#whereisthelove?

[theformulaforsuccess]

Join Douglas Vandergraph as he delves into the powerful message behind The Black Eyed Peas' iconic song "Where Is the Love?". This thought-provoking talk breaks down the lyrics, exploring themes of social justice, unity, and the quest for love in a troubled world. Understand the deeper meaning of this anthem and discover how its call to action remains relevant today. Reflect on the issues of terrorism, discrimination, and media influence that the song highlights, and be inspired to foster a more compassionate and united society.

#WhereIsTheLove #BlackEyedPeas #SongAnalysis #LyricInterpretation #SocialCommentary #Unity #LoveAndPeace #MusicAnalysis #DouglasVandergraph

[jnkmamma]

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[testormblog]

Where is the Love?

Mother never spoke of her childhood, not one word of any happy memory. Her character and her inability to love stemmed from her upbringing. Born in 1916, she grew up in the depression years and survived with her family on a dirt patch farm at Chambers Flat. She lost her elder sister at eleven and her father at twenty. She suffered her father’s death in 1936 more than her other two sisters did. Both were still young children. Consequently, many of the farm’s physical tasks and much of the child rearing fell on her shoulders. She was a forgotten, young woman. This was probably when she began to seek attention as a placebo for the love her mother didn’t have to give her.

Perhaps, Grandma, a stoic woman, had closed down emotionally to keep herself together. With two remaining children to support, she didn’t have any remarriage appeal. Widowed in her mid forties, she was sentenced to poverty for the rest of her long life. The widow’s pension only kept hunger outside her front door. She sold the farm and bought a house on a large block in Beenleigh where she and her daughters lived off their ducks and chickens as well as the produce they grew. She also earnt a little money from her deft hand at needlework.

Grandma endeavoured to break my mother’s and her sisters’ spirits. She believed no good came from dreams, ambition and imagination. She wielded a strap and threatened to evict her daughters from home on to the road to destitution. My mother reared me the same way. She didn’t realise this taught me to be devious and silent and would lead me to resent her for the whole of my life.

I thought Mother, Grandma, my numerous great aunts and aunts behaved peculiarly. I suppose I was lucky to be born an uninteresting boy. I thus was never drawn into their gossip and competitions vying for attention. These seemed to entertain them but didn’t me. They were either jealous of everybody living nearby or constantly ill. The clothes, other women wore, were scrutinised in detail. Usually, they agreed these were poorly made if not sewn by one of them. Mother even sowed rumours about some ladies’ impropriety with half truths. If she suspected a pregnancy out of wedlock; she was shocked and thrilled at the same time. When scandals in the community were light, she feigned illness to feed her appetite for attention. She’d catch a case of histrionics if she found a simple red rash from a weed on herself. She thought a boil was a cancerous tumour. If somebody else was suffering genuine symptoms of sickness; she caught these also whether they were contagious or not. She was sure death stalked her. Despite this, she’d live a healthy life until her mid eighties just like Grandma.

I wasn’t close to Grandma. Whilst I visited her when we went to Beenleigh, the nearest town; I never stayed with her by myself. Her highset, weatherboard house was dark and dreary inside despite being built relatively recently in the thirties. At least, Grandma was a good housekeeper. I never understood why Mother didn’t follow her example.

I found these early childhood visits boring. Grandma had no toys for me to play with nor the house anything else to interest me. To a young boy, everything was ladies’ paraphernalia, all sorts of things for sewing. So, I stayed out of harm’s way, for my bottom that is, in the backyard. One day, I couldn’t believe my eyes. Heaven had rained mangoes everywhere on the ground. I gorged myself on the overripe fruit and had mango juice running down my chin and on to my shirt. Then something wriggled on my tongue. I spat my mouthful out on to the ground and looked at the mango. It was crawling with larvae. The whole crop of mangoes was fly blown. That day, my poor bottom earnt a beating for the mango stains on my clothes and probably paid a hefty price for my overconsumption and the larvae eaten. Even so, having the ‘runs’ was usual with how we lived.

My two aunts lived in the house too. One was old enough to marry and hence preoccupied with making this happen. The other was in her final year of primary school and intended to be a seamstress at the local clothing factory. She was sweet and kind to me. We suffered alike. Later on, she’d buy me a small toy for Christmas from her meagre wages. Something my mother didn’t think to do.

[brookeem101]

GUITAR INSTRUMENTAL COVERS

[apples-of-apples]

6 & 13 from the oc brainrot ask game for one of your EOCs of your choice o/

6.) If your OC is in a fantasy setting, what profession would they be in the modern day?

I knew everyone in Gather's occupation at one point but i forgot all but one of them. so um. Sylvian would be a instructor at like family Game facilities like, paintball areas, bowling alleys, roller skating, etc.

