4/11/2023 No..... My Grub Bowl

      Place North Dakota. Recently, the legislature there shot down a 6 million dollar bill to help it's  kids from K to 12th grade have more nutritious meals. This money would have helped the poorer families out. The Republicans who dominate the legislature instead passed a bill for 1 million dollars that would go to reducing lunch costs for themselves.

      Does this make any sense at all. If they attend church on the weekend, is that what they learned there?  Me First. If your not willing to learn, why bother showing up in the first place. Does the legislature really represent the people of North Dakota? Maybe they do.

4/09/2023 A Easter Message

   In the movie,  It's  a Mad Mad World, Jonathan  Winters is screaming and waving his arms up and down vigorsly.  He says as people are chasing each other over the terrain in utter chaos, can't we all just get along? A guy then bum rushes Jonathan to his left. Jonathan pivots and lays him out with one punch.

     There never will be peace here on earth, unless we have the peace within us. You can't fix the world. But you can fix you. Cultivate that little piece of heaven within you. And make it grow. That you can do.

     In the Philippines, there are a handful of men that allow themselves to be martyred in the style of the crucifixion. They do it on Good Friday. I thought they are tied to the shaft. Nope.. they're actually spiked to the pole using stainless steel spikes instead of the iron ones used by the centurians. Now that is crazy. Lucky for them they are suspended in the air for 10 minutes instead of Christ's  hours on end. If anything needs to be crucified, its the petty lower self. Knock that out of commission,  so that the higher self can prevail. It's  that little quiet voice within. That's  what Jesus would have you do. The little voice is soul which is you, let it speak up and come forth.

     Anyone can do it. No religion is required. Only your desire to act more "God like", giving out love and kindness. Less of the selfishness. You will become more of your "true" self when you act as your higher self. This requires you to look at yourself more often than you do now. Ask yourself how could I have handled that better. This is how you burnish yourself in becoming a more loving soul. For some it comes easy,  others not so much. It is so worth doing. You become authentic in the process.  God will also show you things along the way. He does this via divine spirit. It constantly flows out into the world. When you become attuned to your higher self, you will recognize this spirit operating in your life.  You are not alone. Heaven can be had here.

4/08/2023 Following Ones Own Advice

      The other day, I tell Cindy after she forgot to take 1 of her medicines, to use a pill reminder. It's  a weekly plastic pill holder that has little pop tops on it. Well the next day I forgot if I took my pill for the day. Do to living out of a suitcase for over a month,  I  misplaced my own pill dispenser. So, I was really talking to myself when exhorting Cindy to use one. I found my dispenser and put it back to use. Follow your own advices.

     One day I was at a fleamarket and saw an artist painting I liked. Said to myself, oh I'll buy it on way back to car. You guessed it on way back the painting was bought by someone else. If you want something,  strike while the iron is hot. Or you lose out.

     I went to Lowes and saw 2  7ft crepe myrtle trees on clearance. Said to clerk I'll buy them and pick it up tomorrow. No she said you have to buy them and take them away. I didn't have my trailer with me. So, I said I'll bring back my trailer tomorrow, put them aside with my name on it, ok she says and does it. Next day I'm back and no trees and the gal I talked to was not there today. They looked around, couldn't find them. Someone else bought my trees.

     I learned my lesson in pulling the trigger, that's acting immediately to get what I want when the opportunity arises. However, I was in a Salvation Army store. Nothing caught my eye that day except a belt did. It was well made and had small silver doodads on it. The black one attracted me the most. Then I saw the brown belt slightly different but cool. I was just going to get one. I debated black or brown, the black one was slightly better. Got that one. I like the belt after a day. Next time in there I'll get the brown one too. Belts usually just sit there, not too many people look at them. Two days later I'm back for the brown one, yep it's gone. I did it again. Failed to pull the trigger. It was a little wake up call for me. It's  back to fine tuning my self improvement. Always got to practice. If you find yourself trying to help someone in how to do things, look at yourself right away.

     Want to learn to play the piano well. It's practice practice. Same goes for self improvement. It takes work. We are a work in progress.

4/6/2023 Planned Karma

      Usually if you do something whether good or bad, it comes back to visit you later down the road. Sometimes it comes back quickly and it's called instant karma. This story I read came from shooting a movie, The Wolf of Wall Street. So DiCaprio in his films goes for realism. In one scene he's supposed to hit Jonah Hill in the face. So, Jonah Hill really gets hit in the face. Hill doesn't like that one bit. Hill knows he can't pay him back the same way. He has to use his brain. He becomes an active participant in his eventual payback or karma. 

     In one scene, DiCaprio is eating some sushi (yellow fin tuna), he turns to Hill and asks do you want to eat the rest? In the script Hill is suppose to say yes and eat it. But Hill changes it to No you eat it to DiCaprio. During the rest of the takes Dicaprio has to keep eating the fish for the next 2 hrs. At the end of the takes, DiCaprio is tossing his cookies in a circular file. Everyone is asking Leo are you going to be ok? While Jonah and Scorsese the director are on the floor laughing hysterically.

