Journey To The Past

Heart don't fail me now
Courage don't desert me
Don't turn back now that were here
People always say life is full of choices
No one ever mentions fear

Or how the road can seem so long
How the world can seem so vast
Courage see me through
Heart I'm trusting you
On this journey to the past

Somewhere down this road
I know someone's waiting
Years of dreams just can't be wrong
Arms will open wide
I'll be save and wanted
Finally home where I belong

Well, starting here my life begins
Starting now I'm learning fast
Courage see me through
Heart I'm trusting you
On this journey to the past

Heart don't fail me now
Courage don't desert me
Home, love, family
There was once a time
I must have had them too
Home, love, family
I will never be complete
Until I find you

One step at a time
One hope then another
Who knows where this road may go
Back to who I was
On to find my future
Things my heart still needs to know

Yes let this be a sign
Let this road be mine
Let it lead me to my past
Courage see me through
Heart I'm trusting you
To bring me home
At Last
At Last

Courage see me through
Heart I'm trusting you

Aaliyah - Journey To The Past

a few pebbles short

"Anyone who criticizes me for talking about fair trade is really a few pebbles short of a beach, because everybody should care about it, just like everyone should care about the environment: because we all live here."

Chris Martin of Coldplay

Every time I look at you the world just melts away
All my troubles all my fears dissolve in your affections
You've seen me at my weakest but you take me as I am
And when I fall you offer me a softer place to land

You stay the course you hold the line you keep it all together
You're the one true thing I know I can believe in
You're all the things that I desire, you save me, you complete me
You're the one true thing I know I can believe

I get mad so easy but you give me room to breathe
No matter what I say or do 'cause you're to good to fight about it
Even when I have to push just to see how far you'll go
You wont stoop down to battle but you never turn to go

You stay the course you hold the line you keep it all together
You're the one true thing I know I can believe in
You're all the things that I desire, you save me, you complete me
You're the one true thing I know I can believe

Your love is just the antidote when nothing else will cure me
There are times I cant decide when I cant tell up from down
You make me feel less crazy when otherwise I'd drown
But you pick me up and brush me off and tell me I'm OK
Sometimes thats just what we need to get us through the day

You stay the course you hold the line you keep it all together
You're the one true thing I know I can believe in
You're all the things that I desire, you save me, you complete me
You're the one true thing I know I can believe

Sarah McLachlan - Push

the things we can do

Zero Waste, Perpetual Food: A Newly Electric Green – Sustainable Energy, Resources and Design

In natural systems, "waste" is a nearly unknown concept. What may be waste products for one species is nearly always food for another. The interconnection between the various organisms in an ecosystem means that, absent external disruption, environmental cycles can continue more-or-less indefinitely. That's not the case with most agricultural or industrial methods, however; much of what we do makes waste, and waste is a sign of inefficiency.

Environmental engineer Dr. George Chan thought we could do better, and has for the past two decades been working (along with the Zero Emissions Research Initiative) on something he calls the Integrated Food and Waste Management System (IF&WMS), a method of layering different types of production together such that the waste output from one component feeds another. IFWMS has a goal of zero waste -- and in its growing number of implementations, it comes pretty close. IF&WMS combines farming of livestock, aquaculture, horticulture, and agro-industries. The oneVillage Foundation sums it up in this way:

Fish can be eaten, algae can be used as feed, worms from the vermi-culture gin can fed to the fish and fast growing plants like Napier grass can be added ... to the pond ecosystem. Excess water in the pond percolates into the surrounding berms providing both irrigation and fertilizer for the crops growing on the berms. Finally aeroponic greenhouses can be added to this system.
The integrated biomass system will not be limited to agricultural production. The integrated biomass system will enable the development of a variety of value added products and services including electricity for export.

1. Fertilizer

2. Crops

3. Carbon sequestration services

4. Ecotourism

5. Restaurant/bakery

6. Agricultural products such as mango salsa and vinegar, palm oil etc

7. Education and training

8. Business development services


Additional details on the process can be found at the Institute of Science in Society website.

