“The Goodness Of Trinidad And Tobago”

The love people have for each other is overwhelming~

The hate some people are extending to each other is devastating~

On this 51^st day of Independence, I am holding on to the goodness of Sweet Trinidad and Tobago~

Mark. 9:23

Everything is possible to one who has faith.

I do believe, help my unbelief.

A blessed safe day to you and yours.

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY TO ALL TRINBAGONIANS~ MAY GOD’S GRACE PROTECTION, AND EVER-LOVING PRESENCE SHINE ON US DAY BY DAY...

“Quotes I Really Like”

More belongs to marriage than four legs in a bed. ― Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926)

One had to take some action against fear when once it laid hold of one. ― Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926)

Perhaps all the dragons of our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us once beautiful and brave. ― Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926)

If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself that you are not poet enough to call forth its riches; for the Creator, there is no poverty. ― Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926)

There are quantities of human beings, but there are many more faces, for each person has several. ― Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926)

A person isn't who they are during the last conversation you had with them - they're who they've been throughout your whole relationship. ― Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926)

Be very careful of drinking tea for other people’s fever. In most cases it leaves a bitter taste in your mouth.

Be very careful of drinking tea for other people’s fever. In most cases it leaves a bitter taste in your mouth.

“Time Out”

Listen to your child/children. Do not think because they are young people they don’t have a story. Every human being have a story. So to all mothers, fathers, caregivers it might be hard, but time out~ Listen more~ Talk less. On this beautiful Friday morning~ I wish you and yours love~ kindness~ togetherness and please be safe.

I know lovers of mussels and Oysters would not like me to say this but I find mussels have an overpowering awful smell and Oysters looks kind of suspicious… Oui.

“Quotes For Today”

Once you accept the existence of God - however you define him, however you explain your relationship to him - then you are caught forever with his presence in the center of all things.  ― Morris West (1916-1999)

If you spend your whole life waiting for the storm, you'll never enjoy the sunshine. ― Morris West (1916-1999)

“Fast Food Joints”

Somebody got to do the job for McDonalds, Berger King, Dunkin' Donuts, KFC~ Etcetera~ Etcetera. Long hard working hours and next to nothing pay. I wish some of these owners would walk in the shoes of their workers for one month…

“Just Say Thanks”

You are reading this so another day is added to your history~ Thank you God!

I hope goodness and kindness comes into your space today~ Thank you God!

For all that this day brings into my space~ I am just going to say~ Thank you God for everything!

A wonderful safe day to you and yours…

“First Day Of School”

Today is the first day of school for my daughter. I am not hearing one complaint from her. She did not even say her first day of school speech, “Mom ah tell you don’t send me because I will lose my shit.”
I guess we turned to the chapter that says, “Don’t get stressed over the things that are of great importance to you.”

“Optimism”

Martin Luther King Jr.

Born: January 15, 1929, Atlanta — Assassinated: April 4, 1968, Memphis

August 28, 1963 —50 years ago today he stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and he spoke to America and the world — “I Have A Dream”

This is our hope. This is the faith that I will go back to the South with. With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope.
With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood.
With this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to climb up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.
This will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing with new meaning "My country 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. Land where my father's died, land of the Pilgrim's pride, from every mountainside, let freedom ring!"
And if America is to be a great nation, this must become true. So let freedom ring from the hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York.
Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania.
Let freedom ring from the snow-capped Rockies of Colorado.
Let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of California.
But not only that, let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia.
Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi and every mountainside.
When we let freedom ring, when we let it ring from every tenement and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old spiritual, "Free at last, free at last. Thank God Almighty, we are free at last."

“Clarity”

Martin Luther King Jr.

