Holiday? Celebrating what?

"In this era of expanding religious diversity & pluralism, a striking number of our fellow citizens are voicing their opinion that we are an exclusively Christian nation with little room for other faith traditions. I have often wondered if there is more to this attitude than a simple quest for religious purity." And yet, isn't that what freedom was all about? The right to raise & praise as we(you) choose?

Jonathan's Birthday;

Truly, like breath Love is an important part of it all, and yes, we often choose to love the one we think, others will want us to love, but one day, we move past the simplistic, and then, we'll love with our heart , and not through our eyes alone(good book by the way!)..

Wisdom is not on aisle 5

Thursday, and I've learned somethings this week too: Power isn't for those who use others. Position is just being in the right place, @ the right time(s), but, there often isn't enough wisdom to know when your time is up! 

Yes, God Provides, but sucking His provision from others, isn't very pretty to watch, or witness up close & personal like.

Worship @ Praise along the Rogue in 2 days though. Hope I see you there.

Completed thoughts(for the weekend);

In life, even without the veneer of false friendships and empty relationships, we, those that choose to be ourselves, our only Joy is discovered in the way that we maintain our integrity and Love, which, in all honesty is what He asked of us.

So yes, people will be on the rivers and beaches that connect us still, and yes, they may choose to prove themselves while under the influence of that which can be purchased, but we know better, seek higher, and as humans(not just beings) we don't judge, we just Love. Love with a hand, with a hug, with a word of caution if necessary, but more than anything else, we come home safe! 
Me, I'll be right here, not that you'll need me...

Seal: Commitment(the new album)

“The weight of my mistakes

Depends on how I feel

Don't let it bring you down

The weight of what I say

Depends on how you feel

But I don't want to bring you down

I went walking' down a busy street

I was looking' for a heartache

I went looking' for my heartache

She said, "Don't you want to be with me?"

Ooh, what a difference the day makes

What a difference the day makes

Lay on my pillow

Look on us now

One for today

Two for tomorrow

The weight of my mistakes

Depends on how I feel

But don't let it bring you down

Out in the distance coming' into view

Six feathers in a hurricane

But I didn't want to wake you

You're not familiar and I don't know why

Ohh, how beautiful the heartache

I got bogged down in a New York minute

I hear you say you gotta be in it to win it

Well, I don't know what this means

Well, I don't know what this means

And the weight of what I say

Depends on how you feel

'Cause I don't want to bring you down

(I don't want to let you down)

The weight of my mistakes

Depends on how I feel

But don't let it bring you down”

Tuesday comes;

and here are my thoughts(for you):

Do you love?

Are you free to love again?

Can you let go of all those secluded worries and disappointments? Then forgiveness is within you to accept and enjoy forever!

Come then, the rain falls to cleanse and recharge the earth. Let it also cleanse your heart of that and those, for my hand is open to the future also..

Observations in the distance:

"All over the world there are confused people, those who can't remember the name of their fears when they wake up, & the people who love God but can't seem to ever remember where He was when they went to sleep last night. 

It's all right though Love, for the Universe cleanses itself this way. A wrong number occurs to you in the middle of the night, you dial it, and it rings just in time to save the house called! And the second-story man gets the wrong address, this though is where the insomniac lives, & he's lonely tonight, so they talk, & the burglar decides to become a lock-smith. 

Even in graduate school, you'll wander into the wrong classroom, & hear great poems lovingly spoken by; the wrong professor! Weird I know, and yet, when you find your soul and that greatness has a natural defender, even in what seems like earthly death, you're actually safely contained in His Love more often than you realize."

Me, I just wanted to share that too...

A Good Friday Quote for us all to embrace

"There are scores of people waiting for someone just like us to come along; people who will appreciate our compassion, our encouragement, who will need our unique talents.

Someone who will live a happier life merely because we took the time to share what we had to give."

— Leo Buscaglia

Wednesday;

It really did mean more than just the 4th. day of this particular Easter week!

Today actually reminded me that sometimes, even when you know the answer, the question(s) might be the missing ingredient!

Which, is yet another reason why I'm always open to learning more, and never forming opinions without the facts. Kind of like your smile actually..

Life, it reminds me Universe, we're only provided so many chances to love another for a reason beyond our understanding. Even if we refuse to believe

Lunch had me thinking;

"You say you don't know,
how to do it now, So you run,

It's not that you're bleeding,
but you're through it now,

So you run, so you run,

I know that you need it,
can't live alone,

So you run, so you run...

Does anyone ask you?

If you cry in your sleep do you feel okay

When you run,

Thinking its doomsday,
you got to let it go,

So you run, so you run...

Pretend you don't see it,
that way we can live the lie,
when you run...

So you run.."

Zip Codes and the Wind within;

Isn't it just like the wind to stir things up,
when you're trying to be quiet?
For here we sit, each within different zip codes of this new life, doing our best to deny that it’s happening just like we willed it, and still, w/out any temptation to deny its reality.

