"The world in the past has been ruled by force, and man has dominated over woman by reason of his more forceful and aggressive qualities both of body and mind. But the balance is already shifting; force is losing its dominance, and mental alertness, intuition, and the spiritual qualities of love and service, in which woman is strong, are gaining ascendancy. Hence the new age will be an age less masculine and more permeated with the feminine ideals, or, to speak more exactly, will be an age in which the masculine and feminine elements of civilization will be more evenly balanced."

Var að hugsa...titlar á diskum segja kannski eitthvað um listamennina, hvað haldið þið?:

Christina Aguilera - Stripped

Avril Lavigne - Under My Skin

Mya - Fear of Flying

Michael Jackson - Invincible

Mariah Carey - Charmbracelet

Reading this gives me chills down my spine and tears in my eyes...

...and this gives me hope...



"You can kill me as soon as you like, but you cannot stop the emancipation of women"

-Tahirih

LXI. The world is in travail, and its agitation waxeth day by day. Its face is turned towards waywardness and unbelief. Such shall be its plight, that to disclose it now would not be meet and seemly. Its perversity will long continue. And when the appointed hour is come, there shall suddenly appear that which shall cause the limbs of mankind to quake. Then, and only then, will the Divine Standard be unfurled, and the Nightingale of Paradise warble its melody.

(Baha'u'llah, Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah, p. 118)

Meira af myspace blogginu mínu...nenni ekki að þýða:

It's quite obvious that I'm no virgin...I mean I have a two year old daughter. But still I believe in no sex before marriage. Some of my friends have a hard time understanding my determination not to have sex until I get married, since obviously it's too late. Well, that's what they think. In my opinion it isn't.

I grew up in a community where it's not considered such a big deal to have sex when you are a teenager. The average age to lose virginity in Iceland is around 15 years. Although I was raised as a Lutheran, my family was never religious. I had some notion that according to 'some' faith people were not supposed to have sex until they got married. I never really thougt about it. I just went with the flow, and did what everyone else was doing (although I started a bit earlier).

Almost four years ago I declared myself as a Bahá'í. I was introduced to the faith few years earlier but declared when I felt ready. I just woke up one day and decided that I should declare, even though I did not understand all the rules and regulations. For me it was enough to believe in Bahá'u'lláh. In those four years as a Bahá'í I've gained deeper and fuller understanding of the scriptures. Finally I understand fully why we are not supposed to have sex until after we get married (if anyone wants to know my opinion, just ask).

That means, from the day I realized and understood this rule and until I get married, I won't be having sex (that includes heavy petting!!). It's that simple.

Conclusion: It's never too late to start to live up to the standards we are supposed to live up to.

Jæja, ég hef verið klukkuð...af Kela. Hann er búinn að vera að reka á eftir mér að skrifa, svo hér er listinn minn (hann er svolítið slappur...):

1. Ég er með lyktaráráttu. Ég elska lyktina af gúmmíi, blýöntum, hárgreiðslustofum, skóm, terpentínu, olíumálningu, grasi og fleira. Ég þoli hinsvegar illa lyktina af mörgu ilmvatninu.

2. Þegar ég var lítil þá lét ég mana mig í að brjóta rúðu. Ég hef aldrei verið eins hrædd á æfinni og þegar það var afstaðið...

3. Þegar ég var yngri þá nennti ég aldrei að læra heima því ég þurfti þess ekki í raun og veru. Nú þegar ég þarf á því að halda þá kann ég það ekki svo það er svolítið erfitt fyrir mig að halda í við hina í bekknum (en gengur samt).

4. Ég var í ofbeldissambandi í 7 ár, mjög slæmu.

5. Ég fór ekki í sturtu í morgun (en ég fór í gær, bara til að hafa það á hreinu...)

Hér með klukka ég Helgu Lind, Helgu sambýliskonu og Badda.