There once was a hindu holy man who saw a scorpion floundering around in the water. He decided to save it by stretching out his finger. But the scorpion stung him. The man still tried to get the scorpion out of the water, but the scorpion stung him again. A man nearby told him to stop saving the scorpion that kept stinging him. But the holy man said, "it is the nature of the scorpion to sting. It is my nature to love. Why should i give up my nature to love just because it is the nature of the scorpion to sting?"
It should be our nature to love regardless of who we are, regardless of what has been done to us. Its hard. I know. Trust me. People are always going to sting you. They are going to rip into your character. They are going to be the ones in the platform telling you that your views are wrong. They are going to be in the pulpits pointing fingers in judgement. They are going to be the ones who hold your whole race responsible for the actions of one person's actions.
But that doesn't give you the right to despise; for hate for those who hate is still hate. In spite of those who may sting you remain in what you know to be your nature. love.
-Stephen Christian (Ancor and Braille, Anberlin)
I'd like to meet:
Anyone who has something to say! Anyone who can stand up for what they belive in. Anyone who sees things and is brave and curagous enough to change them. Anyone who has every picked up a record and fell in love with a band. Anyone who believes that they can make a difference and even if they know that can't change the world, I want to meet someone who will try. I want to meet people who support the music that they love. I want to meet people who don't just complain but also put forth the effort to change. I want to meet every single person who has a belief and accept them because it seems as though acceptance is dead within our society.
Music:
The Juliana Theory - Further Seems Forever - Incubus - Element 101 - Tv On The Radio - !!! (chk chk chk) - 100 Portraits - Acceptance - A Day To Remember - Action Reaction - Against Me! - Alexis On Fire - Anam Cara - Anathallo - Anberlin - As I Lay Dying - As Tall As lions - Ataris - At The Drive In - Augustana - August Burns Red - Autopilot Off - Azure Ray - Bear VS Shark - Bayside - Beastie Boys - Beatles - Beck - Beloved (US) - Ben Folds Five - Ben Harper - Bleach - Blessed By A Broken Heart - Bleeding Through - Bouncing Souls - Boys Night Out - Braid - Brand New - Bright Eyes - Caedmons Call - Cave In - Champion - Chiodos - Circa Survive - Circle Takes The Square - Coheed And Cambria - Coldplay - Cool Hand Luke - Copeland - Counting Crows - Cursive - Damien Rice - Dance Gavin Dance - Daphne Loves Derby - Dashboard Confessional - Days Like These - Dead Poetic - Death Cab For Cutie - Delirious? - Demon Hunter - Denison Marrs - Denison Witmer - Derek Webb - Discover America - Dogwood - Dredg - Dropkick Murphys - Dynamite Boy - Edwin McCain - Elliot Smith - Emery - Enter The Worship Circle - Evergreen Terrace - Everytime I Die - Failure - Fall Out Boy - Fifth Hour Hero - Finch - Fiona Apple - Five Iron Frenzy - Five For Fighting - Flogging Molly - Funeral For A Friend - Gatsbys American Dream - Ghoti Hook - Glasseater - Glassjaw - Hangnail - Haste The Day - Head Automatica - Hey Mercedes - Home Grown - Hopesfall - Hot Hot Heat - Horse The Band - Hot Rod Circuit - Hot Water Music - Iron And Wine - Jamie Smith - Jeff Buckley - Jenny Lewis - Jets To Brazil - Jimmy Eat World - John Davis - Joy Electric - Juliana Hatfield - Killswitch Engage - Lifetime - Limbeck - Lisa Loeb - Live - Living Sacrifice - Mae - Mxpx - Maria Taylor - Maxeen - Mayday Parade - Maylene And The Sons Of Disaster - Mc Lars - Melee - Melt Banana - Men, Women & Children - mewithoutYou - MIA - Midtown - Mindy Smith - Mineral - Minor Threat - Minus The Bear - Misery Signals - Moments In Grace - Moneen - Morrissey - Motion City Soundtrack - Murder By Death - Muse - Mute Math - M. Ward - My American Heart - My Morning Jacket - Nada Surf - Name Taken - Neko Case - A New Found Glory - Nick Drake - Nickel Creek - Nina Simone - Nodes Of Ranvier - No Innocent Victim - Noise Ratchet - Nora - Norah Jones - Norma Jean - Northstar - One 21 - One Line Drawing - Our Lady Peace - Ours - Over The Rhine - Owen - Papa Roach - Philmore - Pistolita - Poison The Well - Postal Service - Pretty Girls Make Graves - Project 86 - Protest The Hero - Public Enemy - Q And Not U - Queen - Refused - Relient K - Rise Against - Rita Springer - Rookie Of The Year - Rufio - Ryan Adams - Saves the Day - Say Anything - Sensefield - Sevendust - Seventh Star - Shai Hulud - Shaun Groves - Sigur Ros - Slick Shoes - Stavesacre - Squad Five 0 - Starflyer 59 - Stretch Arm Strong - StrongArm - Sufjan Sevens - Sunny Day Real Estate - Sworn Enemy - Symphony In Peril - Taking Back Sunday - Tegan and Sara - Texas Is The Reason - The Agony Scene - The AppleSeed Cast - The Arcade Fire - The Beautiful Mistake - The Bled - The Blood Brothers - The Faint - The Fall Of Troy - The Hold Steady - The Lawrence Arms - The Lyndsay Diaries - The Mars Volta - The Movielife - The Music - The Promise Ring - The Rocket Summer - The Roots - The Smiths - The Spill Canvas - The Velvet Teen - The Velvet Underground - Thrice - Throwdown - Thursday - Two Thirty Eight - TV On The Radio - U2 -Underminded - underOath - Unearth - Vacant Andy's - Valencia - Vedera - VHS or BETA - Walls Of Jericho - Waterdeep - Weezer - Wilco - Winter Solstice - With Honor - XDISCPLEX A.D - XLooking ForwardX - Yellowcard - Yesterdays Rising - Zao
Movies:
Fight Club - Swordfish - Arlignton Road - Final Destination - X Men - Gingersnaps - The Ring- Scooby Doo - Cruel Intintions - Pleasentville - Joy Ride -Tommy Boy - GodSend - God Money - Donnie Darcko - American History X - Saw - Pay it forward - White Oleander - Extreme Days - the Stupids
Television:
3 South - Clone high - Conan - Snl - Bill Oreilly - That 70 shows - Csi - Futurama - Jimmy Kimmel - Law and Order - Family Guy - the 4400 - Conan - Are You Afraid Of The Dark?
Books:
Odd Girl Out - Enter The Worship Cirlce - Anthing by Darrell Scott and Andrew Schwabb
Heroes:
Chris Carrabba, Ricky Kendall, John Lennon, Bruce Springteen, Ben Paisley.....
