Anger is a lot of work.
Why would you want to heap more work on top of yourself?
Heal your anger addiction through sheer laziness.
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Spitting Into The Wind: How GOP Assaults On Women's Reproductive Rights Assault Men's Rights
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/01/28/1273137/-Spitting-Into-The-Wind-How-GOP-Assaults-On-Women-s-Reproductive-Rights-Assault-Men-s-Rights
Friday, January 24, 2014
EDIT: Sexual Objectification Is Not Your Sexuality
I have decided to redact this post as I think I really want to keep this blog and my Light Living Facebook page as safe space where people can come and feel a bit of peace during their days.
If you are unaware of the Light Living Facebook community and would like to join, you can find it here: https://www.facebook.com/lightlivingnow
You can also follow my Twitter at: https://twitter.com/LightLivingNow
My activism work generally doesn't lend itself to feeling peaceful, so I will keep my activist posts elsewhere so my readers have more of a choice about when they feel like reading about heavy and controversial topics. I already know most of you are activists in some form or another, and I do hope you will take the time to go and look at that page as well and spread the articles. When you're up to it, of course.
For this blog though, I think it best serves as a spot for more personal and positive light work. I'll post links here and on FB and Twitter when I put something new up over there, but won't copy/paste it.
Here is the link for my activist blog on Daily KOS: http://www.dailykos.com/blog/LoriRose/
Here is the direct link to the article:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/01/24/1272343/-Sexual-Objectification-Is-Not-Your-Sexuality
Namaste!
If you are unaware of the Light Living Facebook community and would like to join, you can find it here: https://www.facebook.com/lightlivingnow
You can also follow my Twitter at: https://twitter.com/LightLivingNow
My activism work generally doesn't lend itself to feeling peaceful, so I will keep my activist posts elsewhere so my readers have more of a choice about when they feel like reading about heavy and controversial topics. I already know most of you are activists in some form or another, and I do hope you will take the time to go and look at that page as well and spread the articles. When you're up to it, of course.
For this blog though, I think it best serves as a spot for more personal and positive light work. I'll post links here and on FB and Twitter when I put something new up over there, but won't copy/paste it.
Here is the link for my activist blog on Daily KOS: http://www.dailykos.com/blog/LoriRose/
Here is the direct link to the article:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/01/24/1272343/-Sexual-Objectification-Is-Not-Your-Sexuality
Namaste!
Thursday, January 23, 2014
The Sword Without A Hilt
Sexism is a double edged sword that has no hilt. You simply cannot pick it up and swing it anyone without cutting yourself.
You cannot call a women "sluts" without automatically calling men "tasteless."
You cannot call men "pussies" without automatically calling women "dicks."
You can't call a man "girly" or a woman "butch" without automatically implying that you yourself are inferior because of your gender.
In other words, you can't help but go around insulting yourself every time you spew sexist diatribe. It's like walking around with a sign on your back that says "World's Biggest Joke," and you haven't noticed. It's funny to those of us who see it, and even funnier to say "Hey, you have a sign on your back!" and watch you get all defensive and say, "No, I don't!"
If we all took the time today to tell our children this, sexism would probably be mostly gone by the time today's kindergartners became college students.
You cannot call a women "sluts" without automatically calling men "tasteless."
You cannot call men "pussies" without automatically calling women "dicks."
You can't call a man "girly" or a woman "butch" without automatically implying that you yourself are inferior because of your gender.
In other words, you can't help but go around insulting yourself every time you spew sexist diatribe. It's like walking around with a sign on your back that says "World's Biggest Joke," and you haven't noticed. It's funny to those of us who see it, and even funnier to say "Hey, you have a sign on your back!" and watch you get all defensive and say, "No, I don't!"
If we all took the time today to tell our children this, sexism would probably be mostly gone by the time today's kindergartners became college students.
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
Be A Bee Champion
Our bees are
rapidly going extinct.
So will humans soon after if they do.
