the downfall of our future... From the past.

     "Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. 
     This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of
its children. 
     This is not a way of life at all in any true sense. Under the
clouds of war, it is humanity hanging on a cross of iron."

      -- Dwight D. Eisenhower

As I've matured...

As I've Matured...
I've learned that you cannot make someone love you. All you can do is stalk them and hope they panic and give in.
I've learned that one good turn gets most of the blankets.
I've learned that no matter how much I care, some people are just jackasses.
I've learned that it takes years to build up trust, and it only takes suspicion, not proof, to destroy it.
I've learned that whatever hits the fan will not be evenly distributed.
I've learned that you shouldn't compare yourself to others - they are more screwed up than you think.
I've learned that depression is merely anger without enthusiasm.
I've learned that it is not what you wear; it is how you take it off.
I've learned that you can keep vomiting long after you think you're finished.
I've learned to not sweat the petty things, and not pet the sweaty things.
I've learned that ex's are like fungus, and keep coming back.
I've learned age is a very high price to pay for maturity.
I've learned that I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy it.
I've learned that we are responsible for what we do, unless we are celebrities.
I've learned that artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.
I've learned that 99% of the time when something isn't working in your house, one of your kids did it.
I've learned that there is a fine line between genius and insanity.
I've learned that the people you care most about in life are taken from you too soon and all the less important ones just never go away. And the real pains in the ass are permanent.

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How to create what you see in yourself...

The Law of Attraction states that your intentions become your reality, therefore the more you think about something, the more chances you have to bring it to reality.

The Law of Attraction states that all the power comes from the universe, because at the lowest level, we are all made of the same thing: energy.
Now, you can ignore how the law of attraction works at the lowest level, and still get all the benefits from it. You don’t even have to give it a name, as you can summarize it as a single concept: you become what you think you can.

This is the most interesting part for you. I recommend you to read the following paragraphs with an open mind and with a strong desire to learn if you want to get the most out of it.
As I’ve already said before, you become what you think you can, but what I forgot to say, is that this is always true. Let me explain what I mean. If you think that you would like to get a new car, but you also think that you can’t afford it, you are in reality reinforcing the idea that you can’t have a new car. The universe doesn’t mind wherever what you really want is a new car, as it will follow your intentions literally.
This is the reason why you don’t always have what you want, as in those cases you are probably reinforcing the exact opposite of what you really want. Let’s see another example, debts. If you constantly think about your debts, and how hard it is to pay them off, then you are in reality attracting them even more, and you’ll always end up having more of them.
It may seem absurd at first to believe in the Law of Attraction, so before I’ll tell you how to exactly take advantage of it, let me show you how it works.
When you think about something, your brain stores specific information in its internal memory. If you are thinking about getting a new car, your brain is storing that information for you, and it will automatically think of how to get one (using your so called unlimited potential), and chances are that you’ll get one soon. But if you think about not being able to afford it, your brain will do its best to make it even harder for you to get that new car.
Now, finally, let’s see how you can use the Law of Attraction to get what you want.
The first thing you have to learn is how to ask something to the universe (or to your brain, if that makes more sense to you). This step consists of three main actions: ask, believe, and receive.

1. Ask. This is where you ask for what you want. It’s extremely important to be specific about what you want, and to use positive and meaningful words.
2. Believe. This is where you act as you already have what you want.
3. Receive. This is where you receive what you want from the universe.

When you ask for something, it’s important that you are specific and that you use the correct words. There are many ways you can use to ask for something, for example you may write down in paper your intention. It’s important that you use the present tense, for example you could write something like: “I am happy because I have $100,00 dollars in the bank”, as opposed to “I want to have $100,00 dollars in the bank”.
The believe part is where you live your life accordingly to your wish. Act as if you already have what you want, and really believe it. You can also use visualization to reinforce your thoughts. Your brain does not distinguish between a real experience and one that’s happening only in your heads, so if you want a new car, close your eyes and imagine driving your new car. If you want to have $100,00 dollars in your bank, write a check with your name and the amount of money and put it where you can see it every day.
The receive part is where you get what you want. You don’t yet know how you’ll get it, so you have to pay attention to your intuition, and be ready to act whenever you have a good feeling. The universe is extremely fast, so act right away when you receive a sign or message. At the end you most likely have to take action if you really want to get something real.
As I said earlier, there’s a second step to take if you want to get the most out of the Law of Attraction, and that is to live accordingly to these two rules: be happy, and be grateful. Fortunately, this is the easier step, and also the one where you can see immediate results.
Being happy means that it’s up to you to interpret external factors in a positive and constructive way. For example it’s not written anywhere that you have to be hungry every time you are in the middle of the traffic. It’s only you that creates your emotion, so it’s your responsibility to always create positive ones. In short, be always happy and positive.
Being grateful means to not take everything you have for granted. Make a habit to dedicate a few minutes every day where you think of all the things you are grateful for. If you do this, you will automatically attract more of what you already like, and at the same time you’ll increase your happiness.
What I described until now is how to use the Law of Attraction in your life. In the next section I’ll attempt to explain how everything works in a lower level. If you are not interested in it, you can jump directly to the conclusion of the article.