Born: January 15, 1929, Atlanta — Assassinated: April 4, 1968, Memphis

August 28, 1963 —50 years ago today he stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and he spoke to America and the world — “I Have A Dream”

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed. We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal.
I have a dream that one day out in the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slaveowners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.
I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by their character.
I have a dream today.
I have a dream that one day down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of interpostion and nullification; that one day right down in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.
I have a dream today.
I have a dream that one day every valley shall be engulfed, every hill shall be exalted and every mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plains and the crooked places will be made straight and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together.

“Motivational ”

Martin Luther King Jr.

Born: January 15, 1929, Atlanta — Assassinated: April 4, 1968, Memphis

August 28, 1963 —50 years ago today he stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and he spoke to America and the world — “I Have A Dream”

We cannot be satisfied as long as a colored person in Mississippi cannot vote and a colored person in New York believes he has nothing for which to vote.
No, we are not satisfied and we will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.
I am not unmindful that some of you have come here out of your trials and tribulations. Some of you have come from areas where your quest for freedom left you battered by storms of persecutions and staggered by the winds of police brutality.
You have been the veterans of creative suffering. Continue to work with the faith that unearned suffering is redemptive.
Go back to Mississippi, go back to Alabama, go back to South Carolina go back to Georgia, go back to Louisiana, go back to the slums and ghettos of our modern cities, knowing that somehow this situation can and will be changed.
Let us not wallow in the valley of despair. I say to you, my friends, we have the difficulties of today and tomorrow.
I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.

“Vibrant”

Martin Luther King Jr.

Born: January 15, 1929, Atlanta — Assassinated: April 4, 1968, Memphis

August 28, 1963 —50 years ago today he stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and he spoke to America and the world — “I Have A Dream”

This sweltering summer of the colored people's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality. Nineteen sixty-three is not an end but a beginning. Those who hope that the colored Americans needed to blow off steam and will now be content will have a rude awakening if the nation returns to business as usual.
There will be neither rest nor tranquility in America until the colored citizen is granted his citizenship rights. The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges.
We can never be satisfied as long as our bodies, heavy with the fatigue of travel, cannot gain lodging in the motels of the highways and the hotels of the cities.
We cannot be satisfied as long as the colored person's basic mobility is from a smaller ghetto to a larger one.
We can never be satisfied as long as our children are stripped of their selfhood and robbed of their dignity by signs stating "for white only."…

"Fantastic"

Martin Luther King Jr.

Born: January 15, 1929, Atlanta — Assassinated: April 4, 1968, Memphis

August 28, 1963 —50 years ago today he stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and he spoke to America and the world — “I Have A Dream”

But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation. So we have come to cash this check, a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and security of justice.

We have also come to his hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency of Now. This is not time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. Now is the time to make real the promise of democracy. Now it the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. Now it the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood. Now is the time to make justice a reality to all of God's children. It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment and to underestimate the determination of its colored citizens…

"Dynamic"

Martin Luther King Jr.

Born: January 15, 1929, Atlanta — Assassinated: April 4, 1968, Memphis

August 28, 1963 —50 years ago today he stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and he spoke to America and the world — “I Have A Dream”

One hundred years later, the colored American lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. One hundred years later, the colored American is still languishing in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land so we have come here today to dramatize a shameful condition….

In a sense we have come to our Nation's Capital to cash a check. When the architects of our great republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir.
This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed to the inalienable rights of life liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has given its colored people a bad check, a check that has come back marked "insufficient funds."…

Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Born: January 15, 1929, Atlanta — Assassinated: April 4, 1968, Memphis

August 28, 1963 —50 years ago today he stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and he spoke to America and the world — “I Have A Dream”

I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.
Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon of hope to millions of slaves, who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity. But one hundred years later, the colored America is still not free. One hundred years later, the life of the colored American is still sadly crippled by the manacle of segregation and the chains of discrimination…

St. John of the Cross

I was sad one day and went for a walk;

I sat in a field.

A Rabbit noticed my condition and came near.

It often does not take more than that to help at times;

To just be close to creatures who are full of knowing,

So full of love that they don’t chat,

They just gaze with their marvelous understanding.

