Let the Children Play

Me again with some new pictures, If you notices i love to relate what i write with pictures.
This i took 2 days ago in Central Park, a snow day.
It is amazing how much fun you can have with you are child. Does not matter whether you are in Central park or in Tuntudoro park in Mozambique, when you are a child there are no worries. Being a child its the best thing that exist in the world.

It is a shame that some Kids do not have the pleasure to be free as a bird and play as a child should play. However even in extreme situations the child inside of a child always try to come out. You can go to the deeps parts in Africa and you will see a lot of poverty, yet you will see that kids find ingenious ways to enjoy childhood.

“The ability to play is one of the principal criteria of mental health.”
Ashley Montagu

Plays its important not only for us the so called Humans...

Various functional theories of play stress that social play is essential for the practice and learning of sex roles, dominance relationships, troop culture, integration of individuals into the troop structure, the control of aggression, etc. Data on squirrel monkeys (Saimiri) in natural environments indicate that social interaction and troop integration can develop in various manners in the absence of social play.

Comparative observations were made on squirrel monkeys in a seminatural environment in Florida and 43 natural environments in Panama, Colombia, Peru, and Brazil. There was a broad range of variance in the data on ecology, troop size, troop cohesiveness, average individual distances, frequency of play, etc. In some environments, individuals in the infant and juvenile age classes engaged in social play for approximately 1.5 to 3 hours a day. However, in one environment, not a single incidence of social play occurred during 261 hours of close range observation. The troops in which no play occurred were very cohesive (i.e., they seldom fragmented), and the animals traveled at close individual distances. Agonistic interactions were not uncontrolled. Copulations were observed; and 85 percent of the adult females were accompanied by infants, which indicates a normal rate of reproductive success for the species.

Data are presented on friendly, aggressive, sexual, and spacing behavior in squirrel monkeys. These data indicate that (1) social play is not necessary for the development and/or learning of an adaptive modicum of social interaction patterns and troop cohesion, but (2) the opportunity to play provides learning experiences in which young animals can develop more complex, varied social interaction patterns and stronger habits for engaging in frequent social exchanges.

more information about the role of play visit

The Vital Role of Play in Childhood

Children are the flowers that never wilt

Samora Machel the first president of Mozambique said, "as criancas sao as flores que nunca morcham", Children are the flowers that never wilt. In a few year the will be no flowers in Africa, the ones that will still be alive will be orphans.

Due to poverty and no education Africans believe in traditional treatment. Some believe in One is infected with HIV and have sex with a virgin, One will become free of the disease. Other don't believe in using condoms and by doing this many women get infected in the continent. This mentality in making more victims in Africa.

The government is not doing a great Job, in the case of Mozambique, there is more publicity to tourism in the country them projects to prevent and educate about HIV. Opening more and more Hotels. It is great that the country is growing and that with tourism there will be more money, maybe to help more HIV positive people. However there is a big MAYBE.

Opera opened in South Africa a Million dollar School for kids, How many HIV positive Kids could have had be helped. Not to say that the opening of the school was not a great present to the Kids of the Community, only that sometimes we must start small.

Something that i think that we all should see.

Angels In The Dust



http://www.filmmonthly.com/Video/Articles/AngelsInTheDust/AngelsInTheDust.html

In the documentary on Man says: WE busy during the week, bury on the weekends, sometimes on Saturday i can go to 3 funerals in the one day...I already lost count of how many funerals i have went to since the beginning of this year.

By the year 2010, 100 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa will be infected with HIV/AIDS, and 26 million children will be orphaned as a result of the virus. In South Africa alone, six million adults and children are infected, but the government has turned a blind eye to the mounting pandemic.

No Instructions

I've had this astral rocket more then just a ship. A lot bigger then aquila, or the titanic. I hide it in my basement, I think its been around from the time of cavemen. Though it has technology far beyond that of human intellect. Or that even our greatest scientist can understand. At night while every one dreams, sleeps and is safe in their cocoons. I slip out the room, tiptoe through the house, and delicately. Gently unlock the door. Creep down the stairs so as not to frighten it, it's not just mechanical. More like super biological. When I touch it, recognizes me by slight of hand opens up to me. I enter settle down, we converse not by words tough. That's silly it doesn't speak English. I am not sure what language it speaks. With all its greatness and power, millions of light years travel possible. It does not understand the concept of language. I am not educated enough to explain to it what, language is. Nor religion, nor race or even something as basic as color? I sometimes tell it for a smart ship it is dumb. We talk of places all across our multiverse, of past of present and even of future. It's been there here and every where its shows me of the greatness of the "soul". The essence, I have never told any body of the ship. No one would believe me. It claims its from the future, but I told it that time travel is impossible. Another term it did not understand. It is like a child sometimes, tells me bed time stories. Of racelless faceless and nameless places. Nor currency, for that's only current no need for that if you are immortal. No wars, for the is no great cause but all are one and one is all. United in thought, being, conscious and conscience. One mother to all children, and all children with one mother. All know to love her. I asked ship, one day if we could take all the people on earth. To it's place so we could also be happy. And know what it is to be complete, fulfilled one. It told me no. I asked why not, you care about my people right ? It replied I care for all people. My question unanswered I asked again why can't we take them to that place. Where there is no hunger, no war, no rape no death no politics or race. She replied to me, they are not ready all in all with a process. To know better you will do worst, to enjoy life you will experience death. To appreciate first you must be without. You will struggle and go to your deepest depths first. So you will rise from there to be all you were meant to be. I asked the ship, I know so why can't you take me. She replied you are all my children. I love you no less for being wiser, and I love the others no more for being lost. All will one day one.

