THE POWER OF LOVE

As I see it love is the most powerful thing that has ever existed. Even when I look upon all the hatred and senseless killing we are doing to each other I am still reminded that love still exists even among all the so called "bad stuff". We fail at times to recognize that love is always present, even in the most horrid events taking place. If we can all begin to see and feel this love it will then surely overcome everything that may still exist. While I am talking about the power of love let me say this. Right here from my blog I have been introduced to many really good people in this world. My closest friends on here are located many many miles from where my physical presence is at the moment. But the love I sent out to these folks quickly reached across the miles and great friendships have been the result. Love can travel faster than the speed of light and touch any one wherever they may be. And while I am speaking of my friends I want to share with you a small portion that my friend Christopher just wrote on his blog. We have become very dear friends in these past years and I am a much better person by having his loving presence in my life. Christopher has just written a most beautiful story on his blog and I want to invite all of my readers to check it out for yourselves. You can find his blog by clicking on his name that is listed in the comments from my blog. His blog is titled God I Am God You Are. I assure you his blog is well worth checking out. Now I want to share with you a few lines from his latest work. (Thank you Christopher for allowing me to share this with my readers). Christopher states :"Life is only worth living when we insist that Love remains in our heart. Love eases pain, it carries hope upon its wings, it allows us the courage to brave each day, honor each moment, and cherish the many gifts we hold dear." There is not much left for me to add to this except to say may all of us reach out with love to embrace everyone and everything that we possible can. The power of love is about the only thing we need to have in our lives. For with love all things are possible. Thanks again Christopher. I love you man! Hey, I love all of you and wish only the best for you and yours!

LAUGHING AIN'T A PLEASURE TIL YOU KNOW ABOUT CRYING

I was talking with a very dear and very wise friend of mine( Thanks Christopher) when he gently reminded me that in this world of 3d illusion that consciousness has to express both a positive and a negative because it is dual in nature. And this consciousness has no way to express other than the way it is. I knew this but as usual I need to be reminded time to time of some things that should be second nature to me.(But I am still learning, with the help of good folks like Chris). Some may call the duality positive and negative, or ying and yang, or right or wrong, or any other label they may come up with. No matter what we call it, it will always remains true to itself. As I try to express love to all the "good" people I also have to express that same love to the "bad" people. And as Chris pointed out to me when I label anything as either good or bad I am limiting my own personal awareness of life , love and peace. If we did not ever experience any hardships how can we expect to experience happiness? If I never had to face adversity in any way how can I expect to experience perfect peace? If I never have to face loss, how can I ever experience gain? On and on and so it goes. I guess what I am saying is that when any of us are faced with something "bad" we should be eager to embrace that thing as eagerly as we are to accept "good" stuff. All of us have at one time or another lost someone we love. And as hard as that may be how could we have ever experienced the happiness we shared with that person while they were still here. Whatever this life may send our way I feel it is up to each of us to gladly accept and own whatever it is, even if it is something that brings us down to our knees. We all go through difficult situations but if we can just own the experience and learn from it we will be better able to come out on the other side a much better human being. No need to blame anyone or anything that may have been the cause of our consternation. No need to be angry, no need to damaged, no need to do anything other than just love it! Love each situation as it unfolds. Take our lumps so to speak and learn to do better the next time. As Chris reminded me the other day--we are all on our separate paths and each path whether we wish to admit it or not, is one that is sacred. So today whatever path you may find your self on just love it. My hope is that all of us will eventually choose the path of perfect love, perfect peace, and a willingness to accept and to love everyone just as they are. This collective consciousness we now find ourselves in is one of too much hatred, to much violence, to much greed, and too much condemnation. But as people who are making this collective consciousness we can change the way it goes. May we all learn to love others as we love ourselves. Kindness peace, love , and gratitude can replace all the negative stuff we see now. But it can  only change little by little as more humans join together in making our dream of a peaceful loving world a reality. Will you join me today in my dream of this world? I hope you will but if not I still love you anyway. Be safe, enjoy the holiday season ahead of us and try to be the very best human being you can. HUGS to all.

WHILE I CAN DREAM

I wish to share with you my favorite Elvis Presley tune from all time. This song just about sums up my feelings completely. Thank you Elvis!


"IF I CAN DREAM"


Got to be birds flying higher in a sky more blue
If I can dream of a better land, where all my brothers walk hand in hand
Tell me why, oh why, why can't my dreams come true?


There must be peace and understanding sometime
Strong winds of promise that will blow away the doubt and fear
If I can dream of a warmer sun where hope keeps shining down on everyone
Tell me why, oh why, why won't that sun appear?


