Plastic pollution involves the accumulation of plastic products in the environment that adversely affects wildlife, wildlife habitat, or even Humans. Living organisms, including Humans, but particularly marine animals are affected through entanglement, direct ingestion of plastic waste, or through exposure to chemicals within plastics that cause interruptions in biological functions. The Marine Conservancy has predicted the decomposition rates of several plastic products. It is ...
Sponsor a Child / Patenschaft für ein Kind / Patrocine uma Criança / Apadrine un Niño
When you sponsor a child, you will be personally connected with a boy or girl who will know your name and treasure the thought that you care. Your support of $38 per month provides life-changing opportunities such as, an opportunity to attend or stay in school, medical care, which often saves lives, nourishing food, mentoring and ...
2012-01-07 Natal, Brazil / Mack the Knife / Mackie Messer / Mackie o Razor / Mackie el Navaja
The heart of the story of 'Mack the Knife' is a great irony. A song about a cold-blooded serial murderer written by a Marxist playwrighter and a leftwing composer for a musical that aimed to lay bare the hypocrisies of bourgeois double morality. Jonathan Wild is considered one of the most notorious criminals in England. His deeds ...
You are trying too Hard / Du versuchst zu Hart / Você está tentando forte Demais / Estás intentando demasiado Duro
Everyone wants to be liked. That is quiet normal. But in social media of today the desire to be held in high regard goes too far. An excessive desire to be liked can originate from a lot of different issues. You experience a little social anxiety and you worry that others are judging you harshly. In an ...
2012-01-06 Lagoa Bomfin, Brasil / I’ll leave with You / Ich werde mit dir gehen / Vou embora com Você / Con te Partirò
The sea and a boat are not an everyday environment for most people. You are so much ‘caught up in the system’ that you can not understand the simple and natural logic that lies behind sailing. That is why children sail the best. They rely on feeling. You will need a few days on a boat ...
1922-01-05 South Georgia / Letters of Fire / Feuerbriefe / Cartas de Fogo / Cartas de Fuego
Macklin told him he had been overdoing things and should try to 'lead a more regular life', to which Shackleton answered 'You are always wanting me to give up things, what is it I ought to give up?' 'Chiefly alcohol, Boss,' replied Macklin. A few moments later, at 2:50 a.m. on 5 January 1922, Shackleton suffered ...
2013-01-04 Puerto Maldonado, Peru / Words are Insufficient / Worte reichen Nicht / Palavras são Insuficientes / Palabras son Insuficientes
A Hug demonstrates physical intimacy, universal in Human communities, in which two people put their arms around the back or waist of one another and hold each other closely. Depending on culture, context and relationship, a hug can indicate familiarity, Love, affection, friendship, brotherhood or sympathy. A Hug can indicate support, comfort, and consolation, particularly where words are insufficient. A Hug usually demonstrates ...
Be Together – Not the Same / Zusammen Sein – Nicht das Gleiche / Estar Juntos – Não é o Mesmo / Estar Juntos – No es el Mísmo
Be Together - Not the Same, transcends and relates to humanity in general. We may all be from different parts of the World and have different view, but we are all citizens of Earth. We are Humans, together. All of us. Acceptance is one key to happiness and a useful guide for operating in Human relationships. Be Yourself. Do ...
2008-01-03 Tibau do Sul, Brazil / Once Again / Noch Einmal / Mais uma Vez / Una vez Más
I have fallen in Love, once again. When you are in this stage, you will know. You constantly think about her and can not get her off of your mind. Your heart skips a beat whenever you see her and every little stupid thing she does brighten up your day. You day dream about her, you night ...
A solitary World / Eine einsame Welt / Um mundo Solitário / Un mundo Solitario
A horrible feeling of desolation pinched my heart. I listened rigid but heard nothing but the creep of blood in my ears. Great and shadowy and strange was the World and I drifted solitary through its vast mysteries. A remote faint question, where I might be, drifted and vanished again in my mind. I found myself standing astonished, ...
Spiritual Awakening / Spirituelles Erwachen / Despertar Espiritual / Despertar Espiritual
More and more people are sharing their very personal experience of discovering a spiritual World beyond their dreams. Meanwhile the World is still very divided between believers and doubters of a spiritual reality. The existence of a non material reality is beyond doubt for one group while the other group has plenty of doubt that there is ...
2011-12-31 Natal, Brazil / Isn’t She Lovely / Ist Sie nicht Schön / Ela não é Adorável / Ella no es Adorable
Isn't she lovely? - Isn't she wonderfull? - Isn't she precious? - Less than one minute old - I never thought through love we'd be - Making one as lovely as she - But isn't she lovely made from love - Isn't she pretty? - Truly the angel's best - Boy, I'm so happy - We have been heaven blessed - I can't believe what God ...
