WHO THE HELL IS HANNIKATE

For reasons unknow my blog shows I am following Hannikate but Im not. This is some kind of spam and when I click on the link it takes me to a gossip page. Anyone know how I can get this crap off of my blog page? Thks

WAITING TO BE HAPPY?

Are you maybe one of those folks who is just waiting fro something to change so you can at last be happy?Well, I hope not! Instead I would hope that you are a person who can truthfully say right now that you are happy no matter the circumstances you find yourself in at the moment. I believe that many times we waste our time and energy "trying" to be happy, instead of just letting go and "being" happy.So if you are by chance waiting for something to "make" you happy may I suggest that you drop all expectations as to what would make you happy and instead go on and reach deep within and "see" and "allow" the happiness that already resides within your heart to express fully and freely right now right here! As Deepak Chopra has written: Nothing creates more unhappiness than failed expectations....... expectations are an attempt to control the future. And as we all should know by now trying to control the future to meet all our expectations can only cause much heartache and broken dreams. Go ahead my friends--Live today for everything it already is! Joy love peace good times etc I now leave you with thoughts of pure and perfect love to you and yours. May each moment given freely to you by the "ONE MIND" be a moment of joy to you and everyone you touch!

GREAT SPIRITS

One of my all time favorite people is Albert Einstein. Even tho I never met the man or was around him he still remains a favorite. If I could talk to any person from any era old Albert would be high on my list. Not only was Einstein a genious he was truly a gifted man in many areas of life.He had a knack of really listening to the "ONE MIND" of all creation to find the answers he was seeking at any given time.And of course being a thinker of things outside the box caused many to label him as "odd", "a dreamer" or just plain crazy. I love many quotes from old Albert but my fav is the following:  "Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." How true Mr Einstein how true! So I hope all of you shall continue on your own personal path to enlightenment even when others would oppose you in your endeavors. When anyone tries to tell you you cant do this or you cant do that or you cant believe this or you cant believe that just remember what old Mr Einstein stated years ago.....great spirits mediocre minds...... Here's to hoping all of you wonderful folks have gotten the new year off to a flying start and that it will remain a year filed with love peace hope joy and enlightenment!

OOPS

On my previous post about the ThriftStorePoets I made a couple of mistakes.@ of the links I gave you were wrong but I have corrected them and you should be able to use all of them now. And secondly I said Chris's wife sang backup but it is his daughter-in-law who is the backup vocals.Give  my buddy Chris a listen and Im sure he would apreciate hearing from you if just to say hi.

THE THRIFTSTORE POETS

Before I get back to blogging about life's mysteries, illusions, paradoxes, and the like, I would like to take a moment and invite you to take a listen to my friend(Chris Ledgerwood) new album . I met Chris online last year and have been following his career as a musician as well as developing a friendship with him. Chris seems to me to be just an open honest country boy with loads of talent in the musical field.He has been kind enough to include me in his growth both as a human being and a musician.Even tho I've never met Chris or his family or the band members somehow I feel connected to them.I asked Chris if I could give out a link to his website and he was willing. So here are the links
www.chrisledgerwoodandthethriftstorepoets.bandcamp.com
www.thethriftstorepoets.com
www.christopherledgerwood.blogspot.com
www.facebook.com/chrisledgerwood-and-the-thrift-store-poets
Chris writes his own songs that come from a life that has taken many directions for Chris.The accoustic guitar melodies along with the haunting sounds of the harmonica seem to take one inot the world that only Chris knows.His son Franklin(I think that is his name) is also a talented musician with the guitar. Every member of the band is quite talented in their own right.And if Im not mistaken Chris's wife sings background vocals also. Just wanted you to see that the band is what I call an "Intimate" band that plays so well together and they seem to just be another on e of us ordinary folks. No frills, jumping up and down, burning guitars or that kind of stuff. Just good old music that I would say is kinda a cross with country, blues, and folkrock. Im sure Chris would love to see you visit his website and take a listen to their music.And you can also purchase their music on line.I hope you take a moment to check them out. Even tho they are a small town band they are currently in demand all over the state of Oklahoma. It sure wouldn't surprise me if they wind up making it really big. And knowing Chris as I do he would be the first to tell you its not about the money its all about the music!
One of Chris's dear friend who was still in her teen years died last year and he penned a song just for her that he played at her funeral. So much of his soul and spirit and heart went into that song and it shows.I'm hoping that one day after Chris does make it "BIG" he will allow me to write a song of my own for him to sing. That will be my dream for a bit and in the meantime do yourself a favor and check them out.In ending I want to wish all of you folks a most wonderful and happy new year ahead. I hope it will be filled with much love, peace, joy, and understanding. I bid you all a farewell and remind you to do something nice for someone just because you can!"HUGS" to all.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS

I want to wish all of you a most wonderful holiday season. Tis the season to love love love. May all yours be filed with lots of love, peace,joy, and time spent with family and friends.I will be back on here after the holidays. So until then my friends I bid you fond wishes in all things.

ACCEPTING CHANGE

Why is it so hard for us to embrace and accept change when it is inevitability going to come? Wish I had the answer to that one! We must learn to accept change and learn from our mistakes along the way. There was a story about a man who was convinced that he was dead.He went to see a psychiatrist but nothing the doctor told him would change his mind about him believing he was dead. Finally the doctor said to him,"You know that dead people don't bleed, don't you?" The man replied "Yes" The doctor then stuck him with a pin and he bleeds. "Well, what do you know?" said the patient. "Dead men do bleed afterall." That shows just how far we will sometimes go to keep from accepting change.But I believe if we are truly going to be happy then we must take the things that are making us miserable and "change" them. Or a t least accept that we must change our way of reacting to those things so they no longer will have power over us. One of my favorite authors Kahlil Gibran once stated :"I have learned silence from the talkative, tolerance from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind. Yet strange I am ungrateful to these teachers." I think he is trying to tell us that change is necessary but we dont necessarily have to "like" the changes or the ones who brought the changes into our lives. The only thing constant in this life is change so we may as well learn to go with the flow and do the best we can no matter what changes we are faced with. I sincerely hope all the changes in your life will be "easy" to accept and will make you a better human being.I leave you now with thoughts of perfect love, perfect peace, and perfect oneness.May your day be a good one! And please try and do something nice for someone today!