I know that's alarmist and melodramatic sounding, but I'm not trying to be. It's the truth. These insects are the ONLY way many of the plants we depend on for food can reproduce.
Pesticides, diseases, parasites, and GMO plants are destroying our honeybees. If you eat honey, haven't you noticed how expensive honey is these days? That's because bee keepers are watching helplessly as the entire hives and multiple hives collapse and die.
But there is still hope. Don't feel helpless...there is a LOT you can do.
If you keep a garden, that's a gigantic start. I know you started it just because you enjoy messing around in dirt or wanted to grow cheaper food (Ok, I might just be talking about myself here), but gardens are critical for keeping our towns and cities healthy! Including some of these plants when you hit the garden stores this spring is one of the easiest things you can do to help the bees.
If you don't garden or can't garden, that doesn't mean you still can't help! I'd like to point you to investigating and keeping Mason bees...even folks who live in apartments can keep them!
Mason bees are tiny little bees that do not produce honey. They build their nests in reed holes. They gather and shape mud to create a multi-roomed nursery (which is how they got their name of “Mason” bee). They create a wall, fill the room with pollen, and lay one egg. Then they seal the room up and create the next one. After their work is finished, the parents pass away. The babies are born, eat the pollen, and then make little cocoons (called pupae) and sleep the rest of the year until they wake up again the next spring as adults to start the cycle over again.
They are WONDERFUL for children! They're seriously cute and fuzzy little things, and they are such little sweethearts! I could play with them in my hands for hours. They so docile that you can pick them up and hold them gently without fear of getting stung. While they do have the ability to sting, it's really difficult to get them to do it...unless you're squeezing them or hurting them somehow. Unlike honeybees, they aren't territorial and have no real need to defend their nests. They're generally safe to have around even if you or your family are allergic to bee stings (investigate and decide for yourself on that one, you know your medical needs better than anyone).
They are very cheap to buy, are incredibly easy to keep, are hardier and more resistant to diseases and pesticides, are powerhouse pollinators for your garden and the gardens of your neighbors, and because they do not produce honey, there are no hives to upkeep (which is a LOT of work).
All you need is a little bee box and some reeds or skinny tubes of cardboard for them to make their nests, and a tupperwear to keep the cocoons somewhere safe and cool after Spring is over till next year.
Check this wonderful website for more information:
http://www.crownbees.com/mason-bees/
If you can't keep bees or a garden...then you can STILL help. Open your mouths. Talk. Speak. Raise awareness!
The next time a friend asks, "So what have you been up to lately?" tell them, "I've been learning about bee keeping!" THAT will almost certainly spark a conversation and you will have done an incredibly huge thing to make the world a better place.
Or move your mouse and share this post. Put it on your Google+, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, or whatever you use so others can see. That's a big thing too! You have the eternal thanks of the world if you do.
No act of kindness, no matter how small, cheap, or meager it may seem is ever wasted.
So will humans soon after if they do.
I know that's alarmist and melodramatic sounding, but I'm not trying to be. It's the truth. These insects are the ONLY way many of the plants we depend on for food can reproduce.
Pesticides, diseases, parasites, and GMO plants are destroying our honeybees. If you eat honey, haven't you noticed how expensive honey is these days? That's because bee keepers are watching helplessly as the entire hives and multiple hives collapse and die.
But there is still hope. Don't feel helpless...there is a LOT you can do.
If you keep a garden, that's a gigantic start. I know you started it just because you enjoy messing around in dirt or wanted to grow cheaper food (Ok, I might just be talking about myself here), but gardens are critical for keeping our towns and cities healthy! Including some of these plants when you hit the garden stores this spring is one of the easiest things you can do to help the bees.
If you don't garden or can't garden, that doesn't mean you still can't help! I'd like to point you to investigating and keeping Mason bees...even folks who live in apartments can keep them!
