The "It's All For L.O.V.E" blog team would like to wish
Prince Michael Jackson II a.k.a. Blanket
a very happy 9th birthday today!!!
You have been through a very hard time and had to go through more than a child of your age should ever face but we do hope that by the love and support of your family and loved ones, and by the love you get from all over the world, there is a happy and lovely year ahead for you!!!
May you be blessed and rewarded today and for the rest of your life!
Ai Weiwei's studio before the destruction. photo (c) The Telegraph
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei was featured here already as he is a true Soldier of L.O.V.E. fighting for the rights of the unheard voices of the lost children and as a peaceful activist for freedom and democracy in China and around the world.
He uses his phenomenal art to truely make a change and is therefore seriously and constantly under the attack of Chinese authorities, where he almost lost his life being beaten down so hard on the head.
Ai Weiwei never gives up and doesn't even turn his back on China.
On January 11th, 2011 Chinese authorities took another method to bring him down. They completely destroyed his studio building in Shanghai (worth about 1 million US-$). This was probably also a reaction to Ai Weiwei's support of Nobel Peace Price winner Liu Xiaobo.
BEIJING — The studio would have stood at the heart of an embryonic arts cluster on the outskirts of Shanghai, a draw for luminaries from around the world.
It took two years to build, and one day to tear down. (...)
“Everything is gone,” he said. “It’s all black now. They finished the job at 9 o’clock last night.” (...)
Meanwhile Ai Weiwei's fantastic work of Art "Sunflower Seeds" is still shown in Tate Modern in London.
This outstanding piece of Art shows hundreds of millions of Sunflower Seeds that seem to be identical but are apparently unique and handmade porcelaine in China.
As we all know about Michael Jackson's love for Sunflowers, the Sunflower Seeds represent the "seeds of love" and a basis for love to grow...
Ai Weiwei's "Sunflower Seeds" in the Turbine Hall of Tate Modern.
Watch the video about "Sunflower Seeds" here:
Let's show human rights activist Ai Weiwei and China our love and support!!! I guess you all saw what happened when the Michael Jackson bronze statue was unveiled in China recently...
As always on the 22th of a month this is also our "Children's Day".
Today I would like to remember 3 little Children in place of millions nameless and faceless children, whose pain and incredibly suffering is caused by their own parents.
I am not writing about the children of Africa or Asia, who have to work hard at a very young age and contribute to their family´s income . It is not about the children in Africa whose parents are missing all essentials and whose children starve. These lines are about children in so-called rich countries of the western world who were tortured and beaten by their parents, imprisoned in dark crates, condemned to solitude and absolute isolation. It´s about have children who die who have not yet really lived. It´s about children, for whom it was probably a relief to pass away.
It´s about children who would still be alive and could enjoy life, if there would have been the LOVE.
Read 3 of the many stories, the shadow share estimated number of non reported cases is high.
• Kevin, a 2 year old boy is found dead in his father´s a small kitchen refrigerator. The child's body is found, after the youth welfare office has made the long overdue decision to take Kevin into a foster family. At this time, Kevin is already five months dead.
The autopsy reveals that the child´s body shows more than 20 old and new fractures. The little boy was exposed to constant abuse. Beats to the child´s genital area have left hematomas and must have caused considerable pain.
The father has neither called for medical help nor asked for education support for raising a child.
Court has to judge the father´s guilt. But what about the guilt of all the persons who have known this little boy, those who have heard the little boy crying? He "lived" in a tower building, proximity close to other people. In opposite to this there was no emotional closeness at all.
Jessica´s funeral
• Jessica dies after years of malnutrition. The girl has even pulled out and eaten her hair. It is the biological mother who has starved her daughter.
The 7 year old child has the weight a child of 2 year should have.
Lea-Sophie´s last resting place
• Lea-Sophie dies of thirst and hunger in her parent´s home at the age of 5 years. The little girl has the weight of a 1 year old baby.
In all it are millions of children who are tormented and abused by their own parents.
They were -although it is prohibited by law- even today still whipped with a belt (like Michael Jackson was wiped as a child by his father). Beside the physical abuse there are also a load of verbal and emotional cruelty that affect the daily lives of many children. Working with children, I learn constantly from their worries, fears, and their boundless desire to be loved by their parents.
