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be yourselves!
posted 1/01/08
"Every new year
people make resolutions
to change aspects of themselves
they believe are negative.
A majority of people revert back
to how they were before
and feel like failures.
This year I challenge you
to a new resolution.
I challenge you
to just be yourself."
~ Aisha Elderwyn
oh yes! this is the struggle
to be who we are deep
down inside...
to show others
the love that
is there...
and the
need we feel
to belong...
it's okay
to be vulnerable
to be ourselves...
truly
it is...
for how else
can we get to know
ourselves
let alone each other?
this is my continuing
resolution....
that i keep striving
to be
who i was meant to be
when that very
first spark
ignited
and my birth
was at hand...
be ever so gentle
and as kind as
you can
for it is true
that whenever
we speak
we really want
the same in
return
and i
to be
a blessing
to you
in kind.
may blessings be upon you throughout 2008 my friends and loved ones....
PEACE and LOVE always!
PEACE
2007
IN REVIEW
the future
1/02/08
"The future enters into us,
in order to transform itself
in us, long before it happens."
Rainer Maria Rilke
so......
back to work and so it begins
how is your year so far?
me?
crunch mode already
there comes a time
posted 1/5
you know.....
i've tried not to be
actively political
in my life.....
i've often believed
that it causes stress
to me
and to others
at least more stress
than i'm willing to bear...
and i've performed
my citizenship duties
quietly.....
but there comes a time
when it is so evident
that we must speak up
it is almost a sin
not to....
i am ashamed
to admit
that until "His"
second term
i didn't realize
how much of a pacifist
i really was...
i remember 1963 as if
it were yesterday....
coming to the greatest
country in the world
the united states of america...
how grand we felt
how special!
where nothing was impossible
and every opportunity
available to us...
but then
there was vietnam
and i saw
my young friends
off to war
back then too....
and hating
every moment of it....
i argue now
with my own husband
about our diminishing
lack of freedom...
it's the terrorists' fault
says he...
yes, i say
but so is it the
bureaucrats
who live in the same fear
as he...
there is a better way
for sure...
i don't pretend to know
what that better way is...
but then i'm not
the president
of a threatened country...
all i do know is
that there has
to be a better way...
less torturous
less dishonest
less freedom taking
and a
less God forsaking
way....
i do not wish to be
the judge
and the jury
as some others
want to be...
i simply want
America
back
the way it was
for me
in 1963
without war
in vietnam
in iraq
in afghanistan
in africa
in the world
so i will do my part
by speaking up
tell me more about
what needs
to be done
and i will do it...
like stars across the sky
we were born to shine
all of us here
because we believe
i believe in
us the people
do you?
Peace
Editorial
Looking at America
Published: December 31, 2007
New York Times
"There are too many moments these days
when we cannot recognize our country.
Sunday was one of them, as we read the
account in The Times of how men in some
of the most trusted posts in the nation
plotted to cover up the torture of prisoners
by Central Intelligence Agency interrogators
by destroying videotapes of their sickening
behavior. It was impossible to see the founding
principles of the greatest democracy in the
contempt these men and their bosses showed
for the Constitution, the rule of law and
human decency....................to read the rest:
today's inspiration
posted 1/7
"And tomorrow is only a vision. But today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness. And tomorrow a vision of hope. Look well, therefore, to this day!
~ Kalidasa
making progress on
our studio move
to niantic....
stay tuned!
peace out!
tonight's inspiration
posted 1/7 (thanks marcia)
Humble chief gains national attention
by Staff Sgt. Jeremy Larlee
Air Force Print News
11/10/2006 - MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan. (AFPN) -- All of the attention embarrasses him, but as this chief master sergeant learned recently, a lifetime of caring and good deeds is bound to catch up with you eventually.
Chief Master Sgt. John Gebhardt, superintendent of the 22nd Wing Medical Group here, recently gained worldwide attention for a photo of him holding an injured Iraqi child. The photo was taken about a month ago [10/06], while he was deployed to Balad Air Base in Iraq.