This poem reminds me of:-

“A Moment With Bruno”

The first day we got him, I was happy. He was a nice black and white puppy with kind eyes. I was sitting on the step, he ran towards me, stood in front of me wagging his tail, and then he gave a friendly bark. I knew he was saying, “Hello.” I smiled and said, “Come here.” He came closer and I just kept looking into his eyes because I wanted to see who would blink first. We had a staring match going on and my eyes were becoming teary, but I kept staring~ Bruno started whining…

“More Quotes That I Like”

The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny. ― Albert Ellis ( 1913-2007)

A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it. ― Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695)

Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved. ― William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925)

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” ― Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. ― Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)

However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results. ― Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)

It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link of the chain of destiny can be handled at a time. ― Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)

“Victory”

Fear not, stand your ground and you will see the victory the LORD will win for you today. The LORD himself will fight for you, you have only to keep still. Ex.14:13-14~

A wonderful safe day to you and yours.

“More Quotes That I Like”

Your ordinary acts of love and hope point to the extraordinary promise that every human life is of inestimable value. ― Archbishop Desmond Tutu

You can't stay in your corner of the forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes. ― A.A Milne (1882-1956)

You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else. ― Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

You can never solve a problem on the level on which it was created. ― Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. ― Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

The future starts today, not tomorrow. ― Pope John Paul II(1920-2005)

“Not About Me”

What I am going to do today is not my favorite task, but I am going to do it because~ The person I am doing it for, prefers that I do it for them. Doing it this way will save me $55. As a result of this today is not going to be about me, it’s going to be about someone else.

A blessed safe lovefilled day to you and yours…

“Quotes For Today”

“Don't raise your voice, improve your argument.” ― Archbishop Desmond Tutu

“I plead with you--never, ever give up on hope, never doubt, never tire, and never become discouraged. Be not afraid.” ― Pope John Paul II(1920-2005)

“You never fail until you stop trying.” ― Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

“Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.”― A.A Milne (1882-1956)

~Happy Sunday to you and yours~

“Everyday Carnation Milk And Condensed Milk”

Used to be in my coffee. Suddenly I can no longer do that so I drink it black without sugar. My father drank it black and sugarless. He always looked as though he was enjoying it… hmm. It’s been more than two months since I have been drinking it without my favorite condiments and the taste never changes— Oh gosh it bitter, but I feel real good after drinking…

“Compare”

Contrast~ Evaluate~ Measure up to~ Assess~ Match up to~ Weigh against~ Put side by side~ Appraise~ Balance~ Judge against~ Whatever you may call it! Stop doing it!

~Happiness~

~Honesty~

~Love~

“Quotes For Today”

I never ask a man what his business is, for it never interests me. What I ask him about are his thoughts and dreams. — H. P. Lovecraft (1890-1937)

Toil without song is like a weary journey without an end. — H. P. Lovecraft (1890-1937)

I am disillusioned enough to know that no man's opinion on any subject is worth a damn unless backed up with enough genuine information to make him really know what he's talking about. — H. P. Lovecraft (1890-1937)

“I Know Me”

Not one single human being knows you better than you~ So make your focal point about understanding you~ Do not make it about understanding other human beings~ 

A blessed safe day to you and yours~

҉ Twilight Sets In҉

Soft gentle words that are~~~ Soothing~ Calm~ Tranquil~ Relaxing~ Comforting~ Restful~ Peaceful~ Passive~ Quiet~ Still~ Cool~ Composed~ Unruffled~ Serene~ Soporific~~~~

“Quotes To Think About”

In prayerful silence you must look into your own heart. No one can tell you better than yourself what comes between you and God. Ask yourself. Then listen! — Johannes Tauler (1300-1361)

Never believe that true prayer consists in mere babbling, reciting so many psalms and vigils, saying your beads while you allow your thoughts to roam. — Johannes Tauler (1300-1361)