IF&WMS has been successfully employed in Brazil, Mauritius, and Namibia, and there's growing interest in India. In Namibia, the the process is used for a brewery. The spent grain from the brewing process (once fed to cattle, which can't properly digest it) is used to fertilize mushroom growth and to cultivate earthworms, which are in turn used as chicken feed. The waste water, once heavily chemically treated to make it pH neutral, is instead used to grow Spirulina algae; the remainder is channeled to a fish farm. The waste from the mushrooms, earthworms and chickens provide food for the fish. The chicken manure is also put through a digester to produce methane as fuel, reducing demand for wood.

Dr. Keto Mshigeni, who helped introduce IF&WMS to Namibia, and Gunter Pauli, founder of ZERI, wrote:

Zero emissions is simply the continuation of the drive of industry toward higher levels of productivity and away from waste. After zero defects (total quality), zero accidents (total safety), zero inventory (just-in-time), zero emissions means that all raw materials will be fully used.
This model could well prove the economists and politicians wrong. They believe that in order to increase the productivity of a company, you have to reduce jobs.

We are showing that when you focus on the productivity of the raw materials, you can generate more income, higher returns, and more jobs, while at the same time eliminating pollution. This is the industrial model of the future.

www.worldchanging.com

it really is such a lovely cupcake

should i get this...



...i think yes.

Sumthin' Wicked This Way Comes

A-yo
If we could all agree to lettin'
Our souls become free of that sweet
Bitterness then whose chest would
Have the most seeds
I keep misfocusin' my needs
And this stress on my back
With them caps they be blastin'
Into my knap sack
Ain't no accidental deathtraps
My mishap is the fact that
I'm destined to snap
It's when I feel as though my body's
Able to go my mind is ready to flow
Did you know first you catch
And then I throw
It's my own sense of time
If I'm late it's 'cause I'm endin' my day
Just when the sun shines
And still gently advising the arisin'
Of the moon as it rolls around
Into my soundproof dimension

Lisa "Left Eye" Lopez - Sumthin' Wicked This Way Comes (Rap)

If you could give me one good reason
Why I should believe you
Believe in all the things that you tell
I would sure like to believe you
My heart wants to receive you
Just make me know that you are sincere
You know I’d love for you to lead me
And follow thru completely
So won’t you give me all I ask for
And if you give your very best
To bring me happiness
I’ll show you just how much I adore you

Cause you mean the world to me
You are my everything
I swear the only thing that matters
Matters to me
Oh baby, baby, baby, baby,
Baby, cause you mean so much
To me

Now it’s gonna take some workin’
But I believe you’re worth it
Long as your intentions are good
So good
There is just one way to show it
And boy I hope you know it
That no one could love you like I could
Lord knows I want to trust you
And always how I’d love you
I’m not sure if love is enough
And I will not be forsaken
And I hope there’s no mistakin’
So tell me that you’ll always be true

Cause you mean the world to me
You are my everything
I swear the only thing that matters
Matters to me
Oh baby, baby, baby, baby,
Baby, cause you mean so much
To me

There’s a feeling in my heart
That I know I can’t escape
So please don’t let me fall
Don’t let it be too late
There’s a time when words are good
And they just get in the way
So show me how you feel
Baby I’m for real
Oh, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby

Cause you mean the world to me
You are my everything
I swear the only thing that matters
Matters to me
Oh baby, baby, baby, baby,
Baby, cause you mean so much
To me

Toni Braxton - You Mean The World To Me

I remember I gave my sister this cd after Toni had been gone for a while thinking "oh...she's not coming back so I don't really care about this anymore." And then when she did come back with her Secrets album, I went into my sisters room, opened her closet, and took this cd back...and it's a good thing I did because it's a classic first album. The lesson from this one kids is that stealing isn't always bad...just as long as you make use of it at some point down the line.

anotha' oldie but goodie

I don�t love her
I tried to tell myself
But you can see it in my eyes
So don'�t deny
I can'�t fool no one else
The truth is in the tears I cry 'cause

If it isn'�t love
Why do I feel this way
Why does she stay on my mind
If it isn'�t love
Why does it hurt so bad
Make me feel so sad inside
If it isn'�t love

I told her I�'d never fall in love
But now I know better

How does it feel
I can'�t describe this feelin'�
That came when I saw her last night
She got to me
I'�ll let you know the reason
I saw her with another guy so

If it isn'�t love
Why do I feel this way
Why does she stay on my mind
If it isn'�t love
Why does it hurt so bad
Make me feel so sad inside
If it isn'�t love
Why do I feel this way
Why does she stay on my mind
If it isn'�t love
Why does it hurt so bad
Make me feel so sad inside
If it isn'�t love

Maybe she'�ll take me back
Hey girl he'�s begging
I made a big mistake
Won'�t you forgive him girl
Now I can feel it
He�'s never felt before
I really love her
You love her, what?

