Sasha Kane

Sasha Kane http://sashakane.multiply.com/ I am a SURVIVOR, in every sense of the word. Have survived childhood trauma, terminal cancer, and a horrific accident that I miraculously lived through, leaving Doctors shaking their heads in wonderment. I truly believe God is REAL and still in the miracle business. I have known and received more grace, love and mercy, from God and those in my life, than I truly deserve. I believe people are innately good, born to shine and do wonderful things with their ingenuity, creativity and respective lives. Sadly some get wounded along the way, affecting their ability to see their own beauty, stunting their true potential. In my dealings with others professionally and personally, I try to help others realize how awesome and special they truly are... <div style="text-align: center;width: 450px;visibility: visible;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;">  <object height="270" width="435"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="never"><param name="movie" value="http://www.profileplaylist.net/mc/mp3player_new.swf"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="flashvars" value="config=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.indimusic.us%2Fext%2Fpc%2Fconfig_black.xml&mywidth=435&myheight=270&playlist_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.indimusic.us%2Floadplaylist.php%3Fplaylist%3D42090697%26t%3D1240717447&wid=os">      <embed allowscriptaccess="never" style="width: 435px;visibility: visible;height: 270px;" src="http://www.profileplaylist.net/mc/mp3player_new.swf" flashvars="config=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.indimusic.us%2Fext%2Fpc%2Fconfig_black.xml&mywidth=435&myheight=270&playlist_url=http://www.indimusic.us/loadplaylist.php?playlist=42090697&t=1240717447&wid=os" name="mp3player" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" border="0" height="270" width="435"> </object>   <a href="http://www.profileplaylist.net"><img alt="Get a playlist!" src="http://www.profileplaylist.net/mc/images/create_black.jpg" border="0"></a> <a href="http://www.mysocialgroup.com/standalone/42090697" target="_blank"><img alt="Standalone player" src="http://www.profileplaylist.net/mc/images/launch_black.jpg" border="0"></a> <a href="http://www.mysocialgroup.com/download/42090697"><img alt="Get Ringtones" src="http://www.profileplaylist.net/mc/images/get_black.jpg" border="0"></a> </div> Wed, 27 Jul 2011 20:45:31 -0000 Sun, 9 Aug 2009 23:57:00 -0000 Sasha Kane http://multiply.com/mu/sashakane/logo http://sashakane.multiply.com/ 100 100 Beauty For Ashes http://sashakane.multiply.com/journal/item/46/Beauty_For_Ashes <img style="WIDTH: 462px;HEIGHT: 328px;" class="alignmiddleb" border="0" src="http://images.sashakane.multiply.com/image/SvBAmxY4sZXlcR+Q1eh82A/photos/1M/300x300/6/67058-1212231009.jpg?et=BdADfDwH%2CeWU4Et%2B2tdYJw&nmid=0" width="300" height="328"> There are times in life as I spin full force down various roads of discovery and adventure ... I silence myself long enough to quit the energized activity I feel compelled to fill my life with...I do this intentionally to allow myself to live completely in the NOW!  At these observing times I come to realize that in some instances the randomly old, the forgotten, often times even the discarded have a certain honest beauty to them. Behind the dust, rust and awkward brokenness...Shines a certain charm, an unpretentious regal quality that  few fully perceive. It is important that we HONOR the tried and true, that which has been reliable and served us well...Even if they are a bit bedraggled and in need of some tender loving care.  Move on to the bright, new and shiny by all means...But never forget that which has brought us to the place where the bright and shiny is easily attainable. I am not only speaking of material things...I a... http://sashakane.multiply.com/journal/item/46/Beauty_For_Ashes Sun, 9 Aug 2009 23:57:00 -0000 Creamy Roasted Tomato - Red Pepper - Spinach Soup http://sashakane.multiply.com/recipes/item/5/Creamy_Roasted_Tomato_-_Red_Pepper_-_Spinach_Soup_ Creamy Tomato Soup concoction made to satisfy any appetite yet not be too heavy. http://sashakane.multiply.com/recipes/item/5/Creamy_Roasted_Tomato_-_Red_Pepper_-_Spinach_Soup_ Mon, 3 Aug 2009 01:40:38 -0000 Dancing WithThe Enemy~ http://sashakane.multiply.com/journal/item/45/Dancing_WithThe_Enemy <img class="alignmiddleb" src="http://images.sashakane.multiply.com/image/ICe+PU1iPKfJs3VaJrt8tg/photos/1M/300x300/4/1.jpeg?et=X0XPqAX9QFJGcttddVwreg&nmid=0" border="0">Pain terrorizing my body... Emotional turmoil seemingly winning this skirmish. Attempting to hold onto HOPE... And claim it like a prize...  