'Christmas Remembrance'

I'm sharing this with permission from my friend... Charles Quick ;)





A very strange thing happened the other day. I was doing a
Google search attempting to look up the words to a sermon that I

thought I shared on my site. The results brought me to an online

friend's blog.

Turns out I had shared the sermon in a comment to Charles under a post he

made called:

Christmas Remembrance - December 14, 2007



I just now went and searched through Charles AKA - Ceeque's blog

to see when it was I first met him. That was back in June of 2007.

I landed at his site from a link I had found on someone else's blog. :)



As with so many of my online friends, I will most likely never meet them
in person.

You see Charles lives across the POND over in the UK. Still, he's become like

a back yard neighbor and a special part of my life.



In his post of Christmas Remembrance Ceeque was facing his 6th
Christmas holiday without his son James. Charles shares his thoughts
of the upcoming holiday

along with 'an inspiring piece' that his son James wrote.



James was born the same year as my Vinny, he would have

turned 25 this year. If I were reading someone's message like this,
I'm certain I would wonder what happened that this young man
passed at the age of 17.

Let me say that Charles has a post on his site right up on plain view......

'Memo to Suicidal Young People'.





I would like to share James' words with you............







” Prose No.1 version 1



comment: This is inspired by several people, writers and someone I think is a writer! Its not very good …..


“STOP, yes, STOP! I`d just like you to take a moment and reflect.
Right now you`re sat somewhere reading this. Are you eating or drinking
something you normally eat or drink? If so, have some slowly, feel the
textures,smell the aromas, let your taste buds get a good taste.
Something you don`t normally do … you eat and run. I think its about
time we all sat back and realised what we have.


We`re cruising along in life not realising the potential we all
have, each day. We fear whats to come tomorrow, we regret what was
yesterday but we ignore today. And today you`ll go through what you
felt yesterday and tomorrow.


Appreciate whats today, the potential you have. Make a change,
stand up, and shout. Shout anything you like. Express yourself, tell
people you love them, like friends and family. Step back from that
computer, turn the tv off. Talk and appreciate people.


We take SO MUCH for granted, the air we breathe, food we eat, bus
drivers, that sexy blonde at the local shop .. and family and friends.
Over this Christmas spend as much time as possible with the things you
love (or should love) as you just don`t know when its gonna get taken
away from you….



And remember what the great John and Paul said …



“ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE”



in remembrance of George Harrison. “



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LINK TO CEEQUE'S BLOG ARTICLE - CHRISTMAS REMEMBRANCE



PLEASE JOIN ME IN PRAYER FOR CHARLES AND ALL WHO HAVE BURIED A CHILD.





Christmas Remembrance

James Wallace Quick
September 29, 1984 ~ March 21, 2002

Midnight Mass Sermon

They come……. often uninvited but not wholly unwelcome…..

But they will surely come…..

As soon as the Christmas tree is lit this evening….

As soon as the Christmas dinner is served tomorrow….

As soon as the presents are unwrapped…. They will come….

Who are they? They are the ghosts of our Christmases past.

Not some scary spooks from out of a Steven King movie,

nor some dour figment of Charles Dickens imagination….

No…. these ghosts are neighbors, who have moved away,

grandchildren, too busy to come home,

childhood friends, long since lost touch with,

and all our beloved dead.

These ghosts come to us at the holy time, tinged with

sadness, but so much a part of our Christmas memories

we could not banish them if we would want to….

but who could wish something so dreadful!

Our memories, and the ghosts they conjure, are as much

a part of today’s celebration as the packages sitting under

the tree this very minute or as the lights that beautify our

church this very night.

They are a part of us and they are holy.!

They come back to us….. served up in special Christmas

recipes they hand down….. unique Christmas ornaments that

were theirs, and those special songs of the season that they

loved to sing. They are our special holiday friends.

Aunts smelling like lavender, Grandmother’s who baked the

best bread in the world, small friends who shared their newly
arrived
red wagons, and brothers and sisters who wrapped their
Santa’s workshop
gifts with all the love their small hands could muster.

They are our special holiday friends,

these ghosts of Christmas.

For you see…. they are part of our history, and our history

is holy. For if this Christmas celebration means anything at all, it

means that when God became a part of our human story, our lives
took on
a part of the divine story.

The moments of our lives, each one of them, bears the mark
of the divine life. And therefore, the people of our lives,

all of them, are holy images of God among us.

These ghosts who visit us, trimmed in evergreen and glowing in

Christmas lights, these ghosts remind us that our story is a
part of
God’s story…. For God touched our lives on this holy night.

We need not fear them, these ghosts of love and laughter,

these ghosts of family and friendship……

We need not fear them, for they are our own history,

coming back to reminisce in this holy season.