It took my heart
To shatter in a thousand pieces
Before I�'d ever drop my pride
Losing love worrying about my image
Really helped me realize that

If it isn�'t love
Why do I feel this way
Why does she stay on my mind
If it isn'�t love
Why does it hurt so bad
Make me feel so sad inside
If it isn'�t love

New Edition - If It Isn't Love

Shelter

I guess you don't need it
I guess you don't want me to repeat it
But everything I have to give I'll give to you
It's not like we planned it
You tried to stay, but you could not stand it
To see me shut down slow
as though it was an easy thing to do
Listen when
All of this around us'll fall over
I tell you what we're gonna do
You will shelter me my love
And I will shelter you
I will shelter you
I left you heartbroken, but not until those very words were spoken
Has anybody ever made such a fool out of you
It's hard to believe it
Even as my eyes do see it
The very things that make you live are killing you
Listen when all of this around us'll fall over
I tell you what we're gonna do
You will shelter me my love
I will shelter you
Listen when
All of this around us'll fall over
I tell you what we're gonna do
Hey you will shelter me my love
I will shelter you
If you shelter me too
I will shelter you
I will shelter you

Ray Lamontagne - Shelter

deep thoughts and junkies (part ii)

deep thoughts and junkies continue their fragmentation of my mind
creating confusions created by delusions of what i want from life
mislead by what i read back when today was not a factor
i wound up bound in bandages forced to face the laughter
of all the junkies leading me down my white path of repression
while deep thoughts temporarily succomb to their secession
junkies dressed as politicians pave this path of so called 'freedom'
telling me what's best for me and how to build my kingdom
luring leftovers left behind by all their past defeats
to succomb to all their foolishness and believe in their retreats

it seems as though i'll never find the stability that once was mine

and though the junkies are rejoicing after winning multiple battles
all those deep thoughts in the fog ride high upon their saddles
knowing victory will favour them once upon a time
they're content with where i stand right now and let me walk my fine white line
and while i trust the solidarity these deep thoughts seem to provide
the junkies' battle scars and prison bars resurface in my mind
adding difficulty to my ability to make true decisions
they always find the worst in me and burst in with their incisions
stirring up another battle with the deep thoughts they seem to find
i'm once again left at the mercy of the unfavourable aspect of time

Chances

Take all your chances while you can
You never know when they'll pass you by
Like a sum the mathematician cannot solve
Like me trying my hardest to explain

It's all about your cries and kisses
Those first steps that I can't calculate
I need some more of you to take me over

Take me over

If I had the chance to start again
Then you would be the one I'd come and find
Like a poster of Berlin on my wall
Maybe there's a chance our walls might fall

It's all about your cries and kisses
Those first steps that I can't calculate
I need some more of you to take me over

It's all about your cries and kisses
Those first steps that I can't calculate
I need some more of you to take me over

I know I because I cant calculate

How to start again
How to start again
How to start again
How to start again

It's all about you

Athlete - Chances

on wings

on the wings of a pencil i fly through private dreams...

i will work for change. i will fall, and surely fall hard, but the distance to the end will no longer measure any part of the yardstick that is my hopeful soul. i will see from the bottom of each fall the open height of the forever sky waiting to be lucky when i choose to fly through its welcoming spheres. i will confirm, affirm, and return to me in every way. i will know my room for improvement but will not fill it falsely. i will accept what i can not do and will find honest happiness being among those who can not. i will relish in my insecurities knowing they are a genuine part of the mixture of me. i will not desire wealth, but security. i will not fulfill all my wants, but focus on my needs. i will not long for, but will enjoy having, both now and then. i will exhaust efforts to rock any rocky roads and pave pure paths of freedom and knowlege. i will love all even when they do not love themselves or others are unable. i will never judge from considered faults but will find, know, and love the good in all. i will be thankful for the gentle reality that the soft sunrise brings and learn from the lessons of the sunset falling with grace. i will not care for titles, but the genuine and expressed details of the paragraphs within. i will not expect, but will appreciate and be thankful. i will hope, i will trust, and i will have faith. i will learn and love that i am me and i will love and appreciate every symbol of me physically, emotionally, and mentally.