Stomach churning... Head pounding... Hands shaking... Mind disassociates at every turn... I reach into the ethers attempting to draw strength... Recalling to memory the kindness of so many others... Tender hearts... Courageous lives... Touching my soul... Sunbeams dance on my window sill... Reminding me ... Joy can be found in simple things... Mundane things... Things I take for granted... Unable to pray... Words tumbling down my chin... Shattering into a million tinkling shards at my feet... Thinking... Then comes the realization... Healing prayers can be heard whispering in unison... In the sound of rustling leaves... Swirling in a sudden gust of wind... Round and round they whirl... Miraculously... Reaching the Father's heart... My spirit begins to lift... Slowly soars! Thinking... Tomorrow... When lucid.... Rested..... http://sashakane.multiply.com/journal/item/45/Dancing_WithThe_Enemy Thu, 30 Jul 2009 02:31:00 -0000 On Being Real http://sashakane.multiply.com/journal/item/44/On_Being_Real_ <h2><img class="alignleft" border="0" src="http://images.sashakane.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SiJXyQoKCpYAAFQQO4s1/linda-spiker-little-romance.jpg?et=k%2B2oOZ%2BOb%2Ct5vdCN8S29jw&nmid=0">"REAL isn't how you are made," said the Skin Horse. "It's a thing that happens to you. When a child {person} loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real." "Does it hurt?" asked the Rabbit. "Sometimes," said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful.</h2> <h2> </h2> <h2>"When you are REAL you don't mind being hurt." "Does it happen all at once, like being wound up," asked the rabbit, "or bit by bit?" "It doesn't happen all at once," said the Skin Horse. "You become. It takes a long time. That's why it doesn't happen often to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept. Generally, by the time you are REAL, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in your joints and very shabby. But these things don't matter at all, because once you are REAL you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand." </h2> -- by Margery Williams, from The Velveteen Rabbit   One of the un... http://sashakane.multiply.com/journal/item/44/On_Being_Real_ Sun, 31 May 2009 11:56:00 -0000 Cherry Cokes - Good Marbles http://sashakane.multiply.com/journal/item/41/Cherry_Cokes_-_Good_Marbles <img style="WIDTH: 406px;HEIGHT: 296px;" class="alignmiddleb" border="0" src="http://images.sashakane.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SgflqQoKCpYAACLXKBU1/Gregg-Gallegher-Photographer.jpg?et=pDSS3iU0YdhdTjOXgvtqdA&nmid=0" width="357" height="198">                 Photographer: Gregg Gallagher @Fstop23  ~Ruby's Diner  When I am feeling troubled, as if things within me are spinning out of control or crumbling into a million tattered pieces. You can often find me at "Ruby's Diner" a wonderful little place at the end of the Pier in Huntington Beach, California. I can easily be spotted, I am the heavy drinker. The tousled haired brunette with two or three empty "Cherry Coke" fountain glasses sitting on the wobbly table top in front of me. Underneath the huge dark sunglasses might be a dreamy, tense, teary or vacant look in my eyes, depending on what is tugging at my heart at the moment. There are times when the critical responsibilities of life, the realizations that I am a mere mortal and the grueling physical and emotional demands I put on myself sharply collide. When this happens I steal away to one of sev... http://sashakane.multiply.com/journal/item/41/Cherry_Cokes_-_Good_Marbles Mon, 11 May 2009 10:44:00 -0000 Hope Still Lives http://sashakane.multiply.com/journal/item/36/Hope_Still_Lives    “Hope Still Lives…” The year: 1929. Stock market crashes. Tornadoes and other natural disasters effect the agriculture of the western part of the US. The Great Depression doesn’t stay just contained in America, but spreads abroad, effecting every person in the modern world. And yet in this time of turmoil there were still small heroes helping to change the world for the better…   Fredericton, New Brunswick Canada, a man with the last name Delong is raising his family. His neighbors all around him, one after another, end up with foreclosure on their houses. As the banks start to evict the people from their houses, he goes to the banks and offers deals for the properties. He will use his good credit to continue the payments on the houses, but at a reduced rate until the depression is over. (Many people acquired cheap property this way during the depression, but what he did after purchasing the property was unique.) Delong would take the very family that would be evicted b... http://sashakane.multiply.com/journal/item/36/Hope_Still_Lives Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:42:00 -0000 The Power Of One http://sashakane.multiply.com/journal/item/35/The_Power_Of_One                                             <img class="alignmiddleb" src="http://images.sashakane.