How everything works

I’ll now attempt to explain how the Law of Attraction works. Keep in mind two things, the first is that it doesn’t matter how it works at the lower levels, as you already know how to use it. The second thing is that I’m just saying my opinion and nobody knows yet how the Law of Attraction really works, so you are welcome to provide your contribution in the comments.
On a higher level, our brain stores our thoughts in memory and like a search engine it tries to get them back when we need them. This process happens asynchrony, which means that if you want to remember the title of a song, you don’t necessarily have to focus on it until you get the answer, because your brain can do that for you while you sleep, or do something else.
Another interesting fact is that our brain can’t distinguish a real experience from one that is happening only in your imagination. Psychologists know this, and in fact are helping many Olympic athletes to improve their performance only with the power of their mind (for example by making them run their perfect run in their mind).
When you express a wish, you are in reality asking to your brain how to bring it to reality. Its responsibility is to find a way to make it happen. It doesn’t matter how, and in most cases it will just use past experiences to jump to a conclusion, but it could also use your unlimited power to find an answer. As we said, this process happens asynchrony, so you need to ask it just once, and then reinforce the thought with visualization and by being confident.
On a lower level, philosophers are linking the Law of Attraction with quantum physic. Quantum physic is not an easy topic and I wont discuss much about it here. Suffice to say that at the lower level we are all made of the same thing, which is pure energy, and all this energy is linked together, thus we can potentially control outside events with our thoughts.
This lower level is difficult and counter intuitive to understand, so you don’t have to make sense of it if you don’t want to. Think of it like the binary language of computers, you don’t have to think in terms of zeros and ones to use your computer, yet that’s what is happening at the lower level when you use it.

Conclusion

I hope that you now have a clear idea of what the Law of Attraction is, and how you can use it to attract good things to your life. I guarantee you that if you apply what you’ve read here you’ll see dramatic changes in your life in the next weeks or months.

The Power of Relationship Creation...

In spirituality, the most important element, the motivating force behind spiritual processes is the desire. Without a preexisting desire, the Creator cannot give the soul the abundance that has been made ready for it. And the minute a need to be filled with pleasure appears in the soul, it opens up a hidden "spiritual faucet," and the bounty begins to flow. The problem is that the male part, the giving part of the soul needs something to evoke it into action. Without it, it remains dormant, like the Creator, wanting to give but waiting for a receiving part to ask for it.

This is where the feminine part of the soul becomes active. Its role is to make the masculine part to want to advance toward the Creator and be filled with the pleasure that the Creator wants to give. Only if both parts of the soul work together toward that common goal, can the two parts of the soul bond into a complete spiritual structure where they complement each other and are filled with delight.

Therefore, in our world, a man cannot advance without a woman. And vice-versa, a woman cannot be filled with spiritual delight without a man. Thus, men and women are interdependent and complement each other.

When men and women work together toward the spiritual goal, they build their connection at an entirely different level - a spiritual level. In doing so, they transcend their mundane conflicts and differences, since they have a higher goal that fills their lives with content. When a man and a woman bond for the purpose of attaining a higher goal, they create a spiritual vessel between them, which doesn't exist in reality. This vessel is neither feminine nor masculine, but a new vessel, in which they receive the sublime abundance - eternal and complete.

Such a life is unattainable alone. Couples who understand that mutual spiritual growth is the most precious gift that they can give to one another are the happiest couples. Their relationship acquires a deeper and genuine meaning, and they march together on a path of happiness and fulfillment.

(As this is read, bear in mind that the dynamics of male and female are not only ascribed to in the physical form. This energetic dynamic is in truth in same sex relationships.) 

To Every Incarnation of Woman... Bless you for the burden you carry...

