9/24/2022 There's no more Love

     Around here anymore. The gal was talking to her male friend as they past by me in a Target store. I thought about those words. The news is mostly negative because that is what we focus on. When you hear that day in and day out. It will drain you. Suck that little bit of happiness you got right out of you. But you have a choice. You can limit the  amount of time that you expose yourself to this diatribe. The more you focus on the good stuff in your life, the happier you will be. 

     When older people look back on their life, they remember happy times. Not how much money they made or what achievements they got.  They think of the times they enjoyed with their loved ones.  Put your energy into the family unit, make it greater by doing things together with love. Encourage all loved ones in filling fulfilled.  It starts when the kids are young. If you do it right, you will know where the love is.

     Think about this, if you can't get along within the family what makes you think that nations would be any different than you. When I'm  out and about, I act kind wheather behind the wheel or on foot in a store. The more that people do this the better it is for everybody.  When a skunk walks by and he released an oder, it will stick around for awhile long after he passed. A pleasant oder would be a walk near a rose garden. I believe a kindness will also linger in an area where the kindness occured. People will feel the affect of this previous kindness.  And feel just a little bit uplifted.  So it comes down to you, you can get the ball rolling by doing a kind act. Examples of this saying a pleasantly or holding open a door. Doesn't  take much.

      When I got angry at a friend of mine.  I let him have it verbally  because he cost me alot of money. On the ride home, I had to pull over because I felt suffocating. I got out of the car and took 3 deep breaths before I felt better and was able to drive home. When you get angry you cut yourself off from divine spirit. With me I felt the suffocation literally. Then I knew the difference between being connected  and not connected. I like the former, hands down.

     So do the things that make you happy more often. Less focus on the negative occurences in life.  And if the negative does come to your door, try to deal with it in a most positive way possible.

9/22/2022 The Ring of Anger

 

      It was a fight.  Occurred  about 12 years ago.. I retreated to my office where I promptly remove my wedding band and flung it across the room hitting the wall. Needless to say it was not my finest hour. The rest of the day I spent tearing  up the room in search of said ring. I found a very small washer 1/10 th the size of the ring, it slips on a very small bolt followed by a very small nut. But no white gold ring was to be found.

     Two days later I open my truck door at a grocery store. I spy a ring on the next parking spot. I quickly grab it from the macadam and place it on my finger. A perfect fit. No inscription was in the ring. Perfect. This ring was way better than the original, wider and a little thicker, a man's  ring. Never found a ring ever again.  2 days later, I find the ring or it found me. What are the chances, close to zero. 1: a male ring. 2: my size. 3:  had my taste in a ring. I think it's silver not white gold. Definitely a gift from divine spirit. When I tossed the original  ring I did it in anger, so the price of that was to be denied the chance of finding it at that time.

     Three or more years later I find the original ring between 2 floor boards. Not laying flat as one would expect but on it's side below the floor board, go figure that one out. I still wear the one I found at that grocery store.

    A couple months ago, I was having another small fight with my wife and my ring came off and flew under the bed. For the first time with this ring.  Uh  OH! .....      Here we go again. But this time I retrieve it right away and slammed it down on my finger.  Oh no you don't!

9/18/2022 I Dreamed the Bat

 

     Dreams can take you places where you can't go physically. They can also help you in resolving issues in your life no matter what they maybe. Alot  of times dreams make no sense, they're jumbled up. Sometimes you will see a recurring symbol an animal, landmark, balloon, person or what have you. These recurring  symbols are important. Try to figure out how it pertains to you. Write them down and the full date. When you look back at your notes after 2 weeks maybe you will see what that symbol means. Keep trying, it's worth it.

     One night  I had a dream. I was looking through a mask, it belonged to a fictional character  called Batman (Bruce Wayne). This guy witnessed his parents gunned down by a creep. Bruce was a kid. His psyche was severely damaged after that night. Looking through his mask, I felt his self loathing,  blackness and bitter hatred. That dude was one sick human being. I couldn't take it. I turned my head 180 degrees and saw through my own eyes, what a relief. Batman is doomed. Locked very tight within his narrow existance. In his view, there is no hope absolutely none. I was glad to be free of that mask. I now know  what it is to be Batman for a moment I walked in his shoes.