Our history, made holy, by God becoming one of us.

And so, as I drive down the turnpike tomorrow to celebrate

with my family, they will come back to me,

the ghosts of my own Christmases.

My Grandfather fussing to make sure the house is spotless,

my Grandmother standing in her apron in front of the stove

cooking macaroni.

I hope yours visit you, and when they do, when those
memories of people not with us this day come to reminisce,

remember, they are signs to us of how holy our history is….

Our own history that is made holy by God who took on

our history when he came to Earth this very night.

Greet those ghosts with love for they are signs of God’s love….

Greet them with love…. welcome them home…..

and Merry Christmas to you and to all who are with you.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~

By Father Patrick Ferraro

St Joan of Arc – Streetsboro Ohio

December 2003

This sermon was given at

my parent’s Church.

I thought it was so touching I had my Dad ask

Fr. Patrick for a copy to send to my son Vinny who was

serving in Iraq at that time.

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~ * ~ GLORIA IN EXCELSIS DEO ~ * ~

My posting this message was inspired by Deb Call over at

Spirit in Gear.  

She wrote a post yesterday........  Early Christmas Visitor Brings Joy

Unlike any Christmas season preceding this one, I face my first holiday
celebration without either of my parents.  We lost Mom less than 2
years ago, and Dad passed away 3 months ago.  My siblings and I attempt
to put on a brave face, while feeling trepidation at
facing Christmas with the empty spaces left by our parents.      Jump over to Deb's site to read the rest............

   Early Christmas Visitor Brings Joy

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

~ * ~     GLORIA IN EXCELSIS DEO    ~ * ~

Dad always knew that Mother was the ROCK and she continues
to be a source of inspiration to all of us.    Mom made the transition to being alone
in their home when Dad fell on July 9th and broke those 5 ribs.  

Dad suffered so greatly in the last months of his life, his passing was a blessing for him and us.    I know, one does not often think of a death as a blessing, but considering how limited his life was, it really was a comfort to us knowing he is …….. AT PEACE.

On Thursday November 5th he passed at 2:10pm.     He was at Anna Maria
nursing home in Aurora.   All the family gathered there on the 4th.   
Grandchildren too.
My Mom and brother Mike spent Wednesday night there.   

On November 5th my Mother and  bro Michael and his wife BethAnn were there.  
Along with my Dad’s brother, Rollin… and myself were there when he passed.

Above Dad’s bed, I had hung a picture of an Angel.    This was a photograph of an
angel that hangs on the wall in my parent’s home.  
The angel is about 24 inches tall.   It was a gift many years ago from my Dad’s brother,
Wayne who died in 1971 at the age of 37.   
 
Above the angel on the banner it reads…   Gloria in Excelsis Deo

It was about 10 or 15 minutes after Dad had died when I looked up at the angel.
I HEARD…………. 

GLORIA in EXCELSIS DEO     …….

  I not only heard it once, but I heard it at least
4 times.    Each time the words just boomed in my mind louder and louder and so totally
FULL OF JOY. 

~ * ~     GLORIA IN EXCELSIS DEO    ~ * ~


~ * ~     GLORIA IN EXCELSIS DEO    ~ * ~


~ * ~     GLORIA IN EXCELSIS DEO    ~ * ~

I can hardly begin to describe the joy.     I know it was a message from my Dad.
His SPIRIT SINGING as he met with Jesus and his dearest family and his dearest angels. 

The peace that this brought me then, and throughout the wake and funeral and  even now I can only explain as a great blessing. !!!

As this holiday season approaches to all of you who have lost dear loved ones…..


Although we grieve because they are not with us, we must
remember their JOY  at being in total peace.

~ * ~     GLORIA IN EXCELSIS DEO    ~ * ~

(Glory to God in the Highest)

 

A Quote and a Prayer

A Quote and a Prayer....


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"In order to be irreplaceable one

must always be different."


- Coco Chanel -



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A DIFFERENT KIND OF PRAYER


Heavenly Father,


Help us remember that the jerk who cut us off in traffic

last night is a single mother who worked nine hours that

day and is rushing home to cook dinner, help with homework,

do the laundry and spend a few precious moments with

her children.


Help us to remember that the pierced, tattooed,

disinterested young man who can't make change correctly

is a worried 19-year-old college student, balancing

his apprehension over final exams with his fear of

not getting his student loans for next semester.


Remind us, Lord, that the scary looking bum, begging

for money in the same spot every day

(who really ought to get a job!) is a slave to

mental illness or addictions that we can only

imagine in our worst nightmares.


