C'mon people now....

     Lately I've been reflecting on the word "hippie" and how it apparently has differing meanings for people. For me, it has a positive spin as it refers to a gentle generation with a mindset of peace, love, and doing what is best for the planet and every creature on it.......maybe that is because hippies are a part of my generation, even though I came to it late.  (I always will regret being too young for Woodstock).
     According to the Urban Dictionary:

A Hippie is a person who was raised under the ideological system that came out of the tumultuous 1960's in North America and western Europe. They are either of the flower-child/baby boomer generation or that generations' subsequent offspring. They possess a core belief set revolving around the values of peace and love as being essential in an increasingly globalized society, and they are oftentimes associated with non-violent anti-governmental groups...... "When we heard about the hippies, the barely more than boys and girls who decided to try something different... we laughed at them. We condemned them, our children, for seeking a different future. We hated them for their flowers, for their love, and for their unmistakable rejection of every hideous, mistaken compromise that we had made throughout our hollow, money-bitten, frightened, adult lives."  Author: June Jordan       Right on! Enjoy the music.  Wear some flowers in your hair. Enjoy the holiday weekend.   (email subscribers to the blog must go to the blog to view videos)