![]() ![]() ![]() When one man believes another man is lesser than himself he will try to dominate them through brute force or superior intelligence. It depends on whether the man believes there is an after life or not. The mentality of the people who brought the first slave ships over is still with us and apparent today. But, People are already rich with the Sun, the Moon and the Stars and all the world's resources and yet often don't know it…To really appreciate these things they need to be leading a certain quality of life by whatever means available to them. What can you say to someone like this to make them believe what you are doing isn't for your own personal gain in someway: Whether it's riches, respect, a golden ticket to heaven, ripping others off, making yourself feel better than anyone else, justifying some bad thing that has happened to you, attracting sympathy from the opposite sex. Their parents who they are supposed to trust don't seem to give a care about anyone else. How can one change the way people think when they are born into such a world. They therefore go for the best possible quality of life they can attain. ![]() They think we live, then we die and that is all there is. Simon’s Africa Trip Notes - February 2005 (Verbatim)īiggest percentage of our world are cynical and untrusting, they doubt other's motivations. Unless we are chained to the most human Christ, and run the risk of an accepting God ![]() Unless we are bound to life, to faith, to love, Unless we love unreservedly and lavishly, knowing our being will outlast the stars: identify with the poor, with little children, Trying to outlive, outdo, outrun, we are not free…īeing bound by conventions, by our body’s size and shape,īy fashion, by religion, by hope for greater prosperity, Running from this river of death, straining to achieve, Will land us safe ashore together… by David A Murden Let the wind take you where it will so the Wild Goose call Therefore, you my lovely Son, rest easy on your oars, row little: So I too am following home-wards and will row the stronger now to close the distance between… There is no horizon here where the sweet music sounds and the sea’s Voice shouts the way…īut for you, Sun-Shone, there are endless horizons all leading homewardsĪnd all returning at last to where we began in the heart of an infinite Majesty. Warn me when you reach land solo voyager, I am weary too of this earth-bound existence: Journey to the Sun - A Celtic Poem for Simon To endure is greater than to dare to tire out hostile fortune to be daunted by no difficulty to keep heart when all have lost it…Who can say this is not greatness?… William M Thackeray (For those of you who would like to follow this thought in the New Testament, see 2 Cor.5:1-10) Once grown old, or destroyed by death,we have another more beautiful and immortal one promised to us by God. Whilst looking at this I had explained to Simon about our bodies being the "tents" God uses to take us through the deserts of our journeys in life. The way they construct their new tent and the materials they use tell the story of their past "pilgrimage". One of the tribes we meet in the desert regions of West Africa packs up their tents seasonally to begin another journey elsewhere through the desert. The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been kindness, beauty, and truth… Albert Einstein Simon Says: Respect the attempts of the poor to maintain dignity in the face of suffering and oppression. The footprints of Africa lie at the very heart of our civilisation: "Momma Africa" has sent, and is still sending, her finest sons and daughters into a "slavery" and bondage to a system foreign to her soul and sensibility. Words of wisdom and simply questions and a few answers about life and the universe… The Footprints of Africa ![]()
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