Help us to remember that the old couple walking

annoyingly slow through the store aisles and blocking

our shopping progress are savoring this moment,

knowing that, based on the biopsy report she got

back last week, this will be the last year that

they go shopping together.


Heavenly Father, remind us each day that, of all

the gifts you give us, the greatest gift is love.

It is not enough to share that love with those we hold dear.

Open our hearts not to just those who are close to us,

but to all humanity. Let us be slow to judge and quick

to forgive, show patience, empathy and love.


If you send this to 5 people then you have a chance to

make 5 people smile. You won't get any wish for

material things however you might just find a piece

of serenity and the warmth of God's touch.

(author not known)

"Love Is The New Religion"

This past week, I was able to offer some help to a friend. 
This friend and I are joined by our son's service in the U.S. Air Force. 
I'm planning on traveling to her home, to stay with her Mom while she
attends her son's homecoming from 'The Sand'. 

Other friends have learned about this help, and they've called me an Angel.
My response to them was..... I'm not an angel.....  I try and live these words...


"We must become the change we want to see in the world."
Mohandas Gandhi - 10/2/1869 - 1/30/1948.


In all honesty, I would rather not even mention of my helping,
but for our military parents support group, it was a great lift for everyone
to know that AF Mom 'M' was going to get the help she needs.  

This morning, I was searching on the net for some words
to assist me in explaining that I'm not an angel, it's
extending myself in a loving way, because I CAN, and
because I care.   I came across these words...


~ LOVE IS THE NEW RELIGION ~



Ohhhhhhhh my what a welcome home Brian's words
are for me....  I've come to know what I am....

I am an embedded agent of an secret, undercover
Clandestine Global operation....

Ohhhhhhhh man, I guess I just blew it because
this is 'undercover'.   Well, I'm not undercover anymore.

JOIN IN ----  Please join in.    :)))))

LOVE
Deb


Love Is The New Religion
On the surface of the world right now there is war and
violence and things seem dark
But calmly and quietly, at the same time, something else
is happening underground
An inner revolution is taking place and certain individuals
are being called to a higher light
It is a silent revolution
From the inside out
From the ground up

It is time for me to reveal myself
I am an embedded agent of an secret, undercover
Clandestine Global operation
A spiritual conspiracy
We have sleeper cells in every nation on the planet

You won't see us on the T.V.
You won't read about us in the newspaper
You won't hear about us on the radio

We don't seek any glory
We don't wear any uniform
We come in all shapes and sizes
Colors and styles

Most of us work anonymously
We are quietly working behind the scenes in every country
and culture of the world
Cities big and small, mountains and valleys, in farms
and villages, tribes and remote islands

You could pass by one of us on the street and not even notice
We go undercover
We remain behind the scenes
It is of no concern to us who takes the final credit
But simply that the work gets done

Occasionally we spot each other in the street
We give a quiet nod and continue on our way so no one will notice

During the day many of us pretend we have normal jobs
But behind the false storefront at night is where the real work takes place

Some call us the "Conscious Army"
We are slowly creating a new world with the power of our minds and hearts
We follow, with passion and joy
Our orders from the Central Command
The Spiritual Intelligence Agency

We are dropping soft, secret love bombs when no ones is looking
Poems
Hugs
Music
Photography
Movies
Kind words
Smiles
Meditation and prayer
Dance
Social activism
Websites
Blogs
Random acts of kindness

We each express ourselves in our own unique ways with our
own unique gifts and talents

"Be the change you want to see in the world"
That is the motto that fills our hearts
We know it is the only way real transformation takes place
We know that quietly and humbly we have the power of all the oceans
combined

Our work is slow and meticulous
Like the formation of mountains
It is not even visible at first glance
And yet with it entire tectonic plates shall be moved in the centuries to
come

Love is the new religion of the 21st century

You don't have to be a highly educated person
Or have any exceptional knowledge to understand it

It comes from the intelligence of the heart
Embedded in the timeless evolutionary pulse of all human beings

Be the change you want to see in the world
Nobody else can do it for you

We are now recruiting
Perhaps you will join us
Or already have....
All are welcome...
The door is open

-Brian Piergrossi
(From the book "The Big Glow")    link to Brian's web site

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Charla Nash - Woman Mauled by Chimpanzee

Steve Nash and Michael Nash, the twin brother of a woman
mauled by a 200-pound chimpanzee in Stamford Connecticut in
mid February appeared on the Today show, today.     Charla is 55.

The brothers said she is making progress.     They said that she has
been told she had an accident, but they don't know if she is aware
of exactly what happened to her.  

She is being treated at the Cleveland Clinic here in Ohio.  

She lost her hands, nose, lips and eyelids in the attack, and it was released
that she will be permanently blind in both eyes.
Police said the attack lasted for 12 minutes and that
responding officers, who could not discern whether Nash was
a man or woman, said, "He has no face."

