It seems clear to me that as long as we are all here, It's pretty clear that the struggle is to share the planet.  Rather than divide it.  I think we have to own the fears that we have of each other, and then, in some practical way, some daily way, figure out how to see people differently than the way we were brought up to.  For in the end, freedom is a personal and lonely battle; and one faces down fears of today so that those of tomorrow might be engaged.

~Alice Malsenior Walker (author and feminist who received the pulitzer prize for fiction in 1983 for the Color Purple)

It's not about how many friends you have, it's about what you do with your life that matters!~Peace Be To You 
May you walk in the path you follow
~Peace Be To You




The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched, they must be felt by the heart.   ~Helen Keller

 

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"I think that if songs can help us explore our past and our present, and even speculate about our future, then you and I have a better chance of going out and doing something about our troubles." - Pete Seeger

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On October 12, 1997 John Denver was tragically killed in a plane accident. A beautiful life was tragically taken from this planet on that day, but a wonderous legacy was also left to us. A legacy of life and the love of being. A legacy of love and rejoycing in it. A legacy of music that speaks to our hearts and souls. And all of these legacies shall be cherished and loved and I know that I will be forever grateful to a man I never met who could talk to my heart. Peace, my friend...Peace.

I think that I would most like to be remembered for the fact that I stood up for what I believe in that I spoke for it, I sang for it, I worked for the things that I believe in in the world.       
~John Denver
 
          

SEE HOW CIRCUS ELEPHANTS ARE TREATED"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nHIoYpE-U8

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They were brought out of Africa and into chains in America. Or they were born into slavery here. Yes, I am talking about the first African-Americans to reach these shores, but I am also describing the animals now enslaved in circuses. The species and continents are different, but the stories are tragically similar. The animals in circuses are held against their will by chains and domination. They are forced to perform a series of acts by coercion and violence because they would never normally do these things on their own. They can never choose their own partners, their own homes, their own food or have control over any aspect of their lives. I don't care how this is dressed up by promoters with music and lights, it is still slavery."

~Richard Pryor

"I will remember what I was. I am sick of rope and chain.
I will remember my old strength and all my forest affairs.
I will not sell my back to man for a bundle of sugar-cane,
I will go out to my own kind, and the wood-folk in their lairs.
I will go out until the day, until the morning break,
Out to the winds' untainted kiss, the waters' clean caress:
I will forget my ankle-ring and snap my picket-stake.
I will revisit my lost loves, and playmates masterless!"

How would it feel to have no power to stop a very frightening and painful thing happening to you? How would it feel to cry and not be heard? How would it feel to be crammed into a box with say 30 other beings, and then go on a long journey with no food or water... How would it feel to reach the end of that journey and be thrown from the top of a truck? And how would it feel to then be beaten and skinned? And how would it feel if you were still alive...?

If you believe fur should be worn by animals and not by people... If you believe the fur trade is as dead as all the helpless animals caught up in it, then please sign the petition to give these poor creatures a voice and a chance to live.

Singers/songwriters/musicians/artists, we DO have a voice, and we can use it!!!

Please help to stop the fur trade.


Best Wishes,
Maria Daines & Paul Killington,
www.myspace.com/mariadaines


Dog fighting and animal abuse should be a felony!! 
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'and in the end.. the love you take is equal to the love you make' - The Beatles 'Abbey Road' 1969

Music is something everyone can connect with. Music is a universal language. It’s the soundtrack to peace.”   --Salman Ahmed

http://www.gratefulchild.org/projects/gcweb/gc/html/video/
We Don't Own The World!  Check out the Scorpions video click above and watch!  Other great music videos here to see for free! 



                   
        

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HELP THE ELEPHANT SANTUARY RESCUE CIRCUS ANIMALS AND HELP THEM LIVE THE REST OF THEIR LIVES WITH DIGNITY AND FREEDOM. THESE BEAUTIFUL ELEPHANTS HAVE WORKED THEIR WHOLE LIVES TO INTERTAIN FOR A PROFIT AND NOW IT'S TIME FOR THEM TO RETIRE!  
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IT'S A GREAT SITE! 

  


Don't just sit there!  DO something!  Make your life better or someone else's life better! 
YOU MAKE A DIFFERENCE!