From: http://news.therecord.com/News/CanadaWorld/article/354044

May 22, 2008

Karen Kawawada
RECORD STAFF
WATERLOO

Getting ordinary plastic bags to rot away like banana peels would be an environmental dream come true.

After all, we produce 500 billion a year worldwide and they take up to 1,000 years to decompose. They take up space in landfills, litter our streets and parks, pollute the oceans and kill the animals that eat them.

Now a Waterloo teenager has found a way to make plastic bags degrade faster — in three months, he figures.

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I just saw the most beautiful thing.

I was out at night, doing a little walk before bed. It was a cool night. Dark and beautiful. Stars. A few clouds. Peaceful.

I’m heading back to my apartment, and lo and behold, I see not one, not two, but four snails all gathered together on the sidewalk. Two were unusually close…

It was beautiful.

One had its neck — I guess you can call it a neck — slowly, gently resting over the other’s. Slowly, gently, they moved. With delicate, gentle, sensual touch. It was strangely erotic.

I realize I’m talking about snails here. But you weren’t there. It was beautiful.

Nature. At its purest form.

New life, beginning and continuing, right before my eyes.

Nature really is an amazing thing. It really was a beautiful experience to be able to witness.

~ DRM

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Spock says it’s illogical.

But what’s he know anyway? He’s just a Vulcan.

As for me, not everything seems to add up. But what do you think?

But let’s not get started on that. How about something more present, more every day…

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Trust the experts. They know what they’re talking about.

And believe what you’re told. They wouldn’t lie to you.

… I wonder what “facts” and “truth” we accept and trust on faith today, too.

Makes ya think, doesn’t it?

David Michaels

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Dear Journal,

I really gotta stop this. What was I thinking?

When I was a teenager, I always sensed there was “more” — More to God, More to Life, More to the universe, spirituality, my belief system, etc — than I was told.

My religious foundation was very rich. It was no simple or limited religion. I was taught everything I could possibly want or need to know about God, life, and religion. I knew why bad things happened. I knew what to expect after I died. I knew who and what God was, and exactly and precisely what to expect and how to predict God’s behavior…

I was foolish.

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Go do what you need to do.

Go be who you need to be.

There is no judgment.

You are free.

I am here, if you want me. I release you freely to be with another if that’s what you need or choose, also.

I hold no strings over you. I make no demands or expectations how you have to be, think, feel, or act.

Be who you need to be.

Do what you need to do.

You are free.

I hope you choose me. My desire is that you are with me. My beloved.

But you are free to be, do, have, and experience all that you need to, however and whenever and as you need to. No judgments, no demands, no requirements, conditions, or expectations. Just be free. Just be you. You decide who and how that needs to be.

I am here, if you want me. But please, whatever you choose, be and do who you need to be. Today, and always.

You are free, my love.

I love you. Unconditionally.

~DRM

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Ever just feel like something’s coming — nothing’s changed on the outside, but it just feels like something good is going to happen at any moment?

That’s how I feel right now.

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