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/Sbt0VgoKCpYAAAxAD5g1/4305Champ-de-lavande-en-Provence-II-Affiches.jpg?et=WQjlkXZdlFDIJVr7mPY8xw&nmid=0" border="0">                                        One Second                                         One Minute One Hour One Day One Year One Word One Sentence One Speech One Book One Child One Man One Woman One Friend One Leader One Teacher One Group One Community One Volunteer One Nation One Law One Act of War One Life Taken One Assassination One Cataclismic E... http://sashakane.multiply.com/journal/item/35/The_Power_Of_One Sat, 14 Mar 2009 08:49:31 -0000 Oprah http://sashakane.multiply.com/links/item/13/Oprah Oprah's Official Website. Love to browse through this site http://sashakane.multiply.com/links/item/13/Oprah Thu, 12 Mar 2009 05:35:44 -0000 Italian Cheese Cake http://sashakane.multiply.com/recipes/item/4/Italian_Cheese_Cake_ Creamy Cheese Cake http://sashakane.multiply.com/recipes/item/4/Italian_Cheese_Cake_ Fri, 6 Mar 2009 06:03:56 -0000 Confetti Fruit Salad http://sashakane.multiply.com/recipes/item/3/Confetti_Fruit_Salad Just threw this salad together for a Friend's Party. It was a hit so thought I would share it. Feel free to add or leave out ingrediants http://sashakane.multiply.com/recipes/item/3/Confetti_Fruit_Salad Fri, 20 Feb 2009 12:13:06 -0000 Playing For Change: Song Around the World "Stand By Me" http://sashakane.multiply.com/video/item/2/Playing_For_Change_Song_Around_the_World_Stand_By_Me Okay so this song makes me think of hope and groove like no one is http://sashakane.multiply.com/video/item/2/Playing_For_Change_Song_Around_the_World_Stand_By_Me Sun, 4 Jan 2009 07:40:44 -0000 Christmas Memories http://sashakane.multiply.com/journal/item/33/Christmas_Memories   <a href="http://sashakane.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SVJT5AoKCpYAAHagQA81"><img style="WIDTH: 260px;HEIGHT: 300px;" class="alignmiddleb" border="0" src="http://images.sashakane.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SVJT5AoKCpYAAHagQA81/salvation-army-325.jpg?et=v9beDjycEOrm3MaHb9jJtw&nmid=0" width="246" height="300"></a> What you will find here are Christmas memories that are special to me. Yes, some are saccharin sweet, sappy and extremely corney...Then there are others that are filled with pain and have a tendency to bring tears to my eyes. These are my memories...Which seem to serve and ground me well at  times. I started off in life as a Poor Little Rich Girl, my family had all the material trappings one could want...A beautiful home in an upscale neighborhood, wall to wall closets full of clothes, toys, books, pantries full of food...You name it we had it..Everything but my parents being happy with one another. I suppose my Mother being unhappy is the reason we always had to have the biggest flocked Christmas tree in the neighborhood. It would take her days to decorate it, a ritual we were never a part of. The tree was a monument to opulence not love...But that did not stop me from admiring it's beauty. Every ornament hung with deliberate care...Gold, Red, Silver... http://sashakane.multiply.com/journal/item/33/Christmas_Memories Wed, 24 Dec 2008 17:46:00 -0000 About Imagine LA - About Us http://sashakane.multiply.com/links/item/11/About_Imagine_LA_-_About_Us A Non Profit Organization Dedicated to seeing that NO child sleeps on the http://sashakane.multiply.com/links/item/11/About_Imagine_LA_-_About_Us Wed, 24 Dec 2008 09:15:55 -0000 Rum Cookies http://sashakane.multiply.com/recipes/item/2/Rum_Cookies http://sashakane.multiply.com/recipes/item/2/Rum_Cookies Wed, 24 Dec 2008 07:35:14 -0000 A Woman Of Grace http://sashakane.multiply.com/journal/item/32/A_Woman_Of_Grace <img class="alignmiddleb" border="0" src="http://images.sashakane.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SUI@aQoKCpYAAElhsa81/15-Midnight-Magic-LG.jpg?et=M0JLVMLGL8Xen4QJDJX9vQ&nmid=0">     She walks in soft grace and beauty...   Unique, tender hearted, a gentle spirit, distinctly feminine...   Mysterious yet approachable...   Her constancy is a gentle smile, hand extended with true warmth, ever poised for sincere friendships. She is faithful, loyal, fair minded and honest, a perennial champion for the under dog. Her voice is soft, soothing and melodious as she repeats your name, never failing to offer an honest compliment or two.   