The man of our dream

M:who is he? 
Y: The man of our dream
M: I see. The one who will break our heart Y: yes so we can start to love ourselves.

So many dreaming away for their #princesses or #princes to come and scoop them away their #misery. The Source of #happiness is already inside of us 
Breathe #joy, breathe #love, breathe #pleasant life and do not let some #spirits of #fantasy take away a moment of your life.

xxx-ooo

Cycling flowers

Have you ever seen one?

xxx-ooo

Crossfire

I put myself in a situation where I was going to get shot - at the crossfire between two souls.
I bled.

xxx-ooo

'll follow you, We'll follow each other and I ain't going no where.

xxx-ooo

the valley of birds

It was a valley beyond reality where millions of birds lived.
They were neither happy,neither sad, neither chirpy, neither angry.
They were stuck in perpetual motion - unable to get attached to any person, place or emotions.

I like to be like those birds.
I want to fly away - xxx-ooo

1,2,3 Blink.

xxx-ooo

He was crowned. He could not look behind him neither look forward. He kept looking on a side for more or to see where others were at. So he could put more jewels on his hat. If he could only see the monster feeding on its ambitions. If he could only look at me and see the bird showing us a path to paradise. He could realise i have a flower ready to bloom, it only needs the sunshine of its gaze for it to blossom. xxx-ooo

playing with chocolate paste

black and tasty get a cold wash and lost her face. Reflection upon colourism when closed friends keep struggling to find a second half as they appear to be overperforming as black beautiful strong and beautiful women. They become Perfect for themselves away from male gaze and standard of beauty they'll never reach. xxx-ooo

Under the dome

We were. In our bubble.
We were. The belief was great.
We were. In synchronicity. x

Do you have an alter-ego?

Do you have alter ego?
Do you have part of yourself that remained hidden to the naked eye.

I have many.

I have made this drawing. It is called ''All of the I we let go of''. Starting with Marge.. Show me yours.

Criticism of Utilitarianism - link

https://www.utilitarian.org/criticisms.html
http://www.webpages.uidaho.edu/jcanders/ethics/outline_of_some_classic_criticis.htm

Problem: Consider the following two cases:

1. Elderly Aunt Molly is ill. Nephew Tom visits her and helps her because he loves her. Nephew Bob visits her and helps her because he hopes to be rewarded in her will. Nephew Dave visits her and helps her not because he desires to help but because he believes it is his duty. (Modified Version of case by Bowie and Beauchamp, Ethical Theory in Business (Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 1979) 16-17.

2. A two-year-old is drowning. Ruth flings caution aside because she desires to save the child and jumps in, but she cannot swim. Thus, she fails to save the child. Sue can swim, but is afraid that the child will pull her under. She does not save the child.

The consequences were the same in each case, but the motives of the agents were different. According to utilitarianism, each person's action was of the same value. Shouldn't other features such as an act being motivated by obedience to a law of the state, a religious obligation of loving the neighbor, or a natural love of and concern for others count?

B. Response:

(1) "...the motive has nothing to do with the morality of the action, though much with the worth of the agent (Mill, "Utilitarianism," Chapter 2 in Solomon and Martin, 322)." Consideration of motives is relevant to judging the worth of persons, but not actions. Utilitarians are "aware that a right action does not necessarily indicate a virtuous character, and that actions which are blameable often proceed from qualities entitled to praise (Mill in Solomon and Martin, 333)." "...in the long run the best proof of a good character is good actions; (Mill in Solomon and Martin, 333)."

(2) Often when motives are used as a standard, what is really involved are emotional reactions of approval of disapproval that vary from person to person or obedience to different understandings of what God or conscience requires. Thus, the same action, when motives are considered, might be judged to be right and wrong at the same place and time as with helping Aunt Molly.

(3) Another problem exists when we transfer our approval of consequences to motives. The same motive in another case, however, might lead to negative consequences as in the example below.

(4) A counter example to the case of Aunt Molly is when the motive is the same, but the consequences differ. Bentham invites us to consider the motive of self-preservation. It leads to bad consequences, if it leads you to kill the only witness to your crime. Good consequences, if it leads you to fight heroically in defense of your country in a noble cause, etc. 

Non repair is immoral. The motivation to not repair because of fear has to do more with the worth of the agent than how immoral it is to not repair.

Killing someone is immoral. killing someone because of money has to do with the with the person worth not the action
Using the motivation as standard confuse us in determining what is the right or wrong action a. it clouds our judgement because we find that people's emotional approval or disapproval varies depending of their circumstances.