As a good wine must be kept in a good cask, so a wholesome body is the proper foundation for a well-appointed inner ground. — Johannes Tauler (1300-1361)

“If You want To Piss Him Off”

My family and I were at a party. On one table there were different kinds of hors d’oeuvre, but my children were not interested in that kind of food. They both picked up saucers and they went to the chips and dip table. My daughter put some chips on her plate then she spoon some guacamole at the side of the chips. She started eating as she watched her brother. He put some chips on his plate and took up a spoon. As he was about to dip some salsa, a woman took up a chip and dipped it into the salsa sauce. She bit the chip and then dipped the bitten chip back into the salsa. My son raised his eyebrow at me and he opened his eyes wide. I wanted to laugh. His father, whisperer, “And that is the end of that.” 

If you want to piss off my son, double dip… 

“THANK YOU GOD FOR EVERYTHING”

“Quotes I Like”

Don't you believe that there is in man a deep so profound as to be hidden even to him in whom it is? ― Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274)

Temperance is simply a disposition of the mind which binds the passion. ― Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274)

Not everything that is more difficult is more meritorious. ― Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274)

Because of the diverse conditions of humans, it happens that some acts are virtuous to some people, as appropriate and suitable to them, while the same acts are immoral for others, as inappropriate to them. ― Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274)

Beware of the person of one book. ― Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274)

~Jealousy~

~Lies~

~Secrets~

“Quotes I Like”

If any man seeks for greatness, let him forget greatness and ask for truth, and he will find both. ― Horace Mann (1796-1859)

Scientific truth is marvelous, but moral truth is divine and whoever breathes its air and walks by its light has found the lost paradise. ― Horace Mann (1796-1859)

Two golden hours somewhere between sunrise and sunset. Both are set with 60 diamond minutes. No reward is offered. They are gone forever. ― Horace Mann (1796-1859)

Habit is a cable; we weave a thread of it each day, and at last we cannot break it. ― Horace Mann (1796-1859)

A human being is not attaining his full heights until he is educated. ― Horace Mann (1796-1859)

Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us the determination to make the right things happen. ― Horace Mann (1796-1859)

To pity distress is but human; to relieve it is Godlike. ― Horace Mann (1796-1859)

A house without books is like a room without windows. No man has a right to bring up his children without surrounding them with books, if he has the means to buy them. ― Horace Mann (1796-1859)

When a child can be brought to tears, and not from fear of punishment, but from repentance he needs no chastisement. When the tears begin to flow from the grief of their conduct you can be sure there is an angel nestling in their heart. ― Horace Mann (1796-1859)

It is well to think well; it is divine to act well. ― Horace Mann (1796-1859)

Every addition to true knowledge is an addition to human power. ― Horace Mann (1796-1859)

“Do Not Work Twice For Your Salary”

The moment they got their salary, Andy’s friends started playing a game of cards for money. After the second game, the money was piling up for two of his friends. He knew that the two friends on the losing team must be feeling hurt, because they were going home with less money. After the game was finished, one of the guys from the winning team divided the money in two equal piles and gave one to his partner. With a cunning smile he looked at Andy and said, “Andy, let us play a game, one on one.”

Andy looked at him fixedly and said, “No. I am not going to work twice for my salary…

On this beautiful Tuesday morning my suggestion to you is, “Do not work twice for your money.”

A blessed safe day to you and yours…

“Quotes~Grateful”

It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those who have expressed more superficial views; for these also contributed something, by developing before us the powers of thought. ― Aristotle -BC384-BC322

A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves. ― Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887)

A single grateful thought toward heaven is the most perfect prayer. ― Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729-1781)

Dear Lord, I'm so grateful I'm still loved. ― Vivien Leigh (1913-1967)

“Sugar And Salt Moments”

My daughter was complaining that some people always have to make a comment about what the other person is eating.