We're lost in a cloud with too much rain
We're trapped in a world that's troubled with pain
But as long as a man has the strength to dream
He can redeem his soul and fly


Deep in my heart there's a trembling question
Still I am sure that the answers gonna come somehow
Out there in the dark there's a beckoning candle
And while I can think, while I can talk
While I can stand while I can walk
While I can dream please let my dream co me true
Right now, let it come true right now






I only wish I could put such a message in my own words so that everyone could understand. If you will join me in trying to become one of those beckoning candles that sees that we are all ONE. One candle at a time lit in the darkness will someday dispel all the hate and the world will live in peace and understanding. My greatest hope is that we wake up quickly and begin to live as we were intended to. We are born out of love and light and somehow we need to rediscover that Truth. I bless each of you from my heart to yours.

THANKSGIVING

To all of my fellow Americans that celebrate Thanksgiving Day this coming Thursday I want to wish all of you the happiest and most loving Thanksgiving Day ever. And while I'm at it I'd like to wish the same thing to all my friends on here who live elsewhere in the world. Thanksgiving is  personally, my favorite holiday of all. It is a time when I always take some time to remind myself of just how blessed I am. Life has treated me probably better than I deserve and I have so many friends and family members who love me just as I am. I don't think a man could ask for more than that. I know all of us have different situations we find ourselves in but my sincerest hope is that at least for one day all of us will take time to reflect on all the good in our lives. If by chance any of you reading this feel like you don't have a friend in the world let me say this. I love you. No matter what you do or where you go I will always love you. I may not agree with your life choices but I still love you. And to all of you who know me personally I would say the same thing to all of you. Enjoy a special day not only on this Thursday but in every moment you have here on this earth. I am preparing to enjoy  this special time with family who means the world to me. So I will be taking a break from writing on the blog but I do hope to come back in a week or so and continue to share my thoughts with you. May all your days be bright and filled with lots of love and may the "hard" times be few. But whatever you find yourself doing I would ask that you take a quick moment and do something nice for someone. Working together I really do believe that we can turn this world around from the direction it is headed and once again learn to  live in peace and love for EVERYBODY!

WHY I LOVE YOU ANYWAY

Being a human being in this world sure seems very hard at times. We all have our own personal desires and beliefs. And it seems so hard for any of us to find common ground on issues that we all face. We all want to be "right" and we all want what it is we want. That seems to be the reason why we have so many different groups fussing and fighting all the time. As I watch all this senseless b/s going on I cannot help but feel dismayed. While I realize that we are all exactly where we are supposed to be I still find it difficult to understand the actions of all of us, myself included. I have learned (thanks to many of you wonderful folks) that I just need to try and detach myself from the illusions of this world. But it is one thing to say that and yet another thing to actually do it. I know I still have so much to learn. Today I would just like to say to everyone that I love you. This includes even those who continue to kill and hurt others for no apparent reason. I know I can detest those actions but at the same time still love you and only hope that one day soon we will all realize we are ONE. I leave all of you with thoughts of peace, love, oneness, and much joy. As we tend to say here in Kentucky, Bless your heart! Remember to be the best human being you can and try to enjoy the one eternal moment that we are all in.

THIS WHOLE WORLD'S GONE CRAZY

The following lyrics are from a song from the Fabulous Thunderbirds.


"The whole world's gone crazy, think I've seen enough
I'm gonna sleep forever , why get up?


When I get myself going the going gets rough
So I ask myself why get up?




Well folks, that is way I feel way too often. From time to time I manage to lose sight of the fact that everything is exactly where and what it is supposed to be. I know that but I still struggle with at times. Looking out today upon this world I see groups of people killing other human beings because somehow they think their "God" wants them to do that. Well, I'm not sure what god they worship but I sure as hell don't want no part of it. Even though I find myself "judging" these killers and their misdirected actions of hate and prejudice I cannot judge them. I can only love them and hope that one day soon all of us will realize that love for everybody is the only way to go. I still can't help but feel like I am trapped in a world where I really don't belong. But then again, I know I am always right where I am supposed to be. So in a world trapped in struggle and pain, I will try to continue to just LOVE IT! I send love to everyone because that is the only thing I am capable of doing. And my hope is that all of you will join me in trying to show that love is the only answer. If you will just stop right here and put some positive thoughts out in this mixed up crazy world. This will not heal our planet in itself but it has to help a bit, don't you think? I leave all of you with thoughts of perfect love, perfect peace, and perfect understanding.

LET YOUR LOVE FLOW

The following lyrics from a song by the Bellamy Brothers will serve as my entry for today.


"Let your love flow like a mountain stream and let your love grow with a small list of dreams and let your love show and you'll know what I mean its the season
Just let your fly like  a bird on the wing and let your love bind you to all living things and let your love shine and you'll know I mean that's the reason..........................


My sincere hope for today is that all of us will indeed let our love flow outward to infinity and thus beyond. I bless all of you with warm thoughts for a very happy and safe new week ahead. And may each one of us do something nice for someone today just because we can.