Instead of asking why you’re a victim…
Ask yourself these questions:
“How can I be a part of the solution?”
“How can I contribute massively to the planet from this experience?”
“How can I make sure this never happens again?”
“How can I help people overcome their adversity to what I’ve experienced?”
“How can I promote peaceful solutions to the problems of the day?”
Ditch the victim mentality forever and live in the present moment. Your current life is the result of every decision and habit you’ve had in the past. What kind of a future are you creating for yourself and those are you RIGHT NOW?
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”
Happiness is a lifestyle choice. Happiness is a worldview. Happiness is NOW. Don’t miss out on the once in a lifetime opportunity of the present!
- 1 day ago
They don’t hate us because we’re free, they hate us because we’re pointing guns at their kids.
- 2 weeks ago
Ron Paul’s response when asked about marriage being only between a man and a woman: “I’ve been married for 55 years so that’s my personal belief. But that doesn’t mean I should write laws and force other people to accept my standards. I should SET a standard and maybe people will want to emulate it. But I don’t like using laws to mold people’s behavior. Not because I don’t believe that their behavior could be improve, I just don’t believe that’s the role of the state.”
And later: “I think the world would be much happier place if people rejected the use of force.”
In favour of doing what you want without the state getting in your way? Ron Paul’s your guy. =]
- 3 weeks ago
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“And, God, please let me enjoy this. Let me remember that life is not a series of waiting for things to be over.”
- 3 weeks ago
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An extremely disturbing report on the emerging police tactic of employing brutal sexual assault against Occupation protesters as an intimidation and provocation tactic. Police have engaged in rape and sexual assault against civilians since time immemorial, but the use of such tactics against Occupy may finally serve to bring some light to the intrinsic evil, exploitation, and misogyny of the United States law enforcement industrial complex.
Arbitrary violence is nothing new. The apparently systematic use of sexual assault against women protestors is new. I’m not aware of any reports of police intentionally grabbing women’s breasts before March 17, but on March 17 there were numerous reported cases, and in later nightly evictions from Union Square, the practice became so systematic that at least one woman told me her breasts were grabbed by five different police officers on a single night (in one case, while another one was blowing kisses.) The tactic appeared so abruptly, is so obviously a violation of any sort of police protocol or standard of legality, that it is hard to imagine it is anything but an intentional policy.
For obvious reasons, most of the women who have been victims of such assaults have been hesitant to come forward. Suing the city is a miserable and time-consuming task and if a woman brings any charge involving sexual misconduct, they can expect to have their own history and reputations—no matter how obviously irrelevant—raked over the coals, usually causing immense damage to their personal and professional life. The threat of doing so operates as a very effective form of intimidation. One exception is Cecily McMillan, who was not only groped but suffered a broken rib and seizures during her arrest on March 17, and held incommunicado, denied constant requests to see her lawyer, for over 24 hours thereafter. Shortly after release from the hospital she appeared on Democracy Now! And showed part of a handprint, replete with scratch-marks, that police had left directly over her right breast. (She is currently pursuing civil charges against the police department)
- 3 weeks ago
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