Stop exposing your children to unwanted attention coz you so want to be 'LIKE'd'

I am tiered of friends and family and acquaintances posting pics of their ohh so adorable child, nephew, grandson or whatever.  Do you not realise this is just circulating your child's image to unsolicited views.  Where do these pictures end up? once they have been liked and shared to a group of people that you do not know.  Come on do you not see this.

I have never been one to ogle at babies in prams and coo in that oh so stupid voice reserved for a 'particular cute baby'.  face it they look cute coz they're small end of.  They all look much the same and at that stage not many of their features have come in anyhow.  Well I don't do it, it is annoying and most times it is disingenuous.


posted fb 29/08/13

#211 I will not ‘LIKE’ your child

Why oh why is your child online?

there are pictures of mucky faces

pictures of child in cool places

pictures with a grin

pictures of every occasion

do you not read the papers?

online is where paedophiles

like to lime

they scan through school pictures

then hope and pray they see that child

so they can strike up a conversation

then it’s ‘do you want to go for a ride?’

then next minute they are on a news file

as we watch the parents pain

as we watch them cry

as they slowly lose their minds

do they not realise they gave their child on a plate

so next time you want to upload

think carefully

are you really that bold

that desperate for a ‘LIKE’

now I don’t do ‘ooh!’ and I don't do ‘ahhh!’

coz one child to me looks much the same

as long as they are healthy

don't care if they are wealthy

is it not your duty to keep them safe?

shouldn’t they get a chance to decide

when they go online

and have their face broadcast all over the place

My Enchanted life

I am embarking on a big venture, it is scary and exciting at the same time.  At every step of the way there has been masses of advise and good fortune.  From people I barely know.  It's wonderful.  I now have to decide who to listen to.  Do I just go along despite all this unsolicited advise or do I stop freeze and not go forward.


posted fb 29/08/13

#210 Guidance From Within

I will listen to my inner voice

and what it has to say

some call it their conscious

either way it will make you rethink your day

all situations we find ourselves in

are predicted somewhere along the way

you just have to listen

to the people you meet

telling you part of the story

for you to complete

make sense of what they are saying

as it is never as you think

sometimes it is a dream

sometimes more straightforward

you just have to make the link

listen to that inner voice that says ‘don't go there!’

its not always obvious

I assure you

in time it will all be clear......

Speaking well of the dead

I never want to be that person who waits until someone has passed to start speaking well about them, or treating them nice

posted fb 26/08/13

#206 big Talk

Big talk

after my passing

I do not want

say what you want to say

to my face

don't wait

till I  am gone

without a trace

furthermore

say nothing to me

say nothing of your feelings

show me by your actions

let it be apparent for all to see

let my heart be filled with your love

do not let me leave

until you are sure

I understand I am loved

evermore

Mornings don't really excite me

posted fb 26.08.13

#207 Each Morning

Each morning

when I rise

I am grateful

that I am here

to see another day

I rise with anticipation

in awe of what the day may bring

I think of those who are not with us

reflect on what they may have done with this day

I hope I am not wasting my day

so I jump up

refusing to snooze any longer

I am grateful

for the opportunities

this day will bring

each morning

when I rise !

Helping others whilst helping yourself

whatever you do for someone is between you and that person.  Why do some people find it necessary to annouce all their good deeds, exposing that persons current predicament. which maybe they do not want broadcasted

Do we do things for others coz it makes us feel good or do we do things that just benefit the other person, because it is the right thing to do


posted 27/08/13

#208 Noisy Workers

A midst this confusion

and the noise we accept

as a working city

the louder it is the more work is being done

how about those who go about silently

with no accalaid

that this noise brings

some need the noise to continue on

others work in silence

they say empty barrels make most noise

who shouts the loudest deserve to be listened to

how about those who speak quietly

move silently

is their work not valid

are they not counted

I know I would rather move silently

a midst the confusion

we accept to be a working city

Equality Overdue

  Just watched 15 minutes of 'The March'.  I grabbed my remote pressed record that's all I could do.  I couldn't move I was transfixed to screen.  I've had heard about the march I have seen clips of the march.  I was astounded by the sheer volume of people there who were truly integrated, they showed a water fountain where you saw black and white people drinking from the same fountain. powerful.  

Best thing I have seen on tv for a  long time.  totally inspiring.  


prompted me to write this.


posted fb 28. 08. 13


 #209 Equality Overdue

They owe me

they owe us all

for the equality

that is overdue

forced

to treat

me different from you

if I was taken on my merit

where will I be ?

what could I achieve ?

I will live her life

while she looks at me

5o years ago he had a dream

the dream is still not realised

I am sad to console

all those who were there

who marched

and walked

who made their voices clear

everyone had something to say

it is as if there never was that day

did it happen?

did it really occur?

all that they wanted

is still wanting

this is 50 years on

equality is still haunting

Britain 's Got Talent Watch out!

Music it is funny how each generation claims  current music as there own.  Much of it we have heard before.  I had a wonderful surreal moment in  my car. travelling with I suppose three generations, my daughter my neighbour and her son and my retired Italian neighbour.  I have selected an easy listening station to cater for all specifically my Italian neighbour .  At some point the tape deck (yes not a typo, an actual tape deck, in my 2002 car) kicks in and it is a cassette my elder daughter had made probably 10 years ago, with Ashanti do an acapella number ( some would say quite badly) the good thing is it gives us non singers a chance to have ago.  So in the middle of all the hubba-bubba in car I hear him attempting and reaching some of those high notes.  I am of course tickled pink, so I rewind it and now I insist we all join in.  Britain Got Talent Watch out!

posted fb 21/08/13

#202 Young Music

I love young music

I love the vibe

I love the energy

it energises me

it makes me feel

alive

I jump around

like I was ten

when one track is finished

I am ready to go again

one day I will act my age

until  then

all I want to do is rave