What do you Desire / Was wünschst Du Dir / O quê você Deseja / Qué Deseas
What do you desire? - What makes you itch? - What sort of a situation would you like? - Let’s suppose ... I do this often in vocational guidance of students. They come to me and say, well, we’re getting out of college and we have the faintest idea what we want to do. So ...
1988-12-30 Washington D.C., USA / Footprints in the Snow / Fußspuren im Schnee / Pegadas na Neve / Huellas en la Nieve
Footprints leading away in the snow - I can't help but wonder where they will go - Do they lead to some exotic destination - Or will they lead to a sudden termination - Shoul I follow where ever they go - Or will they show things I don't want to know - There is a secret they softly whisper - But ...
2010-12-29 Jacuma, Brazil / Men in Black / Männer in Schwarz / Homens de Preto / Hombres de Negro
Men in Black (MIB) are supposed men dressed in black suits who claim to be government agents. The term is used to describe mysterious men working for unknown organizations, as well as various branches of government allegedly designed to protect secrets or perform other strange activities. The term is generic, used for any unusual, threatening or strangely ...
Thinking about your Mother / An Deine Mutter Denken / Pensando em sua Mãe / Pensando en tu Madre
Well, it happened like this … I’m on the plane in India, I am with a friend who wants to go up to the mountains to see his Hindu Guru. I don’t want to go, but he wants to use the car that I’m taking care of for a friend, so I’m trapped, and I’m ...
2015-12-28 Ibiza, Spain / Infinity / Unendlichkeit / Infinidade / Infinito
Infinity (symbol ∞) is a concept describing something without any bound or larger than any natural number. In ethics infinity plays an important role designating that which cannot be defined or reduced to knowledge or power. In Jainism, the concept of jiva (soul) is understood to have four infinities: knowledge, intuition, potency, happiness. The infinities are personally attained by the ...
On Loneliness / Über Einsamkeit / Sobre Solidão / Sobre Soledad
I've never been lonely. - I've been in a room - I've felt suicidal. - I've been depressed. - I've felt awful - awful beyond all - but I never felt that one other person could enter that room and cure what was bothering me - or that any number of people could enter that room. - In other words, loneliness is something I've never been bothered ...
Our greatest Threat / Unsere größte Bedrohung / Nossa maior Ameaça / Nuestra mayor Amenaza
We forget about the many generations we hope are yet to come. Not those who will live 200 years from now, but 1,000 or 10,000 years from now. We face risks, called existential risks, that threaten to wipe out humanity. These risks are not just for big disasters, but for the disasters that could end history. We ...
A mighty Purpose / Ein mächtiger Zweck / Um propósito poderoso / Un poderoso propósito
Since ancient times, sacred sites have had a mysterious allure for billions of people around the World. Legends and contemporary reports tell of extraordinary experiences people have had while visiting these places. Different sacred sites have the power to heal the body, enlighten the mind and inspire the heart. Sacred sites are repositories of subtle energies that have ...
Moonlight / Mondschein / Luz da Lua / Clair de Lune
Your soul is a delicate landscape - Where roam charming masks and bergamasques - Playing the lute and dancing and seeming almost - Sad under their whimsical disguises. - While singing in a minor key - Of victorious love and easy life - They don't seem to believe in their happiness - And their song mingles with the moonlight, - With the sad ...
The Rain / Der Regen / A Chuva / La Lluvia
Rain and water are the essence of life and one of the four principal elements (water, fire, air, and earth). Rain is mother nature’s way of cleansing the environment and giving life on Earth. Rain and water symbolizes spiritual cleansing and enlightening of our souls. Cultures around the World perform rain dances in honor of the ...
Time goes By / Zeit Vergeht / O tempo Passa / El tiempo Pasa
Time goes by and slips away Skies are blue and turn to grey. You're here only for a little while. Don't waste a day without a smile. Don't live in anger, fear or hate, Seek forgiveness and trust your fate. Don't judge quickly, you may be wrong. Choose to live, pretend you're strong. When tears will fall, wipe them away They will only last ...
A thousand kisses Deep / Tausend Küsse Tief / Mil beijos Profundos / Mil besos de Profundidad
'A Thousand Kisses Deep' is a work in progress. There are about 30 verses of it that I’ve done and hopefully they’ll work their way into other songs. Among many versions, I especially like these verses Don’t matter if the road is long Don’t matter if it’s steep Don’t matter if the moon goes out And the darkness is ...
Do I feel happy in Life / Fühle ich mich glücklich im Leben / Sinto-me feliz na Vida / Siento-me feliz en la Vida
Do I feel happy in life? erm (long pause) erm lets see, lets say I hope I'm finding happiness right? Well for me if I can realise certain things in my work I come the closest to being happy and I can also say about my life. Well it only happens in moments, sometimes when I'm working and ill be able to erm fulfil a scene truthfully and ...