This is what I need.
Peace of Mind - Lauryn Hill
Because currently I am this.
Someone Searching - Ginny Owens
I'm searching and its crazy because I don't know what I seek. Peace. Clarity. Understanding. Wisdom. Where is it?
Wasn't planning on having this blog take this turn but I guess I'll share with you as I make this quest, I've been putting it off for so long. Can't wait any longer. Peace.
Peace of Mind - Lauryn Hill
Because currently I am this.
Someone Searching - Ginny Owens
I'm searching and its crazy because I don't know what I seek. Peace. Clarity. Understanding. Wisdom. Where is it?
Wasn't planning on having this blog take this turn but I guess I'll share with you as I make this quest, I've been putting it off for so long. Can't wait any longer. Peace.
So, for the past 3 months now we've been hearing about this BP oil spill.
Right about now there are over 140 million gallons of oil in the Gulf. Its the largest spill in Gulf history, will cost over $100 Million to clean up and My question was and has been, just what is 140 million gallons? I need it in layman's terms. How many football stadiums is that? What's the equivalent in bathtubs?
I hear the spill is comparable to about 35,000 barrels of crude oil per day. Or even better, its equal to the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill every 1 to 2 weeks - 1.
Its crazy how people can justify anything. You'd think this would be a wake up call for other types of energy and a decrease in dependence on oil yet, I am uninspired by arguments against them thus far. Oil is a dirty business. I remember visiting a National Park in Bangladesh in 2008 and hearing about the wonderful drilling being done in that beautiful place by Shell because they own the land beneath it. Great.
So what's next, people?
Ethanol anyone? You never heard about corn damaging the earth like this! Ever heard of an electric spill? We're looking into putting solar panels on the house and the next car will be electric but people think I'm being too dramatic. Excuse me for doing my part.
1. In case you wanna see it for yourself. Read here.
Right about now there are over 140 million gallons of oil in the Gulf. Its the largest spill in Gulf history, will cost over $100 Million to clean up and My question was and has been, just what is 140 million gallons? I need it in layman's terms. How many football stadiums is that? What's the equivalent in bathtubs?I hear the spill is comparable to about 35,000 barrels of crude oil per day. Or even better, its equal to the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill every 1 to 2 weeks - 1.
Its crazy how people can justify anything. You'd think this would be a wake up call for other types of energy and a decrease in dependence on oil yet, I am uninspired by arguments against them thus far. Oil is a dirty business. I remember visiting a National Park in Bangladesh in 2008 and hearing about the wonderful drilling being done in that beautiful place by Shell because they own the land beneath it. Great.So what's next, people?
Ethanol anyone? You never heard about corn damaging the earth like this! Ever heard of an electric spill? We're looking into putting solar panels on the house and the next car will be electric but people think I'm being too dramatic. Excuse me for doing my part.
1. In case you wanna see it for yourself. Read here.
I was just reading about left-wing progressives who are unhappy with Pres. Obama and letting him know. They are disappointed in handling of events like the BP oil disaster, the changes to the healthcare bill and joblessness and letting him know their support can't be taken for granted.
The part that got this all going,
As much as I would like to say no I think people change to operate within their surroundings in most instances. In schools, jobs, the government, you adjust to the social norms albeit unintentionally as you become versed in the lingo and attempt to work and communicate with others. If you don't, there can be a constant discomfort, like magnets repelling each other but, is this always the case? Can you change a system from inside?
What do you think?
The part that got this all going, “We thought that an election was victory. We forgot that candidates don’t deliver change, that they become part of the system,” said Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins of Green for All, a progressive environmental group that opposes Obama’s loosening of offshore oil exploration restrictions.At work as a community organizer, we talked about this from time to time as well when community members considered running for public office. Would this result in the watering-down of their values? Do you have to change to compete? If you are in the system, must you become of the system?
As much as I would like to say no I think people change to operate within their surroundings in most instances. In schools, jobs, the government, you adjust to the social norms albeit unintentionally as you become versed in the lingo and attempt to work and communicate with others. If you don't, there can be a constant discomfort, like magnets repelling each other but, is this always the case? Can you change a system from inside?
What do you think?
Two songs were played that fateful Tuesday that brought me back from the brink. Hallelujah Anyhow by Joe Pace and this song, Who can satisfy by Alvin Slaughter. Thank you, Dillon. Even in death, you are still a blessing to me.
As many of you know, I love nonprofits. Now that I have finished my Master of Nonprofit Organizations at Case Western Reserve University, I feel even more prepared to combine life experience with classroom learning to make an impact.
That is part of the reason why I am packing up and heading to DC this weekend.
I have a passion for youth and education and plan on putting that into action soon. Be on the lookout for updates, advice, tips on what to do (and what not to do) in the near future. Here's to changing the world! Cheers!
Events as of late have been reminding me of my own mortality. More and more I am becoming aware of that dash. You know the one. The dash between your birth year and your death year. Its become ever-present and intrusive like the blinking cursor on my computer screen.
The words repeat as the cursor blinks. Life. Is. So. Short.
This wake up call is both a blessing and a curse. It keeps me on task and working toward some great achievement yet it saddens me to think the end is nearer each day. Use the time you have wisely; love hard, laugh often, hate never.
The mission, should you choose to accept it, is to leave this world better in some way because you have lived. If you succeed at that, your dash has had meaning.
The words repeat as the cursor blinks. Life. Is. So. Short.
This wake up call is both a blessing and a curse. It keeps me on task and working toward some great achievement yet it saddens me to think the end is nearer each day. Use the time you have wisely; love hard, laugh often, hate never.
The mission, should you choose to accept it, is to leave this world better in some way because you have lived. If you succeed at that, your dash has had meaning.