Fred thanks for the article

Letting my wall crumble

"A true soul mate is the person who shows you everything that is holding you back, the person who brings you to your own attention so you can change your life. a true soul mate is probably the most important person you'll ever meet because they tear down your walls and smack you awake"...

This is the Love that is changing me. Making me a better person (man) and more in tune with the world. I am blessed.

The Beach

The Heat is rising, Global warming is already in strong activity.
In Chinas the cold weather his killing people, in Mozambique the heat is higher than Normal....
How can we revert this problem ? Will we revert ?


In the developed world many countries are already trying to go green. The cars becoming more environmental friendly more people are more aware of this issue.

One question, what will we do with the cars that are not environmental friendly. I know you can melt the car and build a new one, a environmental friendly.
But how about the cars in African cities. The cities in Africa are becoming overcrowded with second hand cars, Increasing the emissions of gases.


The African cities are growing but not with an environmental agenda. Even if we fix the problem in the developed countries the same problem is starting in the developing countries

New solutions must be found. More sustainable solution.

But since we are still trying to find the solutions and the heat is rising. What will we do ? In Maputo People fight the heat by going to the beach.....

We need more Free Hugs

Maybe this is what really means being Human. Standing out there giving Free Hugs. Giving some love back to the world.
A Free Hug Might be what we all need.

What do you Think ?

Homo Sapiens

Today is a cold day 28F, i wish i was in Maputo 82F.

I like to talk about humans, we have forgot what is the meaning of being an Human.
I think that is very interesting that a lot of us(humans) have being trying to find out the meaning of being HUMAN. However, sometimes on the process of trying to become or find out what is being a Human or to connect to the world we go father from the Humans that we trying to become.

Humans are define as "A member of the genus Homo and especially of the species H. sapiens"


THe Filidae is "the biological family of the cats; a member of this family is called a felid" all from the same family but non of them care of each other sometimes they even fight and kill each other.

Homo Sapiens Do the same and we are all from the same family

A quote from Malcolm X....
We declare our right on this earth to be a human being, to be respected as a human being, to be given the rights of a human being in this society, on this earth, in this day, which we intend to bring into existence by any means necessary

The window ..."A Janela"

WE all look through a window..different windows ..different point of views...different experiments...sometimes even if we look through the same windows we see different things....What do you see ?

Arrogacia Humilde of ME

Arrogance:an attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions
Humble:not proud or arrogant

My Blog title is Arrogancia Humilde "arrogance Humble", I am both and my challenge is to try to maintain a balance between these both concepts. In the 21st century we can not be more of one or the other.

This is the first time I am putting my ideas out there to the world to see and read. The blog is a way to express all the sides that ONE can have.
I love Pictures so i might Put some of my pictures to the world to enjoy and criticizes( constructive criticisms is the best way i can evolute).
Recently i see my self talking more about the social issues so this maybe a way to get some of my ideas out there and maybe i might find some solution.

One of my main Goals is to Find ways to enjoy life and to help people around me (I am very interested in Economic development)

Change

For the oppressed to be able to wage the struggle for their liberation, they need to perceive the reality of oppression not as a closed world from which there is no exit, but as a limiing situation which they can transform by PAOLO FREIRE'S.

For us to understand and try to change how some aspects of the world work we have to be able to see what Freire's sees, that there is always a way to transform the situation that we are in. The people have to be organized and find the exit for the problem. The situation Feb 5 in Maputo is just a sign that wen the people are push to extremes they will react. IN Maputo the extreme was the rise of the transportation fare. Maputo population must see Feb 5 as a sign that if they unite and react, more issues can be resolved. More demonstration, peaceful demonstration. Like Azagaia said The people is in Power. The people was the power to put the Government in power and this is a point that the people should realized. That they are the ONES that put other people in power. So in a sense they have the power of Change.

There is virtually nothing that can not be changed. it might that time but change eventually comes.



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