adieu ~ on wings

mmmm

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yeah...that's some fineness.

a whirlpool right next to me

streams of blue unconsciousness
flow gently through my open ears
descending and befriending me
while i retort to circumstance
following the tides of day
and currents of whichever way
my empty mind feels destined

up and down
afloat
i found
a whirlpool right next to me
to carry dreams on twirls and whirls
of crescendos crashing in perspective

melodies and harmonies bringing me
down to my knees
in phrases of your praises
for the love you find in all
underneath the suspects of yesterday
and insecurities of the present line
that fiercely resurrect with time while
still open minds and lullabys
grow from your enchantment
as forgotten souls that never know
the grace among your vocals
stretch in order to succomb
to melodies unheard of
and tones that touch within

you are my spirit on its best of days
living in elation
resting worries in your future message
and passing foolish urges
unable to invade the
unconditional love
abounding and resounding
deep
within my whirlpool of admiration

up and down
afloat
i found
a whirlpool right next to me
to carry dreams on twirls and whirls
of crescendos crashing in perspective

we were meant to be

you are taken and i'm mistaken again
it's just like it began
i should've known that you'd make it known by then
making it known that you weren't for me

that's the way it seems to be
but my heart wants to disagree

disagree with how you're leaving me
leaving me to be alone lonely
leaving me lonely

it sure would be nice to finally realise that love
isn't something only dreamed of
weak in intent my dreaming just isn't enough
enough to ensure you'd be there for me

but that's the way i'd love it to be
free to be in love's guarantee

guarantee that you'd be loving me
loving me instead of somebody
somebody other than me

you are for me 'cause i can only make do
when i think of you
why can't you adore me just once more please can you
because then i could be there for you

like we know you wanted me to
that way you and i could be new

new to love a love long overdue
overdue since our days at u
when i should have loved you

you're for me
i'd have sworn that it was destiny
with all these years of me knowing
you were always the best part of me
always the best part of all my dreams
and though that isn't my current reality
i know it should be
i hope you know our love should be
you know our love should be
here's my plea
my plea to make my heart happy
my plea to make sure that we
can be the best that we can be
that's the way it was meant to be
we were meant to be
you and me

Crazy

You've got your home of the brave
And I've got my land of the free
You conform to what society says
And I conform to me

Looking for light in the corners
Getting caught in the spider web
You look at me as though I'm giving a performance
When I'm just feeding my head

And you know that I'm doing alright
And I won't explain myself to you just to avoid a fight
How I'm living ain't correct,
But for me, its just right

I'm not completely insane
I'm maybe just a little bit crazy
There's no one to blame
Got no shame 'bout my game
Don't want nobody to save me

I've got a pair of ruby slippers that
I don't wear much anymore
And if I had the nerve
I'd click my heels and return
To the wonderland I knew before

I'm waiting on a slow boat to China
Gonna sail away to the sun
I've been searching for myself
And I know I'm gonna find her
If I break away from everyone

So, the way that I act may not fit in
Just because I have a mind of my own
Doesn't mean its a sin
I don't ask you to give up
Don't expect me to give in

I'm not completely insane
I'm maybe just a little bit crazy
There's no one to blame
Got no shame 'bout my game
Don't want nobody to save me

Some like to live for the moment
Taking life into their hands every day
And if they don't get killed
They get so high off the thrill
They could float to heaven anyway

And others want to save for tomorrow
Thinking money is security
Well, I understand the need
But I don't get the greed
Y'know, they all seem pretty crazy to me

You can tell by the expression I wear
Though I seem a little strange to you
I don't really care
I've got the freedom to be
There are others like me everywhere

I'm not completely insane
I'm maybe just a little bit crazy
There's no one to blame
Got no shame 'bout my game
Don't want nobody to save me

Alana Davis - Crazy

...this lady, my friends, simply rocks my socks!

her name was ingrid

her name was ingrid
she worked at the coffee bean (the one with the tea leaf)
she took my order and smiled
engagingly
my eyes filled with inspiration when
they met hers
and if that short moment had lasted for five more minutes
i wouldn't have had a care in the world
that my strawberry cream iced tea
tasted like shit