Mason bees are tiny little bees that do not produce honey. They build their nests in reed holes. They gather and shape mud to create a multi-roomed nursery (which is how they got their name of “Mason” bee). They create a wall, fill the room with pollen, and lay one egg. Then they seal the room up and create the next one. After their work is finished, the parents pass away. The babies are born, eat the pollen, and then make little cocoons (called pupae) and sleep the rest of the year until they wake up again the next spring as adults to start the cycle over again.
They are WONDERFUL for children! They're seriously cute and fuzzy little things, and they are such little sweethearts! I could play with them in my hands for hours. They so docile that you can pick them up and hold them gently without fear of getting stung. While they do have the ability to sting, it's really difficult to get them to do it...unless you're squeezing them or hurting them somehow. Unlike honeybees, they aren't territorial and have no real need to defend their nests. They're generally safe to have around even if you or your family are allergic to bee stings (investigate and decide for yourself on that one, you know your medical needs better than anyone).
They are very cheap to buy, are incredibly easy to keep, are hardier and more resistant to diseases and pesticides, are powerhouse pollinators for your garden and the gardens of your neighbors, and because they do not produce honey, there are no hives to upkeep (which is a LOT of work).
All you need is a little bee box and some reeds or skinny tubes of cardboard for them to make their nests, and a tupperwear to keep the cocoons somewhere safe and cool after Spring is over till next year.
Check this wonderful website for more information:
http://www.crownbees.com/mason-bees/
If you can't keep bees or a garden...then you can STILL help. Open your mouths. Talk. Speak. Raise awareness!
The next time a friend asks, "So what have you been up to lately?" tell them, "I've been learning about bee keeping!" THAT will almost certainly spark a conversation and you will have done an incredibly huge thing to make the world a better place.
Or move your mouse and share this post. Put it on your Google+, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, or whatever you use so others can see. That's a big thing too! You have the eternal thanks of the world if you do.
No act of kindness, no matter how small, cheap, or meager it may seem is ever wasted.
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
How Jellybeans Can Improve Your Life!
Watch a guy put your whole life in perspective with jelly beans in under 3 minutes.
Tarnished Halos and Pure Wisdom
"Listen. Don't listen to me, LISTEN." ~ Butterfly, The Last Unicorn
We are far too quick in this society to discard wisdom in favor of focusing on a tarnished source. We feel we have to stop listening to our spiritual leaders when they commit an act of darkness.
Don't fall into that trap!
I know it's baffling, disappointing, and embarrassing to you when your hero's halos slip. To be angry is a natural response. You are not wrong in any of your feelings.
But don't be hasty and throw the baby out with the bathwater. There is more to learn.
Listen.
Sometimes "Do as I say, not as I do," is very wise advice for you to follow. There have been clergy, great humanitarians, and Lightworkers that I resonated very strongly with and admired greatly as shining examples of enlightenment...only to watch a scandal erupt of tax fraud or adultery.
Does that mean the wisdom they spoke of previously that touched my heart so deeply was not true?
Martin Luther King Jr. had extra-marital affairs.
Does that invalidate the civil rights work he did?
I've heard amazingly profound, selfless, and compassionate advice from the mouths of criminals.
Does recognizing that they have this insight mean that I am discounting the harm they have caused?
Every person is on their own path to follow in life and make their own mistakes and reap their own karma. This is not your problem.
It's OK to step back and say, "I know this person acted immorally and I don't condone it or intend to follow their example...but when you're right, you're right."
Do not be afraid you were deceived by your heart. Your heart's guidance didn't fail. They did. They will take the consequences of their actions.
The nice thing about the truth is that it remains the truth no matter who says it.
You were born wise enough to recognize what is true and what is not. Trust your heart. There is no finer B.S. meter that has ever been made. It was calibrated to perfect accuracy the day you were born and will remain that way. It is you who need to refine your skill in understanding it's readings.
Listen to the message, not the source. That is your priority.
Listen. Listen. Listen quickly!
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