Possibilities!!!!!!!

Well got a surprise watching the news tonight.

It was so sad to here about the 7.7 earthquake (one article I read said 7.8) in Pakistan on Tuesday.  The death toll, last I can see is 45.  With the missing and injured that may rise.

If we as humans stopped wars with each other, quit building weapons, bombs and instead used our resources to invent machines to predict natural disasters, maybe we would not lose so many people needlessly.

 this picture is from http://beforeitsnews.com
Click picture to see a video. 

The part that surprised me though was the new island!  It actually excited me.  We have a new island!  A new place to explore.  Sure we have places left here on our planet that have not been explored, we know where the are, but to me the possibilities of this new island are amazing.  What will they find?  This land was buried under a sea.  Never touched by humans, not in a very long time anyways.

To me that is what life should be.  Learning, loving, exploring.  If everyone stopped competing, trying to better each other and fighting, spent their time exploring instead, this would be quite the place to live.  There is so much to explore here on our planet with it's seas and oceans, the north - south poles, rain forests and uncharted islands, and don't forget other things like medicine.  What about inventing?  That is a form of exploring, learning to create new things to help us make life better, tools to make us see more of what we explore.  And Space the ultimate goal!  Can you imagine exploring new planets, stars, moons--maybe find life(I truly believe we are not alone)!  The Universe is growing everyday according to scientists, which means we will never run out of places to explore, we will always be able to grow, learn!  They say we only use part of our brain, a small part, that means we are capable of great learning, maybe we need to explore so that we can learn more about ourselves and how to use our brain.

The way I see it we are a young race, still learning.  Our imagination could take us to the stars but we spend all our time hurt, killing ourselves and our planet.  If we keep going this way we will never reach what we are capable of.  

It is amazing this new island, reminds us of the possibilities of life!  Maybe it will help remind us of what we could have, if we stopped the hating.

I don't know if the island will stay there or if it will disappear eventually, but I do hope the make some amazing discoveries there about our planet and maybe ourselves!

Forecast: Sunny and Snow!

April 20, 2013 Sunny and Snow

Taken in the Niagara Region by Niagara Falls, Ontario

It was around 21 C  which is about 70 F on April 17 & 18 and today on April 20 It is Sunny cold and Snowing! Temp time of video 1 C about 33.8 F feeling like -4 C about 24.8 F

Tonight's forecast -3 C (26.6 F) feels like -10 C (14 F)

Alice (Aj)

International Women's Day March 8, 2013

Happy Women's Day!!
(Click above to go to the site)

I want to thank a very beautiful woman for reminding me that today was coming.  She actually sent me a "Women's Day" card.  She creates wonderful music with her fantastic voice and style.

Thank You Lynda Law!! 

Here is one of her videos.

I believe you will agree her music is a credit to all women, who strive to live and love and learn as the intelligent human beings that we are.
Here is her YouTube Channel, Facebook Page

I also want to thank all the women out there for just being who you are.  Everyday I meet more of you here on the internet, through blog and other social medias.

It is wonderful that there is a day for women.  

It is a way to make the world aware of the many things that women help others and strive to better the world.

But most importantly it shows all the world the injustices done to women, some before they are born and never have a chance to better our world.   

There are women out there who are treated worse than a rabid dog.  Not even acknowledge as a living, feeling human being.  Young girls treated as toys and slaves for the enjoyment of men.

There are countries where women have not one single right.  They can not show the world their face, or voice an opinion.  They are not allowed the right to a faithful marriage or the right to leave a harmful one.

There are young girls out there that will never know what it feels like to go to school, or read and write.

Many will never have the right to choose who they want to love and marry.

 Even more will never grow up at all.

There are women who everyday work hard in a factory or other job just to survive, but yet may not make it home because the country they live in do not consider that raping and killing women is really all that bad, and the men never looked for or arrested.

We live in a world where "humans" are supposedly equal.  

Yet color and race are still considered as inferior by many, which is wrong and not even close to the truth.

Women are humans too, we have the right to live and be free.  We are not inferior either.

Women through time have proved this.  

Maybe one day when we all finally stand up to those who put down our sisters because they are women, or brothers because of their race, color or religion, we can turn International Women's Day, to

International People Day, just to remind us never, ever to treat another human being as subhuman or inferior.

I would love to see that day come!

I would love to see the world where everyone is equal and never fear being treated so inhumanly again.

That would be the Day to celebrate!!!

That is all I ever wanted, to live in a peaceful world, where hate doe not exist, that no human or animal need feel fear for their lives or that of the coming generation.

I know I will never see that world, but I will try everyday to make that world possible.

So that maybe our children's children may see this world. 

I sometimes try to picture the people's of the future seeing

"International Women's Day in a news clip or paper and saying

 "What kind of people lived than, that they needed a day to make people aware that all are equal?  

Well this is turning out longer than I expected. 

Later today my post will be about the Liebster Blog Award  I was nominated for by two women, 

Catherine Healey from Book Club Librarian

and

Sopia Bains from Goobledygook Book Hooked

Until than Remember do something to day for women or girls! 

Let us show the people and countries that we value women!

Alice 

alicem@fortheloveofalicesfamily.com