So many questions - not many answers

What is right?
I have been doing some yoga today. It felt very good. It was really what I required. My body felt so achy from sleeping in the bed. It was not great. I have managed as well to finish and send my chapter to my supervisor. I am going to be able to actually start working on my discussion. I also started to work on putting items on sale on eBay which is always good to. Not only eBay but facebook as well. I am actually quite happy, I do not have a phon at the moment. Samantha sent me some money and this is good too.
I also realise that maybe I should sell the item I have instead of offering them to people around me because this is what I need at the moment...
What is wrong?
Nothing really my knee is better. Just my body aching a bit
My hair though not great
What is missing
A mattress topper and a conditioner for my hair. Some nice food as well for me and Moussa to eat. Another thing that is missing is another 2000 on my bank account. It would be nice as well to get a yoga mattress plus gloves for the album and a product to clean the pic.
Have a longer read on the extinction rebellion movement
What is confused?
How can I sell more items on eBay?
What type of business are you going to create?
The type of career that I want. When am I going to leave divya
How am I going to get involved with the extinction movement?

horoscope

For a long time, I have tried to look out of the great pyramid to see exactly what I looked like. Then One day, the outer casing of the pyramid was taken out and here I am strong, all the false covering have been taken out. I am extraordinary, direct and willing to be seen. I am a tall dark cyprees trees in a cemetery, I have seen it all, the suffering human harbours and you can now see me too.For a long time I have drunk a very weak cup of tea just trying to balance out my inner and outer world so that I can respond to the challenge of everyday life and still be with people. But oh well I have enough, I am ready to drink the whole potion and get the darkness out of myself so I can truly shine and fly high out of the pie..I was the hermit in the mountain, painting on the ceiling of a cave all that I was and all that I will be, painting the world what it was andf all that it will be, painting beauty what it was and all that it will be. I was an alligator swimming slowly through a swamp trying my best to meet my end goal. I am now an elegant women sitting on a porch waiting for you to come and see what was created … I have a goal is to show you something different we are maybe in  a terrarium filled with carnivorous plants yet we can make it wonderful.

Today, our wish is to let go of the pain we believe is true and remind ourselves how strong and resilient we are. There is only one goal and this is up. Dismantle the shackles and fly high.

 

Reviewing MBA thesis

I inform my good friend that I  have been tutoring students for their master thesis.

I truly enjoyed the experience in helping the students embrace academic writing.

Two weeks later, he asked me to review his MBA thesis before submitting it.

There is nothing better to tell a story to others for opportunities to emerge.

I am receiving his work this weekend, we shall see how the experience pan out.

I may offer my services to a wider audience. Interested? send me a buzz on Twitter ;)

28 and counting.

Writing is an outlet for me to express myself and even though I do not know where this is going to lead me to, I still do it. 

When I was 8, I wanted to have my own magazine where I could share with friends and family, what was going on in our neighbourhood. 

Now, I have a blog. I do not really use it yet to share what is going on in our neighbourhood but I guess it is something I could possibly integrate.  I have a goal... To have approximately 365 pre-scheduled blog posts. I have 28 right now. got more to go ;)

My two little magnets are coming

On the beach, looking towards the sea. we are three, me and the two little ones.
Magnets of possibilities. Let's dive in to find in our heart, how we want the sun to rise tomorrow.

Dancing under the stars

Off we go to  the party, we are dressed to impress, the guests are too. We smile, they smile back. In the maze of the crowd, we each try to find a partner for the first dance and we know that for 5 minutes or so, we will be one.
Dancing is probably the most therapeutic activity one can experience for themselves. It gets the body going in a way that we do not experience on most days. ''The other' holding our hands make us feel special. The other is unique, no one partner is the same, yet they all make us feel unique. On the vibration of the universe, spiralling together out, we are one.

Running in the forest

 We will first walk through the field, go through the  bridge and enter finally the forest. you will have some boots, I will have some too. and we will mile at each other. then you will see on your make go and we will start running like wild animal, the bird will start flying off - the foxes will get hiding, the insects will watch us passing. We will feel reinvigorated. How lucky are we to be running in the forest.

This is a blog for you if

This is blog is for you if you are serving families, mother, father, children in Leicestershire to
- To take care of what we have in common: The planet
- To encourage them to be open and inclusive of others
- To support them in sharing their gifts for the local economy to be more resilient.

If you tick more than one of this boxes, i am inviting you
- To Get inspired by the stories of people who are in Leicestershire trying to enact change and empowered people to direct their lives
- To share those stories to people around you so they can get inspired
- To submit your story.

Why? Because the power of stories can change the world as long as they are shared widely.

So get sharing!

About me

My name is Marie. I live in Leicestershire since 2012. In my first year of arrival, i engaged with Transition Leicester, Positive Money and Footpaths Leicester. I ran the positive money leicester group.  I organised events, a discussion group and the Money workshop to help people reflect upon their relationship with money. I also train as a facilitator to run a Footpaths group to support group and families to reduce their carbon footprint. End of 2014, Zina Zelter from Footpaths and I, we decided to run a year of events culmutating into a day of festival: The Green Festival of Making and Mending. From the festival, Leicester Fixers emerged and has been running Restart Parties since May 2015. In 2018, The project received a grant from Leicestershire County Council to help set up 6 repair communities across Leicestershire. It is currently the main project I am working on.

Apart from those projects, I work and study. I freelance for The Crop Club a social enterprise which supports people to grow food. I have a certificate in Permaculture and teaches from time to time at the Permaculture course in Leicester. I am also a doctorate from Loughborough Design School. My thesis is on the factors influencing user repair propensity. I support students with their work.

Outside of it all, i am a keen dancer (salsa), a beginner violonist, i draw with wax crayons and garden. I live with my husband, embrace our mixed heritage and spend lot of time with our family.

in facilitating a Footpaths Leicester grouprun projects to engage family's members with different communities of knowledge and this mainly through events.

The blog provide an account of the progress of some of the projects and how you can get involved and it features different initiatives in Leicestershire that engage the public on enbironmental and social