One day while she was eating a honeybun… One person said, Do you know the amount of … Before the person cold finish she said, ‘Okay’! The person then said, ‘Calories…’ and she said ‘Okay’ then she put a piece of honeybun in her mouth. The person said, ‘… in that honey bun’? she said, ‘really’?

“So you stopped eating it?” I asked.

“No I offered the girl a piece, she said no thanks so I ate it all then opened my water bottle, took a good gulp, burped, said excuse me. I wanted to laugh from the expression on her face but I looked at her seriously as I said, ‘now that I had my sugar intake for the week I am energized’. The girl walked away and I was wondering why the hell does people have to say something when I start eating. Most of them would start off saying shit like I know you are skinny, but… I would start thinking what the~ ‘Fire Under Cookie Kitchen! They know eating junk food is not an everyday thing with me. I love my sugar and salt moments. So leave me the hell alone!"

Hysterical moment...

Some men believe that they are God’s gift to women, but they need to remember that God put Adam to sleep and then he made woman. Woman is God’s gift to man…

“Do Your Thing”

If the music make you move, cause you can really groove~ Groove on, groove on.

If you feel like you wanna make love under the stars above~ Love on, love on.

If there’s something you wanna say, and talking is the only way~ Rap on, oh, rap on.

Cause whatever you do, oh, you’ve got to do your thing.

If you feel like you wanna scream, cause that’s your way of letting off steam~ Scream on, scream on.

If you feel like you wanna sing, cause singing is your thing~ Sing on, sing on.

If you feel like you wanna make love all night and you feel it’s right~ Right on, right on.

Cause whatever you do, oh, you’ve got to do your thing~ Do you thing~

Isaac Hayes ( 1942-2008)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FO2jIyPfwqs

“Sun~Day”

Sunday! A happy Sunday to you. I wish you a blessed safe week. 

Ladies you are the backbone of your home~ The foundation~ Make this week your listening week. Listen to your; children, your man, your partner and to all the people who mean something to you. Make your life worthwhile~ valuable~ useful~ meaningful~ sensible. Advisable only if it is needed immediately~ If it is not needed at ‘the-spur-of-the-moment’, sleep on it then give your opinion if necessary…

“Quotes~ Kindness”

Whether one believes in a religion or not, and whether one believes in rebirth or not, there isn't anyone who doesn't appreciate kindness and compassion. ― Dalai Lama

Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love. ― Lao Tzu (604 BC, Zhou Dynasty)

There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. My brain and my heart are my temples; my philosophy is kindness. ― Dalai Lama

Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see. ― Mark Twain (1835-1910)

“A REMINDER THAT IT IS NOT THE END OF THE WORLD”

Please ignore all the boastful people who are making you feel that your child is worthless because he/she failed the exam. Put aside your hurt~ embarrassment~ disdain that you feel towards your child. It IS NOT THE END OF THE WORLD. Start working on the next chapter. Your child was bless with a talent —A passion. Have a serious talk with him/her to find out what he/she likes to do and get them involved in It.

Learn a trade. A blue color worker always have a job.

“I Woke Up To”

A beautiful Saturday morning. The sun is shining brightly. There is a dusting of clouds in the sky. The leaves on the trees are still~ they are a greenish brownish color. That is a sign that fall is coming. A pigeon is walking on the sidewalk and one just flew by my window. I know what I planned to do today and I hope that everything goes to plan, but whatever God says the day will bring I will go with the flow. A beautiful wonderful safe day to you and yours…

“My heart hurts for Trinbago! Law abiding citizens living in fear”

“My heart hurts for Trinbago! Law abiding citizens living in fear”

I grew up in the 70s (ages 10-19) and through the eyes of a scared child, the flying squad were our saviors. When that robbery went down in Hilo — Point Fortin it was shocking and scary because Point Fortin was one of the safest places in Trinidad and Tobago. When you had a death it was from old age, drowning or a car accident. (Drowning and car accidents were few.) There were no murders. Today the amount of murders in Trinbago has passed 200. At this hour 4:00PM, August 16, 2013, I am wondering what today would bring to the innocent law abiding citizens. Life in Trinbago is getting more scary and I believe drastic measures have to be taken as soon as possible. People need to stop living in fear.

