I Am Not My Hair

When I read Sal's blog, I saw that he related his blog to the Indie Arie feat Akon song "I Am Not My Hair"
People everyday are constantly being judged, stereotyped, looked at from the outside not inside.
Why are people so influenced by what people say and by the media.
Little girls are fascinated by Barbie. The first doll many young girls receive is a Mattel Barbie doll. We are giving girls the image of a doll that if was made into a real person would not even be able to stand up, having estimated at 36 inches (chest), 18 inches (waist) and 33 inches (hips). This is an unrealistic image girls around the nation are looking up to as a role model. Why is the media putting images of unhealthy characters into young girls minds?
Why do we not except people in society to be different? To be unique? Why do we judge on first instincts and not give people a chance?
Stereotypes
Label
Categorize
Define
Mold
Standardize
Regulate
different

Bowling For Columbine

FEAR
its a four letter word
so is love
but these too words come across very different

"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself - nameless, unreasoning, unjustified, terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance."---- FDR - First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1933

I see FEAR in America during 9/11, at airports, around certain minorities, in big cities and many more places.
Americans fear life and the things that come their way that they are not comfortable with.
Why is this?
Things in our country happen to make other become fearful.
So how do we fix this?
Our country needs to become a safe place and Americans need to learn to be comfortable with the environment they live in

Tuesdays with Morrie

Death is a topic that people do not like to discuss. It happens to everyone in life eventually. Some sooner then expected, and some not the way they planned. Sometimes it happens quick, and other times death is known about but takes a while to happen.

Death is a word that is ignored, it is not a topic worth talking about. Why? Are people scared. If everyone knows its coming, why be scared? It is a natural thing about life.

We as a society don't like to bring up death. Dying brings tears, sadness, a loss of a friend, family member, sister or brother, mother or father, son or daughter. We build up our lives for what we are going to do in our futures, but when do we realize or future could end at any time?

Morrie knew he was dying, but that didn't stop him from doing what he loved most. Teaching. Sociology. Living. Being with the people he loved.

So why do we keep living if we know eventually we are going to die? We live for our family, or friends, for ourselves. We want to accomplish things in out life that we love. Well what is love?

"Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots have become so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. Because this is what love is. Love is not breathlessness, it is not excitement, it is not the promulgation of promises of eternal passion. That is just being "in love" which any of us can convince ourselves we are.
Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away, and this is both an art and a fortunate accident...roots that grew towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossom had fallen from our branches we found that we were one tree and not two."- Captain Corelli's Mandolin6. "Love is the beauty of the soul."--Sr.Augustine