Steve Nash commented today how very important the cards and notes
she has received from total strangers mean to their sister, and their family.

Charla has a 17 year old daughter, Brianna.     Steve said that Brianna
is heading to Cleveland on Spring break next week.     Could you imagine
how uplifting it would be for her daughter to see LOTS of cards sent
to her Mom ?  


I went and located the mailing address.   Email is nice, but
please consider dropping a SNAIL MAIL card to Charla.  



Charla Nash - C/O
The Cleveland Clinic
9500 Euclid Avenue,
Cleveland, Ohio 44195



This info is from the Friends of Charlie Web site.......

"She is really looking forward to your kind words."
"Send an email to Charla!"

Charla@FriendsofCharlieNash.com


http://www.friendsofcharlienash.com/

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Visit You can click here and go watch and listen to the youtube video: today!

'Rock and Roll Discovery'

Space Shuttle Discovery NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

 

Lift Off March 15, 2009  7:43 p.m. EDT

Commander
Lee Archambault leads Discovery's crew of seven, along with Pilot Tony
Antonelli, and Mission Specialists Joseph Acaba, John Phillips, Steve Swanson,
Richard Arnold and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata on
mission STS-119 to the International Space Station.

Discovery 55 seconds into launch

(photos NASA TV)

Video of March 15, 2009 Discovery Lift Off

 

NASA - Shuttle Mission Main Page

The 2012 Enigma by David Wilcock

It's coming......................   2012      

The 2012 Enigma by David Wilcock

There are links to video's of David's presentation on you tube.
10 individual links   OR     one link at the bottom that is all the
videos in one.  

IF you have time, this is quite interesting.  

ALSO............. here is a link to David's main web site:

http://divinecosmos.com/



David
Wilcock is a professional lecturer, filmmaker and researcher of ancient
civilizations, consciousness science, and new paradigms of matter and
energy. His upcoming Hollywood film CONVERGENCE unveils the proof that
all life on Earth is united in a field of consciousness, which affects
our minds in fascinating ways.

David is also the subject and
co-author of the international bestseller, The Reincarnation of Edgar
Cayce?, which explores the remarkable similarities between David and
Edgar, features many of David's most inspiring psychic readings, and
reveals documented NASA scientific proof of interplanetary climate
change… and how it directly impacts our DNA.




The 2012 Enigma by David Wilcock Pt. 01

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5b-kLvppdg




The 2012 Enigma by David Wilcock Pt. 02

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TNj9UrZLzA




The 2012 Enigma by David Wilcock Pt. 03

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmVaOYDQAiY




The 2012 Enigma by David Wilcock Pt. 04

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slUhK1RHJOk




The 2012 Enigma by David Wilcock Pt. 05

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdcNpcLX8kw



The 2012 Enigma by David Wilcock Pt. 06

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3E1GXnfAq7A




The 2012 Enigma by David Wilcock Pt. 07

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Yp6YdoZ9d8




The 2012 Enigma by David Wilcock Pt. 08

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eER-s7Ris5s




The 2012 Enigma by David Wilcock Pt. 09

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omfHAR_q-Zo




The 2012 Enigma by David Wilcock Pt. 10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5d5AT3OehU

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The 2012 Enigma by David Wilcock - Entire     96 minute video

  http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4951448613711060908

" I'm Lonely and I Miss You " !!!

Does the title of my post make you think that ~ I ~ miss you ?

Well..... it's not me, but SOMEBODY DOES !!!     

Every person reading this post knows someone, an Aunt or Uncle, or Grandparent
who is NOT online.    They don't have email..........    

        THEY are LONELY AND MISS YOU !!!

Sure, you could call them, but I assure you... a good old fashioned letter
will THRILL them to pieces.   

I am a military Mom, as my son Vince is in the Air Force.   There is a group of
Air Force Moms who send cards and notes to family and friends of one another.
My folks neighbor Larry was ill last year.    He was flooded with snail mail.  :)
My Dad said to me a few weeks ago....

"Debra, you will NEVER know what that mail did for Larry, it was better than
any medicine a doctor could give him."

So PLEASE....... would you consider sending a snail mail letter or card this week.

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIL will DO for the person you send it to ?   ......


IT will make their day........ AND WEEK !!!!

This is my Aunt Irene.   She is turning 86 in April. 
~ She is a DOLL ~
She writes me often..... and I write her back.    :)

What A Wonderful World ~ Louis Armstrong ~ 'Satchmo'

~ 'Beauty is not in the face - beauty is a light in the heart' ~
(Saks61)

CLICK THESE WORDS...... not the picture.  :)
Link to beautiful youtube video.......