Lights flicker up from the console, and no matter how wide she sings,
still, I can hear another’s voice pouring through me,
passed the audio adrenaline that permeates through this darkness
that I’m trying to dispel from within.

She sings; where is the freedom I’ve left behind,
And here I am wondering about gazebos and running water in my mind

In this room the heat pipes up past the breezes of her voice, and still there’s nothing that moves me past the rhythms generated between us.

Me, I should have called beautiful..

Fishing and cleaning;

 

As an aside:
As my life continues to change... my soul aches for another kind of freedom! Freedom comes in many forms. It is an internal, emotional freedom that I seek to embrace & share!

During this life's new journey, I would like to actually "learn" the lessons I am presented with, then take that knowledge and share it with the world. I want to be someone who is aware of who they really are, and is okay with the reality of it. One that can appreciate imperfection, and truly see the beauty in it. One who is not afraid to be themselves, not afraid to love, not afraid to trust, for I long to be one with the Earth, to walk barefoot upon her beauty.

Me, I no longer see "life lessons" and challenges as obstacles, but rather as fuel that makes my growth faster and easier. Ideally, that's okay w/you.

Note to self(and others): God chose You!!

When David came in, God told Samuel; "he’s the one I have chose.” God wanted David 2 be king. David, the shepherd boy, the eighth son in a culture which gave preference to the oldest.

David from a family w/out wealth or influence in their tribe(1 Sam. 16:4,5; 18:18). The most unlikely candidate to be king, but God CHOSE David.

Why; "Because David was a man after God’s heart"

Saturday

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"The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the president, for destiny isn't a chance set of circumstances! You act, therefore, you realize. You recline, and therefore you have nothing"

Pray, Seeking His guidance, and be in motion towards His will for your life.

All good things are realized in this way...

I like change!

Change, unlike Joy can be more than it's actually worth, and yet, so many seek it as an answer to an unasked question that lingers somewhere under self.

In Christ, we should see that He made us as He wanted us to be, wrinkles and all. And though we in the flesh may not always be pleased with His handiwork, what else is better, or more needful for this life?

Just wondering...

LIKE DR. KING SAID, WE SHALL OVERCOME!

‎"There was a man - an inventor - who invented so well, He invented a fortune - for a man named Bell.

George Washington Carver, made the peanut great

Showed any man with a mind, could create.

You read about Malcolm X - in the history text

Jesse Owens broke records, Ali broke necks!

What's wrong with ya man?
How can you be so dumb?

Revolution(s) 2.0

The reality of race, is that it's only important to those who can use it against others for their own gain and domination.

Revolution 2.0 is real Brothers & Sisters,
just look @ where we come from,
the last of the colonial blindness is truly lifting there, and soon, the real question isn't going to be, not whos's in control, but who isn't "brown"?

For looking across all the peoples, tribes, and tongues, shaking free of their collective shackles, one thing sticks out,
and it isn't so pretty anymore!

Friday then, begin anew(again)...

Our thoughts and actions form our beliefs

When we behave lovingly toward(s) another

We think loving thoughts of them.

Our perception comprises mostly of our action(s)

Therefore, I love you and want you to love others as well.

Let's invest in one another then, for when we do,

Life is much more beautiful!

But, some just are really needy!

Surely, it's much better to be loved, than to have a one who can only smell your lust. And yes, as long as the sun shines, in order to enjoy another, it will always be better to have them want the inner you, rather than need to be within you.

For me then, on the other side of the upcoming holiday, it's just easier to work through the week, than it is to worry about the soon to be, weekend, but then again, I like change. Which isn't my way of saying I can't be still, more than it's my real desire, to not become stagnate.

For you, and for all those like yourself, even I, and not that it has to be hard to know the difference(s), between a man who wants you, while he so busy explaining why you're just what he's looking for. But try this; realize that what he's looking @, might not be you at all. For when his hands are upon you, and his lust is in front of you, how is it that you're even in his natural view? Now that's a better question, than any answer I can provide.

Life, like love has more to do with how you feel, than, how you feel. If you get my overall meaning! Yes, even I love how another looks, but then again, even I know that when the rains pour down, even the most durable top soil can be washed away, under the pounding!

Love yourself, and others will want too as well.

Love your outer appearance, and even I'll seek to impale you on my manly desire, while just as easily forgetting that the real you isn't just something that I behold, as it is a someone that I affectionately, empirically, eternally, hold.

And on that note, off to the studio..

(Being) “in the moment”

Is one of those things that is so easy to say, and yet sometimes so hard to deploy, for the moments do seem to pass by so quickly!

In this, it’s important to stay present therein, to recognize the value of these moments as they unfold.
 

Yes, in our spirit(s), there is no time or place,

but we’re here, in this physical body, for a reason.

Here, there is an actual time, and a limited series of moments, Moments that we can hold and treasure, moments where we can learn to grow, and, to grow fully into our present selves...