Discuss Life

There are times in our lives when the sun shines in the sky yet we feel as though we are in the darkness, or is that just me?.  Probably not!  Just look at the World today and there only seems to be darkness.  Countries testing weapons of mass destruction, famines, children living on streets, families fighting in civil wars, and there are devastating floods and hatred #riots . Yet amid these darkened events, where as individuals we may feel hopeless and question ourselves, our role, our purpose or significance not only in this World but also in our own communities.  However,  we matter, we have a purpose, You and I can make the sun shine. Only the other day I was watching a documentary on a tour of Cuba and Haiti.  In Haiti, many people live on a beautiful island, with magnificent natural surroundings, Yet since the earthquake they live in poverty, having to buy water daily, with what little they have,  just to survive. Many of the young children/youth live on the streets, not in c

I find it amazing, in fact fascinating how many people look at the fine details of every circumstance.  Art critics will analyse, study, debate, and critique the minute details of artworks, sometimes surmising what the artist intended, wanted to portray, how they wanted us to feel etc.  However, for the "uneducated" like myself I just look at the picture, and sculpture and think... In other words, I look at the completed picture and consider what is it and do I like it? Maybe some would call me a Philistine, but to be honest I like to look at the bigger picture.  I know some people who were they to be given a jigsaw would spend hours examining each piece, probably complaining that they can not see what it is, or what relevance it may have. Certainly, the central pieces they may even go as far as to say, these are useless, all misshapen no straight edges to conform with the other pieces etc.. however, when they lose sight of that one central piece the bigger picture will n