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ART WORKS -- Vocalpoint - Living Unlimited: An Rx for Art

2011-08-17T01:38:00.000-07:00

I can relate to this article in many ways after having been hospitalized various times & lacking sensory stimulation & relaxation due to environmental conditions.

Thanks to people like Diane Brown for using her own empathy-inspired idea to help other patients; having art around makes all the difference in the world no matter how big or small your world may be...

For More, Click HERE: Vocalpoint - Living Unlimited: An Rx for Art

A Better Community

2011-08-01T16:01:00.000-07:00

"Volunteering is..."

at abc.go.com/site/a-better-community/index

Easy Meals | Weeknight Dinners | Jennie-O Turkey Store

2011-07-27T13:30:00.000-07:00

EASY TURKEY WEEKNIGHT DINNER MEAL RECIPES FROM JENNIE-O:

Easy Meals | Weeknight Dinners | Jennie-O Turkey Store

About the Rainbow « To Bend Light

2011-07-24T11:29:00.000-07:00

Thanks to Prayables for sharing this on their Facebook page:

About the Rainbow « To Bend Light

*For Daily Inspiration & To Sign Up For Emails,

Thrones A'More -- OPEN FOR BUSINESS

2011-07-23T01:48:00.000-07:00

CLICK HERE: Thrones A'More

...so my mom came back to town, and most of my sisters are here now, too.

They are in the housecleaning business, and if you are in the Lexington, KY area, they would really appreciate being hired for any needed, available housecleaning or maid service.

Mom is really, umm, thorough, so you will get your money's worth along with that "down-home" treatment that you might not get from some of the bigger franchises (not knocking them. I'm just sayin'...).

For what it's worth, I help in any way that I can, too, so if you need any other abstract jobs done that don't fit into the usual mold, it probably doesn't hurt to ask because I like to stay busy now that I am on disability.

As I used to say when I was in Customer Service:

"If I can't help you, I will find someone who can."

Thanks, and if you could help by re-posting this, I will personally appreciate it, also.

Best Wishes ALWAYS - Jen* =)

>For Maid Service, Call Violetta Adams at 415-578-8673.

*Serving Lexington-Fayette County Area ONLY.

The Future of TV: Tell Congress to Protect Local TV and Keep Communities Safe

2011-07-22T21:10:00.000-07:00

PLEASE CONSIDER CONTACTING YOUR LOCAL LEGISLATURE TO PROTECT LOCAL TV:

The Future of TV: Tell Congress to Protect Local TV and Keep Communities Safe

IT ONLY TAKES A MOMENT, BUT THAT IS ALL IT TAKES TO TURN AROUND & FIND THAT IT IS GONE, TOO.

*EVEN IF YOU DON'T VOTE, THIS IS A WAY TO MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD.

THANKS - JEN*

Tricks for New Bloggers: Add Scrollbars to Blog Posts

2011-07-21T04:09:00.000-07:00

"I'm a 'blogger...'"

Seriously, though, this really helped me a lot:

Tricks for New Bloggers: Add Scrollbars to Blog Posts

>Editing Tips, Etc...

-Images

-Feeds

-Posts

-Headers

-Footers

-Gadgets

-Page Elements

-MORE...

(Click Link Above; This is a great blog with organized, detailed, accurate help... I highly recommend it.)

"Enjoy Restaurant Food at Home: 28 No-Guilt Copycat Restaurant Recipes" Free eCookbook | FaveDiets.com

2011-07-18T17:58:00.000-07:00

For my fellow bottom-feeders.

...literally. =)

"Enjoy Restaurant Food at Home: 28 No-Guilt Copycat Restaurant Recipes" Free eCookbook | FaveDiets.com

San Francisco’s First Bacon Truck | The San Francisco Local - Yahoo! News

2011-07-12T19:32:00.000-07:00

San Francisco’s First Bacon Truck | The San Francisco Local - Yahoo! News

Pursuit - Pantech - DOWNLOAD PC SUITE

2011-07-12T02:50:00.000-07:00

To download the manual for Pursuit - Pantech

or PC Suite, so you can sync your phone

to your computer, go to: http://www.pantechusa.com/support/pursuit.

