Soul Prints

I'm currently reading a book by Marc Gafni, entitled Soul Prints. The concept of Soul Prints, is that each individual person has what he refers to as, a Soul Print. This is, essentially, like a fingerprint -- unique, all your own, and rather than being from a finger, it's from your soul. I know that my description doesn't give his eloquent writing justice, so please, forgive me. I haven't finished reading the book, but an important message that I have gathered from what I've read thus far, is that if you do not know your own soul print, your ability to know anothers' is stunted. Implied in this book, is that the human condition of loneliness, aloneness, is due to our need to connect with others; to exchange soul prints.

As Melissa put it earlier on the blog, so much of our society is obsessed with possessions and success, usually that of the material variety. The capitalistic world that we live in, is full of war, sadness, and grief. Politicians attack one another over 'moral values' - be it war, social security, abortion, gay rights, or the welfare system. Each party deems itself to be the party of the people and in doing so, steps on people.

I wonder what would happen, if just for a few moments, people put down their need to be right, and made themselves receptive to another's soul print. If, rather than shouting their morality from the rooftop, they took a moment to validate and contemplate the moral views of another, to accept the soul print of their foe.

This book is proving to be a very interesting read, and best of all, it's making me think. Which, is my alltime favorite hobby.

A House Divided Cannot Stand

Okay, Detroit Lions organization - you are making me do something I never thought I'd see myself doing. You are making me rant about football. Just one year ago, I was mostly clueless about football. I cheer for the Detroit Lions because in July of 2003, my partner claimed me for the Detroit Lions. I had no choice in the matter. She is a diehard fan, therefore, I became a fan. And now, here I am, annoyed, at an article about the Lions and their QB, Joey Harrington.

http://www.mlive.com/lions/stories/index.ssf?/base/sports-1/1105528200104850.xml

I'm no expert. I rarely discuss football, let alone rant about it in public, because I KNOW I am no expert. Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt - it is a saying that I subscribe to. However, at this time, I risk removing all doubt.

From what I have seen in my short two seasons of watching football, Joey Harrington isn't a QB among the ranks of the best, however, he's not the worst, either. I've been to a few Lions games, as well as watched every game on TV, where numerous passing attempts by Joey, have been DROPPED BY RECEIVERS OR TIGHT-ENDS. C'mon, guys, you get paid to play a game, to be famous, you get paid to catch the ball -- GIVE IT SOME EFFORT! The article states how even though Joey, in his last three games (which have been playcalled by someone other than the super-conservative Steve Mariucci) threw for over 300 yards, still didn't win two of the games. You see no mention of all the dropped passes. Has anyone checked to see how many dropped endzone passes there have been this season?

It appears that there is division in the organization because Matt Millen thinks that Joey's performance has been stunted by the Mooch's playcalling, yet the Mooch believes that his West Coast offense has been stunted by Joey's lack of leadership and decision making skills. I don't see how decision making skills or lack of leadership can result in a receiver dropping a pass that was in his hands, or even a pass that was close to his hands.

What's even more disgusting, is that Harrington has offered to restructure his contract to stay in Detroit, and the Lions just aren't interested. Where's the loyalty? I understand that football is about winning, but c'mon, isn't there something to be said for loyalty?

It's also mentioned in the article, that the debate will be whether the Lions think Harrington is the guy who can get them to the Super Bowl. Um, just a thought here -- while winning the Super Bowl is a wonderful goal to have in mind, wouldn't one think that a winning record, would be a better goal to start with?

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3:09pm - Note: Now, it would appear, that the Lions are denying everything in the article, saying that Harrington is their guy. Gosh, all of a sudden, I feel like it's election time again.

http://www.mlive.com/weblogs/highlightreel/