Perhaps somewhere along the way our paths will cross. If not, well, I'll see you back here in a week or so :)May you express the gift of encouragement at the time needed to lift up a friend.
Check out this "youtube" link that shares one guy's song on the subject...
Rain, sure quick thunderous multitudinous “rain”
Soaked, completely wringingly clamorously voluptuously “soaked”
Laughter, ringing curing gaggling embraceful “laughter”
Led, easy cantering quietly tiptoeing “led”
To, at toward piercing arrival “to”
A, it oneness ohmmmmm superidentifiable “a”
Kiss, wisp plenteous trumpeteer soul-caress “kiss”
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This picture made me think of the chorus line of Eleanor Rigby:
“Ahhhh, look at all the lonely people”
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every one should have a “line”
let someone know that they are fine
just don’t wind up a total schmuck
insulting a hottie buttercup
only employ words from the heart
makes the difference how to start
cause if it’s only from the head
you’ll get the look “that line is dead”
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“come on over baby, a whole lotta shakin’ goin’ on” – Jerry Lee Lewis
“just let me be, your teddy bear” – Elvis
Tareq from NBC's Average Joe used the following on Melana:
"The simplicity of your complexity is the catalyst of my infatuation."
1) What is the worst thing you've ever said to your mother? Wild horses couldn't drag it out of me, I'll not repeat it! (don't you remember the soap in the mouth?)
2) If you could have avoided knowing about one thing during your life, what would it be, and why? Knowledge is power - I would like to know less about tragedies in this world if it would mean there are in fact fewer tragedies.
3) What is the strongest part of your marriage/partnership? Giving in to each other and being open and vulnerable to each other.
4) What would your heaven be like? As the old song says "Joy unspeakable and full of glory" - I like Revelations 7:16,17
"Never again will they hunger; never again will they thirst. The sun will not beat upon them, nor any scorching heat. For the Lamb at the center of the throne will be their shepherd; he will lead them to springs of living water. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes."
5) Show and Tell. What comes to mind first when you see this picture? Or, tell a story if it reminds you of one.
Expecting you'd be there
I went to the party
Just a kind word in mind to share
Not surprising to find you weren't there
Isn't it time you forgot, it's okay
Reminders of days past float through
Mind clears, your face appears
No card in the mailbox
No meet up in parking lot
Isn't it time you forgot, it's okay
The flowers once shared
Some with cool butterflies
Sunflowers and dreams cause we cared
Others amazing, we didn't say goodbyes
Isn't it time you forgot, it's okay
The phone isn't ringing
Not a text or email
No one comes to the driveway
To share the evening away
Isn't it time you forgot, it's okay
So finally prayers answered
In ways most restrained
Miracles do happen
Assume we've all gained
Isn't it time you forgot, it's okay
"i-appropriated" from http://iloveagoodbook.blogspot.com/2008/06/photo-meme-kinda-fun.html
Long before Jesus told his parables to help us understand things, God the Father had told one of cosmic dimensions and as deep as the abyss: the parable of life…
The listener was immersed in this parable without any possibility of escape, for its “words” were made of things themselves and these could in no way be denied.
“Who can gainsay the sun?” asks the sundial indicating the passing hour.
When the sky speaks – above your head with its billions of stars; and the earth you tread speaks – the sensible basis of living experience: how can you escape logic which surrounds you?
How can you ignore the harmony and beauty of things, or disregard the energy and power of storms and earthquakes?
How can you escape the “absent presence” of a secret entity, the designer of a creative will and indisputable unity, of which you yourself are aware of being a part?
- Excerpted from Why, O Lord? by Carlo Carretto
Yesterday on the way home I ran by the grocer's. They had some lovely pork chops that looked great for the charcoal grill. Do you ever snag something and run home anticipating the meal? They turned out nice. I slathered them down with some bbq sauce, Bullseye to name the brand.
Yesterday evening somebody "up there" showed out.
thoughts in a muddle to express the inside --None this week so... Wait is on my mind :)
http://headsortailshome.blogspot.com/2008/06/no-heads-or-tails.html
and
Heads and Tails is a weekly meme and the theme for this week is *wait* or *weight*.
just beyond Jen’s vineyard
a prayerful dwelling chants
to rhythm of the bullfrog
a watery pool romance
the natural dam in alcove
the fishes resting stratum
reeds, willows, vine and flora
reflect o’er shimmering bottom
within this brace of naturesolitude brings imagination
time and again this calls me
to enjoin quiet divination
for there is found that mindful rest
where spirit can easily soar
to heights left unanticipated
the mind brings so much more
seek this place, a pilgrimage
could be near your heart
just behind the vineyard
the perfect place to start
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I received the photos from a friend (*** see credit) and could not resist an attempt at capturing magical nature with a bit of a poem.
Photo - inspiration credit to Shadow at http://gsp-shadow.blogspot.com/
1) Who is the best-dressed person you know? "Susan" (especially the shoes)
2) What do you think the 11th Commandment should be? I always thought it was "God bless the ugly" (shouldn't I get one benie out of the bunch)
3) What was the biggest bridge you've ever burned? Any regrets? Cashed in my teacher's retirement (I won't participate in the system any more). Regrets? Not so far.
4) What action or event has made you the most proud? If you ever get a chance see the Civil Rights Memorial in Montgomery, AL. I know our world is not perfect but I think we are putting the hate behind us.