*It took some time for me to find answers & figure this out, but I am happy to report that this has fixed my problem, so I am passing along the link & info to anyone else that might find it helpful, too. :)

Best Wishes ALWAYS - Jen* =)

>Other support, faq's & Pantech phone info available at:

http://www.pantechusa.com//support/customer_services

5 Foods that Keep You Thin - Healthy Living on Shine

2011-07-08T21:29:00.000-07:00

5 Foods that Keep You Thin - Healthy Living on Shine

RightAtHome - Right@Home™ > Food & Cooking > Menus > 7 Tropical Taste Trips

2011-07-07T10:54:00.000-07:00

RightAtHome - Right@Home™ > Food & Cooking > Menus > 7 Tropical Taste Trips

'Jersey Shore' Fight May Have Been Staged, Sock Continuity Suggests - Yahoo! TV Blog

2011-07-01T03:07:00.000-07:00

I miss the good ol' days when people used to actually care about people on TV doing things that "SEEMED 'REAL.'"

'Jersey Shore' Fight May Have Been Staged, Sock Continuity Suggests - Yahoo! TV Blog

...guess I'll just swallow my ass cam now.

The First Car to 3 Million Miles? - Yahoo! Autos

2011-07-01T02:30:00.000-07:00

The First Car to 3 Million Miles? - Yahoo! Autos

China's Jiaozhou Bay Bridge Photos | China's Jiaozhou Bay Bridge Pictures - Yahoo! News

2011-06-30T20:08:00.000-07:00

China's Jiaozhou Bay Bridge Photos | China's Jiaozhou Bay Bridge Pictures - Yahoo! News

