Thought of the week....

<h2 style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The importance of  strength in numbers</span></h2> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDGHt72S9BZspf0lcNmkIFdUTq5z0maBTdhG2Ya5fChhL85-Z8AjzxYX0o-sqIQZ9n1N9d0cQOr08ityjL_jjr5XkDORg3Ry_-p9StA6NmW4mU4UTnTWoi3h4sjHi-tnltQ0nI5OKD91U/s1600/collab_quote_2Capture.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDGHt72S9BZspf0lcNmkIFdUTq5z0maBTdhG2Ya5fChhL85-Z8AjzxYX0o-sqIQZ9n1N9d0cQOr08ityjL_jjr5XkDORg3Ry_-p9StA6NmW4mU4UTnTWoi3h4sjHi-tnltQ0nI5OKD91U/s1600/collab_quote_2Capture.PNG" width="320" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Following the rising number of unarmed black men been killed by Police officers in the USA, I was touched by these recent pictures of thousands of <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2872825/Michael-Brown-s-mother-Eric-Garner-s-widow-join-10-000-protesters-marching-Washington-DC-end-police-violence.html"> protesters in New York</a> , protesting peacefully, chanting</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 24.0000019073486px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "I can't breathe!" ''Hands up, don't shoot!" and waved signs reading "Black lives matter!"</span></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifPk14lDLXGeIWFKQD9GU0XjK2zk3ldJrNMUQRxbicnKoHYZ0sUCsFKZucQPRNcGhhX_vYyTLpdjZ8c6nkXKTsxYfqTZuqZClCPXZ2kCLFigVCpXNrD-zyxJ-hru7kvOXX9LBGjlnD2DE/s1600/2409820300000578-2872825-_Die_in_Activists_in_Colorado_Springs_Colorado_lay_down_to_prote-a-46_1418535054586.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifPk14lDLXGeIWFKQD9GU0XjK2zk3ldJrNMUQRxbicnKoHYZ0sUCsFKZucQPRNcGhhX_vYyTLpdjZ8c6nkXKTsxYfqTZuqZClCPXZ2kCLFigVCpXNrD-zyxJ-hru7kvOXX9LBGjlnD2DE/s1600/2409820300000578-2872825-_Die_in_Activists_in_Colorado_Springs_Colorado_lay_down_to_prote-a-46_1418535054586.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div> <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 24.0000019073486px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div> <div> <div> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was great to see people, as well as celebrities coming together from all walks of life, uniting to send a powerful and strong message to the American government.</span></div> <div> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbxbqbauEa5L61AeQ87yAcwYmtplw6gRKCdTsF0eCVTemsbzeubSMGJxsd8Gmg45jRWDr8tqqctY4aGyGtUOM0NHGcvuE44FW6iAXFXH4HQCug_grw4is1wfgCwwLGyAEz5Zgr8b-pcrY/s1600/Kevin-Liles-Russell-Simmons-and-Nas-at-Millions-March.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbxbqbauEa5L61AeQ87yAcwYmtplw6gRKCdTsF0eCVTemsbzeubSMGJxsd8Gmg45jRWDr8tqqctY4aGyGtUOM0NHGcvuE44FW6iAXFXH4HQCug_grw4is1wfgCwwLGyAEz5Zgr8b-pcrY/s1600/Kevin-Liles-Russell-Simmons-and-Nas-at-Millions-March.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXOH9FtzKi1Zpqy2KcYfx4Cp-VMCUkSobOPsBiSR3jw6NYLamDq0-9ifYPafKYBis0bTsSz7SwAmWCXsJcYre-HpdOJodTj9UFMqHqCKfHM4OsQNlE3VvCMRiytIgxwpJcMxy6nuOm_9g/s1600/2409C10900000578-2872825-Crowds_The_huge_number_of_people_flooded_the_Brooklyn_Bridge_aft-a-32_1418535054454.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXOH9FtzKi1Zpqy2KcYfx4Cp-VMCUkSobOPsBiSR3jw6NYLamDq0-9ifYPafKYBis0bTsSz7SwAmWCXsJcYre-HpdOJodTj9UFMqHqCKfHM4OsQNlE3VvCMRiytIgxwpJcMxy6nuOm_9g/s1600/2409C10900000578-2872825-Crowds_The_huge_number_of_people_flooded_the_Brooklyn_Bridge_aft-a-32_1418535054454.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Police brutality against unarmed black men has reached melting point and p</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">eople now fear, the very same force who've been empowered by government to protect and govern the law.</span></div> <div> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What's also worrying is the bullies who operate within the Police Force who go around u</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">sing violence to enforce laws only represent a small minority of the Police force, but unfortunately they give a bad name to all the other Police Officers who are doing a good job.</span></div> </div> <div> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-WXEj_BoXNkP2L6thsTYcjkPVLsAMYhDc4CsAvUGeSpAmHuEUZq9zqn3WPdciQOIrJ331Ps2L9qo-p0SSb8rpShCOye_WmD4MVDEgMy0v8lO8z5OZ8sohtVZ-WDIsxUOQwQ0o3_UrO_E/s1600/240958F500000578-2872825-Joining_in_A_man_in_New_York_dressed_as_Santa_part_of_the_city_s-a-45_1418535054576.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-WXEj_BoXNkP2L6thsTYcjkPVLsAMYhDc4CsAvUGeSpAmHuEUZq9zqn3WPdciQOIrJ331Ps2L9qo-p0SSb8rpShCOye_WmD4MVDEgMy0v8lO8z5OZ8sohtVZ-WDIsxUOQwQ0o3_UrO_E/s1600/240958F500000578-2872825-Joining_in_A_man_in_New_York_dressed_as_Santa_part_of_the_city_s-a-45_1418535054576.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.0000019073486px;"><br /></span></div> <div> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These protests reinforce the power of collaborative efforts. By thousands of people uniting to spread a common message, thousands of small voices become one big powerful voice the government cannot avoid.</span></div> <div> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sometimes I feel like I am my own Island,  but these protests remind me of the importance of working together and</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> making a stand.</span></div>

Thought of the week....

The importance of  strength in numbers Following the rising number of unarmed black men been killed by Police officers in the USA...