In this great northern hemisphere of planet Earth, today marks the first weekday of Spring. The angle of the sun is such that its rays are just a little bit stronger, and even up here in Canada, the crocus flowers are attesting to a cycle of new life with their amethyst blooms.
The air is especially thick with promise, and amid all of nature’s majesty, it’s quite easy to forget that we live in a world wherein people yell “fagot” at openly gay elected officials, or a public school cancels its prom rather than allow a lesbian couple to attend.
As I look out my window at the glowing sunrise, rich with hues of lavender and tangerine, the hate in today’s headlines stands in stark contrast to the beauty of the natural world.
Just yesterday, I received an e-mail from a young professional in Abu Dhabi that lost his job because he’s gay.
How are such beautiful beings capable of such hateful things? The venom we spew betrays our divine nature.
Of course, the hate that others create is their path and not mine. The only path over which I have control is my own. And with that understanding, my intention on this 22nd day of March is to walk a path of peace, love and compassion. I can only control what I put out into the world, and today I will make a gift of my love.
I love you.
March 22, 2010 at 7:10 am
Your gift is well received and right back at you ten-fold!
<3 Gary in Halifax
March 22, 2010 at 7:35 am
^_^
Yep grey in Halifax… But I have hopes the sun may shine through
March 22, 2010 at 9:20 am
Hey, It’s getting a little brighter already in HRM! What is this a reunion of some sort?!
Oh yeah, great blog Davey…..a little love and compassion won’t hurt anyone.
March 22, 2010 at 7:37 am
“And with that understanding, my intention on this 22nd day of March is to walk a path of peace, love and compassion”.
I would love to take a stroll, with you, down this path.
Unfortunately, the beginning of this blog jogged a quote from the movie – “Evil Under the Sun” by Agatha Christie (Great film, watch it! The one with Maggie Smith).
Quote: “The sun is shining, the sky is blue, yet… everywhere there is evil under the sun”.
March 22, 2010 at 11:31 am
“The sun is shining, the sky is blue, yet… everywhere there is evil under the sun”.
This is an excellent quote as long as we remember that “evil” is just a label for a perceived value that is used as a form of comparative measure.
That which we call “evil” is actually something (be it behavior, circumstances, events, etc.) that emanates from a point of darkness / ignorance on one end of Life’s spectrum, where there is an absence of Light / Truth.
Peace, Love, and Compassion are the anti-venom for hatred, and should be our continuous gift to a world awash in “evil”.
As Always,
Peace, Love, and Truth,
Todd in VA
“As You Travel On Your Path Towards Enlightenment, Let Love Be The Lantern That Lights Your Way Through The Darkness.”
Or if you prefer:
“Let Love Be The Lantern That Lights Your Way Through The Darkness, As You Travel On Your Path Towards Enlightenment.”
March 22, 2010 at 9:27 am
Faggot is spelled with two “g”s you silly head.
March 24, 2010 at 12:25 am
Maybe it’s french sounding as in ‘FAR GOE’
March 22, 2010 at 1:39 pm
Davey,
I agree the world is full of “contrast”, and bias. I don’t think homosexuals have it any worse than any other group in society.
What about the young woman fresh out of university was denied a teaching job in an inner school, not because she was young, or experience but because she was “too white”. Or the teenage boy who would walk to school and a neighbor would always call him “greaseball” because he’s Italian? Or the father of 7 children called a “popeblower” because he was a devout Catholic? Or the openly gay man who gets insults from the extreme left of the homosexual movement because “he’s not gay enough”, “dishonor’s the memory of the stonewall riots” and is harassed by these extremist because he loves his Catholic faith. The little boy who is called by his classmates, “idiot and retard”, because he has autism.
The world is full of hatred, gays themselves also “spew out this venom”. After all its because of sin this happens, and I yet to meet anyone who was free of sin.
All the above has happened to my family or myself. Being called a faggot is not so bad. I am better equip to handle this than my baby brother who suffers with autism. Is being a lesbian couple denied prom any worse than the Italian family denied dinner at a restaurant in Spain because they are Italian? Is the gay public official that is gay called a “faggot” any worse than the gay public official that in 1990 ran a all male whore house of his home and still a member of congress? -Davide
March 22, 2010 at 9:27 pm
Agree about the contrast. It’s all opinion and we all have different ones.
March 24, 2010 at 1:31 pm
Davey, Yeah, Mosaic Dave is right! And here in
Canada, which the article mentioned, things are
a whole lot better for gays than in Gringhistan
(i.e. Land of the Gringos, a.k.a. U. S. of A.)
So, break the illusion that Québec and Canada are
not worth visiting — or even relocating to, once
for all — and come to Rouyn-Noranda, for starters! –
Jerry Parker
March 22, 2010 at 9:51 pm
You’ve often alluded to the fact that wherever people are in their lives is the perfect place for them to be at this time; furthermore that they are the sum of their experience in the world. If you understand this I’m not sure how you can’t see how such beautiful beings can say such hateful things. 6.5 billion people with 6.5 different backgrounds and opinions are bound to have disagreements. Yesterday at the mall I heard a woman using every obscenity in the book at another woman who pulled into a parking space first. I was incredulous at this woman who even called the other one a c**t. I had to put myself in her shoes to really see that she probably feels unheard and unseen and is doing whatever she has to to be heard and seen. I would say that, for the most part, people are insulting out of frustration and even self-loathing. The guy yelling ‘faggot’ probably likes himself so little that he thinks he can only feel higher by bringing others down. The religious zealots have no faith that their beliefs can stand on their own so they use force to ensure that others abide by them. These people are beautiful and pathetic too. They deserve our love, compassion and understanding. I believe the only answer to hatred is love; I think you were getting at that. In my opinion it’s best to seek to understand and follow up with love. To show compassion and restraint. That example will change people’s minds.