5) Show and Tell. What comes to mind first when you see this picture? Or, tell a story if it reminds you of one.
*This blessing by John O'Donohue is one of the most lovely things I have read in quite some time. Bless and Be Blessed, LarryG
For Eros
When you love,
May you feel the joy
Of your heart coming alive
As you lover’s gaze
Lands on your eyes,
Holding them,
Like the weight of a kiss,
Deepening.
May the words of love
Reach you and fluster
Your held self,
The way a silhouette of breeze
Excites a meadow.
When you are touched,
May it be the gentleness
You desire,
Your lover’s hands sending
Each caress deep into your skin
Like a discovering glance.
May slow sequences
Of kisses discover
Your secret echoes.
May your desire flow free
And never be fettered
By the thorn-chains
Of old guilt
Or crippled touch.
May you feel
How your soul loves
When you skin glows,
And your eyes darken
When promise ripens.
In the gaze of your lover,
May you see clearer
In the mirror
Of your own being.
May the silences
Be spaces where you
Can gather swiftly,
At ease with all
The subtle complexity.
May you be able to listen
To your lover’s heartbeat
And think only of the joy
You can awaken.
May you be able
To let yourself fall
Into the ocean of rhythm,
Unfolding even more
Until you become
One crest of wave,
Rising into wild foam
Whose beauty will show
In the graceful sweep
Of its home-breaking.
Let it go - just simple wordsThis is a 6 minute vid...
he says some (imho) very important things starting at the 2 minute mark.
"NO CALORIE DESSERT HUMP DAY"
therefore, any desserts eaten today are calorie free... lol
It is no accident to find in heart,
Love there a year beyond a wondrous fall
Six months since breaking up it gives a start
No thought we’d meet, or greet, or tease at all
No lunch, nor meal, nor church, nor dance, nor mall
Yet in clear head this visage does remain
Reminder of the grace that love can gain.
Would life beg them cast this fond lot again,
It is known hearts are bound to wind up sore,
E’en if majesty outweighs any sin,
Shy will the two be, though they surely win,
Accept the lesson love’s storm has to teach,
Let go true lovers of the heart's strong leash.
For Freedom
In the free holding of the wind,
Clear of the certainty of ground,
Opening the imagination of wings
Into the grace of emptiness
To fulfill new voyagings,
May your life awaken
To the call of its freedom.
As the ocean absolves itself
Of the expectation of land,
Approaching only
In the form of waves
That fill and pleat and fall
With such gradual elegance
As to make of the limit
A sonorous threshold
Whose music echoes back along
The give and strain of memory,
Thus may your heart know the patience
That can draw infinity from limitation.
As the embrace of the earth
Welcomes all we call death,
Taking deep into itself
The tight solitude of a seed,
Allowing it time
To shed the grip of former form
And give way to a deeper generosity
That will one day send it forth,
A tree into springtime,
May all that holds you
Fall from its hungry ledge
Into the fecund surge of your heart.
- John O’Donohue, excerpted from To Bless the Space Between Us, Doubleday , 2008
I just got this from skittle’s blog and had fun with it. I thought you might have fun, too! You can put your answers in comments and/or steal it as a meme.
“Tus maith leath na hoibre” – Irish proverb
(A good beginning is half the work.)
Below is a blessing – it differs from a poem as the author says in the introduction to his book. “A poem has a first and last syllable, and in between it is its own force field. In contrast, the blessing form has an eye to the outside in order to embrace and elevate whatever is happening to someone.” (book reference below blessing)
In out-of-the-way places of the heart,
Where your thoughts never think to wander,
This beginning has been quietly forming,
Waiting until you were ready to emerge.
Feeling the emptiness growing inside you,
Noticing how you willed yourself on,
Still unable to leave what you had outgrown.
It watched you play with seduction of safety
And the gray promises that sameness whispered,
Heard the waves of turmoil rise and relent,
Wondered would you always live like this.
Then the delight, when your courage kindled,
And out you stepped onto new ground,
Your eyes young again with the energy and dream,
A path of plenitude opening before you.
Though your destination is not yet clear
You can trust the promise of this opening;
Unfurl yourself into the grace of beginning
That is at one with your life’s desire.
Awaken your spirit to adventure;
Hold nothing back, learn to find ease in risk;
Soon you will be home in a new rhythm,
For your soul senses the world that awaits you.
- John O’Donohue, excerpted from To Bless the Space Between Us, Doubleday , 2008
1) In what movie is the most violent scene you've ever seen? I thought the cold blooded killing in Private Ryan was the the most realistically violent. But I think the scene in Schindler's List where the commandant killed the building architect was the most brutal.
2) Of all the people you know, who would make the most successful TV evangelist? I have a friend named Brian, I think he could do it, everything he tells is bigger than life. But then he is the last person you would expect to become a TV preacher.
3) Who is the person who most deserves to be rewarded for something? I enjoy seeing my children rewarded - when it is due. Two of the three are classroom achievers and the other is an excellent vocalist.
4) When was the last time you cried and why? My heart was touched yesterday morning when I met with some friends to talk about our week. We were praying for one man's daughter who has a surgery coming up this Friday. He said she was very afraid, she is a teenager and is facing surgery on her elbow.
5) Show and Tell. What comes to mind first when you see this picture? Or, tell a story if it reminds you of one.
