Love without borders?

I am inspired by a phrase Scottie uttered in comments at his post; "I am continually amazed by the degree of hate humans can have towards one another"....or something like that. It led me to think of this song; a song many who are conservative find frightening and subversive.

But, for the moment, let us imagine a world in which we had no fences to keep people out, no fences to keep them in. We held no religion of exclusion or of being "right" and therefore making other religions "wrong". Imagine a time we could love who we want, without someone hating us for loving another. Imagine the color of skin not being a point of fear, distrust, or even distaste, but a part of what makes one unique and beautiful. Imagine a world where love for your neighbor was not simply a catch phrase, but a way of life in which we really cared about people....and not just those people we can see, but those who live far away. Imagine a time where we didn't solve our conflicts with guns but with talk, with love, even agreeing to disagree and still love each other. Imagine a life that didn't need to be cut short so some dictator, president, or just a pompous bureaucrat wasn't flexing at the cost of a little one's life. Imagine....

We in America have been blessed, and perhaps cursed, to have lived without war on our shores.

Maybe we are ignorant because the war torn live so far from us. Maybe we see our blessing and forget the cost out of simple expediency. Maybe war is simply an evil unavoidable in a world filled with people who court hate. But, imagine....

Just don't look good naked, anymore.....

oh, there's more?

I'm not sure what this means, but....it took me a bit to find the other image.

Dammit, I'm gay.

What if....

Hi Friends;

Well, I had a good day yesterday. Got some clean up done, did some of the painting that I have to do, and managed to take care of the two beers I'd bought....I'll take care of the pizza tonight. I'm up, enjoying the morning as I look out my office windows; green grass vibrant in the spring joy-of-life, the birds flittering all about chirping about their territory, their aggression to invaders, their strength and their willingness to mate. ..... have you ever wondered that perhaps we should do things like animals? For instance, perhaps I'd do better if I could go stand in my front yard and yell at the top of my lungs: "This is my house. This is my house. You bad ones stay away. You bad ones stay away. Someone come have sex with me!" You have to wonder if it just wouldn't work better. Shoot, the way my life is going right now it couldn't work less than what I'm doing.

I found these two vids today and thought to share them. I hope you like these. The one is just a cute brother pair dancing. The second sort of talks about what we view as important. Enjoy.

Ulric

Hi Friends;

I took a day off of work to try to get some house work done. Let's face it, I'm out of clothes and I can't find my kitchen counters.

But, another bonus of having a day off is I get to surf and look. This is a young star on the rise, for sure, and I found him through Milkboys and Skyclad Scribble. So, of course, visit them.

I was inrigued by this music for a couple of reasons: One, I've been working too much and not living. The song is all about living for today for tomarrow may not come. Laugh, love, play....and indeed in the background as he sings "I will die, but not today" we hear kids playing and laughing in the background. This says life to me, and was truly inspirational. It inspired me to post something today, if nothing more, and I'm smiling as I do this. Must be a great song.