killing me hardly

"what do you think about abortion?"
i could feel the tension growing in the plane. i dropped my head, acknowledging that we
had very different value systems for our lives. then i thought of a way to respond to
his question.
"you're jewish, right?" i asked.
"yes," he said defensively. "i told you i was!"
"do you know how hitler persuaded the german people to destroy more than six million
of your ancestors?"
the man looked at me expectantly, so i continued.
"he convinced them that jews were not human and then exterminated your people like rats."
"do you understand how americans enslaved, tortured, and killed millions of africans?
we dehumanized them so our constitution didn't apply to them, and then we treated them
worse than animals."
"how about the native americans?"
i pressed.
"do you have any idea how we managed to hunt indians like wild animals, drive them out
of their own land, burn their villages, rape their women, and slaughter their children?
do you have any clue how everyday people turned into cruel murderers?"
my jewish friend was silent, and his eyes were filling with tears as i made my point.
"we made people believe that native americans were wild savages, not real human beings,
and then we brutalized them without any conviction of wrongdoing! now do you understand
how we have persuaded mothers to kill their own babies? we took the word fetus, which
is the latin word for 'offspring,' and redefined it to dehumanize the unborn. we told
mothers, 'that is not really a baby you are carrying in your belly; it is a fetus,
tissue that suddenly forms into a human being just seconds before it exits the womb.'
in doing so, we were able to assert that, in the issue of abortion, there is only one
person's human rights to consider, and then we convinced mothers that disposing of
fetal tissue was a woman's right. our constitution no longer protects the unborn
because they are not real people. they are just lifeless blobs of tissue."
by now, tears were flowing down his cheeks.
"your people, the native americans, and the african americans should be the greatest
defenders of the unborn on the planet. after all, you know what it's like for society
to redefine you so that they can destroy your races. but ironically, your races have
the highest abortion rates in this country! somebody is still trying to exterminate
your people, and you don't even realize it. the names have changed, but the plot
remains the same!"


purity
the new moral revolution
kris vallotton

peeping tom

Der Krieger und die Kaiserin

coffee black and egg white

you turn me into somebody loved

here

when one door closes
another one opens
close the door behind you
open the one ahead

eyes wide shut, heart wide open

praise is rising eyes are turning to You i turn to You
hope is stirring hearts are yearning for You i long for You
hear the sound of hearts returning to You i turn to You
in your kingdom broken lives are made new You make me new
cause when i see You i find strength to face the day
in Your presence all my fears are washed away washed away
hosanna
hosanna
you are the God who saves us
worthy of all my praises
hosanna
hosanna
come have your way among us
welcome you here Lord Jesus

o me o my

its beginning
its the end
i've been talking too much
not doing enough
and sitting here
staring blankly
everywhere i go
all i can think about is
the life i've lived
and the life i will live
and how the next 25 years will pan out
what will i do
who will i meet
where will i go
how will i get there
and when
but really,
in evaluation of everything i've embodied and soaked and let out,
it was because of the joy of life you have given me
there's a thousand ways to say thank you
and i'm only using one
so, my new goal
as i turn a sparkling two five
will inevitably be
to give thanks
in all moments
rain or shine.

in retrospect, new things i learned about myself:
1. i like zucchinis
2. i enjoy the beach
3. i hate D land.(after 12 hours)
4. i'm a baby???
5. i want a ring pop
6. i hate rollercoasters
7. soy milk does a body good
8. i can sing for hours on end
9. no one fully understands me, not even me
10. i laugh like a beast

woe is me?
nope
happy is me.

tu tu tango

one step forward
tu steps back

there is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening, that is translated through you into action, and if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and will be lost.
martha graham

joy is not in things, it is in us
r. wagner

ask me, i won't say no, how could eye

all grown up

colorblind

it shouldn't be