Talking dogs say "I Love You" - Love + Sex on Shine

2011-06-30T17:02:00.000-07:00

Talking dogs say "I Love You" - Love + Sex on Shine

YouTube - Keith Anderson - Pickin' Wildflowers

2011-06-26T00:43:00.000-07:00

YouTube - Keith Anderson - Pickin' Wildflowers

Ram Trucks - Zac Brown Band - Letters for Lyrics

2011-06-24T08:24:00.000-07:00

Ram Trucks - Zac Brown Band - Letters for Lyrics

Shipwrecked in the Boondocks

2011-03-07T03:52:00.000-08:00

I am really disappointed that God's Country Radio is no longer being aired on public radio in my market (Lexington, KY), which has Air 1 Radio & K-LOVE Radio- 88.1 Somerset,Kentucky. Not that I am against the other stations, but there are ARE conservative, COUNTRY MUSIC fans like me that want to hear positive, upbeat & uplifting songs without having to filter through some of the "other" stuff.
PLZ TAKE NOTE, 92.9 The Bear because I have been switching to 98.1 The Bull / WBUL Lexington a LOT lately -- not just because they have a local morning show but because they also play a VARIETY of Country songs not only from the current hits but from past years.
There is a LOT to choose from, and you have an opportunity to play songs that will either encourage or discourage your listening audience as well as make or break the careers of upcoming artists many of which have been sadly overlooked in this market.
In this difficult, economic time, I would think that playing songs that will motivate people rather than make every-day tasks more difficult would be beneficial not only to the listener but also to the station as well as be more profitable for all.
I'm not saying that playing songs that reflect BOTH ups & downs is bad, but playing certain songs over & over -- especially in the Winter -- that are not emotionally nor spiritually uplifting is detrimental, and as much as I have tried to remain loyal to one station, I have found that doing so was like being trapped in a a bad marriage; something that I am not capable of doing.
I understand that there is a requirement by certain powers that be to play specific artists & songs, but there has to be a compromise somewhere in the playlist. ...and I believe that there should be a choice, so having two stations that play Country music in a market as big as Lexington & Central Kentucky should not be an issue as long as both stations are making every effort to balance the music being played & the advertising that is necessary to provide this service to the public.
I can only guess that certain parties have catered to a few persons & parties that have made noise about this issue, and although there is a large number of residents in Lexington & Central Kentucky that are from or have relatives in Eastern Kentucky, not everyone wants to hear "traditional" Country nor even Bluegrass (-gasp-) all of the time -- NOT even those that live there as I can attest to by being someone who falls into both groups (as a former resident of Eastern Kentucky with many friends & family in that region, also).
I think that "old" Country AND Bluegrass are GREAT, and they have their place especially since they are the foundation of anything considered "Country" being played today, and I am equally fond of "Souther Rock" & artists that have crossed over & have combined styles, so to exclude all of one group to focus on another, to me, is just shooting yourself in the foot.
I am one who can appreciate that there is a new generation of artists creating new music every day, since I am both a Country Music fan & a parent of a young adult, but from my experience in both categories, I can tell you that appreciating what is BOTH "old" AND "new" is what MAKES a person a Country Music fan.
Otherwise, you not only drive the audience to a different station but ALSO drive them to search for other genres then ultimately, always coming back to what is considered as "home," which IS Country Music -- only to find that lying, dying & cheating is what is being glamorized & glorified 24/7 STILL -- what our parents & grandparents continuously & repeatedly WARN us about.
...when there are a LOT of artists who have graduated & EVOLVED THEMSELVES to a higher plane. They have explored new styles & themes based upon THEIR own life experiences but are often being overlooked & neglected by younger, "hotter" artists that are singing about the same old thing (SEX), TOO, which is only setting up the newer artists as well as fans for future disappointment, ALSO.
Yes. Indeed, sex MAY sell -- as well as going off about a cheating husband or boyfriend, but SO DO SONGS ABOUT OTHER THINGS IN LIFE because that IS what is "REAL."
I am overjoyed & honored that my own daughter has grown into a Country Music fan in her own right, but what concerns me is that she will feel the same, future disappointment by the time that she is my age when she searches for a radio station on the dial for something that isn't squawking about hooking up then giving up without thinking that she has to settle for "Gospel" stations if that is not what she wants to hear all day EITHER -- or "Oldies" that are NOT Country -- or "Pop"/"Rock" stations that, when they DO play a song by a "Country" artist, they are remixed, so they can be disguised as something more "acceptable" to those not living in the South or Rural (-gasp- again) areas.
God forbid that we are not ashamed of the fact that we believe in God, Redemption & our COUNTRY, which before interstates & skyscrapers, did have literal ROOTS -- from things like trees & FAMILIES.
It would be really nice if Kentucky could rally around & agree upon something other than the Wildcats. ...not that there is anything wrong with that, but where does that enthusiasm go after the games end?
We are being steamrolled in every area but basketball.
Meanwhile, I miss "My Old Kentucky Home." ...or at least what I thought of what it would be by now. ...what I saw it as when I came here as a young child. ...what I thought I had stayed here for by the time that I became a mother.
...but then again, I am "not always right."
I was just under the impression that morals did not change, and Biblical principles were the foundation of society in these parts.
Where is THAT Kentucky? Was it just a dream?
Every place has both good & bad characteristics.
I just wish that more of the good ones could have lasted longer without feeling like we sold out & settled for everything else in the process.

Donald Trump Remarks at American Conservative Union / February 10, 2011

2011-02-12T02:50:00.000-08:00

Conservative Political Action Conference
Video Courtesy of C-Span -- http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/TrumpR

Que Sera...

2011-02-08T17:54:00.000-08:00

Please note that this in no way is an endorsement by me for parents to smoke in a vehicle nor even in their home where there are children present (nor by Leland Conway who I am sure agrees with me about this particular issue; however, I cannot officially state that I represent him nor anyone else except for myself).

....but pay attention to what he says about where the lines are drawn between government & what we own; what are individual "rights" as citizens are. …and that he includes & is also recognizing the rights of children. It does not have to be either/or in my opinion – either.

