Don't Know What To Do? Drop a Bomb!

Today I found myself watching CNN and the Mumbai Massacre. I tend to stay away from these programs for one reason- I'm selfish and find it hard to stay happy when I am constantly bombarded with avoidable death and loss. I don't get it. What is the point? All these terrorist groups and all these righteous groups. They don't understand that they are all acting the same, creating the same outcomes. Death. Thats it. Do they really believe that is the answer? Death? That if we kill the wrongdoers, remembering that they are the rightdoers in their own eyes, it is the way to peace and enlightenment? The outcome is the same, no matter who is behind the gun or bomb or hostage. Why does no one get that?!?


I'm finding lately I get more emotional over everything, big and little. Anyone who is human probably is, knowing the world today is no better off than during the Vikings, the Crusade, WWI and WWII. We all figure we are smarter, educated, enlightened. We figure that what they did was wrong. Killing all those people? That was wrong. What are we doing? We're 'freeing the country from terror' or 'eraticating the threat". Thats not wrong! Ha! Its the same damn thing! We are still killing people who don't agree with us. That is the bottom line. No wonder violence in schools and cities is increasing. That is what the youth of today is learning. Kill those who don't agree.

This is why my blog is named what it is. I know its awkward English. But honestly, if we could just stop and think like sane animals, we'd be farther along than we are now. Act out of compassion and we'd truly be enlightened.

Now, we can just kill more efficiently. Thats all we have learned.

The Movie Channel is a Curse

This is a magnified picture of pollen. It is my mortal enemy.

You can do half a form when you do two sections of the Tai Chi form, for those of you who inquired. So there.

I once had to open a can of dog food with my pocket knife. Its not worth the blood. This lesson has stayed with me a long time.

Why do men always go out and buy themselves everything they want one month before Christmas?!?

Cold tea with honey is better than iced tea. Cold coffee is doable but more of a necessity than a pleasure.

Is it just me or does it seem that your hands swell every time you pick up a set of sai's?

I think the wall beside me has ceiling stipple for texture. Is this laziness, or efficiency?

This is a previous published thought. No one ever gave me an answer. If you are what you eat, and a cannibal eats a vegetarian, does that make the cannibal a vegetarian?

I have a cat named Jack and a dog named Jill. They are both females. No crowns involved.

I love how the parents have more fun than the kids when we play games like dodgeball or tag.

Who writes abouts scooters? Has anyone labeled their posts 'scooters'?

Does anyone else find it extremely annoying when the heater in a coffee pot shuts off automatically?

I just found out that scientists have been successful in creating antimatter. I find this super scary and exciting. We can power all of New York for days or make a 20 kiloton nuclear warhead with one gram. Any bets on which one happens first?

Speaking of tea, I just spilled allover myself and the table. Excuse me for a minute...

I miss Teddy Ruxpin and Astroboy. I think I had a crush on Teddy.

I have no interest in the UFC. There. I admit it.

I cried yesterday while listening to the Help Kids Hope broadcast. Yes, I did make a pledge.

Squaring the Circle- Yeah Its Possible

Geez. I haven't posted yet in November. Shame on me.

I am currently enrolled in another program, long distance learning through the Royal Roads University. The courses I'm taking are Enviro Law, Sustainable Development and Management. I have homework to do, but that's not the point. The point is I'm learning alot of new information, and when its coupled with the current happenings around SRKF and the Benevolent Foundation, it causes everything to click in place.

For example, define sustainable development. Think you can? There are multitudes of scholarly papers defining the term, and everyone has a different twist. For example, "The term ‘‘sustainable development’’ has been seen by some as amounting essentially to a contradiction in terms, between the opposing imperatives of growth and development, on the one hand, and ecological (and perhaps social and economic) sustainability on the other. These critics might indeed be said to believe that trying to achieve sustainable development amounts to trying to square the circle, in the sense of trying to achieve the impossible." (Robinson, J. 2003). Personally, I believe that sustainable development is not only possible, but absolutely essential to our future generations.

Next, do you know what social capital is? It is "the internal social and cultural coherence of society, the norms and values that govern interactions among people and the institutions in which they are embedded" (Serageldin, I. Vice Pres. Social Capital Initiative). In other words, social capital is everything from well defined organizations, such as the Elks Club, 4-H and the government network, to the inadvertent relation between two stangers that nod to eachother in a grocery store line (Putnam, 2001). Even us, SRKF and the Benevolent Foundation, are social capital.

I like the terminology, social capital. Capital is usually monetary, a given value, ie. valuable. The term socal capital implies a certain valuable aspect to the whole thing. Which goes without saying. Without social capital, society and culture would collapse.

So, what does any of this have to do with us? Why am I lecturing all of you? Social capital is the key to sustainable development. Sustainable development is the key to the survival of future generations. WE are SOCIAL CAPITAL. WE are the KEY TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. We will decide the survival of our children, our grandchildren, their grandchildren..... See the link?

We are on the right track. We need to change the social norms and values to support sustainable development. We are. This little group is striving forward, getting the word out, and bettering our community, and other communities around the world. Even shovelling the snow for a stranger will cause people to stop and think, and can ultimately change their views and values.

I'm excited. We are apart of an awesome group of people, with an awesome group of people leading us. This post was a long way of saying I'm excited about what we are doing, and what we are capable of doing. Lets keep it up.