FlickrSoup For The Soul

Mutual Respect

lets play, originally uploaded by umerbabry.

I Surrender!

i surrender!, originally uploaded by varf.

Equilibrium

Equilibrium, originally uploaded by Sebastian Stoica.

Life's A Beach

beach trio, originally uploaded by michellegmc.

Batteries Not Included

Dandelion, originally uploaded by Meer.

Love

Love, originally uploaded by Ontheway2it.

SpeakToMyHeart

SpeakToMyHeart, originally uploaded by whoah♥sillyLane.

Go For It!

Go For It, originally uploaded by someotherbob.

Climb the Ladder of Success

Climbing the Ladder of Success, originally uploaded by Makingpixels.

Repose

repose, originally uploaded by wireful.

Always Take Time to Dream

Always Take Time to Dream, originally uploaded by * Honest *.

"Always Take Time to Dream

Cultural colors coming together
Flowing, merging with the soul,
Outside mirrors the inside but not entirely,
Ideas and beliefs come from everywhere not just one source
One cannot literally face themselves, it is impossible.
Mirrors tell the truth in reverse
I wonder how it would be like to face ones self
Watch the mannerisms
Listen to ones own voice from outside the body
It sounds different in the head
Always wondering and exploring"

"courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen."

"courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.", originally uploaded by edgworthric.

135/365: Walk a mile in someone else's shoes

135/365: Walk a mile in someone else's shoes, originally uploaded by SophieG*.

The Wonderful World of Flickr Colors

The Wonderful World of Flickr Colors, originally uploaded by Ginny . The Old Bird and the Chickadees.

Hello Friend!

Hello Friend, originally uploaded by BlueisCoool.

Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep..

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غـفـــرانك ..

غـفـــرانك .., originally uploaded by ~♥ Mademoiselle 5oo5a ♥~ www.5oo5a.com.

:
"Raise your hand to heaven..
Relieve your soul.."
:

i LOVE yOU!♡♥♡

93/365 i LOVE yOU!♡♥♡, originally uploaded by QuEpAsA Boy!.

"Just wanted to say thanks to you all. Love you bunches.

I dreamed of all you guys a long time before I even knew who you were. I always hoped to have an audience to speak to, so I decided to start a 365 in August to make some new friends. However, by the end of September I was really starting to feel sad, because I had no one commenting on my pictures..... then came October, and I got randomly in a week all these new buddies =) Now I am pyched to impress you all with a new photo everyday, and I hope you like them. I'm sorry they are sort of inconsistent in theme though. I go from happy to sad, from scary to innocent in an instant which throws off people... But anyways, LOVE YOU ALL, and I try to do my best to comment on your streams as well, sometimes I sit here for two hours and feel like a dork commenting that long, but it's fun!

XoXoXxoOXoxOXoxxOooXOoo "

"..everybody's a comedian!"

"I want my fish - NOW!!!", originally uploaded by cornettino.

Flickr Soup

Flickr soup, originally uploaded by Fabio Sabatini.

"The chains of habit.."

"The chains of habit are generally too small to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.", originally uploaded by sandy honig.

".. are generally too small to be felt until they are too strong to be broken."

Who Says There Are No More Super Heroes!

Otaku Picker, originally uploaded by Gooner-Fied.

Give Love

Give Love., originally uploaded by Bernice Pipa.

“The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in.”
-Morrie Schwartz

Be Careful What You Ask For..

Day 208/365 : You said you wanted to see inside my head... [ Explored ], originally uploaded by Gooner-Fied.

Day 208/365 : You said you wanted to see inside my head... [ Explored ]

...what did you expect to find?!

Snow Angel

~snow angel~, originally uploaded by Lisa at TSS.

Self Sustaining

IMG_1616 Black Face Suspended, originally uploaded by jguild2120.

Autumn's Muse

aftab.com, originally uploaded by ★★★Beautiful childs★★★.