Way to go Jonah!

4/04/2023. Conflict Resolution

      During an N.D.E ( near death experience ) many people report having a life review. Which entails their life's pointeient moments. Not only do they see,hear and feel those interactions with others during their life time but they also experience what the other person or persons are experiencing as well during those exchanges. An eye opening moment. It's like the fictional story the Christmas Carol by Charles Dinkins.

     Whether its true or not. Let's pretend that it's true and there is a life review. That can help us in the here and now. We can modify our behaviors if we want to. Say that you are in an argument with someone, once you resort to yelling  absolutely nothing good will come about. Bite your tongue and try to see it from their perspective.  Maybe you can write down your grievances and each of you hand your complaint to the other. Then let the mitigation begin. 1 step at a time. Hopefully a peaceful resolution will occur. The more you do this the easier it will come. And everyone can deal with less stress in their life.

      Think of ways to make less stress in your life. If you really try the above and it doesn't work. Remove yourself from the situation. If it's a stressful job, get a different job. It could ad years to your life.

      If it's a family member, try to talk softly, when making your points. Address each point one at a time and stick with that one point til there is a resolution of some sort. Probably just stick to 3 points during the discussion and be willing to compromise. When you are by yourself you can sit in a chair and visualize yourself having a conversation with this person. You visualize a peaceful resolution with them. Do it 3 times a day and just before you are to meet this person you are having a problem with. If your heart is in it, it should work out just fine. Less stress = better life for you and those around you. Win....win. this is living the spiritual life.

4/02/2023 Lady Chocolate Fire

      Reading PA. An explosion at a chocolate factory killed 7 people and put 10 in the hospital. Patricia smelled gas in the air and told her boss. Who elected not to evacuate the building. They kept making the chocolate. Boom! Patricia is thrown to the floor, her arm ablaze. She gets up and runs for the exit. She doesn't get far. Several steps and she plummets through the floor landing in a huge, heavy vat of chocolate. Not only is chocolate good to eat but it also can put out fires. In this case her arm was no longer on fire. This was her new home for the next 9 hours. The fire engines were there in minutes but it took them 9hrs to find her. Eventually someone hears her yelling from the basement. 9hrs. what the hell?

     Our first priority is to the welfare of our family. The second priority is the work family. Treat them like your real family provided you come from a loving family. Gas is volatile,  it can ignite easily. They (bosses)  had the warning and chose to do nothing. That is criminal. If you smell gas, get out immediately. Even if it's against the boss orders. You can get another job. When it comes to your safety trust yourself and then act. Also call on divine spirit for it's input on best course of action that you can take.

     So, we never know what life has in store for us. I bet Patricia never thought she would be swimming in  a vat of chocolate when she went to bed the night before. There are dangers out there, you can use divine spirit to help you navigate them when they pop up.

3/31/2023 The 3 Year Anniversary

 Of Unfolding Journeys is today. Created when covid started to dig it's claws into the American psyche. I heard about blogging over 15 yrs ago. I had no interest in it though. I was going to write a book 5 years ago. After 3 chapters I lost interest and put it aside. During this covid thing, I found myself with a lot of time to kill. I found an article on blogging and read it. I figured I can do this. I like writing the blogs. Hopefully people can learn from them and make their lives better than they were. So when times are good,  people don't look deeper into the whys of life. When life gets tougher, then they look for relief from God. God can be had now without religion. By you taking a step toward God, God takes a step toward you. By paying attention to your surroundings , looking for coincidences, God or divine spirit shows you the road to take that will benefit you the most. You do your part and God will do his. As you work with divine spirit you will see the benefits as it relates to you. You will be in good(God) hands. By working with divine spirit you will be able to see behind the veil. Each time you will get a little glimpse. Most people have to die to see behind the veil. But it doesn't have to be that way at all. By getting the glimpses you will not be overwhelmed. Baby steps. Build up that confidence. Don't  let anybody dissuade you from your own experiences. Also write down those experiences, date place and record your feelings at the time. This notebook will be about you and you alone. The book is really the KEY to you. It will unlock your potential and you will understand more than you ever did. This is what you were meant to do. To know that you are soul. To understand why you do the things you do. To yearn to know more. To give love to all of God's creation, starting with you first and foremost. By giving out love you do what God does. God = Love period. If someone scorns  you, give them a good dose of love. Can't hurt......right?   This is true Spirituality. Spreading the love. Start by taking the baby steps.

    So many rich people lament as they near their end days. I should have spent more time with my family.  WHY .....because that was where the love was.....right in front of their eyes the whole time. Wake Up  and repair those rifts that you might have. Don't be like the guy at the beginning of this paragraph. So much wasted time. The time is NOW. Its not too late. Scrooge redeemed himself as an old man. Scrooge is our symbol of Hope. Eventhough he was a fictional character. There is enough Hope out there, for everyone. Don't  let go of Hope....ever.

     Writing these blogs has been very fulfilling for me for these past 3 years. Very enjoyable. I hope to continue in this endeavor.  Go  in    God

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