     Another dream, I'm holding a handgun and shot 1 time at a female friend of mine. I woke up. I knew what that dream meant. I have a caustic wit and it must of went to far with her. The next time I saw her, I apologized to her. The dream it was a gun, in real life it was my tongue. The dream allowed me to correct my misdeed. Another time I fell into gossip about a group member of ours. I felt something on my leg, reach down, it's blood. I got it,  wound the group cohesiveness  wound yourself. This is how God teaches us via dreams and daily life. It's  great. But not all the time. Either way you do learn about yourself. Like a house you love, your always thinking of ways to make it better. Thats you. Trying to be a better version of you.

9/16/2022 ORCS

 

     This is what the Ukrainians call the invading Russians.  Recently the Orcs are on the run back to mother Russia.  Not all of them though. These Ukrainians  chose to fight for their independence and democracy.  They put it all on the line. Good for them. Just as the French helped us during the American Revolution, we and the Europeans have helped the Ukrainians.  This war is about the forces of good and evil. Orcs being the great evil. The karma they incurred will go on and on for a long time to come. Hopefully this nation(USA) will not splinter into 2 factions. We will need everyone to combat the coming strifes that are coming down the pike.  All it takes is to be kind. Which requires empathy. Do on to others as you would have them do on to you. Do some critical thinking and keep and open mind. People use fear to control others. Like herding sheep. Watch out for those types of people they can cause mega damage to the status quo.

    It took many years to build this country (USA) up as a force to do good in this world.  It can all go south quickly in a few short years, if we are not carefull. The time is now.

Unite, be loving,, be kind, be courteous, be happy, be polite, be caring, be helpful, be generous, be strong, be aware, be fruitful,  be prosperous, be thinking, be You.....

9/5/2022 Tending One's Garden

 

    Sitting here in another state. I put out bird feeders and watch the goings on at the feeder. I looked at my old hummingbird feeder, time for an upgrade. I put it up and after 2 weeks got my first customer. He had it all to himself. They are small like 2 inches tall with little bitty legs. Not as colorful as those in California. When they approach the feeder, they twitter away. I assume they're happy. When they stay suspended stationary in the air, they hum like mini powerful jet engines. They hum loud and fly very fast. Now I know why they're  called hummingbirds. After 3 weeks another hummingbird came. The first bird didn't take kindly to this intruder. There is plenty of sugar water for everybody and elbow room around the feeder's ports. The first bird would knock off the 2nd bird from the port and chase him through the air super fast. I set up a second feeder 12 ft away from the first one. The first bird claimed that feeder as well, guarding the 2 feeders. He would dive bomb and chase any other bird that dared to alight upon a feeder. I moved the 2nd feeder to front of house blocking the visual line. It worked for a day.  By the 2nd day , the first bird defends this one as well but not as well as having 2 feeders in his sight line. Territorial and aggressive these hummingbirds are.

    Sounds alot like us humans. We succumb to are baser instincts when it suits us. Trying to tear down others to make us feel better. Unlike hummingbirds, man can get violent with his fellow humans. We have the bigger brain but fail to use it properly. If each one of us would be content with what we have and not be so fearful, we would be more happy. Make pretend that you can create your life, then proceed to put things in it that you would like. So you can create, you can ad to things or take away. You don't  like someone, you can elect to not entertain them and vice aversa. Always think that you are the director  of your life and act as if. You can write in or out anyone you choose. The more happy you are with your life the better you will be with others. But just remember sometimes when you create something you should be responsible to it. So be carefull with what it is you create. Always evaluate your life once a week for 30 minutes, say on Sunday. This is the time to make changes to your life's  course. This is key to your success. 30 minutes every week, write the changes you make down in your big sturdy notebook.

    There's  2 rolls you can play in life, 1 a victim the other a knowing creator. And when you are happy with your life, you are kind. It's a good state to be in.