i wish i was a young adult during the late 60's, early 70's.

recently i was watching an infomercial for this CD collection called Flower Power, songs from the Love Generation. i downloaded about 60 songs from that infomercial and decided i want to be a hippie.

of course there are some things that conflict with this. i, for one, believe strongly that peace is unattainable as long as humans are living. the world cannot progress with conflict. if cave men hadn't challenged each other's beliefs and theories in the Stone Age, where would we be today?

if we didn't have anything to prepare for, how technologically advanced would we be today?

about a week ago, i was brain-drizzling for ideas for my Free Press Ad which will be a part of my portfolio. i was in my room, legs up on the bed, dim lighting, Bob Marley playing in the back, and a pot of tea beside me. i figured that that right there was my zen. i came up with the following idea:

there may be wars and conflicts in the world for as long as we live, but if we each had our cup of tea, there'd be some zen in the world.

just picture yourself here...
You're in the middle of Hiroshima after the atomic bomb, everything's gone and dead. you are the only one standing in the middle of this wasteland. you take a seat in the imaginary chair and prop your legs up on the imaginary table. you take a sip of your tea and you feel it warm your insides as your heart becomes this warm cup of tea.

you are now pleasantly smiling in the presence of a disaster.

so with that said, let's face the fact that world peace is something only the Utopian world holds, and let's figure out a way to put ourselves at peace.. instead of the whole world.