Losing the Stars

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I trembled to think of a world without stars.
No guide for the sailor to trust at sea, no jewels to dazzle our sense of beauty, no hunter pointing to the next horizon, no lovely ladies trailing perfume to heaven's ballroom.
But all around the globe, the air is so dirty and the lights from the cities are so bright that for some people few stars can be seen anymore.
A generation of children may grow up seeing a blank sky and asking, "Did there used to be stars there?"

~ Michael Joseph Jackson

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I can’t even describe how much this woman means to me. She taught me so much, especially about strength and she always has been such a great inspiration. I admire her so incredibly much. I love you, Janet. Happy Birthday! ♥

I can’t even describe how much this woman means to me. She taught me so much, especially about strength and she always has been such a great inspiration. I admire her so incredibly much.

I love you, Janet.

Happy Birthday! ♥

Mon May 14

(Source: supposedtobeme)

Sat May 12
“ We long for things that harm us and run from the things that grow and heal us. We think good is bad and bad is good.
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This is a quote from the book “Little Bee”, written by Chris Cleave. Little Bee is a sad story. But, like many sad stories, it is a story that needs to be told. It is about a sixteen-year-old nigerian refugee who had to make up a name for herself when she and her sister were being pursued by soldiers who had burned down their village and killed their family to get oil and money. 2 years later she found herself in London after escaping from an immigration detention center. Little Bee’s real name is Udo. It means peace. The only person she tells this is a four-year-old little boy. When this child doesn’t know what peace is she explains that “peace is a time when people can tell each other their real names.” Little Bee is a book that makes you think about humanity or at least what humanity is left in this world. It makes you wonder where you belong and where those belong who have nowhere to go to and nowhere to stay. Our world is one country, it is as simple as that. There should be no boundaries. Escpecially no boundaries of love and peace. This book makes you ask yourself: What are people willing to do to save somebody else? What are you willing to do? What are the costs of that and who will pay those costs? I told you that this story is sad but it also teaches us a lot about strength and hope. It is a story that makes you look at others and at our world (and maybe even at yourself!) in a different way.

This is a quote from the book “Little Bee”, written by Chris Cleave.

Little Bee is a sad story. But, like many sad stories, it is a story that needs to be told. It is about a sixteen-year-old nigerian refugee who had to make up a name for herself when she and her sister were being pursued by soldiers who had burned down their village and killed their family to get oil and money. 2 years later she found herself in London after escaping from an immigration detention center. Little Bee’s real name is Udo. It means peace. The only person she tells this is a four-year-old little boy. When this child doesn’t know what peace is she explains that “peace is a time when people can tell each other their real names.”

Little Bee is a book that makes you think about humanity or at least what humanity is left in this world. It makes you wonder where you belong and where those belong who have nowhere to go to and nowhere to stay. Our world is one country, it is as simple as that. There should be no boundaries. Escpecially no boundaries of love and peace.

This book makes you ask yourself: What are people willing to do to save somebody else? What are you willing to do? What are the costs of that and who will pay those costs?

I told you that this story is sad but it also teaches us a lot about strength and hope. It is a story that makes you look at others and at our world (and maybe even at yourself!) in a different way.