard the spaceship to accommodate 6 people.

The people waiting to get aboard the spaceship are:

• a 59-year old Member of Parliament
• an 18-year old, unmarried pregnant woman who is a high-school dropout
• an African-American third-year veterinary student
• a 30-year old Minister
• a homemaker of 25 years
• a Mayor of a small town in Mexico
• Building Maintenance Engineer
• a 12-year old  Australian Aborigine
• a 55-year old grocery store owner
• a 23-year old female school teacher
• a 45-year old male botanist who is confined to a wheelchair
• a 55-year old retired plumber
• President of a Corporation or Union

This material is one of a group exercise in a course I participated.  The lives of these 13 people are in our hands. It was a very interesting group dynamic on how we arrived to the chosen ones and the reason behind our choices.

Your turn: who will be the lucky six people you will choose to survive and develop the Brave New World?  Feel free to add in a brief explanation of your choice.

Photo Credit: Robert Macky

Live Young

Come on. Dance! 

Bring out your inner child.

Who cares if you can’t dance well.

Just get up, shake your body and dance.

 

 

 

Kids: they dance before they learn there is anything that isn’t music.-  William Stafford

 

 

 

Morning Latte

We live on a finite planet and sometimes our impact on it is greater than we realize. The seemingly isolated actions we take every day—from our choice of morning beverage to our choice of business practices—are often links in a chain of unusual connections we would never have imagined.

The bottom line: The health of business is directly connected to the health of the natural world. And both can grow and flourish—together.

Change the way you think: http://worldwildlife.org/pages/change..

Brother Sun, Sister Moon

I am drawn to the moon, the sun, the sky, the star
Mother Earth a home for all sentient beings
Brother Wind blows the clouds from the sky
Sister Water quenches the parched ground
Brother Fire lights the Way 

Call me a New Ager
This is how I started following
Brother Sun, Sister Moon 

Brother Sun
And Sister Moon
I seldom see you
Seldom hear your tune
Preoccupied
With selfish misery 

Brother Wind
And Sister Air
Open my eyes
To visions pure and fair
That I may see
The glory around me 

I am God’s creature
Of him I am part
I feel his love
Awakening my heart 

Brother Sun
And Sister Moon
I now do see you
I can hear your tune
So much in love
With all that I survey 

I am God’s creature
Of him I am part
I feel his love
Awakening my heart 

Brother Sun
And Sister Moon
I now do see you
I can hear your tune
So much in love
With all that I survey 

Music and lyrics by Donovan P. Leitch.

Related Links:

•  Life and Prayer of Francis of Assisi
• Mission Improbable of Francis of Assisi