AthenaAwakened
9th March 2011, 03:02
Location: In a Blues Nation
Interests: Writing, Music, Speaking truth to power, and Living well (It IS the best revenge)
Basic Beliefs: chaotic good (saving with half damage)
STUFF I LIKE
favorite mythical character: ROBIN HOOD
I sent my soul through the Invisible,
Some letter of that After life to spell:
And by and by my Soul return'd to me,
And answer'd "I Myself am Heav'n and Hell."
Omar Khayyám
SIX SIMPLE RULES for Living Authentic Life
Don’t do to others what you wouldn’t want them to do to you.
Do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly in grace.
Whatsoever things are true, honorable, just, pure, lovely, or good report — think on these things
Be a blissing unto the world
Speak from the peace within you to the peace within others.
A good man is a bad man’s teacher; a bad man is a good man’s job.
From the mind of Tony Benn
"Market forces are the witchcraft of modern capitalism"
"Democracy is always a struggle for justice against the powerful"
"Democracy is not just voting every 5 years and watching Big Brother in between and wondering why nothing happens. Democracy is what we do and say where we live and work"
Our God Is Marching On!
March 25, 1965. Montgomery, Ala.
I know you are asking today, "How long will it take?" (Speak, sir)
Somebody’s asking, "How long will prejudice blind the visions of men, darken their understanding, and drive bright-eyed wisdom from her sacred throne?"
Somebody’s asking, "When will wounded justice, lying prostrate on the streets of Selma and Birmingham and communities all over the South, be lifted from this dust of shame to reign supreme among the children of men?"
Somebody’s asking, "When will the radiant star of hope be plunged against the nocturnal bosom of this lonely night, (Speak, speak, speak) plucked from weary souls with chains of fear and the manacles of death? How long will justice be crucified, (Speak) and truth bear it?" (Yes, sir)
I come to say to you this afternoon, however difficult the moment, (Yes, sir) however frustrating the hour, it will not be long, (No sir) because "truth crushed to earth will rise again." (Yes, sir)
How long? Not long, (Yes, sir) because "no lie can live forever." (Yes, sir)
How long? Not long, (All right. How long) because "you shall reap what you sow." (Yes, sir)
How long? (How long?) Not long: (Not long)
Truth forever on the scaffold, (Speak)
Wrong forever on the throne, (Yes, sir)
Yet that scaffold sways the future, (Yes, sir)
And, behind the dim unknown,
Standeth God within the shadow,
Keeping watch above his own.How long? Not long, because the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice. (Yes, sir)
MLK
PEACE.;)
Interests: Writing, Music, Speaking truth to power, and Living well (It IS the best revenge)
Basic Beliefs: chaotic good (saving with half damage)
STUFF I LIKE
favorite mythical character: ROBIN HOOD
I sent my soul through the Invisible,
Some letter of that After life to spell:
And by and by my Soul return'd to me,
And answer'd "I Myself am Heav'n and Hell."
Omar Khayyám
SIX SIMPLE RULES for Living Authentic Life
Don’t do to others what you wouldn’t want them to do to you.
Do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly in grace.
Whatsoever things are true, honorable, just, pure, lovely, or good report — think on these things
Be a blissing unto the world
Speak from the peace within you to the peace within others.
A good man is a bad man’s teacher; a bad man is a good man’s job.
From the mind of Tony Benn
"Market forces are the witchcraft of modern capitalism"
"Democracy is always a struggle for justice against the powerful"
"Democracy is not just voting every 5 years and watching Big Brother in between and wondering why nothing happens. Democracy is what we do and say where we live and work"
Our God Is Marching On!
March 25, 1965. Montgomery, Ala.
I know you are asking today, "How long will it take?" (Speak, sir)
Somebody’s asking, "How long will prejudice blind the visions of men, darken their understanding, and drive bright-eyed wisdom from her sacred throne?"
Somebody’s asking, "When will wounded justice, lying prostrate on the streets of Selma and Birmingham and communities all over the South, be lifted from this dust of shame to reign supreme among the children of men?"
Somebody’s asking, "When will the radiant star of hope be plunged against the nocturnal bosom of this lonely night, (Speak, speak, speak) plucked from weary souls with chains of fear and the manacles of death? How long will justice be crucified, (Speak) and truth bear it?" (Yes, sir)
I come to say to you this afternoon, however difficult the moment, (Yes, sir) however frustrating the hour, it will not be long, (No sir) because "truth crushed to earth will rise again." (Yes, sir)
How long? Not long, (Yes, sir) because "no lie can live forever." (Yes, sir)
How long? Not long, (All right. How long) because "you shall reap what you sow." (Yes, sir)
How long? (How long?) Not long: (Not long)
Truth forever on the scaffold, (Speak)
Wrong forever on the throne, (Yes, sir)
Yet that scaffold sways the future, (Yes, sir)
And, behind the dim unknown,
Standeth God within the shadow,
Keeping watch above his own.How long? Not long, because the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice. (Yes, sir)
MLK
PEACE.;)