 

Louis Daniel Armstrong  (August 4, 1901– July 6, 1971),

nicknamed
Satchmo


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From YouTube ~ Saks61

Name: Nermin

Country: Germany

Occupation: peacemaker
Schools: life

http://www.youtube.com/user/saks61

Help Others.Org ~ Smile Card Project

HelpOthers.org -- kindness is contagious.

How did the SmileCard project start?

One college student was talking to another slightly older
twenty-something guy about pranks that students do for rival football
teams. The older guy says, "Isn't it interesting that students are
motivated to do such incredible acts without getting any credit?" Such
acts are fun, collective, creative, and incredibly challenging. But
typically, they're not all that constructive nor do they leave anyone
with a lasting "wow" feeling either. So the question followed -- why
not do the same with kind acts? More friends joined in the
conversation. Right then, we thought up a game of doing anonymous acts
of kindness and leaving behind a "smile card"
to keep the ripple going. Over the next three months, we tested out the
concept. And then, we setup this anonymous website and got started.

What resources did you start with?

Not
too many. One of our friends designed the card, another wrote up the
content on the card, and another gathered 15 bucks to go to a local
Kinkos. The guy at Kinko's, well, he found out about this and did it
for free. That was September 2003 and our first box of 100 cards. We
never anticipated that this concept would extend all over the world!

Is there a business plan behind any of this?
Nope.
Everything here is (and always will be) a labor of love. We run this
commerical-free portal with dedicated volunteers, we send weekly
kindness newsletters
without any agendas, we ship smile cards all over the world for free,
we allow people to download, print and republish everything without any
restrictions. Some people order free cards to do kind acts, some share
creative ideas of compassion, some contribute stories of inspiration,
some sponosor cards for others, and kindness keeps spreading.

What is the future of the project?

We just launched a new site -- our third revamp of the year -- to keep
up with the increasing demand. More recently, we launched Smile Groups
based on the requests we heard from smile-carders around the globe.
Quite honestly, we don't really know the future; our attempt is keep
doing "small acts with great love" in the present.

Is this a religious effort?
Not really. All the
anonymous folks behind the scenes have their own reasons for practicing
compassion; for some it might be their religious beliefs, for some it
might be their spiritual cultivation, for some it might just be common
sense.

How can I help?

Do something kind in your community. Join Smile Groups and make it a weekly habit. Comment on the many stories to encourage the carriers of kindness. And if you're still pumped-up to give more, drop us a note.

Kindness is contagious! Keep it going.

Jump over to the site and read some kindness stories....

........ like this one....................

Smile Stones, Mile Stones 

--posted by singlestep on Jun 9, 2008

Here's
an idea that brings lots of smiles-- go to your neighborhood crafts
store (I went to Michael's), pick up some polished colored stones,
hand-draw some smiles, and leave those smile-stones with the following
poem at coffee shop tables or just about any public venue.

Look a Smile Stone straight in the eye and you'll smile back not knowing why



It's something about their lopsided grins, their lack of noses and of chins



A twinkling something that's not-quite-art touches your heart



Like snowflakes and fingerprints no two are the same



But why? You ask- What's the point of this game?



Somebody's hand drew those smiles for you



To find and to keep and to give away too



For when the smile fades from the stone



Then you'll find it within



And this is where you get to begin



To share that smile where there's a lack



All you'll need is a pen



(Permanent. Black)



To draw a new smile in place of the old



And send it off on its way



to places untold



Smilestone milestones



Marking the way



We each can reach out



to



Make Someone's Day.

Spiritual Drifts from The River of Karma

ROK had a slow down of posts for 2008, but in January of this year
he has returned with this post................

Return to essence

 I invite you to check out his blog.........


River of Karma ~ (Quote from ROK's front page)

A blog that captures the thoughts of a
Pranic Healer-in-training on his Spiritual path as he figures his place
in the world, finds more time for his sleep and yoga all whilst doing
his beloved religion justice. Life's a journey, and I'm on one. Cheers.

Tuesday, May 22, 2007

"But I think I also get what this blog may mean –
As I post stuff to help others on their journey, it’s a guide point of
my own. Where I am, and where I’ve come from. The prospect thrills me.

If only I could figure out what “here” means, and where I stand in it.

Well, I suppose its part of the process."

Spiritual Drifts from The River of Karma

http://driftings.blogspot.com/

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Inspirational Movies From - Simple Truths

 

 

Simple Truths is the brain-child
of Mac Anderson, the founder of
Successories.   

If you have ever walked in an office and seen
a beautifully framed
photograph along with one word or an
inspirational quotation, I bet
it came from Successories.  

