Lessons from Charlottesville: This is how you float above the hate

There’s no shortage of news these days that’s heavy, scary, shameful at times and makes it hard to stay positive unless you engage in some degree of willful denial of the world at large and focus on your own little bubble – this is not new but it’s more of a task these days with…

2016 – A Pretty Good Year?

That header, the title above, seems strange to type out and read – saying it and hearing myself say it is even stranger. At this point I have to admit even I’m not sure if I’m being sarcastic or not. But was it really that terrible a year? As horrible as we’re all imagining it?…

Rapists or Hateful Cultures? Who is worse?

Just read this article and had to share what came to mind. This is horrible, yet I cannot help but agree with the writer, the pain and not hiding it is the reason for looking at and knowing about things like this in our history – I have always felt that we humans need to…

Top Ten differences between White Terrorists and Others [Reblogged]

I came across this today and it really did strike a chord in my mind – I don’t blame all whites or all-anyone for anything, but there is a certain undeniable truth to the points raised in this list that I reblogged from HERE where I originally read it.  In the end though, we all make our…

Reality – a view gone askew

One of the favourite television programming concepts today is ‘Reality TV’ as can be seen from international shows like American Idol, The Amazing Race and of course, Big Brother. But people make a huge mistake when watching these shows and sometimes I wonder whether they really don’t know this or just choose to ignore it.What…