Solar Roadways… some creations are so special they are worth a second glance.
Posted in ECO Inventions on June 3, 2014 by vicPost Traumatic Stress – talking openly to raise awareness in 2014
Posted in Post Traumatic Stress on December 31, 2013 by vicI AM OUTRAGED BY WHAT I SEE IN THIS WORLD – SHAME ON BOSNIA IN 2013
Posted in Sarajevo on December 16, 2013 by vicAs a NATO soldier in 95/95 I personally evacuated many children from Sarajevo for medical treatment world-wide. I have been personally involved with Milena Malesavic (featured in this film) and made my own short movie last spring. The Street Dog Woman of Sarajevo… a tribute documentary by Vic Ferguson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyzHJ7k_0qY
and before this www.olympicdreams2012.com.
So I consider myself a citizen of Sarajevo and therefore qualified to comment on this matter.
I pose a question to the Ministers of ALL THREE Governments of the former Yugoslavia…
“Why, almost two decades after bearing witness to the slaughter of innocent children to you commit the same atrocities to innocent Street Dogs and your children to witness this on the streets where they live, in the mountains and even in schools and orphanages?”
I will not stand by without sharing openly with my friends world-wide so EVERYONE can see what you are doing. You are disgusting animals….. Shame on you all.
How to find true happiness… your answer is within
Posted in Inspirational Words & Pics on August 9, 2013 by vicA man came to Buddha saying…
“Great sage. I want to be happy”.
The wise Buddha replied..
First remove “I”, for the is Ego.
Then remove “want”, for this is desire and greed…
then all that there is left is to be Happy.
Show Me the Way….
Posted in My Poetry on June 30, 2013 by vicTwo decades ago
As a Soldier I’ve been
To a place called Bosnia
I witnessed things there that were obscene
I go to that place in my mind every day
Hoping the memories will soon go away
I’ve been many times since
To face my fears
Knowing one day I will stand
Once more with pride
In Sarajevo, moj grad
and the ghosts of my past will one day subside
Twenty years now since this July
The 11th it started
When those from Srebrenica
From their loved ones were parted
In the few days that followed
There took place a slaughter
That left one I loved
A Fatherless Daughter
For two decades now
I have followed God’s path
My memories and pain I know cannot last
Many times Lord now to you I have prayed
So once more I ask you
Please
“Show Me the Way”
My inner strength now I must find
To take control of my wandering mind.
VF©Vic Ferguson 30.06.2013
A poem by Jock Love, a friend, a soldier and a poet.
Posted in Soldier's Poems on May 21, 2013 by vicWhere Children Never Weep…
Their eyes are brown,
and wide, and dark, and deep
The mirrors of our souls they say.
And I see them in my sleep.
Far too many…..
and my arms won’t reach.
To hug them all,
And move them…..
Safe from harms reach.
Giajl © Jim Love
For my friend and fellow soldier,
Vic Ferguson. Of whom, is oft in my thoughts.
for Charlotte, Sophie & Beauford.
Posted in My Poetry on May 19, 2013 by vicA Father’s Guilt
Today I write the reasons why,
these past twenty years I’ve lived a lie.
When I was as a soldier a “hero” you saw,
but I bore witness to killings galore.
I chose not to tell you,
and to hide my pain.
I thought if I smiled,
my strength might regain.
But no,
each day these past twenty years.
I lived with my nightmares,
My inner most fears.
I guess everyone knows the Vic in the papers,
of the he kids he once saved
and his Olympic capers.
But no one has heard of the atrocity & slaughter
where so many were raped,
both Mothers and Daughters.
Where so many children by snipers were slaughtered.
It was ’95 in Sarajevo the place,
when I lost faith in my God
and the whole human race.
So each day when I pray,
“Lord… make them understand”,
why I went crazy in that far away land.
The doctors and phsyco cannot understand,
why I still dream of the far away land.
I remember daily the horrors above,
but I never forgot my Fatherly love.
Even as my nightmares grow stronger,
I still believe this illness I’ll conquer.
When I have beat it, as I hope I can do,
One day your Father will be back home with you.
The Dad you now know is not me you see,
Your true Father suffers from ptsd.
Copyright: VF © Vic Ferguson
Happy “Earth” Day to all of my friends worldwide.
Posted in My quotes, Outdoors & Nature on April 22, 2013 by vicBe kind to yourselves today, and be kind to OUR planet
WHAT will you do to help our planet today? Recycle, not use the car, turn off the central heating, don’t watch TV… It ALL counts.
enjoy your bit of OUR Earth today
— from Ilkley in beautiful Yorkshire
If you pat your hand in the water, beautiful ripples appear…
Posted in My quotes on April 22, 2013 by vicBUT… if we all splash in the water TOGETHER,
THEN
Amazing waves appear.
Small help matters… be kind to yourself, to others and to animals.