This
is Mischief the White-Necked Raven. These ravens are found throughout
eastern and southern Africa, and are common near human habitation.
Like
all members of the Corvidae family, ravens are extremely intelligent.
They use tools to get food if necessary, and can even mimic human
speech!
Cool facts about White-Necked Ravens:
- Their
main diet is fruit, insects, and small reptiles, but if they find a
small tortoise to eat, they will lift it up and drop it to the ground to
break the shell.
- Ravens are some of the smartest of all animals.
- Since they are very social by nature, ravens are also some of the most playful of birds.
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Ravens display a strange behavior in the wild called "anting". They
roll around on anthills, let the ants crawl all over them, and then they
chew up the ants and rub them through their feathers. Scientists are
unsure why they do this.
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"If you cry because the sun has gone out of your life, your tears will prevent you from seeing the stars."
- R. Tagore
Build a better life according to your ideal Vision.
Do not wait for perfect timing, get started now.
What you do today, is all that matters.
Do your best with what you have and start from where you are.
"Inspiration exists, but it has to find us working." - Picasso
There is power in action so make plans and execute them.
Circumstance is a result of your past and does not indicate where you are heading.
The
greatest journey begins with the first step and so does your building
of a new business or whatever you are setting out to create.
We
all need to start where we are and in the moment, find the strength to
overcome obstacles we encounter, persevere and endure until we achieve a
few goals and gain momentum in a positive direction.
Live according to your Vision of the well-lived life.
"One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity."
~Albert Schweitzer
Reverence for Life:
Lost
in thought I sat on deck of the barge, struggling to find the
elementary and universal concept of the ethical that I had not
discovered in any philosophy. I covered sheet after sheet with
disconnected sentences merely to concentrate on the problem. Two days
passed. Late on the third day, at the very moment when, at sunset, we
were making our way through a herd of hippopotamuses, there flashed upon
my mind, unforeseen and unsought, the phrase : “Ehrfurcht vor dem
Leben” (“reverence for life”). The iron door had yielded. The path in
the thicket had become visible.”
Sit down before facts like a little child, and be prepared to give up every preconceived notion. Follow humbly whatever and to whatever abyss nature leads, or you shall learn nothing.
- T.H. Huxley
He's a real nowhere Man,
Sitting in his Nowhere Land,
Making all his nowhere plans
for nobody.
Doesn't have a point of view,
Knows not where he's going to,
Isn't he a bit like you and me?
Nowhere Man, just listen,
You don't know what you're missin',
All the world's at your command.
(lead guitar)
He's as blind as he can be,
Just sees what he wants to see,
Nowhere Man can you see me at all?
Nowhere Man, don't worry,
Take your time, don't hurry,
Leave it all 'till somebody else
lends you a hand.
Doesn't have a point of view,
Knows not where he's going to,
Isn't he a bit like you and me?
Nowhere man please listen,
you don't know what your missin'
Nowhere Man, the world is at your command
He's a real Nowhere Man,
Sitting in his Nowhere Land,
Making all his nowhere plans
for nobody.
Making all his nowhere plans
for nobody.
Making all his nowhere plans
for nobody.
"Blackbird" is a Beatles song from double-disc album The Beatles (also known as The White Album). Blackbird was written by Paul McCartney, who was inspired to write this while in Scotland as a reaction to racial tensions escalating in America in the spring of 1968.
Lyrics:
Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise.
Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these sunken eyes and learn to see
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to be free.
Blackbird fly Blackbird fly
Into the light of the dark black night.
Blackbird fly Blackbird fly
Into the light of the dark black night.
Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise
You were only waiting for this moment to arise
You were only waiting for this moment to arise.
