This blog is about the many cruel and heartbreaking injustices in the world, with a few other randoms that catch my eye..alot of it will be very confronting…Tumblr (3.0; @purplepersuasions)http://purplepersuasions.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2a4rwQmJv1r2vwz4o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://purplepersuasions.tumblr.com/post/25706599265http://purplepersuasions.tumblr.com/post/25706599265Sat, 23 Jun 2012 04:34:03 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz533qLaio1rp75jto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://purplepersuasions.tumblr.com/post/19251408425http://purplepersuasions.tumblr.com/post/19251408425Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:13:51 -0400“People are just as wonderful as sunsets if I can let them be…when I look at a sunset, I don’t find myself saying, ‘soften the orange a bit on the right hand corner’. I don’t try to control a sunset. I watch with awe as it unfolds.”<br/><br/> - <em><em>Carl Rogers</em> (via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://seabois.tumblr.com/">seabois</a>)</em>http://purplepersuasions.tumblr.com/post/19251326845http://purplepersuasions.tumblr.com/post/19251326845Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:12:24 -0400“Pray, hope and don’t worry, anxiety doesn’t help at all.”<br/><br/> - <em>St. <span>Pio of Pietrelcina </span> (via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://my-scattered-light.tumblr.com/">my-scattered-light</a>)</em>http://purplepersuasions.tumblr.com/post/19250946497http://purplepersuasions.tumblr.com/post/19250946497Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:05:35 -0400quote<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/37119711" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://purpletugboat.tumblr.com/post/18931591334">purpletugboat</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Kony 2012</p> <p>Please take the time to watch this and let your heart be broken while at the same time be uplifted by hope and change</p> </blockquote>http://purplepersuasions.tumblr.com/post/18941529983http://purplepersuasions.tumblr.com/post/18941529983Thu, 08 Mar 2012 03:18:21 -0500<object id="flashObj" width="400" height="339" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,47,0"><param name="movie" value="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><param name="flashVars" value="videoId=1412300821001&playerID=180211731001&playerKey=AQ~~,AAAAGuN0bcE~,rS1wzGXkRNnKZBuQ4FRjFM7e28yVdmek&domain=embed&dynamicStreaming=true" /><param name="base" value="http://admin.brightcove.com" /><param name="seamlesstabbing" value="false" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="swLiveConnect" value="true" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><embed src="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashvars="videoId=1412300821001&playerID=180211731001&playerKey=AQ~~,AAAAGuN0bcE~,rS1wzGXkRNnKZBuQ4FRjFM7e28yVdmek&domain=embed&dynamicStreaming=true" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="flashObj" width="400" height="339" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" swliveconnect="true" allowscriptaccess="always" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://humantrafficwatch.tumblr.com/post/17365552408/bwi-dulles-human-trafficking-transit-points">humantrafficwatch</a>:</p> <blockquote> <h1>BWI, Dulles human trafficking transit points</h1> </blockquote>http://purplepersuasions.tumblr.com/post/17366339974http://purplepersuasions.tumblr.com/post/17366339974Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:54:00 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz0p5cN1kj1qipvddo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://indiaincredible.tumblr.com/post/17236529201/family-travel-in-india-by-christopher-charles">indiaincredible</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Family Travel in India (by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/whistlerct/3202369871/">Christopher Charles White</a>)</p> </blockquote>http://purplepersuasions.tumblr.com/post/17259898080http://purplepersuasions.tumblr.com/post/17259898080Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:58:37 -0500<a href="http://www.freep.com/article/20120122/NEWS05/201220472/Human-trafficking-growing-almost-fast-drug-trade-officials-say">Human trafficking is growing almost as fast as drug trade, officials say</a>: <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://humantrafficwatch.tumblr.com/post/17258129305/human-trafficking-is-growing-almost-as-fast-as-drug">humantrafficwatch</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><img src="http://cmsimg.freep.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=C4&Date=20120122&Category=NEWS05&ArtNo=201220472&Ref=AR&MaxW=640&Border=0&Human-trafficking-growing-almost-fast-drug-trade-officials-say"/></p> <blockquote> <p>After months of being held captive as a housekeeper in the Mideast and then metro Detroit, Nade — her name has been changed to protect her identity — had become so ill she could barely move. She pleaded to go to the hospital, but her captors refused. On a July day in 2009, Nade did the unthinkable.</p> <p>She went to the master bedroom, took her passport from a suitcase, grabbed the family’s cell phone, wrapped it in tissues and tucked it in her pocket.