After selling Successories in 2004, Anderson published three

successful gift books – The Nature of Success,
The Power of
Attitude and The Essence of Leadership.

He went on to create this company ~
Simple Truths.  

Anderson says……….

‘There is one thing in life that took me a long time to learn, and
that's...
less is almost always more. This "simple truth" is the
foundation on which
our company was built. I wanted to create
beautiful gift books that anyone
can read in less than
thirty minutes.’

Simple Truths has created mini
inspirational movies based
upon many of their gift books.

Each movie is
around 3 minutes in length.  

The link to these movies can be found after the
list of
movie titles below.   
For an inspirational, 
beautiful get away check out these movies…….

 

 

 

Inspiration 365 Days A
Year – Zig Ziglar

 

Dreams are Whispers From
the Soul – Marcia Wieder

 

The Essence of
Leadership – Mac Anderson

 

You Can't Send a Duck to
Eagle School – Mac Anderson

 

The Simple Truths of
Service –  Ken Blanchard &
Barbara Glanz
Inspired by Johnny the Bagger

 

The Race – Dee
Groberg

 

Eat that Frog! –
Brian Tracy

 

Finding Joy -
Mac Anderson

 

May You Be
Blessed – Kate Nowak

 

The Power of
Teamwork -  Scott Beare &
Michael McMillan

 

The Dash – Linda
Ellis & Mac Anderson

 

Rock Solid
Leadership – Robin Crow

 

Nature's
Inspiration - Ken Jenkings & Peggy Anderson

 

Change is Good... You Go
First - Mac Anderson & Tom Feltenstein

 

Sales Motivation
– Todd Duncan

 

Paper Airplane
-  Michael McMillan

 

212 The Extra
Degree – Sam Parker & Mac Anderson

 

One Solitary
Life - James A. Francis

 

A Peacock in the
Land of
Penguins - BJ Gallagher and
Warren H. Schmidt

 

The Richest Man in
Town – V.J. Smith

 

Great Quotes from Great
Leaders – Peggy Anderson

 

The Simple Truths of
Appreciation – Barbara A. Glanz

 

No Glass Ceiling, Just
Blue Sky - Marcy Blochowiak

 

What it Takes to Be
#1 - Vince Lombardi

 

Finish Strong
–  Dan Green

 

Walk The Talk –
Eric Harvey & Steve Ventura

 
The Strangest
Secret – Earl Nightengale

 

The Power of
Attitude - Mac Anderson

To a Child, Love is
Spelled T-I-M-E - Mac Anderson and Lance Wubbels

 

The Nature of
Success – Mac Anderson

 

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Beyond "Normal" - The Liquid Level Of Consciousness - By Wayne Wirs

Beyond "Normal" - The Liquid Level Of Consciousness

I am not enlightened, and yet, I am no longer "normal." Since you are reading this, I suspect you probably feel the same. Somewhere between the normal, Solid level of consciousness and the transparent, Ethereal level of enlightenment, lies a very fluid, Liquid level of awareness.

Just ahead lies a beautiful glen, a large clearing in the forests of the Soul. This glen is with you wherever you are, it lies just behind your mind, just behind your thoughts, just behind your emotions. This is sacred ground, the source of your true nature. Before proceeding, you must leave your beliefs, your opinions and your Solid ideals behind, for those are the traits of the Ego and the Ego has no business here. In the center of this glen lies a still, mirror lake, a lake where all your thoughts, emotions and dreams arise. Gaze down into this lake, into the image that stares back in fascination. See the reflection of your true face in all its natural brilliance....

Are you a "Liquid?" Do you experience the following symptoms?
   - When you see a tree, do you see living, breathing life, an integral part of something so much more?
   - When you feel the breeze, do you experience it as a lover, caressing your skin in a show of intimacy?
   - Do you see thoughts arise in your mind, glisten for a moment, then splash silently back into nothingness?

And the most important question of all...
   - Always?

Solid people rarely see the subtle. Ethereal people always do. And the Liquids? Liquids constantly flow back and forth between the two extremes. Like the tides of the ocean, they rise and fall according to their own nature. Sometimes experiencing the Solid, sometimes experiencing the Ethereal.

At times we'll see It. At times we won't. Back and forth we go. Sometimes caught up in our minds, our little story. At other times it's almost as if we didn’t exist, a "transparent eyeball" (as Emerson so aptly described), that looks out upon a world where boundaries fade and the words of Man are nothing more than moving air.

See this still and lonely lake. Its waters reflect the sky. Below the surface, nothing can be seen, and yet from its depths the entire Universe arises. Can you see this lake that lies behind your thoughts? Can you see the peaceful glen that lies behind your mind? Where do your emotions begin? What is the source of all your thoughts? Watch them arise and you'll soon find what you have never lost.