If the family dog loves one person more than you and you want him/her to love you the most. Give him/her a spoon of peanut butter. He/she is going to ignore the first love and love you the most.

“Quotes — Greatness And Ego”

Those who occupy their minds with small matters, generally become incapable of greatness. ― Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680)

The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure criticism without resentment. ― Elbert Hubbard (1856-1915)

Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion: The potential for greatness lives within each of us. ― Wilma Rudolph (1940-1994)

To vilify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man can himself attain greatness. ― Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)

Truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge to it, else it is none. ― Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

Whenever I climb I am followed by a dog called 'Ego'. ― Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900)

Don't let your ego get too close to your position, so that if your position gets shot down, your ego doesn't go with it. ― Colin Powell

Every normal person, in fact, is only normal on the average. His ego approximates to that of the psychotic in some part or other and to a greater or lesser extent. ― Sigmund Freud (1856-1939)

The Ego is partly free. partly determined, and reaches fuller freedom by approaching the Individual who is most free: God. ― Muhammad Iqbal (1877-1938)

“God Versus Dog”

Most families religiously pray to God, but there is one member of their family they always treat like a dog…

“A Trinbago Moment”

Last night I had a Trinbago moment when I was looking at the news. Two young men were taking a ride on the back of a truck. Many drivers were trying to alert the truck driver, but he was going at a terrific speed so he did not see or hear them. When he stopped at a traffic light the two guys got off.

One day where I lived in Trinbago, the Sweet Drink —(Soda) truck driver came to deliver soda at the parlour —(Bodega). 4 guys were liming —(Hanging out) on the corner. The Sweet Drink truck driver made his delivery and was getting in the truck to leave. 2 of the guys decided to hop on the back and take a ride, with the intention of not going far. When the driver started the truck and pulled off, he did not drive fast. Just before the guys got to the point where they planned to get off, the driver saw them and he increased his speed. He drover faster and faster. The two guys realized that he was taking them further than they planned. At the speed the truck was moving, they knew the dangers of getting off so they stayed on. One shouted, “When he stop at the traffic light we will get off.”

The other saw a large heap of red sand so he shouted, “There is a large heap of red sand a little way up on my side, I am going to dive on it.” The moment the driver got near to the sand, he got ready to make his move and he did. He missed the sand and hit the road. The other guy saw his friend on the road looking as though he hurt himself badly.

The driver eventually got to the street lights. It was on green so he did not stop. The guy was finally able to get off of the truck 2 miles away from where he got on…

“The Lights Went Out”

10 years ago today the lights went out in the Northeast. I was out shopping Downtown Brooklyn with my children and after we bought what we wanted, we went to have lunch. We were having a great time talking while we ate. The lights suddenly blinked and the place got dark for a moment and then the lights came on again. A sudden feeling of dread came over me and I said, “I think we should go home.” They weren’t finished eating their food, but they both agreed to leave. We left the mall and I asked them if we should take the subway or the bus, but before they could answer I said, let’s take the bus. While we were on the bus, I heard people saying that the lights are out. A woman said she went to use an ATM and it went dark. Another person said the same thing. One lady said that she was happy that she had a metro card so she could take a bus or the train. Another lady said that the trains are not running, and some people were stuck in the subway. 60 million people without lights. It was a total blackout and attitudes changed. Inflation hit real hard because of the blackout. At the Food Mart and some groceries, the price of most items, were doubled even tripled. Candles that cost one dollar were now two or more dollars. Many people had to take a taxi to get home and the normal five dollars cab-fare was now ten dollars or more. When disaster strikes, attitudes change drastically.

