One Simple Vision

One simple vision is fixed up in my mind.
I don't really know how to project it out, but if I did, it'd probably look something like this:

The skies would be clear, barely a single cloud to be seen. The sun would be hot...but not too hot. It would be a pleasant hot where going for a run or going out to do a little gardening would be tempting. The air would be light and the calm breeze would be refreshing and cool, like the bottles of beer resting in the fridge, waiting to be cracked open as the first beads of sweat begin to roll down my back. I would sit on the swinging sofa placed in the corner of the garden. I would sit, relaxed and calm, and I would look and listen, intrigued. Breathing the fresh country air I would listen as the birds sing happily while the the trees rustle quietly. The dogs would play like children, unfazed by their environment, seeing only the endless possibilities of fun that children do see. I would take them down to the river for a swim. Throwing pebbles into the water for them to find, hopeless of course, but they wouldn't know that. No, it is always onto the next one. I would walk on a little farther to the place that is my dream. The roof would be fixed and there would be apples on the trees. The house would be cleaned and the tv no longer on the blink.
One simple vision is fixed up in my mind...but the clock keeps pushing it away!
My eyes are fixed wide open and I see what I see. I hear what I hear and I know that this is my place.
 Like when I walk into a church I feel at peace. I wish you all could feel like this.
O Lord, I wish you could be here to show me where to go and what to do! I'm just sitting here wondering what good can I do. The world around me seems to be falling down, as here I live at ease, no worries at all. Only me and my life, and the question of what to do?
I don't have to think of where to go as my house is bombed right out. I don't have to watch my step like the boys without a shoe. I can sit right here and not be scared of what's falling from the sky. I'm from a place where I don't have to close my eyes to escape! I have to close my eyes to imagine all the reality of your life as you close your eyes in hope that it will stop at that! I don't think it's right but every night I fall asleep and wake the next day, forgetting all the pain I have previously felt, while reading Jazeera and the news that's worlds away! I think it's easy for me to say that I can relate, but the fact is I can say nothing that will help you face the strain of your everyday!
I get frustrated as I sit and I read but I get up and I leave to eat and breathe, forgetting the pain I've only just seen! I close my mind for the day and live a shallow life. I could tell you about my day at work or how long I lay in bed but it's not worth the time I've spent! I'm not worthy to be, unless I get up and be! I feel I need somebody to help pull me away from the curse of this game, to pull me away from the love of all the hype and the fame. Someone to tell me just be, because that's all God wants you to be! To tell me I am no superhero, although I may think I can be a super hero! I have the power to be a super-me but not to be a super-you or a super-jay-z!
I now have one simple vision, and that's just to be me!

This song inspired this blog.
The Game - Better Days

Hakuna Matata.....

Lil Wayne - Tie My Hands (Instrumental)

Please listen as you read :)

What's so difficult about living together,
not looking over your shoulder to see who's there?

I just want to live life to the fullest, and not have to be scared!

There's too much drama, and there's too much pain.
There's too much hate and there's too many people cheating this game.
Why can't we stop and shake hands with the men over there instead of cursing their name, as they do the same. I know for a fact that they're really quite nice. They want to be happy and just live their life.
Why can't they pray in peace to Allah, while I speak to Yahweh? One God  up above, loves us all the same!
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Why hold a grudge as the clock ticks away! Forgive and forget 'cause that's the only way!
We've each got one life so don't let hate gnaw away,
or you'll be left soulless and cold for the rest of your days.
 God gave us his land so why can't we share?
Passports and visas have created differences that really aren't there!

So, what's so difficult about living together,
not looking over your shoulder to see who's there?

I just want to live life to the fullest, and not have to be scared!

You may own half the worlds banks, but not the West Bank, so put your hands in your pockets and take them off of their land. Palestine will rise high just as their flags have kept flight, the truth I'm sure will very soon come to light. From the shadows of slavery, this nation will break free. Israeli chains will be replaced with the support of a global family. As I lie in my bed, these are my prayers! I know life's really not fair but, without a little hope, I may as well go put some rope 'round my neck, and say a last prayer.