She is astute, aware and ever mindful of your physical comfort -emotional temperature. She is truly ..."A Woman of Grace!!" A Woman of Grace does not indulge in petty rivalry, childish envy, nor unkind malice...She never repeats destructive gossip, betrays confidential conversations nor the treasured secrets entrusted to her. A Woman of Grace is her own person...   Courageous and strong when faced with personal strife, painful choices, or the slings and arrows that life can unwittingly fling her ... http://sashakane.multiply.com/journal/item/32/A_Woman_Of_Grace Fri, 12 Dec 2008 10:37:00 -0000 Your Awakening http://sashakane.multiply.com/journal/item/31/Your_Awakening <img class="alignmiddleb" border="0" src="http://images.sashakane.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/STevVQoKCpYAAHHRcP81/copperdress-header-vi.jpg?et=wpr92uUiOd3qqcGP%2BYmdVQ&nmid=0"> A time comes in your life when you finally get it. When in the midst of all your fears and insanity, you stop dead in your tracks and somewhere the voice inside your head cries out - ENOUGH! Enough fighting and crying or struggling to hold on. And, like a child, quieting down after a blind tantrum, your sobs begin to subside. You shudder once or twice, you blink back your tears and through a mantle of wet lashes you begin to look at the world through new eyes. This is your AWAKENING.   You realize that it is time to stop hoping and waiting for something to change, or for happiness, safety and security to come galloping over the next horizon. You come to terms with the fact that he is not Prince Charming and you are not Cinderella and that in the real world there aren't always fairy tale endings (or beginnings for that matter) and that any guarantee of "happily ever after" must begin with YOU, and in the process, a sense of serenity is born of acceptance.   You awaken to the fact that ... http://sashakane.multiply.com/journal/item/31/Your_Awakening Thu, 4 Dec 2008 10:22:00 -0000 Alltop, all the top stories http://sashakane.multiply.com/links/item/10/Alltop_all_the_top_stories Comprenhensive Life Helps -Best On The Net. What I want to be when I grow http://sashakane.multiply.com/links/item/10/Alltop_all_the_top_stories Tue, 25 Nov 2008 04:19:42 -0000 The Warrior Within http://sashakane.multiply.com/journal/item/28/The_Warrior_Within <a href="http://sashakane.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SSZqSQoKCpYAABOeV2w1"><img class="alignmiddleb" height="200" src="http://images.sashakane.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SSZqSQoKCpYAABOeV2w1/2007-0629-228.jpg?et=FODHROBO7%2BKbMgqPipp3WA&nmid=0" width="327" border="0"></a>   There are certain personality archetypes that we all carry within us, such as the inner child, the lover, and the mother. Some of these archetypes present themselves strongly, while others lay fallow. For example, there is an inner warrior in each one of us, but in some of us this warrior is underdeveloped to the point that we are unable to stand up for ourselves, even when necessary. There can be many reasons for this. We may have grown up with a parent whose warrior aspect was overdeveloped, and we responded by repressing ours completely. On the other hand, we may have grown up with parents in whom this aspect was dormant, so we never learned to awaken it in ourselves. A warrior is someone with the strength to stand up for what he or she believes; someone who perseveres in the face of challenges and obstacles; someone who speaks and acts in the service of an ideal; someone who protects those who are too weak to fight for themselves. Regardless of the reasons for an underdevel... http://sashakane.multiply.com/journal/item/28/The_Warrior_Within Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:59:20 -0000 Six-Word Memoirs at SMITH Magazine http://sashakane.multiply.com/links/item/9/Six-Word_Memoirs_at_SMITH_Magazine Cool Site, Expressive, http://sashakane.multiply.com/links/item/9/Six-Word_Memoirs_at_SMITH_Magazine Tue, 18 Nov 2008 07:48:45 -0000 In Dreams http://sashakane.multiply.com/journal/item/27/In_Dreams <img class="alignmiddleb" style="WIDTH: 366px;HEIGHT: 250px;" height="250" src="http://images.sashakane.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SSJtTgoKCpYAADfI6qA1/n1544036615-59431-8301.jpg?et=EFtFaNVl8eNosJewmRoB%2Cg&nmid=0" width="404" border="0">   In Dreams  I Am Never More Alive... Or More Awake... In Dreams You Are Wonderfully Emotionally Reachable... In Dreams We Sway Into A A Wild Dance Of Intimacy... No Preconditions... No Recriminations... No Expectations... Just Raw Emotions... In Dreams The Barriers Vanish... In Dreams We Are Authentic... Courageously Unafraid To Taste Abandon...   