 This is from the book; Earth Medicine by Jamie Sams. I believe at this time it speaks to all of us who have every judged, condemned or labeled in our twisted desire to feel superior... May we all find the blessing of dying a little each day, to be reborn into the glorious beings that we truly are.

Death Wish

The bitter young woman could take the jealousy that ate her spirit no more. She had hurt the ones she loved. She carried a burden of guilt and shame that weighted every step. She had spit her hatred into the world, and now, friendless and alone, she cried out into the Great Mystery.

Our Societal Evolution...

As our nation tries to spread American ideals and democracy around the world, why is it so often rejected? It is rejected because we have so little to show for our own democracy and ideals. How could we possibly be a gleaming example of what is better than anything else out there? The rest of the world sees how broken our country is and yet, still we try to push down it‘s throat the idea that we are better. In reality, it seems that all we are hoping for is for another market to open up so that we can keep the illusion of economic solvency hidden from the eyes of the people that we use to keep our own wheels turning.

We lie…

If we really wanted to make the world a better place, we would make our own nation the first example. Yet, we do not. We show the world how politically divided we are, how everyday we allow our own men, women, and children to starve. We allow people to die on the streets, while only 74 of us divide 38 billion dollars as the rest of us tank alongside the housing market.

Finally a mainstream call-out on Republican / Christian values. Stephen Colbert is Spot on...

This is beautiful...I spoke of this a year ago in my blog http://thinkingin4d.blogspot.com/2009/10/lets-look-at-this-realistically-obama.html... Stephen Colbert does a beautiful job in slamming the viewpoint of the majority of the Republican parties view on their religious connection and financial inequity in our world. This past election shift was on the basis of a Republican call for less spending. This on the heels of a $900 billion dollar bill being past by congress which the Republicans pushed for. Look at this article to see who it serves; http://thinkingin4d.blogspot.com/2010/10/where-is-outrage-how-long-do-we-wish-to.html .

To give what we have, to those who struggling to survive. How hard a concept is this? We ask why the rest of the world is pissed off at us,... this is why.  Happy Holidays... Michael




                                   

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Don't Hope Friend....Decide

This reminded me about the beauty of seeing life with new eyes every day. To see my family, for who they are this moment. To love the people in my life with all I have and then give some more... 

Bless yourself with the gift of loving and accepting  what Life Gives you in this moment... for we never know what the next will bring, I hold for all of us, it is more to love. 

Blessings, Love & Light... Michael



While waiting to pick up a friend at the airport in Portland, Oregon, I had one of those life changing experiences that you hear other people talk about, the kind that sneaks up on you unexpectedly.
This one occurred a mere two feet away from me. Straining to locate my friend among the passengers deplaning through the jet way, I noticed a man coming toward me carrying two light bags. He stopped right next to me to greet his family. 
First he motioned to his youngest son (maybe six years old) as he laid down his bags. They gave each other a long, loving hug. As they separated enough to look in each other's face, I heard the father say, "It's so good to see you, son. I missed you so much!" His son smiled somewhat shyly, averted his eyes and replied softly, "Me, too, Dad!" 
Then the man stood up, gazed in the eyes of his oldest son (maybe nine or ten) and while cupping his son's face in his hands said, "You're already quite the young man. I love you very much, Zach!" They too hugged a most loving, tender hug.  

Our Lord's Prayer... A beautiful breakdown

I came across this and as I don't quote biblical prayers much, this was a thoughtful and more in depth look at what the Lord's Prayer truly means... Have a wonderful Monday...

I cannot say "Our" if my religion has no room for others and their needs. I cannot say "Father" if I do not demonstrate this relationship in my daily life. I cannot say "Who Art In Heaven" if all my interests and pursuits are in earthly things. I cannot say "Hallowed Be Thy Name" if I, who am called by his name, am not holy. I cannot say "Thy Kingdom Come" if I am unwilling to give up my own sovereignty and accept the righteous reign of God. I cannot say "Thy Will Be Done" if I am unwilling or resentful of having it in my life. I cannot say "On Earth As It Is In Heaven" unless I am truly ready to give myself to his service here and now. I cannot say "Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread" without expending honest effort for it or by ignoring the genuine needs of my fellowmen. I cannot say "Forgive Us Our Trespasses As We Forgive Those Who Trespass Against Us" if I continue to harbor a grudge against anyone. I cannot say "Lead Us Not Into Temptation" if I deliberately choose to remain in a situation where I am likely to be tempted. I cannot say "Deliver Us From Evil" if I am not prepared to fight in the spiritual realm with the weapon of prayer. I cannot say "Thine Is The Kingdom" if I do not give the King the disciplined obedience of a loyal subject. I cannot say "Thine Is The Power" if I fear what my neighbors and friends may say or do. I cannot say "Thine Is The Glory" if I am seeking my own glory first. I cannot say "Forever" if I am too anxious about each day's affairs. I cannot say "Amen" unless I honestly say, "cost what it may, this is my prayer". http://www.thylacineslair.com/MindRetreat/OurLordsPrayer.htm

