The World Is yours to Experience

there are those who go through life, allowing things to happen to them and there are those who explore life to make things happen for them embrace opportunity, be open and willing to work towards your best self. a life of success and passionate engagement awaits you. you can go through life learning gaining knowledge and experiencing education and this can be beneficial to your development but to be creative and active through the process to be able to challenge yourself while interacting and working with others allows you to notice your strengths build on your weaknesses and produce appreciated results through your creativity and passion you learn about yourself, your talents and abilities you feel inspired and empowered to further pursue that which you love to do in doing so, you are develop yourself, so you are ready to seize the moments of your life's purpose and passion (your journey, calling) life is a journey of opportunity ready to be explored and dreamed into reality. so be open to that which sparks your interest and be ready to use your talents. sharpen your creative mind, be healthy in your body allow your creativity to breathe when you are ready for your passion that is calling you find yourself among the doors that usher you through a journey of your dreams * fashion show, film projects spoken, acted out word. with music and emotion artwork photo collages/music/art installations/animation dance sport conglomeration of these put together * poems, write on sports, what it means to dream what is passion opportunity the world coming together olympic flame/torch : athens, beijing, anywhere that inspires you. heritage, history, culture, UNITY of culture experience, sport, art (describe identities, do you have a music identity?) * ideas for whitefeather inspiration * olympics is in canada this year, the torch is going through chatham dec. 23rd. we have an opportunity to share with the world, what chatham kent is all about. we have rich heritage of aboriginal people, freedom route of the underground railroad; settlers of slaves who we became free we live along a river, and we live among the great lakes, at the point of ontario, close to america, so we have been a place where people settled when they rode horse and buggys as well as the when the train and car industries were introduced. *the journey of technology, bringing us to where we are today* we farm and have local markets, we have summer and winter sports, boat culture, kiteboarding, tractor pulls we have festivals such as heritage days and medeival times. retrofest; the vibes of what it was like to start riding in cars, days of art, culture and theatre dt, enjoying the technology that developed to bring movies/filmmaking to the screen our land is fertile and prosperous... we ignite the flame of memories for our heritage and histories for the cultural spirit now, and that which was before us. * the olympics is an event in which people come together to celebrate passion of the human spirt. celebrating the dream and determination of athletes. it is an opportunity for the world to come together in celebration of the common cultures of sport and artistic achievements. through a world of communication technology that we live in, it has also become an opportunity to share with the world, the cultural spirit and heritage of the host city and it's country. With the games of 2010, let's ignite the torch's flame with the vision and passion of bringing the world together through respecting culture and heritage of all peoples. We are a nation full of people who's ancestors sought after dreams of new beginnings, freedom, and opportunity....these dreams and quests for new beginnings, created canada as the multicultural country that we live in today. However, as we enjoy our lives, let us remember the legacy and stories of aboriginal peoples who thrived among these lands that we, as a multicultural nation, call home==in doing so, together we welcome the world. poem of looveeeee it is important for me to be happy right now/not stressed.... because i can feel the creativity within me when it is strong, or when it is worn down. ***impt to remember, 'breathe in life',...allow yourself time for YOU to know YOU. work with your thoughts. get them to where you want to be. if your heart is not with you, breathe. do something to get it there, or move yourself to be where you belong. Love yourself. and learn to Know yourself so you can love yourself fully. Listen to your heart and Live as your heart. -let your consious mind be your companion. Make time for yourself to do the things you know you love to do and make time to explore things you may love to do. Get Engaged in the community around you Welcome yourself to it and know that you can bring things to it as well. The world is yours to experience and the world most definately loves you to contribute yourself. There are fields that are allways ready for your passions to be planted. Live your life so that when it is your experience to move on your footprint is appreciated and felt upon the ground in which you now choose to walk. ++++++=========================== I love this poem!! and it 'comes from the heart' ( :) Love you amanda!! and my aborginal studies class)