...and what we do with that responsibility is key. Otherwise, the government will keep trying to "parent" the people when the people should at some point prove that they can make responsible moral & ethical choices for themselves -- AND their children. Although I am a smoker, with all of the trash that I see on the ground by both non-smokers & smokers as well as the many parents that put their children’s health & welfare second by exposing them to second hand smoke in a vehicle when the child has no means of escape, I cannot say that our government is “evil” for trying to step in & do something about it. …but should they have to?

I am old enough now to see that we all have to think that we will face some kind of “bad ‘karma’” if we do not do what is “right,” and if that means that we must endure what might seem like some “unfair” laws & regulations because we are not mature enough to police ourselves, then I am willing to acknowledge that there is a need for such measures to be present.

Actions create consequences, and whether we take this matter into our own hands or allow the government to choose for us, there are going to be just that: consequences either way.

The question is which action are you willing to personally take responsibility for choosing? Are you willing to give up your other rights, too? ...or are you capable of proving to your fellow citizens/community, children & those that you have voted into office that you are willing to be accountable for your own actions?

I recently went to battle against some of my neighbors who are also fellow smokers about throwing their cigarette butts on the ground in front of our hallway as well as behind our apartments. Although I can appreciate that people are attempting to respect those that are indoors by taking their smoke breaks outside, I am equally offended as someone who also chooses to smoke but does not litter & does renew/reuse/recycle.

As consumers, we all make messes that need to be cleaned up from preparing & eating meals to the literal disposal of our waste from the time that we are born. …so feeling like less of a person for smoking does not come as easily to me as it does to some. It is a lifestyle choice that I have made, but I truly try as much as possible to not punish others nor violate their rights with my own.

This recent conflict between what appears to be members of the same group brought to mind the word “community.” Life on this planet is not possible without conflict as much as we might grow weary of it & even are driven to act out as a result. Desperate times call for desperate measures sometimes, though, or are perceived to, but the truth of the matter is that we would not exist without opposites – as extreme & as much at odds as some of them may be.

The video for this week's No Apologizes hadn't been posted yet, which addresses the debate over whether suphedrine should be made available only through a doctor's prescription. I will check back & post that as well as the Counterpoint video later.

Best Wishes ALWAYS - Jen*

P.S. I took a dinner break while pondering over the words that I had written, and I just listened to a phone interview with Gretchen Wilson on CMT Radio Live with Cody Alan. The subject of our President’s recent State of the Union Address was discussed, and when Gretchen was asked her opinion concerning the economy & what she believed she would do to “fix” some problems, I could not have agreed more with her response. To paraphrase, she basically said that we are all too afraid to express our opinions anymore (those of us that actually care & choose to be engaged in our society and not necessarily those that have nothing good to say at all, which is what I see a lot of on Facebook when topics for discussion are posted). My bottom line opinion ABOUT opinions is that we are a diverse society, so no two people are ever going to agree on everything, but we are all still entitled to them so long as we do not resort to violence, reckless behavior, destruction without reconstruction or abuse/neglect of what will benefit individuals & society as a whole (not limited to just human beings). If we ever expec to continue to “live, laugh & love,” we are going to have to commit to letting ourselves recognize but respect differences without allowing OURSELVES to see what others see is us as assaults upon our character. We are entitled to our feelings, but so are they. …which is what I am sure is behind Barbara Walters’ idea for The View. We all have one, and if we hope to survive ourselves before something “bigger” from somewhere else hurls into our orbit, we are going to have to learn to work together as a whole. This planet is one unit, and yet it offers us every climate imaginable. The least that we can do it try to do the same for it & each other. It gives us life while letting gradual, tiny fragments & fractions of itself go to & through us -- and beyond. It stays within a certain distance but still remains far enough away to allow other stars & planets do the same in their own way & time – each similar but having its own identity, and what works for one may work for another but not all. Earth doesn’t always surrender gracefully, and sometimes not at all, but there are lessons to be learned from both volcanoes & oceans since we are the compromise & resulting product ourselves. Principles are principles. Morals are a constant, but ethics adapt. …not always changing but accepting their fate in both victory & defeat. What will be will be.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton: 'It Gets Better' - The Ellen DeGeneres Show

2010-10-19T21:16:00.000-07:00

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton: 'It Gets Better' - The Ellen DeGeneres Show

"Leaving (September) Behind..."