Peace.
March 22, 2010 at 11:15 pm
oh I don’t know about all that, sometimes a good punch in the nose settles things .
March 23, 2010 at 5:48 pm
This was meant to be a standalone post. Not a response. Whoops!
March 22, 2010 at 2:40 pm
“Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.”
I love this quote. There is so much negativity that can be contemplated, but I think it is much more productive to focus on the positive. There will always be those who choose to create negativity, hate and pain, but fortunately there will always be those others that know that they can create a positive and better world by their own, sometimes small, actions which will ripple out into the world. We can all go out and make waves of love, peace and compassion.
Isn’t Spring wonderful!
March 22, 2010 at 4:41 pm
Just so we are all on the same page….the first day of spring was March 20th this year !!
March 22, 2010 at 4:54 pm
“Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart.”
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
AND
“Dig within. Within is the wellspring of Good; and it is always ready to bubble up, if you just dig.”
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
March 22, 2010 at 6:40 pm
Great quotes!!
March 22, 2010 at 6:39 pm
Very sensitively put, Davey. I’m glad we’re walking similar paths!
March 22, 2010 at 11:06 pm
Some very wise comments on this post. I would add that the chap who lost his job in Abu Dhabi was lucky he was not imprisoned (according to the law). This would suggest that the action was not motivated by hatred but in order to abide with the local culture. Just because a cultural belief system differs from our own it does not mean we should force our cultural belief system onto them! Respect is required.
March 23, 2010 at 1:27 am
Wow…I am really pleased to have found your blog. I am a married man with 2 kids well on my way now to finding where it is my soul needs to rest in life. I had my 1st male encounter about 8 months ago after 33 years of repression and ever since then I feel like a caterpillar who is coming out of a cocoon as a butterfly.
For me this was not about an underlying desire to have sex with men, but more a desire to find the truth within myself, with that I have been able to open my heart and I find the universe pouring in.
I too have a blog http://www.gayoncemeanthappy.blogspot.com which provides me with an emotional outlet and expression of my feelings along my journey.
Wishing you well.
March 23, 2010 at 11:38 am
bubby,
Read your post here and looked at your blog. It seems you really are on a journey of discovery. I wish you every success. Every one of us deserves to learn who we are and what we need and want in order to be whole. seb
March 23, 2010 at 6:35 am
Davey Wavey..Good Morning!..Just for you!..Love “your” David
Who cares?
If I am a gay man?
Who cares?
If I like only men?
Who cares?
If I was born that way?
Who cares?
If that is the way I will stay?
Who cares?
If I am always horney and gay?
Who cares?
If I stare at every man I see?
Who cares?
Even if lumpy-bumpy like me?
Who cares?
As if he will be mine some day?
Who cares?
To talk to and maybe even play
Who cares?
That I fantasize/dream about men?
Who cares?
Have him undressed with my eyes til who knows when
Who cares?
If I was to think they should want me?
Who cares?
I might as well hang from a tree
Who cares?
There must be something WRONG with me
Who cares?
To get no stares back from them..do you see?
Who cares?
That I will always be alone?
Who cares?
If I am always waiting by the phone?
Who cares?
If I wank and cream all alone?
Who cares?
If love seems to pass me by?
Who cares?
That every night I cry all alone and moan?
Who cares?
That I am crying right NOW!
Who cares?
If I am such a mess?
Who cares?
That life has sure passed me by and how
Who cares?
That being gay can sure be the pits
Who cares?
For here alone I seem to sit
Who cares?
That I always think I am the “BEST”
Who cares?
That David tells me that..and ALL the rest!
Who cares?
That GOD sure puts us “BOOTS” to the test!
Who cares?
Surely optimistic I must be
Who cares?
For being gay I will always be
Who cares?
So brighten UP and know another day there will be
Who cares?
Hey!..I think I see a cute guy looking my way!
Who cares?
I think he cares for me..what can I say?
Who cares?
Maybe he will tell me why some day
Who cares?
As he seems to like gay guys just like me
Who cares?
And guess what?…if WORSE cums to WORSE
Who cares?
Just know that David will always care for thee!..Tis true!
David
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March 23, 2010 at 6:38 am
Davey,
Once again your words strike a chord within my very being. I too desire that path of peace and it is a path that we all should seek with a humble a earnest heart.
Living in the Southern Hemisphere in Sydney we too experince the voice of intolerance and utter hate. Gone are the days when I would suffer in cowering silence, afraid to be honest with myself. Now I engage the legions of hate, never again will I stand by and allow a gay brother or sister be made to feel less than human. In a non violent manner I engage with them in honest rational conversation; usually they become so enraged that they lose the ability the speak, they yell and curse and attempt to justifiy their irrational stance.
Autum as had a warm start this month, temps have been in high 20′s to mid 30′s;soon the weather will change and along with that so will our endless restlessness. Autum is a time to prepare for winter; a time to contemplate upon the endless cycle of life. A time to once again make an honest start to walking along that precious path of peace.
March 23, 2010 at 6:51 am
some times the human world is so depressing… hate war, sometimes i feel love trees and nature more than my fellow man…
March 23, 2010 at 8:43 am
I Love You too! MWA
March 23, 2010 at 11:54 am
“thick with promise” ….i love that!
April 17, 2010 at 3:22 am
Very good and informative article,thank you!
April 29, 2010 at 6:22 pm
much appretiated