Open-mindedness!

Being open-minded is an interesting concept. Just how "open" should one be? I'm very willing to listen to people's opinions, and every once in a while I go ahead and try something new. BUT the world is loving the concept of open-mindedness! Now it seems we're trying to make EVERYthing allowable. Just because it's "popular" then it should be "okay." Afterall, nobody wants to go against the grain anymore. They call it freedom of speech, freedom to act... bla bla! BUT it's this same so-called "freedom" that is crippling so many people. We all need rules, some kind of rules in our lives. Every nation/establishment/institution needs some kind of rules and standards to live by.  This is why presidents are chosen by the people for different countries (well, at least the ones that actually pay attention to democracy), leaders are chosen in organizations, vows are made in marriages ... etc! We all need some kind of standard to live by. Although compromise is necessary in some situations, it's never right to compromise one's integrity! I thank God for freedom... but I try not to abuse what it truly means!

I'm not quite sure where exactly I'm going with this blog post but I guess i'm just a little peeved about how certain things are deemed "acceptable," that are fundamentally destroying the human race, and blurring the lines between humans and other animals! Respect is very key in all human relationships! And we are called to love one another - the greatest commandment. We can never change situations we are willing to tolerate!... and yes, it starts with the little things and our day-to-day relationships!

Random musings.. just through to share :-)

Much love,
xoxo

I believe I can fly :-)

The Other Woman...

"Affairs, adultery exist in a realm of lies. He lies to her, he lies to you, he lies to himself, you lie to the world, you lie to yourself and then you cry to yourself because there will be nobody left to lie to." - E. Onu


Read full article here. Very well written piece!!

Intuition by Lami

“To find love, you’ve got to define love... 
‘Cos see the definition specifies the destination of a search that lies ahead for each heart;


The seed of love is birthed when the soul identifies  the need for it. I have been in places so far from what I craved. Behaved in ways I scared true love away.


Pretended I had figured it out when sincerely I was on the wrong route, heading for loneliness and second best alternatives, cheap substitutes for the real thing. 


Love is hidden not so it can’t be found but so that it can be embellished. Love does not want to be taken for the mistake or romantic notion that it can be created or depicted by a  rose.


Love is what it says it is... Not some teenage disease that communicates with a kiss. 


Love is undeniably a daughter of truth and a brother to hope. 


Love deserves to be known but will only be introduced by, and to none other, than the one who is willing to learn exactly what love is. 


Love is committing suicide to your past and letting the present breathe in you.


Love is smiling yet in the face of No, believing when the rhyme of reason and the melody of reality inscend to lose faith in the very moment when science translates to Joy. 


Love is singing the same song to a changing heartbeat, humming a familiar tune to an evolving reason to sing....because the soul knows that entertaining the possibility of a possibility opens up the painful wound of doubt, which abuses the unadulterated accuracy of love. 


Love is talking, not telling.  
Love is listening, not hearing.  
Love is learning, not knowing. 
Love is being, not feeling. 
Love is all that it claims to be. 
Love is who I live to be. 
Love is everything to me. ” 


- Lami (Spoken word - Love, Album - Intuition)


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I'm so glad it's December... 'cause I get to go home and be with my family!!!... but then there's something bitter-sweet about the year ending. It's amazing how when you're closer to the end of something it feels like it flew by so quickly... and yet you remember the days you couldn't wait for... how some days seemed to drag on longer than others, how it seemed like some trials would never come to an end... and the joy that came with the realization that you'd "conquered" another day/trial. 2009 is definitely going down in my books as "............" I can't decide/define what as! I guess I still have about 3 weeks before the year's over so I'm gonna make the most of it - So help me God!!!!

I'm happy!!! - did i say that yet?! :)

Have a blessed Sunday!!