The Hopi Elders Speak: The Elders Oraibi Arizona Hopi Nation

"We Are the Ones We've Been Waiting For" You have been telling the people that this is the Eleventh Hour. Now you must go back and tell the people that this is The Hour. And there are things to be considered: Where are you living? What are you doing? What are your relationships? Are you in right relation? Where is your water? Know your garden. It is time to speak your Truth. Create your community. Be good to each other. And do not look outside  yourself for the leader. This could be a good time! There is a river flowing now very fast. It is so great and swift that there are those who will be afraid. They will try to hold on to the shore. They will feel  they are being torn apart, and they will suffer greatly. Know the river has its destination. The elders say we must let go of the shore, push off into the middle of the river, keep our eyes open, and our heads above the water. See who is in there with you and celebrate. At this time in history, we are to take nothing personally.  Least of all, ourselves. For the moment that we do, our spiritual growth  and journey comes to a halt. The time of the lone wolf is over. Gather yourselves! Banish the word struggle from your attitude and your vocabulary. All that we do now must be done in a sacred manner and in celebration. We are the ones we've been waiting for.

An Unusual Love Letter To The World, Or Whoever May Happen To Read It

This is a very long, sometimes redundant in it approach, letter sent to all those who walk upon this planet. I know many of us across this little blue orb have felt, lived and cried to the truths of our society spoken of in this letter. Pass thi on to all you know. Lets start unplugging more beings from the matrix and give them a fighting chance. Michael Dear YOU, Straight away, before anything else, I want you to understand that what you are about to read is a love letter, written because I love you. In fact, it's very possible that I love you even more than you love yourself, which is why I'm writing to you today. It's also why I'm going to tell you some things that might be hard to hear. In fact, they WILL be hard to hear. The first thing I'm going to tell you might hurt worst of all. YOU, my dear beloved creature, are INSANE. Not just a little insane, in the way you think of the people you may know who are diagnosed with "depression" or 'bipolar disorder" or what have you. Your insanity isn't something so easily treated with a pill or a visit to a therapist. I wish it were. Your insanity is systemic, very nearly universal, and absolutely incurable from within the system that sustains it. Every "professional" you might go to for help is as crazy as you are. Get that straight right here and right now. Your insanity is not recognized, acknowledged, or understood by the "mental health system." In fact, all that system can do is help you become a happier crazy person. Yes, my dear beloved human being, you are as crazy as a shithouse rat, and there's absolutely nothing anybody you might be have trusted to help you can do about it, because they are as insane as you are.  It's an awful situation you are in, and because you are thoroughly insane, you don't know how to do anything but make it worse. Don't get me wrong, help for your deadly condition does exist.

Are you an Angel?

This was written by a Metro Denver Hospice Physician:

 I was driving home from a meeting this evening about 5 pm, stuck in traffic on Colorado Blvd., and the car started to choke,sputter and die - I barely managed to coast into a gas station, glad only that I would not be blocking traffic and have a somewhat warm spot to wait for the tow truck It wouldn't even turn over.
 
Before I could make the call, I saw a woman walking out of the 'quickie mart' building, and it looked like she slipped on some ice and fell into a Gas pump, so I got out to see if she was okay.
 
When I got there, it looked more like she had been overcome by sobs than that she had fallen; she was a young woman who looked really haggard with dark circles under her eyes. She dropped something as I helped her up, and I picked it up to give it to her. It was a nickel.
 
At that moment, everything came into focus for me: the crying woman, the ancient Suburban crammed full of stuff with 3 kids in the back (1 in a car seat), and the gas pump reading $4.95.


I asked her if she was okay and if she needed help, and she just kept saying 'I don't want my kids to see me crying,' so we stood on the other side of the pump from her car. She said she was driving to California and that things were very hard for her right now. So I asked, 'And you were praying?' That made her back away from me a little, but I assured her I was not a crazy person and said, 'He heard you, and He sent me.'
 