Now I'm not trying to say that I know it all... 'cause I don't!
The fact is I know nothing at all, as K'Naan did say! but that also means I'm free!
It means that I have the freedom to BE. I have the freedom to feel and the freedom to breathe,
and no-one... no-one can take that away from me!
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Hakuna Matata...Don't worry... be happy...
I guess it's easy to say when you're living in peace...

God Favours Me. Right???

I am living the dream.
I am flying high like a kite
Ahead of the crowd, like, I am a champion
But, the fact is, I was born a champion.
I haven't had to build a foundation,
I haven't had to wait my turn, and
I haven't had to say 'I wish'.

I was born a champion,
so I have no excuse for living ill.
I haven't ever felt hunger bite like hate,
nor have I walked a mile to learn my trade.

I haven't had to sleep to sounds of war ringing out,
and I haven't had to live my life without electricity or water by night

I'm stacking my treasure while they're running for shelter.
and I'm sitting in comfort while they're dying from hunger,
I'm enjoying the summer while they're burning with anger.
and I'm throwing back beers while they're throwing stones at a tanker.

I was born a champion,
I have never had anyone try break me down,
God just favours ME....right???

Supplication

Sami Yusuf - Supplication

O My Lord,

My sins are like

The highest mountain;

My good deeds

Are very few

They’re like a small pebble.

I turn to You

My heart full of shame,

My eyes full of tears.

Bestow Your

Forgiveness and Mercy

Upon me.

Ya Allah,

Send your peace and blessings

On the Final Prophet,

And his family,

And companions,

And those who follow him.

A Thousand You and Me's!

My light may shine bright,
 but without a thousand others
 it will not disperse the shadows of fear.

Worlds Apart

I am Dilip and I'm from Kolkata, India. As far as I know I'm 12 years old but I'm not so sure. I come from the streets of Park Circus, a large district in the south of the city. I live with my Mama and my younger brother. We don't have a house but yesterday I found a new blanket so Mama was very happy. I like my home, it's not very comfortable but I am close to my friends. Every morning I wake up early and collect empty bottles from the streets. Sometimes I even take my brother and we go to the station at Sealdah. Running by the trains is always fun and we usually collect empty bottles when the crowds leave the platforms. Lately though it has been difficult because the weather is so hot, and we don't have a lot of water. Some of the kids on my street go to school but I can't. Mama says I have to work so we can eat, because she has no money. Before Papa left I went to school and it was fun. Sometimes I wish I could go back... In the evening time I like to play cricket in the street. We can play for hours and hours but I never get tired of playing, like Tendulkar!! My feet get sore though, my shoes were stolen 2 weeks ago so now I must find some more. Sometimes I sit on the street on Park Street, near McDonalds. There are always white people there with nice shoes. I wish I could have them but instead they give me 2 rupee. Someday I will be rich and I will buy a big house, some clothes and a pair of new shoes.

Half way around the world...                

I am Iarlaith Pádraig McNamara, 21 years old. I'm Irish and proud. I come from a good family and have had a good childhood. I am well educated and well brought up having been given every opportunity to do what I want. I live in the countryside where the wind blows softly and the air I breathe is as fresh as God meant it to be. The trees are tall and the fields are green. The river by my house flows gently and peacefully. When I come home at night and the skies are clear, I stop and I gaze as the stars shine bright. The silence of life takes over as my mind is taken away by the mysteries above. When the cold starts to bite I walk inside to the heat and comfort of my house, where I rest for the night. I have a job in the local store and I'm well paid. A full weeks work usually puts €350 into my bank account. I'm doing ok. I study in the National University of Ireland, Galway. I study Spanish, Psychology, Sociology and Politics, and Geography. I like my subjects, but I don't love them. Sometimes I think I study for the sake of studying! What else could I do with my time? Well? I have a good life in Galway. I eat out often, and I can afford to eat well all the time. I play sports a lot. Sports have always been a passion. Football, Basketball, Cricket, Badminton etc. I like them all! I like music too, everyday, listening to my iPhone with my big headphones. I like clothes and shoes too. Nike Air Force 1's are a must have, as I wear my Hugo Boss and my Ralph Lauren. I like to travel too, when I have time. I boarded an airplane 34 times over the last 2 years. Yes, I have a high carbon footprint.

