θλιμμένος Asteri

We live lives packed with pop culture, underground lifestyles, and questions of exactly where the border is. We travel down a packed interstate full of windy turns, off-ramps for no reason, and horrific collisions.No matter where you go there is always going to be someone trying to put out your flame, someone trying to tear you down. But as long as you keep shining, nothing else really matters.Stand up for what you believe in, despite how much persecution you may have to go through. No matter what "scene" you may belong to, or whatever type of music you enjoy listening to. Whether you spend your days dancing to the pulse of a DJ, or rockin it at a hardcore show, just be true to yourself.Forget about what other people think. In a world ready to tear apart your every move, it may be hard to keep on trudging through, but really, what else is there we can do. Shine bright for yourself, hold strong for your beliefs, no matter how much you may "bleed" along the way.

Reverse

Life and death, energy and peace. If I stop today it was still worth it. Even the terrible mistakes that I made and would have unmade if I could. The pains that have burned me and scarred my soul, it was worth it, for having been allowed to walk where I've walked, which was to hell on earth, heaven on earth, back again, into, under, far in between, through it, and above.

Have we taken a look around? Have we seen what's around us?

Can we honestly say that we care for the place we live in? planet Earth,
I personally and stongly beleive that we have not, we have filled our lives and our world with our social accepeted behavior, forgetting to admire, love and care for the world, for the planet that provides us with everything we need, fills our eyes with the most beautiful majestic views, and is one of the most important thing of our lives....

Money, drugs, sex, hate, war, trash, death, is this what we focus our lives in?

Homelessness

When you think of a homeless person what is the first thing that comes to youre mind?
What is Homelessness?

Definition

-Homelessness: is the condition and societal category of people who lack fixed housing, usually because they cannot afford a regular, safe, and adequate shelter. The term "homelessness" may also include people whose primary nighttime residence is in a homeless shelter, in an institution that provides a temporary residence for individuals intended to be institutionalized, or in a public or private place not designed for use as a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings. A small number of people choose to be homeless. An estimated 3.4 billion people worldwide are homeless.

1.3 million •The number of homeless youth and youth runaways living on the streets of America.
-20% of homeless children are under the age of five.

• 5,000 •(per year)The number of runaway and homeless youths who die from assault, illness and suicide

-For children and youth identified as homeless by State Departments of Education, 35% lived in shelters, 34% lived doubled up with family or friends and 23% lived in motels or other locations. (FY 2000)

. Does a blanket, a shopping cart, a pack of cigarettes, a bag of food, etc. (the elemental realities of homelessness) somehow fit into a place of remembrance?

How do we convey the depressing mundane realities without abandoning the loftier goals of hope, healing, education, community, peace, etc? Is there a way to acknowledge the stark reality while encouraging a hopeful vision?

Stand up for your self! make noise! Youth noise! voulenteer! there is so much we can do! WE ALL DISERVE TO LIVE IN AN ADEQUATE SAFE HOME!

Contact:
· Crisis Care - Tel: 131611.
· Kids Helpline - Tel: 1800 55 1800.
· Youth Healthline - Tel: 1300 13 17 19.
· Trace-a-Place and Get-a-place, Service to Youth Council Tel: (08) 82118466 or 1800 807 364.
· Your local police station.

Thy Earth Hour

Has planet earth done anything for you?
I am guessing your answer is definetly!
We live in planet earth!

Its time to start giving something back!
Start by the simplicity of turning off your lights this March 28 from 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm ! Millions and millions will do it all over the world!
There's so much we can do...







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Asteri

Have you ever wondered what a star really is?

... maybe a meaning, maybe symbolism...

Star: Any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed self-luminous points in the sky at night.

Have you ever wonder why is only at night?
During the no-sun phase of the earth?

My logical answer is that during the day we would not be able to see it shine.

Why is it that we (humans) fail to see all the wonderful things that happen every morning as the sun rises?

Yes I agree that is terribly hard to get out of our warm bed, but why do we focus on nothing but the fact that we had to get out of bed?

In my immediate perspective humans have failed to see the wonders of an every day life, one day at a time, stars shine bright renewing their light, while dark... every night.

My theory:
FOR EVERY STAR THAT SHINES EVERY NIGHT, ONE HUMAN SHINES EVERY DAY... or at least we are suppose to, but sadly very few people do.

Our purpose to see that we are like everything else in this world, that we are part of the world… has vanished, vanished in our society, in our negativity, and self- centeredness.

Shine bright, honor who you are, live life, one day at a time…