2010-09-08T00:53:00.000-07:00

My Current Status:
*I've recently enrolled in college to pursue an Interior Design Bachelor's Degree that I hope to combine with my Audio Engineering Certification for the purpose of better understanding Art, Creativity, Music, Aesthetics & Design; I would like to continue to write about & work with Music -and- also design Commercial & Residential Spaces & Studios.
My Background & so called Natural Inclinations include Music & Art as well as Hobbies that have already incorporated Interior Design, Staging & Gardening (among others), and the best way that I know how to phrase what plan to continue & further my career by becoming is an "'Acoustical' Designer" for my Clients.
It just would have been a lot more realistic & less of a dream at this point if I had not been pushed into beginning classes on the same day that all of my paperwork was submitted & approved -- something that I think would have been difficult enough for someone who does not have the physical complications & challenges that I possess.
...just sayin'.
...so I don't know if I will even be enrolled by this time tomorrow, and if I withdraw, IF I will be allowed to re-register. ...more red tape than I was made aware of at the time that I applied -- even to get assistance as a disabled person, which seems rediculous, considering I was already behind then expected to file more paperwork in addition to my past due & currently due assignments.
...but that's just me.
As someone who spends most of my time fighting on behalf of others, I am asking myself where MY advocates are at this (forgive me, designers & musicians) STAGE.

...and we're OFF!
(Yes. You are going to see a lot of horse & pony references in this AND my other "dog & pony SHOWS.") =)

