LET'S SEE HOW DO I START THIS BLOG TODAY? I WANT TO TALK ON A TOUCHY,MYSTERIOUS AND HARD TO DEFINE SUBJECT,LOVE! I FIRST ASK MYSELF,WHAT IS LOVE? HOW DO WE OBTAIN LOVE? HOW DO WE KNOW WHEN WE'RE IN LOVE? DOES BEING IN LOVE CAUSE YOU TO SEE EVERYTHING THROUGH ROSE COLORED GLASSES? DOES BEING IN LOVE MEAN THAT YOU COULDN'T ENVISION YOUR FUTURE WITHOUT THIS PERSON? BEING IN LOVE MAY MAKE OUR HEART FLUTTER. WE MAY BECOME NERVOUS AROUND THIS PERSON OR LOST FOR WORDS. WE MAY WANT TO BE AROUND THIS PERSON CONSTANTLY,THINKING OF THEM DAY AND NIGHT.THESE COULD BE CLASSIFIED AS THE POSITIVE FEELINGS OF LOVE. BUT SOME OF THE NEGATIVE ASPECTS,HMM. SOMETIMES LOVE CAN BRING OUT THE BAD IN ANY PERSON!! WE MAY BECOME EMOTIONAL. WE MAY BECOME JEALOUS. WE MAY FEEL LIMITLESS IN OUR EFFORTS TO HAVE THIS PERSON AS OUR OWN,LOSING A LITTLE OF WHO WE REALLY ARE IN THE PROCESS.WE MUST ADMIT THAT WE AS HUMAN BEINGS,AS ADVANCED AS WE ARE,DON'T KNOW THAT MUCH.BUT THERE ARE A FEW THINGS I KNOW.ONE,THAT KNOWLEDGE IS POWER!! TWO,ALMOST EVERY QUESTION WE HAVE CAN BE ANSWERED THROUGH STUDYING NATURE. THREE,AS A FRIEND AND I WERE DISCUSSING THE OTHER NIGHT,THAT GOD IS LOVE.SO IF GOD IS LOVE,THEN LET'S EXAMINE WHAT GOD HAS GIVEN HUMANITY.HERE MAYBE WE WILL FIND THE ANSWER TO THE BURNING QUESTION,HOW DO WE KNOW WE'RE IN LOVE? LET'S LOOK AT THIS ON A DEEP LEVEL. GOD HAS GIVEN THE EARTH TO HUMANITY AS OUR DOMINION.HE OR SHE ALSO GAVE US AIR TO KEEP US ALIVE.TREES AND PLANTS TO PURIFY THE ATMOSPHERE.WATER TO SUSTAIN OUR FOOD AND BODIES,MUCH NEEDED FOR OUR LIFE FORCE. NATURE SO THAT WE CAN OBSERVE TRUE BEAUTY.THE RIGHT TO PRO-CREATE IF WE DESIRE.MINDS THAT WE CAN BUILD TO BECOME ENLIGHTENED. I COULD GO ON AND ON ABOUT THE BEAUTIES GOD HAS GIVEN US BUT I'LL JUST STOP HERE. LOOKING AT THESE EXAMPLES,I NOTICE THAT THEY ALL HAVE THIS IN COMMON- THESE WERE GIVEN TO US! EUREKA IS THAT THE ANSWER? DOES BEING IN LOVE MEAN THAT YOU GIVE TO YOUR COMPANION WITHOUT EXPECTATIONS OF REPAYMENT? NOW GUYS DON'T GET WORKED UP,LOL.NO!!, I'M NOT SPEAKING OF MATERIAL THINGS,NO!! I'M NOT SPEAKING OF MONEY,NO!! I'M NOT EVEN SPEAKING OF SEX.SURE THIS IS ONE WAY OF EXPRESSING OUR LOVE,BUT IF LOVE ISN'T THERE THEN IT WON'T BE BUT SO GOOD AND IT WON'T LAST BUT SO LONG.BUT WHAT I'M SPEAKING OF IS THE DESIRE TO SHARE YOURSELF. WHO YOU ARE. HIDING NO COLORS FROM YOUR LOVER.SHARING YOUR INNER MOST FEARS,HURTS,LONGINGS. SHARING YOUR TIME. SHARING YOUR PATIENCE,(AND FOR ME THIS IS HARD,AS I'M IMPATIENT) SHARING YOUR UNDERSTANDING.SHARING YOUR KNOWLEDGE.SHARING YOUR ENERGY, BECOMING ONE WITH YOUR LOVER. BEING ABLE TO KNOW WHAT THEY'RE THINKING. BEING ABLE TO FINISH THEIR SENTENCE. BEING IN TUNE WITH THEIR SPIRIT,BUT ALSO ACCEPTING THEIR DIFFERENCES.WITH LOVE ,YOU CAN HAVE THE ATTENTION OF 100 PEOPLE,BUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE ATTENTION OF THE ONE YOU LOVE THEN THIS MEANS NOTHING!! IN LOVE SOMETIMES YOU GOTTA LET GO AND ALLOW YOUR LOVE TO FIND THEIR OWN WAY. LET HE OR SHE HAVE DOMINION IN THEIR OWN LIFE AS GOD HAS GIVEN US DOMINION ON OUR OWN PLANET.SOMETIMES IN LOVE IT TAKES ALOT OF HARD LESSONS TO LEARN IF IT'S TRULY LOVE. SOMETIMES YOU MUST LET LOVE GO AND HOPEFULLY RETRIEVE IT LATER IN LIFE. SO HOW DO YOU DEFINE LOVE? WHAT IS LOVE TO YOU?

