December's Sun

Well thanks to James Cameron we have yet another cinematic masterpiece called Avatar. The film was delicious to watch especially in 3D! I would have easily enjoyed another two hours. With the expense to go see a movie I’m highly selective with what I want to watch on the big screen and glad this one made the list and it was definitely well worth the money.

We visit an alien planet called Pandora in the year 2154; seems like such a long time from now and yet it felt all too familiar as the human race still carries big guns and pillages the land for resources. A peaceful tribal race called the Na’vi; nature worshippers who are unfortunately at the other end of our greedy lust for power and destruction, are the main inhabitants.

The whole time I couldn’t help feel the simple yet potent message this film was portraying; how disconnected we’ve become with our beautiful planet Earth and how the scarification continues with reckless abandon. The hardest part was thinking that for the majority of viewers this was nothing more than a Sci-Fi eye candy feast with cute blue aliens who live on a lush colorful planet with beauties that could be enjoyed right here between the “patches” of concrete, glass and steel. Planet Earth by the BBC Natural History Unit is a great way to rediscover what we’ve all forgotten in this rat race of consumerism.

I loved this film. Somewhere deep down it stirred a youthful hope within me that somehow we could enjoy our planet with the same wide-eyed wonderment and appreciation. Perhaps corporate greed and unethical business practices coupled with a different (puppet) government will do their due diligence? I guess for now we’ll have to continue with our self-serving demise and share it with our little plastic Na’vi (Made in China) in our McDonalds Happy Meals because this is what it’s all about after all isn’t it? What could be more environmentally savvy?

Thanks Mr. Cameron. I loved your movie and know your heart was in the right place. You had the guts to speak out but like most people who speak with any degree of sanity, it has to be buried under mounds of “comedic” dialogue or fancy CGI to be rebellious within the “democratic” confines. One day I hope humankind will wake up before the end and realize that in this beautiful planet that we call home there’s NO Avatar required.

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People are often unreasonable, irrational, and self-centered; forgive them anyway.

If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives; be kind anyway.

If you are honest and sincere, people may deceive you; be honest and sincere anyway.

What you spend years creating, others may destroy overnight; create anyway.

If you find serenity and happiness, some may be jealous; be happy anyway.

The good you do today will often be forgotten; do good anyway.

Give the best you have, and it may never be enough; give your best anyway.

In the final analysis, it is between you and God; it was never between you and them anyway.

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Within the darkness is a powerful attraction that pretends to offer certain comforts; the yearnings you’ve hungered so very long for. Truly, it needs you more than anything so it can feed off of desperations and neglected dreams.

While it nurses from your soul, draining away its vibrant, limitless energy, you are distracted by the hatred, regret and hurt dealt by others while ensnared by its gaze; the blackened pit ever so deep as you fall, losing all reason. There is no end to this and even when you are running on empty it latches on; grasping ever so tightly into your sensitive, raw flesh. The addiction is mutual.

A pure source of fear, it too fears that your stare may break from its own, leaving it alone and ever hungry, starving in an abyss of other creatures that offer no comforts to fill its belly with. The need in you is strong to love and to bring goodness to those around you. This is the repulsive source of sustenance it cannot digest and will quickly distress the grip it once held upon you.

Despite the alluring stare of this graceful blackness dancing with a soothing hypnotic rhythm, the slight turn of your gaze cuts it free, placing it back into the prison it brought upon you. With your focus firmly on spreading kindness you travel well beyond the reaches of emptiness only to find a fulfillment that brings peace.

In despair nothing awaits you
 Tyson

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