Thursday, April 24, 2008

Good Morning





With a lot of time on my hands, I have the luxury of waking up in this manner each and ever morning. I know right now I'm forming a habit....so that when life starts to get more busy than it is right now and God continues to put more responsibility on my plate, I will still remember to wake to each and every morning with this manner.

A perfect start to the day.

Thursday, April 10, 2008

I admire...

I dividuals who can understand and digest
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ever ending, complicated emotions, concepts, issues
S o well that they, with
P rowess and power compose
I ntricate, yet comprehensible
R are pieces of
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T hat are timeless, profound, impacting yet delicate enough to
I nspire and awaken similar feelings
deep within the
O n looker, passerby, everyday person who happens to see, hear, read, or touch and will
N ever be the same again.


Inspiration


Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Frozen in Time...for 5 minutes...Try Bondage for a Lifetime

This past weekend 120 others and I participated in The Freeze Project (hosted by Charles Lee of JustOne & Derrick Engoy) and it was was an awesome success!

Basically what we did is select a location at the Santa Monica Promonade and freeze for 5 minutes in an "interesting" position. Upon freezing, we had tons of people walking/sitting around the promenade wondering what was goin' on. After the freeze people were very curious and asked tons of questions and we passed out lots of flyers. It was a very effective way to inform people about human trafficking.



Keep your eyes open for the next Freeze Project here http://thefreezeproject.com/.

If you aren't familiar with human trafficking it is modern-day slavery. It involves victims who are trafficked to and from various countries and locations and are forced, defrauded or coerced into labor or sexual exploitation. Annually, about 600,000 to 800,000 people -- mostly women and children -- are trafficked across national borders which does not count millions trafficked within their own countries. People are snared into trafficking by many means. In some cases, physical force is used. In other cases, false promises are made regarding job opportunities or marriages in foreign countries to entrap victims.

For more information or to connect with others who are actively working to end human trafficking visit:

Human Trafficking.org
JustOne
Stop the Traffik
International Justice Mission
Loose Change to Loosen Chains
Amnesty International