LIFE-L.I.F.E.=LIVING IN FORWARD THINKING EVOLUTION.NOW YOU MAY READ THE WORD AND ASSUME THAT I'M SPEAKING OF SOME EVOLUTIONIST THEORY BUT I'M NOT. I DON'T JUDGE BUT THE IDEOLOGY THAT WE EVOLVED FROM FISH OR MONKEY IS NOT IN MY CREDENCE.I COULD GO ON AND ON ABOUT WHY AND HOW BUT I DON'T WISH TO DEBATE.WELL MAYBE ANOTHER,ANOTHER POST!! ANYHOW,WHERE WAS I? OH YEAH,EVOLUTION.IF YOU DEFINE THE WORD EVOLUTION,YOU WILL SEE THAT ONE DEFINITION IS- A)THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING- B) GRADUAL DEVELOPMENT -C) THE PROCESS OR ACTION OF CHANGE FOR THE BETTER IN A CERTAIN DIRECTION. NOW THAT BEING SAID,I'LL TRY TO GET TO MY POINT,I HAVE A HABIT OF DIGRESSING,SOMETIMES. WELL NOT ALOT-HERE I GO AGAIN,LOL. MY POINT- EACH DAY WE SHOULD LIVE AND THINK OF OUR FUTURE. OUR FUTURE WITH OUR LOVED ONES,OUR FUTURE CAREERS,OUR FUTURE HEALTH,OUR FUTURE SPIRITUAL WELL BEING,OUR FUTURE PLANET, THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY AS A WHOLE. I'VE NOTICED THAT A LOT OF THE YOUTH I'VE COME IN CONTACT WITH DON'T FIND WHAT I'M SAYING TO BE OF ANY IMPORTANCE.WHY? I ASK THEM. THEIR REPLY "BECAUSE I'M LIVING FOR TODAY. TOMORROW'S NOT PROMISED SO I'M GONNA LIVE LIKE THERE'S NO TOMORROW.YOLO"!!  I REPLY "YOU KEEP THAT MENTALITY UP AND THERE WON'T BE NO TOMORROW FOR YOU OR ANYONE ELSE FOR THAT MATTER". WHERE WOULD WE BE IF OUR FOREFATHERS AND FOREMOTHERS HAD THIS WAY OF THINKING? AH,I SHUTTER TO THINK!! ISN'T LIFE ABOUT PREPARING FOR THE NEXT LEVEL? DON'T EACH OF US DO THIS EVERYDAY,IF NOT BUT ON A SMALL SCALE? WE MAY CHOOSE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO WEAR TO SCHOOL OR WORK THE NIGHT BEFORE. WE MAY DECIDE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO COOK FOR DINNER THAT A.M. WE MAY DECIDE THAT WE'RE GOING GET OUR HAIR CUT OR DYED THIS FRIDAY. THESE ARE A FEW EXAMPLES OF EVOLUTION THAT MOST CARRY OUT ON A DAILY BASIS.SO WHAT'S WRONG WITH PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE? WHAT'S WRONG WITH BUYING GREEN BANANAS? I SURE PLAN ON BEING HERE FOR A LONG TIME,INSHALLAH!! YES,EACH DAY WE SHOULD DO SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO HELP OUR FUTURE FOR THE BETTER. WHETHER IT'S WORKING,GOING TO SCHOOL,SAVING FOR OUR RETIREMENT,  OUR CHILDREN'S COLLEGE FUND,LOSING WEIGHT,EATING HEALTHIER OR LEARNING A NEW WORD. WHICH BRINGS ME TO MY NEW WORD OF THE DAY,MELIORISM. MELIORISM IS DEFINED AS THE BELIEF THAT SOCIETY OR HUMANITY CAN BE IMPROVED WITH HUMAN EFFORT. MY POINT EXACTLY!! NOW THIS IDEOLOGY I CAN GET WITH!! AND THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN TRYING TO SAY THIS WHOLE TIME,MAN I DO DIGRESS,LOL.SHOULDN'T WE LIVE EACH DAY MAKING MOVES TO BETTER THE PLANET? SHOULD'T WE MAKE MOVES EACH DAY TO EMPOWER OUR YOUTH SO THAT THEY DON'T HAVE THIS "Y.O.L.O WAY OF THINKING? I TRY DOING THIS WITH MY SON AND I'M ACCUSED OF BEING A DICTATOR,GO FIGURE!! ANYHOW,HOWEVER WE DECIDE TO EVOLVE OR PRACTICE MELIORISM. WE SHOULD KEEP IN MIND THAT WE'RE L.I.F.E.!!!!