I have a lot to be grateful for, eh? I have no excuse, eh? I have had everything in life placed before me, the opportunities to be what I want to be, to be who I want to be, to do what I want to do! I have had the opportunities that more than half the worlds population wish they could say they had!

Why me though? Why am I here while they are there? Huh?

The happiest moments in my life belong in India, working with the dying as they lie on the streets. Working with the kids rejected as babies by mothers who felt rejected by life. It was those kids that helped to fill my heart with love and it was that discomfort of living in the searing heat and the absence of false happiness that leads me to want to do something with MY life. Because it is MY life, and nobody can take that away from me. I can do what I want with MY life. I can sit here and waste away living in the falsities of a world that loves itself or I can wake to the world that offers more, a fulfillment that I need, because without it, life will fail to live up to the expectations I have placed upon it.

This is my life and I have to live it, because nobody else can do it for me!!

why not me?

Take some time to stop now and breathe!
Close your eyes and let your mind and body scream,
letting go of the frustrations and memories that never cease!
Although I’m young I feel as though I’ve seen everything
And although I’m naive now I feel as though I know everything
I keep having these dreams of living in a place where the kids
see nothing but peace…nothing but peace…nothing but peace
Oh, how much I wish I could let that line just repeat…just repeat!
But instead those kids continue seeing misery living in the streets.

I sit and I think as I drink my cup of tea.
Are we the same? Do we live in the same world? Are we playing the same game?
I wear my Nikes and my Ralph Lauren while they seek for their breakfast in the rubbish bin.
Sure I’ve said this enough and I’ve been there to see their tragedy.
But still I have to ask, why not me?

Senseless Sarkozy

We can legalize divorce and continually ignore many of our Christian values
 yet ban the Islamic women from wearing a niqab or burqa,
as they stay committed and true to their religious values...why?
 Does this make sense Mr. Sarkozy?

French face veil ban comes into force - Al Jazeera

Bad Day For The Books

Ok, it's like... what am I doing here?
I stop and I look, faces all blank, scrunched up like they're asking 'What the fuck??'
This means this and this means that. Freud says this and Skinner says that!
Now whatever you say... it's probably wrong!
All eyes on the book, like it's a ticket into life.

Building themselves up for the journey ahead,
with the words and wisdom of people whom are dead!
Ummm...didn't the journey begin 20 odd years ago?...what more is there to prepare for?

Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus. Well doesn't that sound interesting!
What the fuck is Sisyphus...does it matter??
Should I ask the girl sitting across from me if it's inspiring her?
Sure as hell doesn't look like it, as she gazes out the window, slouched in her chair!

The girl to my left, nice pink shirt!
I'll admit she's damn pretty but with Facebook opened up,
 I think shes really had enough.
 The guy to my right I guess has given up.
Head in his hands, it's time to take a nap.

I don't remember what I read 2 mins ago... and I don't remember what the lecture man said!
I remember how to walk and I remember how to talk.
I remember what I want, not what Mr. Darwin thought.

Life is my book. I read everyday as it comes, like it's the only page that counts.
Think for yourself and the world will be yours,
Live by the word of someone else and the world will be theirs.
 
Sorry, but I have to go! This place is starting to scare me!
Bad day for the books!

The Simple Life

Sometimes it's just the simple things in life that make us happy.
 A cup of coffee, Jack Johnson playing and the sun shining bright!

Location:Mr Waffle

Time Management!

Don't worry about time...it doesn't worry about you!!

Life!

Hahahahaha, it makes me laugh!
It really makes me laugh!!
This world that we're in....just close your eyes and imagine it!!
Haha...LIFE!!
It's a pretty genius game really, isn't it?
From the tiny tiny ants to the fucking monstrous sun and beyond!!!
Life!
I think I'm crazy to question God.
It blows me away.