Accountability

For the past year, I've been writing a business report about the gay rights project. It includes details about my own credibility and life. Someone said it's not possible to solve a puzzle until and unless you can see the whole picture; and I hope we've been getting closer to that now! [If not, we'll keep working on it!] The report is confidential, of course, to the parties involved. It's not for general viewing but I would give out some details if needed; and qualified authorities could take a quick look to examine the nature of the work, if they wished to.

Smile of the Day

A movie I've just seen, which I'll add to my list of favourites, is Elephant Walk with Elizabeth Taylor from 1953/54. Some points I like are that the lady threw all the free-loading drunks out of her house; she stood up to her husband when he was stuck in unhelpful views from the past; and she was there to see the "elephant people" break through the unreasonable barriers which had been placed in their path. An Englishman in Ceylon had built a large home directly across the trail which elephants used to go to their watering hole. He had reportedly said it was his privilege to place his home wherever he wanted to! I believe this house can represent discriminatory laws against gays; and, on the other hand, it can also represent gays who think they're entitled to get in the way of legitimate religious rights [it's been stated by some that gay rights need to overtake religious rights, and I don't believe that's true--see related posting below]. Another movie I like is The Man Who Knew Too Little, from 1997. [I have a copy at home; and Internet notes don't seem to do it justice. But it seems to be connected to an early film, "The Man Who Knew Too Much."]

Reflections

There's a saying that says, "Some people make things happen; some people watch things happen; and some people wonder what happened!?" There's also a proverb that says, "Things are as they are meant to be." I believe this one refers to cause and effect. Myself, I thought of a variation which says, "What is, is." Whatever is real and true won't be changed by what people say about it! People can speculate; and make accusations; and there can be misunderstandings. And it's good to resolve problems and issues, for sure! [As for legal problems, they have to be dealt with in a legal manner.] Sometimes it's a very big job to find what the real truth is--it's not always easy!