Well, yesterday as I was reading the Journal de Montreal, I found this exact phrase, in french...

''la liberté de l'un s'arrête là où la liberté de l'autre commence. ...''

It was in an article about new families. You know where the man and the woman unite, get married and have kids.

It's all nice when the in-laws are concerned in the welfare of their offspring. However, it's not a concern anymore on their part if they butt in where they are not welcomed, if they give unsolicited advice. It often causes conflict between the young married couple which can be disastrous alot of the time.

This is my advice to them and I am in a good position to give it. I am a daughter, am 41 ones years old, a mother AND a grandmother. So I am in between (stuck in the middle).

Parents, please, when your kids have turned 18 (or 19 in the states) they are legally responsible for themselves. Since they are still young and inexperienced, they do need good advice and guidance in order to live a good life but do not shove it down their throats, they may just rebel. You may think it's for their best but really, it isn't. They will only end up resenting you in the end and it may cause permanent damage, do you still want to keep in touch with them? Yes this question seems drastic but I have seen it materialize, in real life!

Young adults, please, your parents do love you and are concerned about your welfare. You are legally responsible for yourselves, true and ARE inexperienced. You do need good advice and guidance from older wiser people or you too make may terrible mistakes, mistakes which you may regret in 20 or 30 years from now.. So just listen please and don't jump right away to conclusions nor shut them out. They do make sense most of the time and even if they do do mistakes, don't judge them, they are only human. Ask yourself this question, would you like to be judged? Learn from them. One day you will be glad you did.

''The freedom of one ends where the freedom of one begins''

When your son or daughter decides to leave the nest, get married and raise a family, do not get too involved. This is your freedom ends and theirs begin.

Dreams are but limitless possibilities. I have many choices now. Do I go to Vancouver next summer? Do I move to Alberta? Do I go to Asheville to see my friend Moss? Do I go to univerversity? Do I stay in agriculture?

I don't want to stay here in Quebec. It's not my home and I never felt like I belong here anyway.

Sauvegardons le libre accès au millepertuis

Les plantes et les herbes médicinales sont là depuis des millions d'années, bien avant nous.   De quelle droit se prennent t'ils (pharmaciens, gouvernements) de nous dicter quoi faire??? Si ils restreint l'accès pour le millepertuis, qu'est-ce qui les empêches d'en faire autant pour les autres herbes??? Nos ancètres utilisaient ces mêmes plantes médicinales pour soigner eux-mêmes ainsi que leurs familles.   Les herboristes sont les ancêtres des pharmaciens. L'accès libre aux plantes médicinales est un droit de tous les êtes de la planète.   pcp: J'ai remarquer, ainsi que plusieurs autres personnes aussi, que les gens aujourd'hui se dirigaient de plus en plus vers les produits bio naturelles, plantes et herbes médicinales, soins naturelles, etc..., et les gouvernements ont peur de perdre le contrôle. Et comme ils ont peurs de perdre le contrôle sur nous, ils commence à serrer la vice.

Zia Terra Nova

Dans l'attente, avec patience

De nouvelles idées te donneront des ailes, pour te libérer de ton passé, et te propulser vers la liberté.

Le temps, comme un amant, te fait attendre, il aiguise sa patience, le temps suit le cours des évènements.

Il va lentement, minitieusement, il avance inexorablement le temps.

Rigoureusement, il améliore ton lendemain. Le temps mûrit les choses.

Tu veras avec le temps d'une façon différente, ti vivras sous un soleil, le nouveau chemin.

Ce nouveau matin, ce soleil levant, ce bonheur apparaît au grand jour, il vivait depuis toujours au plus profond de toi!!!

Ton château

Tu vas vers un destin que tu as tracé, auquel tu as bien pensé.

Tu est au meilleur de tes possibilités, tu est bien armé, aussi.

Cela veut dire que tu dois suivre tes inspirations, pour te diriger, pour avancer.

Car la vie te veut réjoui, riche et partageant avec les gens.

On tàidera, on te dirigera, on te poussera vers un soleil radieux.

Ouvre grand les yeaux, sois heureux comme l'enfant.

Ton château est la, visible, il est d'une beauté indicible...

These 2 previous poems are in french. I got them off  message cards...

I'm fed up living in Quebec, fed up with the french here. I was asked the other day if I could refrain from
speaking in English while in school as some people were uncomfortable and could not understand it. I was shocked and flabergasted but not surprised. Some Quebecers freak out over this language thing. I was told by a friend of mine who is french, in the Bloc party and not judgemental that she had no problem with it and the only reason people at school did not like it and was not comfortable with it is because they are not able to hear the juicy tidbits of information in order to gossip. She suggested that I continue conversing in English...