Man's Best Friend?

Talbot, originally uploaded by CHAUSS513.

Stability

Stability, originally uploaded by KeriAnn Photos.

Be Ready To Dance!

Ruby Red, originally uploaded by Cecillia B Photography.

"Have A Nice Day!"

celestial triangle, originally uploaded by netprashant.

Santa Jr.

Santa jr., originally uploaded by Tway76.

In The Eyes Of A Child

In The Eyes Of A Child, originally uploaded by ♥babybee.

January 09, 2007. In the eyes of a child, there is joy, there is laughter.
And at times, there's crankiness. :-)

Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything that is beautiful; for beauty is God's handwriting - a wayside sacrament. Welcome it in every fair face, in every fair sky, in every fair flower, and thank God for it as a cup of blessing.

-Ralph Waldo Emmerson

Weeping Child

Weeping Child, originally uploaded by Soul101.

"When a child can be brought to tears, and not from fear of punishment, but from repentance he needs no chastisement. When the tears begin to flow from the grief of their conduct you can be sure there is an angel nestling in their heart."

-Horace Mann

Child Hiding

Child Hiding, originally uploaded by Pink Sherbet Photography.

..think about it that title for a moment. Now ask 'Why do they have to?"

Child's Play?

Demobilize child soldiers in the Central African Republic, originally uploaded by hdptcar.

Demobilize child soldiers in the Central African Republic: Child in a rebel camp in the north-eastern Central African Republic

CARF's 2008 Flickr 'Reach For A Star' Campaign

CARF's 2008 Flickr 'Reach For A Star' Campaign, originally uploaded by L8o.

- Do Good!

Cyber Giving Week is the last week of the year - a week during which most people make their tax deductable online charity donations.

Consider this your reminder to donate, BEFORE December 31, 2008, to causes you care passionately about!

Causes like CARF's 2008 Flickr 'Reach For A Star' Campaign...

Won't You consider making a $10.00 donation to this incredibly worthy cause?

Children of the Hummingbird Project in São Paulo, Brazil.
Gregory J. Smith
Children At Risk Foundation - CARF

- CARF says:

It was two months ago today that we buried Claudiney, only five months after his younger brother Roney was brutally murdered. Much has happened since then . . . . . .

Our new community prevention centre opened on July 6th. against incredible odds, just one week after Claudiney’s death. We dedicated the new centre to their memory, a tribute not only to these two beloved street kids who didn’t make it, but also to all the other street kids in Brazil who have suffered before them.........

During the opening ceremony and in the presence of community leaders, the municipal government’s Mayor and other leading politicians, family members and CARF’s trustees and patrons, I presented Roney and Claudiney’s tragic story to the multitude present for the occasion, most of whom were humble members of the extremely poor community that will benefit form this important initiative, which we have created to prevent other kids from reaching such a tragic destiny.

Photo Copyright © Tatiana Cardeal. All rights reserved.
See original size.

With the two boys heavily in my thoughts today, I spent time browsing through all my portraits of Roney and Claudiney, reading through my captions and comments. There have been many, far too many to list here, but I have chosen some that I would like to share with you.........in their beloved memory:

“Roney's past life experiences will definitely determine his future, but I'm not sure he'll survive to have one.............”

“I have always kept contact with these kids, during the good times and the bad times, that's part of my compromise with them. That's what makes Roney's death so sad as I didn't manage to stop that from happening and I won't be able to stop whatever could happen to Claudiney if he doesn't wake up to reality soon...............”

“Claudiney is enjoying being in control of his life, even if I would have preferred him participating for full in the program, which would only help him in the right direction. Patience is always a keyword in my work as it takes many years to recuperate any kid from the streets.............”

“For each positive step taken in the right direction in Claudiney's life, there are at least five negative ones being taken against him. We can only protect our kids during the hours we are together, but it is an impossible task for us to live their lives for them 24 hours a day............”