I took out my card and swiped it through the card reader on the pump so she could fill up her car completely, and while it was fuelling, walked to the next door McDonald's and bought 2 big bags of food, some gift certificates for more, and a big cup of coffee.
 
She gave the food to the kids in the car, who attacked it like wolves, and we stood by the pump eating fries and talking a little.
 
She told me her name, and that she lived in Kansas City Her boyfriend left 2 months a go and she had not been able to make ends meet. She knew she wouldn't have money to pay rent Jan 1, and finally, in desperation, had called her parents, with whom she had not spoken in about 5 years. They lived in California and said she could come live with them and try to get on her feet there.
 
So she packed up everything she owned and put it in the car. She told the kids they were going to California to see their grandparents for Christmas, but not that they were going to live there.
 
I gave her my gloves, a little hug and said a quick prayer with her for safety on the road. As I was walking over to my car, she said, 'So, are you like an angel or something?'
 
This definitely made me cry. I said, 'Sweetie, at this time of year angels are really busy, so sometimes God uses regular people.'
 
It was so incredible to be a part of someone else's miracle. And of course, you guessed it, when I got in my car it started right away and got me home with no problem. I'll put it in the shop tomorrow to check, but I suspect the mechanic won't find anything wrong.
 
Sometimes the angels fly close enough to you that you can hear the flutter of their wings...
 
Psalms 55:22 'Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and He shall sustain thee. He shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.'

This is a reminder to think twice before mindlessly using phrases like "my life sucks." Imagine, just for a moment, that you were this little boy.... Take nothing for granted. Appreciate everything.

If not us, then who... If not now, then when...

 "The religious challenge of this age is to those farseeing and forward looking men and women of spiritual insight who will dare to construct a new and appealing philosophy of living out of the enlarged and exquisitely integrated modern concepts of cosmic truth, universe beauty, and divine goodness."

Come join us in this exciting time of creation and movement upon this earth. Some sides are drawing battle lines, as most of us just want to walk in life with no one below us and no one above us. We want to understand how we can use the texts of the past and present to understand our world of today. If you are ready to Co- Create a world with God, Spirit, Consciousness and live the words of our greatest teachers. Then call and be a part of this wave of creation that is upon us.

You are invited to become an integral piece of what is created for our families, friends and the world. We are looking for those who can help in fund-raising, site planning, service and workshop space, organizational structure, day care items, etc...

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Our Blessings to you and all you hold dear... In your hearts and in your shadows...

Where is the outrage??? How long do we wish to be slaves?

 This article, was on AOL's front page for a total of two hours. I believe one of the people on this list paid someone to take it off. Would not be the first time. 


My question is this, after you read this article do you not think that these 74 people should be investigated for perpetrating a major portion of our economic decline in the rest of the country? I believe the United States Attorney General should be investigating these people as enemies of the state.

Top U.S. Incomes Grew Five-Fold in 2009, to a $519 Million Average

By SAM GUSTIN

See full article from DailyFinance: http://srph.it/cVFRLw

During the depths of the recession in 2009, as millions of Americans lost their jobs, homes and life savings, the highest-paid earners in the United States saw their average incomes increase more than five-fold from 2008, according to new data from the federal government.

The 74 people who earned more than $50 million last year -- the highest income category measured by the Social Security Administration -- saw their average incomes skyrocket from $91.8 million in 2008 to a mind-boggling $518.8 million in 2009.

These 74 people earned an average of $10 million -- per week. Meanwhile, half of all American wage-earners, or about 75 million people, earned less than $505 per week.

$10 Million Per Week Vs. $505 Per Week

Even though the absolute number of earners in the over-$50 million income category decreased from 131 to 74 in 2009, the combined wages of that group increased by an astonishing $26.5 billion, from $11.9 billion in 2008 to $38.4 billion in 2009.

These 74 people earned a combined $38.4 billion last year, or as much as the 19 million lowest-paid American workers, combined. In 2009, the average income earned by all Americans fell by $384 to $39,269 and the median income fell by $253 to $26,261.

These figures were revealed by the Social Security Administration on October 15th, and were first reported by David Cay Johnston, a Pulitzer Prize-winning former reporter for The New York Times, who now writes for Tax.com, the website of Tax Analysts, a nonprofit tax analysis group based in Falls Church, Virginia.

