Words on Life

Love May Come Along

Bob — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:40:15 +0000

Love… There is no reason… No explanation…
No sense… And no solutions.

We are all just ordinary people in the world…
But to those who love us… We are the moon and the sun and the stars.

“A mother’s love for her child is like nothing else… It knows no law.” – Agatha Christie.

At the beginning of every day we should say ‘thank you’…
For our life, and for all those who have loved and cared for us.

Count your blessings by those you have loved, and those who have loved you, and those who remain in your heart.

We give our love to others, but we should always hold back some for emergencies.

The eyes of the soul see it coming… Then opens the gate to the heart for love to pour in.

In the middle of an ordinary life… Love may come along… And our dreams, and our wishes all start to come true.

Only Death And Destruction Follow My Wake

Bob — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:32:37 +0000

Behold my friends, I am Heroin.
I’ll take a rich man and make him poor,
I’ll take a virgin and make her a whore.
I’ll make beautiful women forget their looks,
I’ll take honest men and make them crooks.
I’ll make you lie, steal, borrow and beg,
Then search for a vein in your arm or your leg.
I’ll make you selfish and fill you with greed,
Who cares of colour, religion or creed.
My gift is illusion, my blessing is take,
Only deaths and destruction, follow my wake.

(Written by a resident of St. Mary’s Hostel, Bangor, Wales, UK)

What Would Jesus Do If He Was Here Today?

Bob — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 09:21:29 +0000

How gratifying to lecture the public about Christian morals when the gap between the rich and the poor in society has never been so obscene and his policies both at home and in Europe appear to be protecting the richest, most amoral section of our society – the bankers.
What would Jesus do if he heard this lecture from Cameron?
Well, if my Bible studies are accurate, I guess he’d say that pregnant camels have more chance of passing into Heaven through the eye of a needle than he and his Cabinet have, then quote Mathew 19:21.
That’s the bit where the rich get eternal life and is told: “Go, sell your possessions and give to the poor and you will have treasure in Heaven”.
Many academics believe that Jesus Christ existed.
Whether he was the son of God sent to give us eternal life is not so clear-cut.
However, his acts and his teachings leave me in no doubt that he was a socialist.
If he was here today, I think Jesus would be ripping into this Government and telling this hypocritical, snake-oil salesman of a Prime Minister to live by Christian principles before handing out lectures on the subject.
(Brian Reade)

Once You’re Hooked, I Really Abuse

Bob — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 09:04:26 +0000

Behold my friends, I am Heroin.
I’m more valued than diamonds,
More treasured than gold,
Try me you’ll see, you too will be sold.
I’m a powder that looks no more than waste,
I’m soft and fluffy and bitter to taste.
I’m brown, I’m white and fantastic to use,
But once your hooked, I really abuse.

(Written by a resident of St. Mary’s Hostel, Bangor, Wales, UK)

My Life Is The Only One I Have

Bob — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 10:25:03 +0000

I think loving your life is probably the secret of looking good.
(Eva Cavalli)

I don’t have any regrets whatsoever because it has been my life… I’ve been very privileged, I’m lucky and I’m still alive.
(Helen Baxendale)

I am finally waking up to the fact that life is here to be lived… it is the only one I have.
(Liz Jones)

I have a heart defect – but I don’t let the condition rule my life.
As I’ve got older I’ve learnt to listen to my body more.
In 2007, doctors found that I have a bicuspid valve, which means my heart needs to work harder in order to function.
Around the same time, my mother was diagnosed with breast cancer.
They were two major wake-up calls.
In my own case, I felt as if my body was shouting at me, pleading with me to slow down a bit.
It’s just something that I need to monitor, and I have to get regular scans.
It might deteriorate, it might not.
If it does then I’ll cross that bridge when I come to it.
(Edith Bowman)

Lily Allen tweeted that I was a trollop.
That was hard to take, especially as I’d never even met her.
(Edith Bowman)

I Am The Breeder Of Crime And Corruption

Bob — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 10:15:39 +0000

Behold my friends, I am Heroin,
Known by all as a destroyer of men.
I entered this country, without a passport,
And ever since, I’ve been hunted and sought.
Whole nations have gathered, to plan my destruction,
I am the breeder of crime and corruption.

(Written by a resident of St. Mary’s Hostel, Bangor, Wales, UK)

His Creepy Pose As A ‘Committed Christian’

Bob — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 09:40:52 +0000

Mr Cameron has the power to shift this country sharply towards Christianity.
All he needs to do is to dismantle the many anti-Christian laws which have attacked the faith over the past half-century – for example, instant divorce, mass giveaways of contraceptives to children, the teaching of promiscuity in schools, the licensing of greedy commerce on Sundays, plus of course the total abandonment of right and wrong by the justice system.
He won’t do any of those things.
In fact, he’d sneer at anyone who sought to do so.
So his creepy pose as a ‘committed Christian’ (committed to what?) is – like almost everything about this man – a brazen fraud on the public.
(Peter Hitchens)

I Hope That I Don’t Hurt People

Bob — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 09:24:37 +0000

I don’t think anybody is completely confident with themselves or their body.
I’m sure there are always things you want to change.
People say horrible things about you and it hurts.
Of course it does. I’m human and I hate it.
I’ve never tried to analyse myself.
I have no idea whether I’m completely sane.
I should imagine that I’m not. I don’t think anybody is.
I see the world through my eyes and it’s sometimes a strange world.
I hope that I don’t hurt people. I think that’s it.
You don’t hurt yourself too much, you don’t hurt others.
Maybe that’s keeping yourself in check.
Early on in my career, I just took what was offered.
There wasn’t an option.
With Pirates, I didn’t have anything else on so it was a case of, OK, I’ll do that. Wicked, I’ve got a job.
I’ve had an extraordinary journey and I’ve been stupidly lucky.
Some of it’s been completely wonderful and I’ve loved it – some of it’s been very difficult and I haven’t.
But that’s life.
(Keira Knightly)

In Dreams We Can Wish Anything To Happen

Bob — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:13:55 +0000

Dreams can give us more pleasure than reality…
In dreams we can go beyond reality…
We can go anywhere we please.

Those with regrets stay down on the ground.
Those with no regrets reach up for the stars.

Evolution starts after life…
Evolution did not create life.

When we have found our gift in life, and our purpose…
Then it is our duty to give it away.

In dreams no reasons are necessary… we can wish anything to happen… we don’t need to apologise… there are no rules… there are no limits.

If we don’t keep our feet on the ground… there is no knowing where we might be swept off to.

Chinese Farmers Protest Over ‘Land Grabs’

Bob — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:05:06 +0000

Every year three to four million Chinese farmers lose their land to make way for industrial parks or residential developments.
Because no land is officially privately owned in communist China, farmers have no choice but to surrender their farmland and accept compensation paid at levels set by local officials.
The officials, meanwhile, view the transformation of rural land into industrial zones or residential developments as a kind of financial alchemy.
Apart from the potential kickbacks from developers, it turns virtually worthless rural land into high-value, taxable plots that generate much-needed revenue for the local governments.
By boosting revenues, local officials are able to ingratiate themselves with their superiors, hitting the steep economic growth targets imposed by Beijing.
The downside is that farmers are often infuriated by the paltry levels of compensation offered in the ‘land grabs’, setting off rural protests involving tens of thousands of angry farmers across China every year.
The China Academy of Social Sciences estimates there were more than 90,000 violent ‘mass incidents’ in 2006 – and the number increases annually.