“It hurts me a lot to see how confused Claudiney is at the moment, but I cannot impose upon him the solution. He must experience the pathways to a new life that we feel we can offer him and at the same time be allowed to fail along the way..........”

“Each choice he makes, either positive or negative, will have consequences on his life, but he is the one who needs to experience the difference. What worries me most is that there are others out there who would love to see Claudiney back on the streets; those very same people responsible for his brother's cold-blooded murder............”

“Claudiney needs an army of angels to protect him against all the evil odds in our society..............”

“I must admit, it was with great pride that I peeped into his classroom last night and observed him engaged in his books. I know how delicate his situation is at this moment and how his own life is balancing on a very fine thread.............”

“His first thoughtful sigh to me after school, on our way back home to his grandma's was: "Roney should have been here with me"..........”

“It will be nothing less than a miracle if Claudiney manages to stay in school because the family network around him is an extremely fragile one and he will need a lot of support if he is to manage this demanding situation. We will of course be there to strengthen that network through his participation at Hummingbird, but as I always emphasize with such kids, we cannot live their lives for them..........”

“I am happy for each day that I can follow Claudiney to- and from school and the fact that he hasn’t missed a single lesson since we started out on this tough journey to recovery; he has 8 years to catch up on and no time to waste.
I am happy listening to his teachers telling me how interested he is in learning........
I am happy to see the changes in his social attitude towards those who surround him.........
I am happy sharing his desires for the future, something we never managed before; living today – gone tomorrow!
I am happy observing his positive social integration with all the other kids at Hummingbird........
I am happy that everyone who knows him is also happy about his positive development.......
....and I am very happy that he is still alive.................”

“If Claudiney manages to follow our program through the next 30-40 days I believe it may work for him, but I'm really hoping for a miracle because I know what we are up against...............”

“Claudiney is really a soft-hearted kid and if he had his own way he would stay put at Hummingbird. That's his real desire. He seems comfortable in the security of an organised home, where rythme and rules have a positive effect on him. I suppose, as with most kids, a feeling of security is really the most important thing in their lives...........”

“Roney is the more energetic of the two. He loves disturbing any peaceful moment if it's not to his liking. If there is not enough action going on, Roney will soon make sure there will be.........”

“Motivating brothers or sisters with such contrasting personalities and who still live on the streets together is no easy task. Their survival on the streets makes them totally dependent on each other and in their case life is like a continuing battle between the good and the bad, represented strongly in both their personalities.........”

“Roney and Claudiney are far too sceptical to believe that their luck is in, and if they confide, they know the going will get very tough (in a different way than on the streets) and they are very insecure when it comes to weighing up the odds...........”

“Street kids get into all kinds of trouble, serious trouble; trouble with the wrong kind of people. Drugs and thieving are the more provocative problems involving others.
In Brazil, lives are not worth a shit, no matter what age!
Claudiney and his brother Roney get on these people's nerves and these people are killers by custom. That is the way they resolve their little problems. It is real and frightening because it could happen at any moment. Nobody is safe from these kinds of thugs...........”

“My dad is not very happy with me now (because of the situation I got him in), but then again, he never has been! I can understand why though. Have you ever had a gun stuck in your ear or up your nose before? I have, many times! You never know if the guy will pull the trigger............” - Roney.

“The thugs raided my dad’s house in the middle of the night and stuck a big gun in his ear, then asked him where I was. He cried and told them he didn’t know (which was pretty true!)
They beat him up instead of shooting him, but next time........?” - Roney.

“Impunity is the worse medicine for recuperating anyone but punishment alone is useless and that is why my job will be important following them through this new situation if they are sentenced on November 13th., when their case comes up for hearing in the criminal courts.
In their particular case I see this as an opportunity to finalize the work I started three years ago, otherwise I don't give them more than two more years to live................”
(Note: Unfortunately, the courts did not follow our advice).