The names of the top 74 earners were not disclosed, but they were "most likely Wall Street traders who earned bonuses or corporate executives cashing in deferred compensation that accumulated over the years, or even highly paid athletes," Bloomberg said, citing Johnston.

See full article from DailyFinance: http://srph.it/cVFRLw

I personally believe that these people, that are unnamed, are the same people who run some of the most noted secret societies of our world. I think that transparency of who they, are and how they knew, who, what, where and when to strike, while the rest of the world was spiraling down points to a knowing of how it happened  and why we are still in this mess today.  

Just as every pundit gives voice to there judgments, scream at the top of your lungs about the inequality of our invisible chains of economic slavery, that I am sure if investigated... Most, if not all of this list of 74, pull the strings... And we dance to there tune. 

Isn't it time for us ants to rise up and run out the grasshoppers... I believe it is. Care to join me and risk all for our children's and grand-children's futures? 

"But Dancing with the Stars is on tonight, and it's happy hour until then. Do I have to think about this???"

Aren't you tired of the dumbing down of our society? Fuck political correctness.  Speak your truth and let them hear it!!!

My Blessings to you and all you hold dear, in your hearts and in your shadows... Michael

A message from the stars...

 In the Bible, numerous stories of  extraterrestrial ships, beings and interactions with those from outside our society are referenced. This text below is a documented, although unprovable, message from the Pleadian Society that many believe were the forefathers of our race... All of this applies to our lives whether from outside our solar system or not. 

“Above everything stands one force alone. We call it the CREATION. It regulates the laws over all–the life and death of everything in the universe, because it is everything in the universe.
Real spirituality comes from the understanding of the laws of nature—the natural working of cause and effect—each contributing to, and sharing with all. When you indulge in ritual and ceremony real spirit pines away until it is gone.
A spiritually developed being, as a part of creation, acknowledges creation in all things, even the smallest microbe, and leading a creative life causes fears and doubts to vanish like rain before the sun…wisdom is the mark of a human who has recognized the existence of his spirit and works with it according to the Creational laws…”.
By creative thinking man acquires knowledge and wisdom and a sense of unlimited strength, which unbinds him from the limitations of convention and dogma… One can never identify God separately from creation because God itself is a part of it.”

I asked God...

I asked God to take away my pain.
God said, No.
It is not for me to take away, but for you to give it up.

I asked God to make my handicapped child whole.
God said, No.
Her spirit was whole, her body was only temporary.

I asked God to grant me patience.
God said, No.
Patience is a by-product of tribulations, it isn't granted, it is earned.

I asked God to give me happiness.
God said, No.
I give you blessings, Happiness is up to you.

I asked God to spare me pain.
God said, No.
Suffering draws you apart from worldly cares and brings you closer to me.

I asked God to make my spirit grow.
God said, No.
You must grow on your own, but I will prune you to make you fruitful.

I asked for all things that I might enjoy life.
God said, No.
I will give you life so that you may enjoy all things.

I ask God to help me LOVE others, as much as he loves me.
God said... Ahhhh, finally you have the idea!

[ author unknown ]

To Hayely, Dallas, and all those who have just finished their institutional time of learning...

I came across this last year and I bookmarked it, knowing it would resurface in my minds eye at this time... I truly wish I wrote it, and in a way, a part of me did... May all those who are embarking upon the next adventure in your lives... Know, I hold these thoughts for all and if I can be their for you,  let me know...

I have altered this in only greeting...


Dear Young Adults...
As an adult, only I have changed my life. Because as an adult, only I can finally choose to do so. Or not.
Even if things happen to me that are beyond my control … a bird pooping on my head, an earthquake tearing my home apart beneath my feet … only I can choose how I will respond to it.

Memorial Day...

It is the eve of Sunday... Leslie and Hayley are somewhere in the middle of Washington, having a great adventure story, to be reminisced about at a Thanksgiving some years from now... Zachary, is at his friends for the evening and I hold he is having quite the enjoyable time. Dallas and Jynx, I hold are safe, Blessed and sharing real life with the world they are in. And I, after a week straight of 11 hour days, new menu launch and first week of several new staff, I have a moment to reflect upon those who have come before me...

I will tell it through the unfoldings of an evening spent with my son...

Through the fire...

We all have the experience of the mystics coming to us at some point in our lives. Some have passed through, some resist and become medicated, while others swim through the abyss of their dark night of the soul. Life is constantly asking us if we are willing to be annihilated every day, so that we to may be resurrected into our future selves. This is the challenge, this is the dream.