In 1972, a little girl who was called Susie was murdered. Michael Jackson composed a song for her and published it in 1995.
Let us walk -or even better dance- through life with open eyes and make sure not to get blind to the needs of children from the neighborhood.S tand up against anything and anyone who is making this earth becoming hell for children. Be someone who cares... for all the little Susies in this world.
Today we would like to remember all victims of September 11, 2001 and send prayers to their families and loved ones. And all the victims that had to lose their lives as a reaction to this incident.
Let's hope and pray the world will constantly overcome religious and other differences and we begin to understand living in tolerance of our fellow humans around the world. “What More Can I Give” (“Todo Para Ti” in Spanish) is a song written by Michael Jackson and recorded by a supergroup of singers following the September 11 attacks in 2001. The inspiration for the song had initially come to Michael after a meeting with the President of South Africa Nelson Mandela in the late 1990s.
Michael rewrote “What More Can I Give” as reaction to the incidents of that day in 2001 and recorded that new version with fellow superstar artists shortly afterward. ”What More Can I Give” was scheduled for release as a charity single, in the hope that $50 million would be raised to aid the survivors and the families of victims of the September 11 terrorist attacks. Due to the severe problems with Sony Music at the time Michael's dream did not come true. The song was released digitally in 2003 and all proceeds from the sale of the song went to children’s charities.
Let's remember all the lost ones today and forever. Help spreading tolerance and love and ask yourself "What More Can I Give?"
Rest in peace Michael and Luther Vandross. We miss you very much!!!
Today marks the first anniversary of my first visit to the Michael Jackson memorial in Munich.
Ever since that day, this place has become a home and a magical place of comfort for me… A constantly changing experience that is never nothing but beautiful.
Here’s a little journey through time, enjoy!
Click on pictures to enlarge.
June 29, 2009 - how it all started...
July 31, 2009 - the day I knew the memorial is here to last
August 29, 2009 - a girl playing BEN for his birthday
September 26, 2009
October 29, 2009 - This Is It
November 19, 2009
December 19, 2009 - Merry christmas Michael
January 8, 2010
Febuary 14, 2010 - it was a long winter
March 22, 2010 - snow is gone
April 25, 2010 - springtime
May 28, 2010
June 26, 2010 - the memorial is overflowing with L.O.V.E.
First of all I would like to thank the city of Munich who have not only accepted the memorial against all odds and rules but also are protecting it. Thank you for showing humanity in a world full of strict rules!
Nothing less with all my heart I want to thank everyone who tirelessly contribute to the beauty of this place through all weather conditions and with phenomenal daily efforts. I can never thank you enough!
Thank you also to “Michael’s” hotel Bayrischer Hof (the memorial is right in front of the entrance) who are supporting us no matter what. Michael loved you and he is proven right!
A big thank you also to composer Orlando di Lasso who is sharing his memorial with Michael now. We love you!
Michael – we can never thank you enough. Your L.O.V.E. and spirit is constantly with us!!! We are your global family!
L.O.V.E. is forever.
--- Find more blog entries about the memorial here: - The Michael Jackson Memorial in München (Munich) - Click here - Random experience at the MJ Memorial Munich - Click here - Outpouring L.O.V.E. - MJ Memorial place, June 25, 2010 - Click here - L.O.V.E. in daylight - MJ Memorial place, June 26, 2010 - Click here
South Africa's beloved hero, who helped end apartheid and helped racial equality begin in South Africa, first black president who was and is respected all over the world has lost one of heis 9 gandchildren. N.Mandela stayed at home with his family Friday during the opening ceremony and game, mourning his 13-year-old great-granddaughter Zenani, who died in a car crash on the way home from a tournament-eve concert in Soweto.
We all are lost for words for all the tragedy in the Mandela Family before:
1964 he was put in jail for making himself a representative of the millions of people who dared to rise up against a social system (polica of apartheid) whose very essence was war, violence, racism, oppression, repression and the impoverishment of an entire people. In 1990, Nelson Mandela was let out of prison after 27 years.In 1969 Mr. Mandela´s oldest son died. Prison authorities refused Mr. Mandela to attend the funeral and Nelson Mandela wrote in his autobiography. " I do not have words to express the sorrow or the loss I felt. It left a hole in my heart that can never be filled."
