PESSOALÍSSIMO: 10/2006

TEA ANYONE?

CLIMATE NUMBER$$ RE£EASED TODAY

Stern Review Report on the Economics of Climate Change

Act Now, and pay 1% of the Worls's Economy.

Act Later, and it may cost up to £3.5 trillion.

A Pouca Vergonha em Figura de Gente

Retalhos de uma Existência Casuística :

Anos 80 vs. séc. XXI

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

"I wish I hadn't cried so much!" said Alice, as she swam about, trying to find her way out, "I shall be punished for it now, I suppose, by being drowned in my own tears! Well! that'll be a queer thing, to be sure! However, every thing is queer today."

Curiouser and curiouser!" cried Alice, (she was so surprised that she quite forgot how to speak good English,) "now I'm opening out like the largest telescope that ever was! Goodbye, feet!" (for when she looked down at her feet, they seemed almost out of sight, they were getting so far off,) "oh, my poor little feet, I wonder who will put on your shoes and stockings for you now, dears? I'm sure I can't! I shall be a great deal too far off to bother myself about you: you must manage the best way you can—but I must be kind to them," thought Alice, "or perhaps they won't walk the way I want to go! Let me see: I'll give them a new pair of boots every Christmas." And she went on planning to herself how she would manage it "they must go by the carrier," she thought, "and how funny it'll seem, sending presents to one's own feet! And how odd the directions will look!

Alice's Right Foot, ESQ.
The Carpet,
with Alice's Love

(Words and Drawing by Lewis Carroll,
aka Charles Lutwidge Dodgson)

Estado de Espírito

EXERCISE

~ Benjamin Franklin

While we may not be able to control all that happens to us,
we can control what happens inside us.

THINK FOR YOURSELF

Independent Thinking relies on Self-Confidence.
It's the ability to challenge a group viewpoint rather than passively accept the status quo.

It has less to do with your Inteligence but more to do with your Authenticity (i.e., being in touch with what one truly thinks and feels).

Far from just leading to more stimulating conversations, thinking for yourself enables you to challenge assumptions that others may have and it also means you no longer have to feel overwhelmed by people in power, or to assume that those in authority are right.

Society needs our Ideas (and Ideals).
Throughout history, Self-Belief has been the bedrock of independent thought. Society needs to have its Free-Thinkers who look hard at their own thought process.
And unless you think for yourself you are just as enlightened as the society you live in.

Your capacity to speak up your own mind depends on your willingness to stand alone and risk inevitable conflict - without any fears of rejection or of social prejudice.

THINGS TO DO

One's Rose Afloat

SOUL ROWING

Por Obséquio

Alguém me sabe dizer se está prevista
alguma Congregação ou Manif de Borboletas?

É que, ao que parece,
deram a minha morada como ponto de encontro !

Metamorfose em 4 Elementos

Na junção está a Vida

MARCHAI !

Há Quem Escreva Frases d' Oiro

"não é possível escrever na certidão de óbito do amor a data exacta nem a razão exacta do falecimento"

Post Card

Based in Bath

~ SOUZA

dance

as though no one is watching you,

love

as though you have never been hurt before,

sing

as though no one can hear you,

live

as though heaven is on earth.

~ GOETHE

WHATEVER YOU CAN DO,
OR DREAM YOU CAN,

BEGIN IT.

BOLDNESS HAS GENIUS,
POWER AND MAGIC IN IT.

SHOWBIZ

(YES) YOU CAN TELL THE TRUTH.

AND STILL BE FUNNY (ABOUT IT).

AND (ALSO) MAKE A POINT TO THE AUDIENCE.

WRONG Prize to a VERY NOBLE Person

The Nobel Peace Prize for 2006

Prof. Muhammad Yunus

BANKER TO THE POOR

OSLO, Norway (AP) -- Bangladeshi microcredit pioneer Muhammad Yunus and his Grameen Bank were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for their work in advancing economic and social opportunities for the poor, particularly women. The economist and the bank he founded will share the prize. They were cited for their efforts to help "create economic and social development from below" in their home country by using innovative economic programs such as microcredit lending.

Grameen Bank has been instrumental in helping millions of poor Bangladeshis, many of them women, improve their standard of living by letting them borrow small sums to start businesses. Loans go toward buying items such as cows to start a dairy, chickens for an egg business, or mobile phones to start businesses where villagers who have no access to phones pay a small fee to make calls.

"Every single individual on earth has both the potential and the right to live a decent life. Across cultures and civilizations, Yunus and Grameen Bank have shown that even the poorest of the poor can work to bring about their own development," the Nobel Committee said in its citation.

(...)

Microcredit is the extension of small loans, typically US$50 to US$100, to entrepreneurs too poor to qualify for traditional bank loans.

(...)

In its citation, the committee noted that "economic growth and political democracy can not achieve their full potential unless the female half of humanity participates on an equal footing with the male," the committee said.

(...)

The 65-year-old economist said he would use part of his share of the 10 million kronor ($1.4 million) award money to create a company that would make low-cost, high-nutrition food for the poor. The rest of his share would go toward setting up an eye hospital for the poor in Bangladesh, he told reporters. (Bankers to poor win peace Nobel)
The food company, to be known as Social Business Enterprise, will sell food for a nominal price and be a "no loss, no dividend" firm, he said, without elaborating.

SHOULD HAVE BEEN AWARDED

THE ECONOMICS PRIZE INSTEAD.

NOT QUITE BACK YET

FLOATING

BUSINESS CARDS

"Best-Selling Author, Stand-Up Philosopher

and Ambassador for the State of Oneness"

lia-se no seu cartão.

Viagem de Ida e Volta

(para mais detalhes clique nas fotos)

The Voyage of Life / Childhood (Thomas Cole)

The Voyage of Life / Youth (Thomas Cole)

The Voyage of Life / Manhood (Thomas Cole)

The Voyage of Life / Old Age (Thomas Cole)

Return ticket to Adulthood

IMORTAIS EM TORNO DO SOL

Quantos anos tens ?
Talvez nem te lembres quantos.
Quantos anos fizeste ?
Talvez nem te desses conta.

(...)

Quantos anos tens?
Talvez nem te lembres das velas.
Talvez o teu bolo ainda tenha luz a mais.

Talvez haja velas acesas nos canaviais
em segredo para os que fazem anos imortais.

De um lado ao outro do mundo
dançamos sozinhos no fundo
de um lado ao outro da vida
não temos memórias perdidas.

(...)

Imortais, Luís Represas

AMIZADES DE REFERÊNCIA

BEM HAJAM

HIGHER PERCEPTION

Guided by Kestrel

Sob a Insígnia da Lua

(...)

Vai, sem desistir de procurar
Ver se os trilhos ainda estão marcados.
Vai, reviver as estradas velhas
E apontar o rumo de outras novas estradas.

(...)

Se os passos eram longos
Outros mais longos fomos dar
Até que outros mais longos
Fossem possíveis de alcançar
Pois passo atrás de passo
Também os rios vão dar ao mar
Seguros de que não podem regressar.

Ao Fim ao Cabo, Luís Represas