Sasha Kane November 16th, 2008 http://sashakane.multiply.com/journal/item/27/In_Dreams Tue, 18 Nov 2008 07:23:51 -0000 Masks http://sashakane.multiply.com/journal/item/26/Masks <img class="alignmiddleb" height="300" src="http://images.sashakane.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SSHRugoKCpYAAHVOqeM1/15-Midnight-Magic-LG.jpg?et=S8RvHDjG71CP1FchoMXR7Q&nmid=0" width="208" border="0">   We wear the mask that grins and lies, It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes, This debt we pay to human guile; With torn and bleeding hearts we smile, And mouth with myriad subtleties. --Dunbar And so it goes... The mask I wear is one of wide eyed wonder mixed with childlike delight and expectation ... I choose it consciously every minute of every hour... Every day... The mask is not one of guile or pretentiousness... No! It is one of purpose... Choice... I choose the mask of "Awe and Splendour." Worn in worlds of bandished lives that somehow remain mysteriously, courageously and exquisitely beautiful... A private silent space where the essence of humanity is shielded blanketed  by grace and unquestionable good.   ~Sasha http://sashakane.multiply.com/journal/item/26/Masks Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:20:04 -0000 Gwen Bell Dot Com | Big Love in a Small World http://sashakane.multiply.com/links/item/8/Gwen_Bell_Dot_Com_Big_Love_in_a_Small_World http://sashakane.multiply.com/links/item/8/Gwen_Bell_Dot_Com_Big_Love_in_a_Small_World Sat, 15 Nov 2008 10:05:29 -0000 On Blessings http://sashakane.multiply.com/journal/item/25/On_Blessings <img style="WIDTH: 358px;HEIGHT: 316px;" class="alignmiddleb" border="0" src="http://images.sashakane.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SR5CBgoKCpYAAC1YJnk1/guardianatthegate-vi.jpg?et=aFIh8TYkLf1CTi2I5MGMMw&nmid=0" width="358" height="300">  <a id="m179" href="http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog/slideshow.html?p=179&id=TWLmo_0ic6OPFM6WAA_L4ep4z.XhjroNFQ--"></a> <a id="m179" href="http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog/slideshow.html?p=179&id=TWLmo_0ic6OPFM6WAA_L4ep4z.XhjroNFQ--"><img border="0" alt="magnify" src="http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/nt/ic/ut/bsc/srch12_1.gif" width="12" height="12"></a> There is a story about Naropa, an 11th century Indian yogi who one day was approached by an old hag. Knowing him to be one of India's greatest Buddhist teachers, she boldly asked him if he understood all the words in the large holy book he was reading. He answered smugly in the affirmative, and the old woman danced and laughed with glee. Then she asked if he understood every instruction in the book, and again, Naropa answered affirmatively. This time, however, the old woman's face darkened with a scowl, and she flew into an immediate rage, pointing a finger at him and accusing him of being a liar and a hypocrite. * It is said Naropa was forever changed by that strange encounter with that old hag. Naropa knew inwardly that he had been caught in the act. He did know the words, this was true, and from this knowledge, he could teach, and brilliantly so. But he had not yet wholly experienced the teachings in his heart, and therefore, could not fully understand that which he ta... http://sashakane.multiply.com/journal/item/25/On_Blessings Sat, 15 Nov 2008 03:26:00 -0000 Helping Women Worldwide http://sashakane.multiply.com/links/item/7/Helping_Women_Worldwide This is where I order some of my dresses and hand bags...Why? Because they give back..Giving 5% of their net profits to an organization that helps women from impoverished circumstances help themselves. =) What can be better than http://sashakane.multiply.com/links/item/7/Helping_Women_Worldwide Thu, 13 Nov 2008 08:52:42 -0000 The Office Diet http://sashakane.multiply.com/links/item/6/The_Office_Diet Am a chocoholic, even though I know proper nutrition, I find it hard to get truly interested in eating food. This web site has been an encouragement to stay away from the http://sashakane.multiply.com/links/item/6/The_Office_Diet Thu, 13 Nov 2008 05:04:30 -0000 How I Use Twitter at Volume | chrisbrogan.com http://sashakane.multiply.com/links/item/5/How_I_Use_Twitter_at_Volume_chrisbrogan.com Sometimes trying to catch interesting and important Tweets is like sitting in a bathtub trying to keep 100 ping pong balls submerged. Chris Brogan gives excellent advice on how to deal with the information flow of http://sashakane.multiply.com/links/item/5/How_I_Use_Twitter_at_Volume_chrisbrogan.com Thu, 13 Nov 2008 04:54:07 -0000