I'd like to meet:
ALL OF ASHLEY'S REALLY COOL FRIENDS! (ok, maybe not!)
I'd like to make friends from here and all around the world and also meet...
Jesus, the Dalai Lama, Princess Diana, Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, Desmond Tutu, Mother Teresa, Martin Luther King Jr, Harry Belafonte, Les Brown, Tyler Perry, Dr. Wayne Dyer, Immaculee Ilibagiza, Elie Wiesel, Joyce Meyer, Maya Angelou.
I'd like to be able to see my friend ByuengKyu again.
My friend (Moon) ByuengKyu with his beautiful wife & children, in Korea
Choose your friends by their character and your socks by their color, choosing your socks by their character makes no sense, and choosing your friends by their color is unthinkable.
Music:
Sade, Mary J. Blige, Alicia Keys, Pink, Alexander O'Neal, Kem, Ne-Yo, Maxwell, Anthony Hamilton, Boney James, Jonathan Butler, Najee, Paolo Rustichelli, Keiko Matsui, Jake Shimabukuro, Keali'i Reichel, Amy Hanaiali'i Gilliom, IZ, Enrique Inglesias, Mark Anthony, Kirk Franklin, Mary-Mary, Kelly Price, Nicole C. Mullen, Deitrick Haddon, Kindred the Family Soul, GAP Band, Earth, Wind and Fire, SOS Band, Simply Red, Steely Dan, Kenny Chesney, George Straight, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Martina McBride, Alan Jackson, Dixie Chicks
Movies:
Remember the Titans, A Time to Kill, The Notebook, Bringing Down the House, Holes, Butterfly Effect, Shrek-all of them, Pirates of the Caribbean, Dances With Wolves, Legends of the Fall, The Shawshenk Redemption, The Green Mile, Glory, Courage Under Fire, Point of No Return, Dance With The White Dog, Bridget Jones's Diary, Shirley Valentine, Forrest Gump, Much Ado About Nothing, Save The Last Dance, Dr. Zhivago, Somewhere in Time, The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns, Little Women-1994, The 10th Kingdom, The Full Monty, Sweet Home Alabama, Legally Blonde, Hope Floats, 50 First Dates, Anne of Green Gables, Sara Plain And Tall, Skylark, While You Were Sleeping, Titanic, Untamed Heart, Broken Trail, The Lakehouse, Broken Trail, anything with Denzel Washington
Television:
CSI, Law and Order: SVU, 24, House, 7th Heaven, That 70s Show, As Time Goes By, Keeping Up Appearances, The Vicar of Dibley, The History Channel, A & E, Discovery Channel, cooking or home remodeling shows and Spongebob!
Books:
The Bible, Tao Te Ching, Dancing At The Harvest Moon, The Five People You Meet in Heaven,
any Jane Austen, Anne Bronte, Wilkie Collins, Toni Morrison, Iyanla Vanzant, Deepak Chopra, Joyce Meyer, Thich Nhat Hanh, Ayn Rand, Nathaniel Branden, self-help, motivational, inspirational, anything on African Cultures, African Diaspora, or Native American History.
Heroes:
Heroes- My Grandma (I miss you, rest in peace), my sister Carol (wins the single mom and grandma of the year award), Brian (my amazing friend and mentor),
the military currently serving overseas in Iraq and those who work to bring relief to the women and children suffering in Africa.
If a man is called to be a streetsweeper, he should sweep streets as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great streetsweeper who did his job well.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
Martin Luther King Jr.
"In the present circumstances, no one can afford to assume that someone else will solve their problems. Every individual has a responsibility to help guide our global family in the right direction. Good wishes are not sufficient; we must become actively engaged."
The Dalai Lama
We must become the change we want to see.
I do not want my house to be walled in on all sides and my windows to be stuffed. I want the cultures of all lands to be blown about my house as freely as possible.
Mahatma Gandhi
All of the elements for your happiness are already here. There is no need to run, strive, search, or struggle.
Just be.
With compassion in our heart, every thought, word and deed can bring about a miracle.
Thich Nhat Hanh
Love is doing small things with great love.
There is a terrible hunger for love. We all experience that in our lives--the pain, the loneliness. We must have the courage to recognize it. The poor you may have right in your own family. Find them. Love them.
Mother Teresa
If we are facing in the right direction, all we have to do is keep on walking.
Buddhist Proverb
If one desires a change, one must be that change before that change can take place.
Gita Bellin
People travel to wonder at the height of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motion of the stars... and they pass by themselves without wondering.
Saint Augustine
All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.
Walt Disney
Continuity gives us roots; change gives us branches, letting us stretch and grow and reach new heights.
Pauline R. Kezer
Courage does not always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, "I will try again tomorrow".
And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.
Angela Monet