"Leaving (September) Behind..."
Well, I should be doing homework, and in the past, I would at least have started out on a better foot when it comes to studious endeavors, but I am not as young nor am I as healthy as I was when I first began college in 1989 -- and I literally do not have a good leg to stand on anymore due to my injuries: the most recent being a freak fall/accident that resulted in a fractured leg last January that also complicated existing injuries in my back & has landed me in bed more times than I am happy to report.
The bottom line is that my old routine does not result in the successful completion of pretty much anything the way it used to, and that, quite frankly, pisses me off. ...especially when it affects the people & animals that I care about & for. To say that I carry the world on my shoulders is stating the situation very lightly (no pun intended).
Like a lot of people, I like to be active. I enjoy a good night on the couch in front of the TV like a lot of people, but my mind is always working, and my body wants to follow suit -- an inherited trait that is both a blessing & a curse. ...literally.
I do not like "negative" people who constantly complain (who does?) anymore than I enjoy being around pompous, chronic gossipers; therefore, I make a consented effort to steer away from others whenever I am aware that I am in a bitchy mood (I am more of a fact checker who passionately relays information. haha) -- knowing full well that it will have to be filtered out of me one way or another eventually. It is what it is, but I wouldn't change either my life nor who I am, though, anymore than I would trade them for anything else in this world -- nor the people that it has resulted in my meeting, but I am not going to deny myself the right to acknowledge the differences when illustrating points when they are ultimately just that: different. ...not better. ...not worse. ...just different -- depending upon one's relative point of view.
In some ways, my life is better now than it was back then -- aside from the obvious, pure joy that I experienced from being the mother of a growing child, and I want to make sure that I have stated that because like I say on my myspace page (http://www.myspace.com/starrlette66), I have many "sources of Love in my life." If things had gone in another direction, I would not have the capacity of compassion for others that I now have, and that is something that I TRULY value.
That being said...
I am not going to make this post a big research article, and if I mention some things that I just know, I am pretty positive at this point that they can be found somewhere on the internet, in a text book or in the minds of someone you know and that they are as close to truth & fact as I am capable, but feel free to pick apart what I say. You wouldn't be the first, you won't be the last, and I am the same way although I have learned to pick my battles (or "ponies" as I have become so fond of calling things metaphorically these days).
...not really sure what I want to say nor where this will go, but I just know that I want to write at this present moment, which does not make me proud nor even a skilled writer.
It does mean that I do have some things in common with my former self, which is my desire to prep myself to do anything, and since I do not have my daughter to read stories to at night before she goes to bed, which would allow me the freedom to study, I am somewhat lost.
When I did enroll in college the first time, I was a non-traditional student (or "adult" student as I understand we are called nowadays). I was a single mom who was not even divorced until a few months before my first semester, and then I had to battle my ex-husband time after time over, what I still believe, were unnecessary, petty & cruel attempts on his part to continue to abuse, control & isolate me from a distance, which he repeatedly succeeded at in many ways even if it did not stop me from ultimately falling in love (again), graduating with a Bachelor's degree in Accounting (NOT my first choice but not my last either) and later landing a job in the cellular industry, which was in both a dream & a nightmare come true.
In the four and a half years that I was in college, I learned more about myself & others than I have learned during any other time -- or at least as much -- and it was the perfect time & place to do so at the age that I was at that time. Looking back, I now see how young & naive I was even if I was five years older than many of the other students, and that also was both a negative & a positive because I was able to both blend in with the traditional students & also set myself apart -- both being welcomed at times but a nuisance when I had other agendas.
Before, during & after my collegiate years, I was caught between at least two worlds, as always has been the case.
That is where I find myself today -- again.
...and I am praying for guidance at this point because I have some decisions to make while feeling like they have already been made in reality even if not in my heart yet.
I started back to school a few weeks ago, but I am fearing that this was not the right decision, and with my 44th birthday approaching as well as the other things that haunt me this time of year, I am questioning just about everything -- as a woman, as a Libra & as a human being. ...who did not end up how I had planned if still where & thank God by WHEN anyway (I am very happy to be where I am for the record, but my past experience has taught me not to expect things to stay as good as they have been for as long like I would hope nor for me to be where I am for long, and that is probably why I find myself once again emotionally paralyzed by my present & already-known, upcoming circumstances).
I guess this is just a difficult time of year for me; it has become increasingly so over the past 10-15 years -- an annual season of mourning, if you will, that began occurring around the year of my father's passing, and the impending approach of the anniversary of the terrorist attacks against our country nine years ago have brought out a plethora of emotions in me since they happened, too.
I thought -- or rather hoped -- that it would get better with time, but it hasn't, and with the 10th anniversary being next year, I know that the next 12 months will be difficult -- not just for me but for all of us, and that weighs heavily in my soul more than just my own "problems." Thankfully, I am aware of this & that others who lose people do not ever fully recover either, and if I did not know that, I could have become a victim of my depression more than I already have -- as so many do.
Over the last few days, I was thinking that I should write a blog about the events that happened in my immediate surroundings as they paralleled that horrible day and the following weeks, months & years, but being a person who follows suit with society in many ways, I decided that I would write that particular blog next year to mark the decade like many others probably will, too.