</p> <p>She opened the door and ran.</p> </blockquote> <p>(<a href="mailto:tbaldas@freepress.com">Tresa Baldas</a><span> for </span><span>Detroit Free Press</span><span>)</span></p> </blockquote>http://purplepersuasions.tumblr.com/post/17259885796http://purplepersuasions.tumblr.com/post/17259885796Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:57:49 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz0xitjZXV1qmwtqgo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://purplepersuasions.tumblr.com/post/17207860662http://purplepersuasions.tumblr.com/post/17207860662Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:10:03 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lu8fxsZDNz1r48466o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://soulheartedquotes.tumblr.com/post/12411568223/when-i-see-you-smile-bad-english">soulheartedquotes</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em>When I See You Smile</em> - <strong>Bad English</strong>.</p> </blockquote>http://purplepersuasions.tumblr.com/post/16629170897http://purplepersuasions.tumblr.com/post/16629170897Sat, 28 Jan 2012 05:21:25 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lnh4tcBOon1qj9etxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://purplepersuasions.tumblr.com/post/16629134882http://purplepersuasions.tumblr.com/post/16629134882Sat, 28 Jan 2012 05:19:15 -0500“When you do something noble and beautiful and nobody noticed, do not be sad. For the sun every morning is a beautiful spectacle and yet most of the audience still sleeps.”<br/><br/> - <em><p><em><strong>John Lennon</strong></em> (via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://hip-.tumblr.com/">hip-</a></p> <p>)</p></em>http://purplepersuasions.tumblr.com/post/16629126972http://purplepersuasions.tumblr.com/post/16629126972Sat, 28 Jan 2012 05:18:46 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm7yj1nweW1qeardzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://felixinclusis.tumblr.com/post/6458441320/artparasite-love-is-in-the-hair-carles-gomila">felixinclusis</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://artparasite.tumblr.com/post/6147732206">artparasite</a>: <em>Love Is In The Hair</em>, <a href="http://www.carlesgomila.com">Carles Gomila</a></p> </blockquote>http://purplepersuasions.tumblr.com/post/16629123799http://purplepersuasions.tumblr.com/post/16629123799Sat, 28 Jan 2012 05:18:35 -0500“How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.”<br/><br/> - <em><p><em><strong>Annie Dillard in The Writing Life</strong></em> (via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://recreativespace.tumblr.com/">recreativespace</a></p> <p>)</p></em>http://purplepersuasions.tumblr.com/post/16629069052http://purplepersuasions.tumblr.com/post/16629069052Sat, 28 Jan 2012 05:15:14 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lqnw29J6iT1qa0g9ao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://searchforlife.tumblr.com/post/9522416610">searchforlife</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>(via <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=254264521271078&set=a.254263514604512.66602.254262001271330&type=1">World’s Footprints’s Photos - Architecture & Environment</a>)</p> </blockquote>http://purplepersuasions.tumblr.com/post/16629061235http://purplepersuasions.tumblr.com/post/16629061235Sat, 28 Jan 2012 05:14:47 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmdsa4IfUa1qz72pbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://purplepersuasions.tumblr.com/post/16629058856http://purplepersuasions.tumblr.com/post/16629058856Sat, 28 Jan 2012 05:14:38 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmvpamvp3A1qai62so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://asiantamm.tumblr.com/post/8665233491">asiantamm</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong><em><br/></em></strong></p> </blockquote>http://purplepersuasions.tumblr.com/post/16629056789http://purplepersuasions.tumblr.com/post/16629056789Sat, 28 Jan 2012 05:14:31 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lss0ofCOxi1qhfl0qo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://purplepersuasions.tumblr.com/post/16628602449http://purplepersuasions.tumblr.com/post/16628602449Sat, 28 Jan 2012 04:47:33 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lv8jd6kTh31r1kz5zo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thedecantingroom.tumblr.com/post/13313650393/art-by-krish-tipirneni-on-flickr">thedecantingroom</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/krish4u/4278340380/" title=".Art.">.Art.</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/krish4u/">.krish.Tipirneni.</a> on Flickr.</p> </blockquote>http://purplepersuasions.tumblr.com/post/16627515034http://purplepersuasions.tumblr.com/post/16627515034Sat, 28 Jan 2012 03:47:10 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpskd9PLBK1qaanvxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://unknownblog.tumblr.com/post/8803008269">unknownblog</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><span>Kalachakra is Yi-Dam (god-protector) who turns the wheel of life </span></p> </blockquote>http://purplepersuasions.tumblr.com/post/16566598899http://purplepersuasions.tumblr.com/post/16566598899Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:35:27 -0500