Many people, when they first start to experience the Liquid state, think that they are Enlightened. They think that they have achieved the realm of the Ethereals. They tell the world they are Awake - They teach, they write, they get a distant "I see God" look in their eyes. They mislead. It isn't intentional; they just don't understand. There is a simple test though, the test of Constant Consciousness....

Sleep. The night closes in around me. Thoughts arise from the stillness; I watch them, and the simple act of seeing them causes them to fade. Dreams arise, and I watch these. Sometimes I'll play with them, flying through the trees, walking on the rings of Saturn, chatting with the Buddha. Like the thoughts, the dreams gently fade back into the Stillness, the Emptiness. All is silent - no thoughts, no dreams, no ego story - but an aliveness just the same. I watch this Emptiness, too. I am this Emptiness. Without thoughts, there is no time here, only this moment, only this Awareness. Gradually, the world starts to form again, my chest softly rises as my body solidifies out of the Nothingness. I hear the sparrows outside my window and feel the warmth of the sun on my skin....

Constant Consciousness. The sign of the Ethereals. They are aware even in the depths of deep dreamless sleep. They are always aware. They are not fooled by the mind, they do not "forget" their True Face as we Liquids are so apt to do. They don't get caught up in a world of meaning and beliefs and ideals. Awareness during deep, dreamless sleep. I have only experienced it once. But then, I am not enlightened.

The awareness of the Liquid is always in flux, always shifting between two viewpoints, between that of the Solid and that of the Ethereal. Seeing the homeless man approach, his eyes fixed steadily upon you, you feel your body cringe, not wanting to be bothered, not wanting to hear a tale of woe. But suddenly a shift occurs, the compassion arises, and the feeling of oneness envelops you. Though you can't afford it, your hand reaches into your pocket for some change....

There is nothing wrong with being Liquid. Once you become comfortable with its dynamic nature, it can be almost magical. Everything has its normal, solid perspective, and at the same time everything is imbued with a spark of the Divine: Awareness becomes clear and filled with intuition; music takes on a movement and life of its own, and the rain dances happily to the symphony of the Gods.

The Solid "You" melts. The story gradually fades, and the Awareness that sees out your eyes, that sees out everyone's eyes, crystallizes. The drives, goals, and motivations of Man seem at once both silly and necessary. All Life acts in accordance to its nature. All is as it should be. All is well. On the lips of your True Face, a smile radiates.

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Wayne Wirs is the photographer and author of Fading Toward Enlightenment - Life between the Ego and the Ethereal. A preview to FTE can be found at http://Fade2e.com. Wayne can be contacted at wayne@waynewirs.com or through his website: http://waynewirs.com.

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I have been a FAN of Wirs since I ordered his book back in 2005.  
His spiritual journey is captivating without the - mumbo -jumbo.   

The outstanding photography invites you to.............
come live in the moment of each picture.  !!!!

XO XO XO

Deb  

UPDATE -

Wayne Wirs

1961 – 2017

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Mantra-Tasking

Mantra-Tasking

Sometime around the first of the year, I was washing my hands for about
the millionth time and I started thinking.....   There are certain mantras that I
wish to hold in my mind.    What a better time to repeat the mantra than when
I am washing my hands.   I also thought... heck I am even multi-tasking.    

Taking what is normally a mindless sort of event and giving it added purpose.

Just today when I thought of writing this post, I thought to myself...
'Hmmmm it's not multi-tasking........  IT'S Mantra-Tasking.

So if there is some thought you wish to hold near and dear in the day,
consider incorporating the thought as you go about this simple task.

This would also be another way to incorporate an
affirmation in your daily life.

My thoughts have been....

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change.


So....... are there any mantras or affirmations that you might be
trying to hold near and dear in a day ?   




Daily Mantras Can Reduce Stress



* Not my bathroom - just a photo I found  :)

Inauguration Day Poem

Praise song for the day

By Elizabeth Alexander

Each day we go about our business, walking past each
other, catching each others' eyes or not, about to speak or speaking. All about
us is noise. All about us is noise and bramble, thorn and din, each one of our
ancestors on our tongues. Someone is stitching up a hem, darning a hole in a
uniform, patching a tire, repairing the things in need of
repair.

Someone is trying to make music somewhere with a pair of
wooden spoons on an oil drum with cello, boom box, harmonica,
voice.

A woman and her son wait for the
bus.

A farmer considers the changing sky; A teacher says,
"Take out your pencils. Begin."

We encounter each other in words, words spiny or smooth,
whispered or declaimed; words to consider, reconsider.