In 2005 the younger son died.
Nelson Mandela and Michael Jackson on a happy day in 1999.
We are sending our LOVE and prayers out for Zenani , to the entire Mandela´Family and all her friends and to anyone who has lost a beloved person.
The L.O.V.E. blog team would like to wish Mrs. Katherine Jackson a very happy 80th birthday today!!!
Words cannot express the love and respect we have for you. Thank you for everything you have done for Michael and his children!!! It will never be forgotten...
We wish you all the very best for the next year to come. May it be filled with love and luck!
You are always in our prayers. Thank you!
The L.O.V.E. blog team would also like to wish Mr. Jackie Jackson a very happy 59th birthday today!!!
Thank you for being an amazing big brother to Michael, a great person and a true fighter for truth and justice!
Photo credit: Ólafur Eggertsson (icelandic farmer). Click to enlarge.
An Icelandic volcano, dormant for 200 years, has erupted, ripping a 1km-long fissure in a field of ice. The last volcanic eruption in the Eyjafjallajoekull area occurred in 1821.
This news remained a bit unnoticed at first because Iceland is "an island far away in the North"... So why should WE care?
Now, 2 days later the entire flight traffic in Northern Europe is stopped because the volcano ashes all over the continent are extremly dangerous for flight engines.
NOW, we do care! But what do we care about? We ask: Will I get returns for my ticket? How do I get to the place I wanted to travel? Who pays me for it?
Well, you will get returns because the flights got cancelled by MAJOR FORCE!
Ok, now start thinking. MAJOR FORCE? What is it? WHO is it?
We all know that air travel is a part of a major problem we have with global warming. But we "need to fly" around the world all the time. Because we're all so busy...
Now this MAJOR FORCE fights back and leaves us grounded without exceptions. Not for presidents, not for CEOs, no one.
Did you ever stop to notice?
What happens? Nothing. The earth doesn't stop because you can't fly. Because you don't have to.
I see this incident as a kind of "Earth Hour" forced by Planet Earth. She leaves us grounded with time to think... Think about our very own relationship we have with her. Think about the "importance" of our being. Think about our modern mobile life.
If we're not doing it by ourselves, she's doing it for us. Reminding us of our equality, belittling our constant rush.
We have got to slow down. We have got to listen.
Another interesting fact. Volcano eruptions are cooling down our global climate because the ashes absorb a bit of the sunlight. It's global and measurable.
Did you ever stop to notice?
I have been to Iceland and wanted to return this year because in my eyes it is the most beautiful country in the world that is so full of nature and contrast that it keeps leaving you speechless by the beauty of God's creation. This is the country where you can see the evolution of our planet like it was everywhere millions of years ago.
I remember the Icelandic people being very aware of that and living with the forces of nature totally different from us. They know from their daily experience that MAJOR FORCES rule their lives more than their own urgencies. After being strongly affected by the consequences of the financial crisis they have returned to their roots. MAJOR FORCE.
So I had to smile about Hjördis Gudmundsdóttir, the head of Iceland's flight authority ISAVIA when asked about duration of the eruption (hello?): „Maybe the weather gods can tell us? We don't know if it will stop tomorrow or after a year or what. Nobody can answer that question."
It lasted more than two years the last time it erupted...
Take your time, slow down. Join "Earth Year", feel the MAJOR FORCE.
Did you ever stop to notice? This crying earth, these weeping shores?
Since we started this blog, the 22th of a month is our children´s day.
Children
Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, And though they are with you yet they belong not to you.
You may give them your love but not your thoughts, For they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams. You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you. For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.
You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth. The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite, and He bends you with His might that His arrows may go swift and far. Let your bending in the archer’s hand be for gladness; For even as He loves the arrow that flies, so He loves also the bow that is stable.
~Kahlil Gibran
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We want to thank you for for stepping in, reading, commenting and sharing our intend to make this world a better place - your presence is very much appreciated and keeps us busy and going on to share entries with you.
Today, take some flowers from us as a gift and thank you for not forgetting MJ´s message of L.O.V.E and for the love you are spreading around in your world.
Not being that big fan of "dead flowers" you might like to take this bunch of flowers from Pablo Picasso.