13.) Does your OC have a rival? How did it start?

Quincy and Magenta while their countries were at war with each other. They did not become rivals by choice, they became rivals because they just kept being in the same battles as generals at the same time. That is just how they originally knew each other, "that rival general who won't die" #whereisthelove😔

[markethighs]

Where's The Love in the world if we love God - New Song 2024

New Acoustic Vibes: Ever wonder, "Where is the love in the world if we love God?"  This heartfelt song dives deep into that question, blending soulful melodies with acoustic strings. Let this track take you on a reflective journey, exploring faith and the search for love in today's world.  #AcousticVibes #FaithAndLove #WhereIsTheLove #GodsLove

[jamieroxxartist]

#TheBlackEyedPeas - #WhereIsTheLove? (Official Music Video)

#GlobalLoveDay!

[cadesaucedotheprinceofdarkness]

I’m going to die soon sos 🆘

All I truly want is to marry a beautiful wife(not lgbtq) that’s a good lover to me that wont cheat and mother to my future children so I can reproduce naturally and repopulate my almost extinct race and have a good career a safe home and adventures without hate without fear without discrimination or racism without experiments or harm or torture or dictatorship I wish to live well and free and be able to provide a safe place for me and my family and so we can always eat well and live well live a wonderful life

have no friends almost no family and I only had one relationship/girlfriend I haven’t dated since 2016 and when I was a kid my family was divorced I was abus3d and starv3d and rap3d and I broken just about everything in my body twice or more times and almost lost my arm and been stabbed a few times(once by myself it was a pitchfork though my foot on accident) I seen the Bermuda Triangle at night on the deck of a boat during a hurricane I seen tornadoes touch down lighting strike next to me and earthquakes and fires the air completely red I was bullied all my life I lived in cities and towns and on a farm and for a long time in a small town with the population of 3,000

I graduated high school in one year after skipping every year for 3 years I got all As and bs then went to collage

No diseases

No disabilities

No drugs

No alcohol

No tobacco

No crimes

I’m from royal families kings/queens of England Scotland Wales Castile France Ireland and Native American tribes

Im 5’10 (6ft while wearing shoes)

140-160lbs

8in long 6in girth

#sos #whereisthelove #tyranicalgoverment #torture #metoo #slavery #icantbreathe #cia #odni #fbi

[bw2]

Marco said we should do Team Fame cause we’re will.i.am and fergie in game and I argued that we should do Team Love cause #whereisthelove but I’m so glad we went with Fame cause Fame is owning so hard

Team love is ASSSSS

[shailoh0108]

Y all be like i love you.

Then fail to communicate, respect, understand and be there

Don’t mask your obsession as love

[aaptwak420]

Haha #happyhighfriday Guess I'm hitting a bong #haveabetterday #daggaisigaganie #gesondheiduitdiegronduit #cannabiscommunity #cannabissociety #cannabiswillsavetheworld #whereisthelove #onelove #1love #oneplant #onenation #ganja #marijuana #skyf #gingerninja #igata #timbango #dikantana #dipaje #dope #zoot #yafatse #weed #intsangu #dagga #ntsango #gologodo #kanja #lebaki https://www.instagram.com/p/CWKfXklqqHP/?utm_medium=tumblr

[neillaolio48]

I’ve Dedicated EVERY Fiber Of My Being To Youth Empowerment & Educational Augmentation. I’ll Never Stop. SEE ME. BEFORE YOU SEE ME. EVEN IF YOU NEVER SEE ME AGAIN. #love #education #agapelove #morelove #lovemore #selfless #youth #empowerment #genius is their first name and their first name is now their last. You ‘Gone Comprehend Sooner Than Later. #Work #DontStop #GoodMorning #UnumOlio #222 #TMC #ŌFÜisYou #WhereIsTheLove (at Above) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRTXLISsuiS/?utm_medium=tumblr

[djsangsta]

#First4Songs on 4-13-21: #SplitPersonality by #Pink, #WhereIsTheLove by #BlackEyedPeas, #BetterIsOneDay by #RebeccaStJames, #GirlLikeMe by #BlackEyedPeas and #Shakira. #music #DJSangsta #musicislife #Spotify #musicismyescape #oooShiny https://www.instagram.com/p/CNnOp6zDanp/?igshid=1bnlvye51oszk

[wonderlandentertainmentllc]

(Faith) Where is the Love?

The behavior of some people just blows my mind! Y’all, seriously? C’mon now. And I’m not just talking to those ANTIFA folks, the Mainstream Media, Hollywood people, I am also talking to you Christians. Slow your role for a moment. I am not trying to be judgmental at all, I’m really not. I know where I fall short. I know my faults and I work on them every dang day. But, when you purposely say mean, nasty things to people (or about them), we have a problem.