That may be the only way that I can pay tribute, or continue to do so, since I do not have much money to celebrate those people's lives & commemorate that event in some way, so I am at least thankful to have the chance to write about it if I can pay no other public tribute.
One thing that I must mention as far as my own losses were concerned during that time was the miscarriage of my second child, and had this not happened just 3 weeks after the 9/11 attacks, I might have been able to better recover from the other deaths (which I say lightly & should probably say survive them instead), but I am a very spiritual person who senses everything around me anyway, and although I did not know that I was getting ready to lose someone that close to me as well, I now look back & realize that the reason why I was so affected by my native land's trauma was because I was literally, physically in tune with what my environment was trying to tell me.
...and this may sound comical at this point, but it's true, so I have to say it anyway: I'm "slow." There is no nice way to put that, and even though I can type faster than most people that I know (with the exception of my daughter), my mind cannot keep up with my fingers on a QWERTY keyboard.
That being said, though, I am only human, and I believe that we are not meant to know everything, so although there was a lot of information being thrown at me during that time, it must be said that translating its actual message(s) were a whole 'nother story.
I don't think that I should go into anymore detail about that year right now, but I'm sure that you get the idea, and I hope to get the other blog written by this time next year.
Maybe no one will find this post of interest, and that's OK, but I am writing it more for myself right now -- and for those that have a hard time coping with this time of year, too, because it is a reality that will not go away -- ever. As I said then (& have heard others say since through television), 9/11 was our generation's Pearl Harbor, and as someone who has grown up in a military family & was brought up by/around people who were alive when our soldiers were killed in that attack, I see the same look in our eyes as I see/saw in theirs. Like my elders, I now wish that would have never happened & that future generations will not have to feel that same pain, but I do not believe that will be the case, and that is a sadness that must be born for eternity.
If you are someone other than me who is reading this, I am sure you have been equally changed by 9/11 as well as other losses, and I just want you to know that you are not alone even if those events have made you feel even more so than ever -- like me.
My only comfort has been in knowing that others share my grief & horrific memories from that day -- as well as other emotional &/or physical pain -- and I appreciate yours as well as the compassion that I know that you feel for me as a result of mine.
Even if I do write something next year, I guess that I just had to write something now.
I have put my family & friends through hell since September & October 2001, but I know that they would have been changed regardless, and I was put here to bring all of those people who were/are connected to me together -- "the good, the bad & the ugly."
That's probably the hardest part about it all while being the most satisfying, too, but it's a difficult cross to bear to think that we all do hold some responsibility in provoking the kind of anger & hate in others that would inspire & motivate acts of violence -- something that I, for one, have never been able to understand -- even before I became a mother but probably because somewhere inside me I always knew that I would be.
Guided by animals & children, I do see the evolution of infancy to adulthood & the progressive differences that result from experiencing society's many challenges. I also am not one to "wish for world peace" in some ways because I celebrate cultural & religious differences -- as long as they do not hurt other people & plants or animals. ...but now that I am in my 40's & have formally been taught this, I know that there is no such thing & that there is ALWAYS a "Cost vs Benefit."
Studying history, I see why societies made sacrifices to their (interpretation of) God(s) in the hopes that somehow a portion of their efforts & people would survive, and even though The Bible teaches that we are not required to make offerings & perform rituals to achieve a higher spiritual "home" because Jesus Christ bore all of our sins on the cross, I tell casually tell people that I am a Pagan Christian (or maybe Pagan/Christian) because I do see my tendency to still try to "prove" that I acknowledge Jesus' sacrifice as well as my own worth, so I am not one to judge any culture nor religion for their practices -- again as long as they are not perverted, do not violate others' rights nor perpetuate violence against any one person or group. ...or at least initiate that last one anyway, and if I were a good "sheep" that thought that just passively allowing people to hurt & kill others until the point that an entire group is eliminated, forced to cease in existence &/or be completely forgotten (as has happened in the past) was the "right" thing to do in order for our race to continue to progress (regardless of whether or not this planet survives), I would do exactly as I was told to do -- therefore judging people from across the globe who resort to the same, desperate measures to be heard.
...but I can't either. ...nor can many of us, or we would not have so many jails & prisons filled with confused, obviously guilty people as well as the sometimes well-intended & often times innocent ones. ...and I won't even get started about all of the animals that are in shelters with so many being cruelly confined & more often than not euthanised, are neglected & abused and/or are forced to fight other animals BY HUMANS then ostracized & discriminated against because of the FEW that have been BRAINWASHED into being "vicious" by greedy people to the point that they are being recommended to be phased out.
Unless you are from a background of people who have been similarly treated, such as African or Native Americans, maybe you are not capable of empathizing with a life form that must endure that type of cruel, bullish treatment -- by those that are no different than you other than their outward appearance.
I think that we should focus less on population control & more on climate control. In my opinion, that would solve a lot of problems, and lot of problems would solve themselves without our "forcing" them -- or risking a REAL Armageddon as a result of our own prideful trial & error.
Pride WILL lead to humility, and one cannot exist without the other -- whether we want to acknowledge that they both exist or not.

OK. I've done all of the proofreading & editing that I am capable of doing, so please forgive any oversights. Thanks. :)

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