As the sun went down I watched as the darkness creep up on us and it was really creepy. Pitch black is a horrible sight and that’s how it was outside. You could hear people bumping into each other saying sorry. My husband looked in the closet and took out the container of glow sticks. Broke some to make them glow and we went down stairs and handed them out to people. Where were you when the lights went out.

“Your Beliefs Are Yours”

Faith~ conviction~ principle~ idea~ confidence~ trust~ certainty~ credence~ is yours and I have no qualms with that. I have a problem when you try to demand that I make it my own. People who know me well know that I was Christened in the Roman Catholic Church, Point Fortin, Trinidad and Tobago~ I attended church every Sunday morning~ Sunday school at 2 O'clock every Sunday evening. I made First Communion then Confirmation so I am a staunch Catholic. Do not think because I am a Catholic, I do not read the bible. The first time I read it, it took me one year and six months~ I started from Genesis and I ended with Revelation. I could tell you how much of our daily life style is in that book, but my discussion about the bible is with me and my family~ We need to edify each other about our beliefs in God —AND THAT IS THAT.

At times when people start to talk to me about religious beliefs, I listen attentively and then I say, “Thank you for sharing your views. I will think about it." When they walk away, I always say, “I really would like to see how holy and worthy you are to God, when no one is looking.” I wish I was a fly on the wall in your home to see your actions…

“Quotes I Like”

Nothing stands out so conspicuously, or remains so firmly fixed in the memory, as something which you have blundered. — Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 BC-43 BC)

To live is to think. — Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 BC-43 BC)

Before beginning, plan carefully. — Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 BC-43 BC)

I never admire another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own. — Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 BC-43 BC)

Whatever you do, do with all your might. — Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 BC-43 BC)

Sweet is the memory of past troubles. — Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 BC-43 BC)

A Better Day”

There is something about Tuesdays that I loved as a child and now that I am older I still do.

Is it the atmosphere?

I experienced many sunny, rainy, snowy Tuesdays, but I still love it.

Is it because it is the second day of the school and work week?

I experienced some very stupid moments on Tuesdays — At school, couldn’t answer the question. At work had to arrive to work early to set up a meeting. The Path train stopped because the Hackensack Bridge stuck. Got to work, hoping my boss did not see me. As I got on the elevator, someone shouted “Hold the doors!” It was my boss. I still loved Tuesdays.

I got up a 4:30 this morning. Feeling rested on this rainy Tuesday morning and I still love Tuesdays.

Good Morning~ Remember who calms your fears~ Don't forget to say, "I love you."

I hope today is a better day for you than yesterday~

“Quotes Worth Thinking About”

Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is shown in acts. —Henri Frederic Amiel (1821-1881)

It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so. — Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 BC-65 AD)

Keep your eyes open to your mercies. The man who forgets to be thankful has fallen asleep in life. ― Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894)

When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength. Give thanks for your food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason to give thanks, the fault lies in yourself. — Tecumseh (1768-1813)

“Once A Man”

Oh gosh as I am getting younger all the old pains in the body, I had a knee story going on. One morning when I got up it was not hurting so I did not put on the brace, went into the kitchen to make a cup of coffee. I suddenly hit the floor. My daughter and son were home. They helped me up and put on my knee brace. Called their father who was at work and he asked if he should come home. My son was going for a late class so he told him that he was going to make sure I stayed in bed. His sister would be home from school before he leaves. So someone would be home. His father told him to make sure I stayed in bed and to be at my beck and call. He did wait on me, left when his sister came home from school and then she was on duty. My husband came home from work and he prepared dinner then brought me a plate. That night I said to him that I was sorry I did not cook and he had to come home and do it. “Don’t be sorry. Remember to wear your brace. I want you to be okay.”

The kindness and the love was so overwhelming that I started to cry saying how thankful I am and sorry for my little disability. My husband said, “Alli, for better or for worst.”

So on this rainy Monday morning in NY and for the rest of this world, whatever the weather may be… remember the vow you took. it is a solemn promise.

“Thank you God for everything.”