Givin: [gib-ühn] Noun;
"The Gifts We have are Givin for our Giving"
- bestowed as a gift; conferred.
- stated, fixed, or specified: at a given time.
- known or independently determined: a given magnitude.
- an established fact, condition, factor, etc.
- assigned as a basis of calculation, reasoning, etc.
Synonyms: accord, administer, allow, ante up, award, bequeath, bestow, cede, come across, commit, confer, consign, convey, deed, deliver, dish out, dispense, dispose of, dole out, donate, endow, entrust, fork over, furnish, gift, grant, hand down, hand out, hand over, heap upon, lavish upon, lay upon, lease, let have, make over, parcel out, part with, pass down, pass out, permit, pony up, present, provide, relinquish, remit, sell, shell out, subsidize, throw in, tip, transmit, turn over, underground, vouchsafe, will
Antonyms: abstain, be unaware of, devour, deal with, dodge, delight in, exclude, execute, hold, keep, serve, take, disallow, refuse, reject, tolerate, Weather, win, shoulder
Sky Harmony speaking for Givin Greentree
Given's name speaks loudly for his personality, as he happens to be one of the most giving people I have ever met.
While I was homeless in Portland he let me live with him for over a month, providing me with a safe environment to ground myself and reconstruct my life. It's safe to say that his sincere gesture of kindness and hospitality prevented me from continuing on a path of unnecessary hardship.
Aside from that, Given is also extremely intelligent, laid back, and light hearted - a joy to have around....
The quality I admire most in Given is that no matter what circumstances present themselves, he is never afraid to be himself - and what could be more beautiful?
Have fun in Colorado!
almost ready...
"Why use up the forests which were centuries in the making and the mines which required ages to lay down, if we can get the equivalent of forest and mineral products in the annual growth of the hemp fields?" - Henry Ford
Freedom is Choice
Freedom is a quality of activity, not a condition that exists in a vaccum: it is a prize to be won daily, not a possesion that can be kept in the basement and taken out and polished up for parades. Freedom cannot be givin - the most you can hope is to free others from the forces that prevent them from finding it themselves. Real freedom has nothing to do with voting. Real freedom dosen't simply mean being able to choose between options, but actively participating in creating the options in the first place.
the burning bush
There comes a time when the mind takes a higher plane of knowledge but can never prove how it got there. ~Albert Einstein
Voting in elections is an expression of our powerlessness: it is an admission that we can only approach the resources and capabilities of our own society through the mediation of the ruling caste. When we let them prefabricate our options for us, we relinquish controll of our communities to these polliticians in the same way that we have ceeded technology to engineers, health care to doctors, and controll of our living environments to city planners and private real estate developers. We end up living in a world that is alien to us, even though our labor has built it, for we have acted like sleepwalkers hypnotized by the monopoly our leaders and specialists hold on setting the possibilities.
who shall we ask permission to exist?
we don’t care what our detractors say, so long as they refuse to tell the truth. Tell us, Where do we apply for our temporary permit to speak freely?
Democracy is the most sustainable way to maintain the division between powerful and powerless- it gives significant incentives to the greatest possible number of people to defend that division.
