Humans...........

[Basra]

from "A Brave and Startling Truth" by Maya Angelou


We, this people, on this small and drifting planet

Whose hands can strike with such abandon

That in a twinkling, life is sapped from the living

Yet those same hands can touch with such healing, irresistible tenderness

That the haughty neck is happy to bow

And the proud back is glad to bend

Out of such chaos, of such contradiction

We learn that we are neither devils nor divines

 

[Ramen]

 

[Gibiin-Udug]

@Basra I can imagine you reciting Charlie Chaplin quotes.


I’m sorry, but I don’t want to be an emperor. That’s not my business. I don’t want to rule or conquer anyone. I should like to help everyone - if possible - MJ, Darood - Hawiye - Isaaq. We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. We want to live by each other’s happiness - not by each other’s misery. We don’t want to hate and despise one another. In this world there is room for everyone. And the good earth is rich and can provide for everyone. The way of life can be free and beautiful, but we have lost the way.

Greed has poisoned men’s souls, has barricaded the world with hate, has goose-stepped us into misery and bloodshed. We have developed speed, but we have shut ourselves in. Machinery that gives abundance has left us in want. Our knowledge has made us cynical. Our cleverness, hard and unkind. We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery we need humanity. More than cleverness we need kindness and gentleness. Without these qualities, life will be violent and all will be lost….

The aeroplane and the radio have brought us closer together. The very nature of these inventions cries out for the goodness in men - cries out for universal brotherhood - for the unity of us all. Even now my voice is reaching millions throughout the world - millions of despairing men, women, and little children - victims of a system that makes men torture and imprison innocent people.

 

[kaluumayste]

from "A Brave and Startling Truth" by Maya Angelou


We, this people, on this small and drifting planet

Whose hands can strike with such abandon

That in a twinkling, life is sapped from the living

Yet those same hands can touch with such healing, irresistible tenderness

That the haughty neck is happy to bow

And the proud back is glad to bend

Out of such chaos, of such contradiction

We learn that we are neither devils nor divines

Oh poor baby.....

 

[Gibiin-Udug]

Oh poor baby.....

I went from awwwwwww to ewwwwwww in less than 2 seconds.

 

[kaluumayste]

I went from awwwwwww to ewwwwwww in less than 2 seconds.

That is how i felt when i read eedo @Basra post.

 

[Basra]

Kaluu aka henni u crack me up



Reiko that was beautiful huuno

 

[kaluumayste]

Kaluu aka henni u crack me up



Reiko that was beautiful huuno

Kaluu aka henni ? i'm disappointed....