“You don't realize how hard it is to relax knowing these kids are on the streets and not knowing what's happening next in their lives. Anything can happen - at any time . . . . . . . . .”

- Gregory

Happy Birthday Of Dog

Happy birthday of dog, originally uploaded by AKIHIRO FURUTA.

First Love

First Love, originally uploaded by Lutz-R. Frank.

Message Of Love

love message, originally uploaded by Nescafe_kw.

"The only thing in the world I want more than you is for you to love me as I love you

" The worst way to love someone is to sit next to them, knowing they don't love you back.""

Lots of Love

Lots of Love, originally uploaded by Pink Sherbet Photography.

Young Love

six year old love is the cutest, originally uploaded by sunshine doll.

i love u ~

i love u ~, originally uploaded by β l u r r y ©.

"I love the way you make me so happy,
And the ways you show you care.
I love the way you say, "I Love You,"
And the way you're always there.
[Crystal Jansen]"

Still in love? I think so ; )

Still in love? I think so ; ), originally uploaded by Henný G.

ღAny words you describe love?ღ

ღAny words you describe love?ღ, originally uploaded by ♥ain.ildimani♥"يامن دعاني "ســم.

"How did i fall in love with you ? ,, "

{ How did i fall in love with you ? ,,, originally uploaded by { B a r c a <3 ,,.

"what did i say ? ,, what did you do ? ,, how did i fall in love with you ? ,,

p.s : blue FJs rock ! xP
and the words are the lyrics of a back street boys song ,,"

Love XOXO

Love XOXO, originally uploaded by Pink Sherbet Photography.

20/365- All You Need Is LOVE

20/365- All You Need Is LOVE, originally uploaded by Four Symbols.

"..love can be found in the most unexpected places.."

"love comes from the most unexpected places...", originally uploaded by woolloomooloo.

LOVE

LOVE, originally uploaded by Little Nora.

"To love is nothing.
To be loved is something.
To love, and be loved, is everything."

Last Lost Message

Last lost message, originally uploaded by Ahmed W Khan - [AkS].

My 'Happy Meal' Version...

My 'Happy Meal' Version..., originally uploaded by rerinha.

The other side...

The other side..., originally uploaded by Milky Toast.

No one ever looks at the other side of the flower.

فيكے أناظر دنيتيے و أجمل شبابيے..,,..و أتكحلے كلے ما ناظرتے عينكے

فيكے أناظر دنيتيے و أجمل شبابيے..,,..و أتكحلے كلے ما ناظرتے عينكے, originally uploaded by كـ[ح]ـل البـ[ح]ـرين → V.happy.

♥ يــامــا حــاولـوا غيــــرك .. ولا تــأثـرت

♥ يــامــا حــاولـوا غيــــرك .. ولا تــأثـرت, originally uploaded by ✖♥.

Day 323: You Can Never Get Enough..

Day 323: You Can Never Get Enough.., originally uploaded by Diamond Lips -DL-.

"..of what you need to make you happy"

YOU BROKE MY HEART!

YOU BROKE MY HEART, originally uploaded by AL-Tubaiykh.

Pure Imagination

Pure Imagination, originally uploaded by Kristopher Tate.

What a Kidr !

Flickr kid, originally uploaded by tropicaLiving.

Love U Baby

love u baby, originally uploaded by gnackgnackgnack.

Jesús

Jesús, originally uploaded by Luis R..

Without Soul

without soul, originally uploaded by MannaMe.

War Is Ugly

229/365 - Nope - no matter how much you gussy it up, war is still ugly..., originally uploaded by elb_the_prof.

"229/365 - Nope - no matter how much you gussy it up, war is still ugly...

I'd be crap in an ad agency...

A work colleague lent this to me after I'd whined that I was running out of ideas for Project 365 subjects. I came into work this morning to find it on my desk... :-O

Perhaps they're trying to tell me something...?"