For you to put it out on social media, or just in public, saying you wished the POTUS AND THE FLOTUS would’ve died from COVID, you are just a hateful person. I know people that have had COVID and I know someone who died from it. I wouldn’t wish COVID on someone I disliked. I keep saying to myself, there is a special place in you know where for people like that. I don’t give two flying flips what side of the political aisle you're on, I don’t care if you like or dislike the POTUS, I don’t care if you are going to vote for Biden (I would highly question your morals though, LOL!) He elevator doesn’t go all the way to the top, if you know what I’m saying.

Just because my choices are different than yours doesn’t give you the right to yell at me, spit on me, lunge at me, etc. As long as my choices don’t affect you, why should you give a rip? I am seriously worried about the state of the United States. The left has gone so far to the left that they are unbearable and slightly deranged. Pelosi has lost her dang mind, if she ever had one. They are so desperate to get Trump out of office that they’d probably end up trying to... well, let’s not go there.

And I’m not just talking about people with political drama. That’s what that really is. I don’t care who you vote for, just get out and go vote! Okay, enough of that....

Let’s dive into the other side of my question. Can you tell me what love is? Many people would tell you what they think love it. You wanna know my answer? God is LOVE. Y’all, if we cannot love one another despite our differences, flaws, faults, opinions, etc. then we have a problem here. Houston, we have a problem!

“Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.” ~ Matthew 7:1-5

Yes, I know that is some heavy stuff right there. I’ll admit that I have been judgy before. I immediately ask for God’s forgiveness. Heck, I said something in a conversation with my parents today and right after I said it, we all looked at one another and I said, let me rephrase that. It wasn’t towards them, I promise. The society we live in these days, people are so dangum mean and hateful that we must do better! We have to do better.

“For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. “ ~ Galatians 5:13

When is the last time you did something nice for someone just for the heck of it? Seriously, think about it. When was the last time?

Me? I try to do something nice every day. Even if it’s just paying someone a random compliment. Especially for my family and friends. Those that I love and care about, and trust me, there aren’t that many, they get it twice as much. If I love you, trust me, you know I love you. 

“Whoever pursues righteousness and kindness will find life, righteousness, and honor. ~ Proverbs 21:21

Do I have days when I’m anxious? Dang right I do. Do I have moments when people who I thought care about me say the wrong thing to me and it rubs me the wrong way? Of course. But I’m not going to berate them and make them feel like crap for saying it. You know what I do? I explain myself, where I’m coming from and tell them I love them. Girlfriend, you could make me madder than a wet hen, and I’m still going to love you.

Yes, I have a backbone and will stand up for myself, or whoever you’ve hurt. Just the other day, a friend of mine got her feelings hurt. Guess who said something? ME. I made sure that the other person knew that they had hurt her feelings. My conscious is clean, sister. It always will be because you know why, I can admit when I’m wrong/out of line. I’m not perfect and never pretend to me.

If I know I’m in the wrong, I will say, yeah, I shouldn’t have said that. Or, yes, I messed up. It is those types of people who can admit when they’ve messed up that I can respect and love. Those who just think they’re in the right after they’ve been a horse’s you know what, those people, they are the ones that need a ‘coming to Jesus’ meeting.

Y’all, I pray, I pray every single day for those people. I pray the Holy Ghost gets a hold of those people and shows them the way. I’d rather be wrong and be disappointed when I leave this Earth. Wouldn’t you? 

But if you don’t think like me, if you don’t believe in God, Jesus, the Holy Spirit, Satan, angels, and demons, that’s ok too. I’m not going to tell you that you’re going to hell cause you don’t. That’s your choice. But, for me, I believe and will continue to hold my beliefs close to my heart.

Even if I don’t know you personally, guess what? I love you.

I don’t care about how light or dark your melanin is, I love you. I don’t care if you come from a different denomination or religion, I love you. You hate me? That’s fine, guess what, I still love you. If you know me personally, I’m pretty sure you know my loyalty runs pretty thick for those of you mean the world to me. Shoot, I’m loyal to the people I work for and with! I know some of y'all read my blogs,  I LOVE YOU WITH ALL MY HEART!

People please, get with it. The Black Eyed-Peas were on to something. 

“People killing, people dying, children hurting, i hear them crying. Can you practice what you preaching? Would you turn the other cheek again? Can’t we all just get along? Father, Father, help us. Send some guidance from above. ‘cause people got me questioning where is the love?”

WE MUST ALL DO BETTER. BE KIND. JUST LOVE.

Godspeed...

[jamieroxxartist]

#TheBlackEyedPeas - #WhereIsTheLove? (Official Music Video)  #WorldDayofSocialJustice!