1/10/05
If you haven't this year yet, you should be quiet. If you get a chance, take a day to yourself and don't talk all day. It's actually fun.
There is alot of power in words that i think are taken for granted. Often times, i feel we speak realities into existance with out forethought. That can be dangerous if we tend to be self-deprecating.
In my quiet time last week, i chose to reflect on the fact that our collective memory is very short when it comes to suffering in the world. Remember Somalia, remember Rwanda, remember our troops, remember AIDS, remember child labor and sweat shops? Remember Chernobyl, remember the homeless, remember geneticly altered foods? Remember the election, remember reperations, remember the Unibomber, remember Columbine, remember South Africa, remember Haiti? It seems at times that if it's not a focus of this crooked mass media it's not in our psyche. We have to keep in mind that we are part of all the joy and suffering in this world. We have to choose to reflect on it whether or not it's on the front page.
in other news... can someone help me think of a nickname for this decade? it's already half over and i still don't know what to call it. the "Millies" sounds stupid, the "2K's" is no better. ok...i'll shut up now
happy new year!
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