The young infant had received extensive gunshot injuries to her head when insurgents attacked her family killing both of her parents and many of her siblings. The chief had a knack for comforting her and they often would catch a cat nap together in a chair.
for the rest of the story: click here
now isn't that what it's all about?!
don't tell me our guys don't care!
god bless all....peace
happy birthday pedro!
posted 1/10
my favorite pic
my favorite brother
proud, endearing, truthmeister, evolving, remarkable!
Sir Edmund Hillary, left, the lanky New Zealand mountaineer and explorer who with Tenzing Norgay, his Sherpa guide, won worldwide acclaim in 1953 by becoming the first to scale the 29,035-foot summit of Mount Everest, the world's tallest peak, died on Jan. 11, 2008. He was 88. Photo: Associated Press
I was six and i remember
my parents saying how
amazing they thought he was
a life well-lived and long remembered
remembering sir edmund hillary
posted 1/11
In 2003, at home in Auckland, New Zealand, where he was born. Sir Hillary would recollect,"The whole world around us lay spread out like a giant relief map. I am a lucky man. I have had a dream and it has come true, and that is not a thing that happens often to men." NY Times. Photo: David White/European Pressphoto Agency
happy birthday dave!
posted 1/16
8 years later
days gone by
my hopes and dreams
for those
to come
dynamic angelindisguise vulnerable invincible
dichotomy
listen
posted1/18
"The more faithfully you listen to the voice within you, the better you will hear what is sounding outside." ~ Dag Hammarskojld
ah those inner voices
calling to us
that we so often
disregard
ignorance is bliss
isn't it
but the knowlege
remains quietly still
and it is only when
we awake
that we can know in full
the beauty of our lives
great source of information!
posted 1/19
our truest life
posted 1/22
"Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake."
~ Thoreau
happy dreams or nightmares
it matters not
this is the
truth realm
we must live it
and change
if we must
happy 5th birthday Jacob!
posted 1/26
Jacob Ryan by me
I watched the little rascal
while in his crib one day
up against the mirror
making faces to himself.
He was acting in a play
making scowls and then
he’d smile. Backwards
and forwards. What was
he rehearsing for?
At only eighteen months
I wonder if he knew
that the one smiling back
was his alter ego too?
Blue eyed blonde with
curls all neatly shorn,
did I detect atop that
beautiful head a little
horn or two?
and so the tradition continues!
remembrance
posted 1/29
heavens above!
where does the time go?
it's nearly february
and time to think
about what's ahead
for the new month coming.
was it just 29 days ago
that we looked forward
to a new year?
before we know it
it will be summer
and all the glory
the sun brings will
be upon us.
too much to do
too little time to
do it in!
february and march
two months of
remembrances..
for me
it's always a
time of reflection
this time of year...
remembering
and
loving
two people
who were my world...
where does our grief
go?
it heals slowly
it does heal
but never completely...
there are always
those certain days
that conjure up
the feelings of
loss and the hole
that we feel
in our hearts...
and we remember
the overwhelming
blessings
that they
were
and
always will be...
the newness of it
surprises me
these 21 years later
but we carry on
and continue as best we can
to build our own legacies
of hope and love.
great quotes
posted 1/29
thank you for this patty....
it is so very beautiful
music is lovely
the quotes
are inspirational
the thought
behind it
magnificent!
my prayer
posted 1/30
Oh God-our heavenly Father.
Oh, God-and my father
Who is also in heaven.
May the light of this
Flickering candle
Illuminate the night the way
Your spirit illuminates my soul.
Papa, can you hear me?
Papa, can you see me?
Papa can you find me in the night?
Papa are you near me?
Papa, can you hear me?
Papa, can you help me not be frightened?
Looking at the skies I seem to see
A million eyes which ones are yours?
Where are you now that yesterday
Has waved goodbye
And closed its doors?
The night is so much darker;
The wind is so much colder;
The world I see is so much bigger
Now that I'm alone.
Papa, please forgive me.
Try to understand me;
Papa, don’t you know I had no choice?
Can you hear me praying,
Anything I'm saying
Even though the night is filled with voices?
I remember everything you taught me
Every book 1've ever read...
Can all the words in all the books
Help me to face what lies ahead?
The trees are so much taller
And I feel so much smaller;
The moon is twice as lonely
And the stars are half as bright...
Papa, how I love you...
Papa, how I need you.
Papa, how I miss you
Kissing me good night...