We cross dirt roads and highways that mark the will of
someone and then others who said, "I need to see what's on the other side; I
know there's something better down the road."

We need to find a place where we are safe; We walk into
that which we cannot yet see.

Say it plain, that many have died for this day. Sing the
names of the dead who brought us here, who laid the train tracks, raised the
bridges, picked the cotton and the lettuce, built brick by brick the glittering
edifices they would then keep clean and work inside of.

Praise song for struggle; praise song for the day.
Praise song for every hand-lettered sign; The figuring it out at kitchen
tables.

Some live by "Love thy neighbor as thy
self."

Others by first do no harm, or take no more than you
need.

What if the mightiest word is love, love beyond marital,
filial, national. Love that casts a widening pool of light. Love with no need to
preempt grievance.

In today's sharp sparkle, this winter air, anything can
be made, any sentence begun.

On the brink, on the brim, on the cusp -- praise song
for walking forward in that light.

http://www.elizabethalexander.net/home.html

I've read some criticism of this poem and I have read some praise.    I personally
loved the entire poem.    If you might not have been so taken, perhaps there is just
a line that will speak to you.    

To anyone who follows blogs, these words might speak to your heart ....

"We encounter each other in words, words
spiny or smooth, whispered or declaimed; words to consider,
reconsider."

There is a New Blog in the Neighborhood.

Welcome the White House to the Blogging World

The first WHITE HOUSE blog post was made today:  

Tuesday, January 20th, 2009 at 12:01 pm EST


Macon Phillips, the Director of
New Media for the White House opens with a
first post.     Well in all there are 4 entries for today. 

 YIKS,
4 in one day....  Someone better set Mr. Phillips straight here,
he could be making the rest of us look bad.  LOL
Seriously, how exciting are these times....

www.whitehouse.gov/blog

Stop Shooting Arrows - Words

 My friend, Patricia Singleton over at   Spiritual Journey of a Lightworker
wrote a wonderful piece last week......... 


Kindness.... Why Is It Easier to Be
Kind to Strangers ?

Patricia's has written this is such a way where you are stopped
right in your tracks and it gets you thinking.     Everyone can answer
this in their own way.    It's personal.   

If you are not familiar with Patricia's blog, she always shares
every bit of her authentic self .... the good and not so good.
The lessons learned from reading her writing is always powerful. 

Link to Patricia's Post

The words we speak can be like arrows.   

Here is a visual reminder.........






I have explored the kindness aspect in a previous post
titled ..... Tone.  

Gratitude ~ Day by Day

My blog friend, Deb Call over at Spirit in Gear wrote a wonderful New Year's Day post -

Try This in Lieu of Resolutions

Deb says this......

"Phil Gerbyshak's What's Your Word of the Year for 2009?
caught me at a time when I most need it.  He suggests building your
year around one word that resonates for you.  He gives credit to this
idea to Christine Kane's Resolution Revolution
post.  She supplies a lot of help if you need inspiration around words
to select.  Both are excellent posts about creating something more
powerful and lasting than a New Year's resolution."

Deb's 2 words are ...  "ease" and "savor."     Check out her post to see how she
has started and plans to blend these words into the fabric of her life.

My word ~  *Gratitude*        

HEY.... it's nothing new, and I even have a category already in place.  :)

 

I had tried to hold the word in my thoughts and really live
it,
but there were times last year I did not accomplish that.

 

The day it SMACKED me over the head was a day in December.
I was removing 4
empty ice cube trays from my freezer. 

 

We had rearranged our kitchen early on in 2008.  Moving
the
refrigerator, meant disconnecting the water line to
the ice maker.   The frig
was in the house 8 years ago,
and although it's working fine, there will no
doubt be a
time soon, when it will need replaced.
Rather than run a new
water line, we opted to go with
ice cube trays.  I bought 4 of them.  I
tried to remind
myself of the aluminum trays of my youth.  Be thankful
for
these plastic ones where the cubes just pop out. 
I tried that MANY
times.   But still every time I went to
empty and fill a tray, I bitched at
how I missed my ice
maker, and what a pain these trays
were....

 

Well...  in my mind, the rant of no
ice maker started
up while I was filling the trays....

 

I was stopped RIGHT in my bitching tracks ....

 

I heard.....

 

BE GRATEFUL YOU HAVE CLEAN AND SAFE WATER !!!
BE GRATEFUL YOU
HAVE ICE !!!
BE GRATEFUL YOU HAVE A REFRIGERATOR !!!
BE GRATEFUL YOU HAVE
A HOME !!!

 

Not only with the ice cube trays, but everything
else ...........  ~*~ Gratitude ~*~  Day by Day !!!


THANKS Deb, for the idea to HOLD the word all year through. 






My 4 trays.