QUEEN PUABI,WHO WAS THIS WOMAN? I FIRST BECAME INTERESTED IN HER WHEN I ATTENDED THE PENN MUSUEM THE PREVIOUS YEAR. I WANTED TO SEE EACH AND EVERY ARTIFACT ON DISPLAY. NOW I HADN'T PREVIOUSLY BEEN INTERESTED IN ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA. BUT ME BEING THE EVER CURIOUS PERSON I AM, DECIDED TO BROWSE IN THE SECTION LABELED ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA(MODERN DAY IRAQ,TURKEY,SYRIA AND IRAN). WHEN I FIRST ENTERED I SAW NOTHING REALLY EXCITING.AFTER ALL I HAD ALREADY SAW THE ANCIENT AFRICAN,ASIAN AND EUROPEAN ARTIFACTS WHICH IN MY OPINION WERE AWESOME.SO HOW COULD ANYTHING FROM MESOPOTAMIA COMPARE? WHERE IS MESOPOTAMIA ANYWAYS? I THOUGHT TO MYSELF. I'VE ALWAYS BEEN TURNED ON BY LEARNING ABOUT PEOPLE OF PAST,ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS. I WANTED SO BADLY TO BE AN ARCHAEOLOGIST(THANKS HOOKED ON PHONICS,LOL) WHEN I WAS YOUNGER BUT LIFE HAPPENED AND I DIDN'T PURSUE THAT PATH.BUT NONETHELESS I'M STILL INTRIGUED BY IT.AND I'M STILL A QUASI-ARCHAEOLOGIST,IN MY MIND ATLEAST. THERE IT WAS,WHEN I THOUGHT THINGS COULDN'T GET ANY BETTER! THE QUEEN PUABI DISPLAY. THE MOST BEAUTIFUL COSTUME I HAVE EVER SAW!!! AND ON TOP OF THAT,IT WAS DESIGNED SOME ESTIMATED 4,600 YEARS AGO. THE QUEEN WAS JUST 5 FEET TALL AND DIED WHEN SHE WAS AROUND 40.SEEING HER EARRINGS, I IMMEDIATELY SAW SOME FULANI INFLUENCE. ITS VERY POSSIBLE THAT THE FULANI HAD CONTACT WITH THE ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIANS. AS THE FULANI WERE ORIGINALLY  NOMADIC HERDERS OF EAST AFRICA. EAST AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST ARE DIVIDED BY THE GULF OF ADEN.LEADING TO YEMEN HINCE LEADING TO THE MIDDLE EAST. I'M SO INTRIGUED BY HER, SO MUCH SO THAT I'VE MADE A IMAGE OF HER COSTUME MY LOGO. PICTURED AT THE TOP OF MY PAGE. HOW DID SHE LOOK? HOW DID SHE SPEND HER DAYS? WAS SHE EDUCATED ON SOME LEVEL? DID SHE TRAVEL? DID ALL HER BEAUTIFUL GEMS MEAN ANTHING TO HER? GOLD IS ONLY VALUABLE BECAUSE WE HAVE DEEMED IT SO!! DID SHE KNOW THAT ONE DAY SHE WOULD SPARK SUCH QUESTIONS? DID SHE KNOW THAT PEOPLE LIKE HER WOULD KEEP OUR IMAGINATIONS ALIVE,EVEN AS ADULTS? DID SHE HAVE SOME ANSWERS TO THE SECRETS OF LIFE? SHE WAS REPORTLY BURIED WITH SOME 40 FEMALE SERVANTS,ALL KILLED TO BE HER SERVANTS IN THE AFTERLIFE.IT IS BELIEVED THAT THEY WERE ALL POISONED.I THEN PONDERED, IS REINCARNATION REAL? (IT SEEMS PLAUSIBLE THAT SOULS ARE RECYCLED). AND IF SO,HOW MANY TIMES HAS SHE COME BACK?  WHERE IS SHE NOW? DOES SHE HAVE ANY MEMORY OF HER PAST LIFE? IN CONSCIOUSNESS, DOESN'T DEATH GIVE BIRTH TO LIFE? WHEN AN ANIMAL DIES IN THE WILD,IT FEEDS MANY LIFE FORMS.WHEN AN ANIMAL DIES FOR THE SAKE OF A HUMAN,IT DIES TO FEED US.HINCE DYING SO THAT WE MAY LIVE!! HMM THIS IS STARTING TO SOUND LIKE THE STORY OF CHRIST,KRISHNA,ZOROASTER-BUT THATS ANOTHER STORY,ANOTHER DAY,ANOTHER POST !!