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"PERSPECTIVES: 2010 & still Not Easy, Being ME..."
The Michael
W. Connett LIVING Trust
“He who conceals his disease cannot expect to be cured”
The South Bank HIVe
A CommUNITY-Based Consortium of HIV/AIDS and Social Service Organizations
315 W 7th Street - Suite #2 * Covington, Kentucky 41011-1391
859-261-HIVe1 (4481)
Greetings!
“I
can’t stand to Fly
I’m
not that naïve
I’m
just out to find
The
better part of me…”
Which
is, perhaps, one of the biggest reasons that I never intended to move again!
In any case, here I go; leaving all my old baggage behind and starting
anew with just the essential things in Life.
Beginning with the End in mind, it has only been with the kindness and
help of my friends as well as strangers that I have been able to get by.
Thank You, My Dear friends!!!
Best
Regards,
Michael
aka
“The South Bank Beacon”
!
"I went to
the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential
facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when
I came to die, discover that I had not lived..." Henry David Thoreau.
Scott
Boulevard (Rt. 17-So.) Island Neighborhood Garden
"Photo Copyright '99": Michael W.
Connett "LIVING Trust"
“It’s
not easy…, being Me!
“I’m
more than a bird
I’m
more than a plane
I’m
more than some pretty face beside a train
And
it’s not easy to be me
‘Bout
a home I’ll never see
Even
heroes have the right to bleed
Even
heroes have the right to dream
And
it’s not easy to be me
Up,
up and away, away from me
You
can all sleep sound tonight
I’m
not crazy or anything
Men
weren’t meant to ride
With
clouds between their knees
I’m
only a man in a silly red sheet
Digging
for kryptonite on this one way street
I’m
only a man in a phony red sheet
Looking
for special things inside of me, inside of me
Inside
of me, yeah inside of me, inside of me
I’m
only a man in a phony red sheet
I’m
only a man looking for a dream
I’m
only a man in a phony red sheet
It’s
not easy to BE ME”
“Superman”
by Five for Fighting
Paying
It Forward, Daily…
“Think
of an idea to Change The World,
And
put it Into ACTION…”
“I
tried real hard, but nothing really happened.
I think some people are too scared or something.
I think, things could be different.
I mean, the World’s not exactly s**t.
I
guess it’s hard for some people who are so used to things the way they are,
even if they’re BAD, to CHANGE. ‘Cause
then they kinda give up. And when
they do, everybody kinda loses.
It’s
hard, you can’t plan it. You have
to watch people more, ya know. Sort
of keep an eye on them, to protect them, ‘cause they can’t always see what
they need. It’s like your big
chance to fix something that’s not like your bike.
You can fix a person…”
“Trevor” in The Movie
Go Beyond the Original Premise &…
Instead of helping three people , resolve to be of assistance to anyone,
in anyway you can!
Little things can make as big a difference as the really “huge”
things.
Strive for “The Greater Good for the Greater Number…”
Remember that “a rich person is not one who has the most,
but is one who needs the least.”
“Learn that what is most valuable is not what you have in your life,
but who you have in your
life.
"Then
said a rich man, speak to us of giving. And he answered; You give but
little when you give of your possessions, it is when you give of yourself that
you truly give. For what are your possessions but things you keep and
guard for fear you may need them tomorrow...
There
are those who give with joy and that joy is their reward. And there are
those who give with pain and that pain is their baptism. And there are
those who give and know not pain in giving, nor do they seek joy, nor give with
mindfulness of virtue. They give as in yonder valley the myrtle breathes
its fragrance into space. Through the hands of such as these, God
speaks. And from behind their eyes, He smiles upon the earth...
It
is well to give when asked, but it is better to give unasked through
understanding...
See
first that you, yourself, deserve to be a giver and an instrument of
giving. For in truth it is life that gives unto life, while you who deem
yourself a giver are but a witness."
"The
Prophet" - Kahlil Gibran
"The Beacon Fund”
With props to The Divine Miss M:
GO
The Distance!
From a distance...
The world looks good & green
And the snow capped mountains white
From a distance...
The ocean meets the stream
And
The Eagle takes to flight
Hope is distant..
There's no harmony
And it echoes through the land...
Where's the voice of Hope?
Where's the voice of peace?
Where's the voice of every man?
In the distance...
We all have enough
And no one is in need
And there are no guns, no bombs and no disease...
No hungry mouths to feed
To run the distance...
We'll be instruments
Marching in the common band...
Playing songs of hope!
Playing songs of peace!
They'll be the songs of every man!
From a distance...
God is watching us
God is watching us, from a distance...
Through the distance...
You, you look like my friend
Even though we are at war
From this distance...
I just cannot comprehend
What all this fighting is for...
In the distance...
There'll be Harmony, it'll echo through the land
It'll be the hope of hopes!
It'll be the love of loves!
In the heart of every man!!!
It's the hope of hope
It's the love of love
This is the song for every man!!!
God is watching us
God is watching us
God is watching us, from a distance...
God
is watching us
God is watching, watching us
From a distance...
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