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This past Saturday going to work found a radio station that was playing Christmas songs and enjoyed them all the way to work.   That evening with family and friends saw the Trans-Siberian Orchestra  at Key-Arena Saturday night.  Wonderful fantastic show; they played all sorts of Christmas songs with their flair and style incredible and words do not do justice.  It was the first time seeing them and well worth the time and would highly recommend. Thanks Giving is coming up next week, soon it seems.  It is a holiday steeped in mystery and wondrous tales and truths; often the real deal is not as exciting as the story or like many a story the actual event was not anywhere near the hype and grandeur of the current version.    Looking back...

A lot of changes have gone on and I have grown in understanding of myself and others which I am thankful. Almost a year ago a journal titled “My Problem or Your Problem? Today I offer resolution and clarity for that journal.  The Serenity Prayer                                                                        God, grant me the serenity                             To accept the things I cannot change;                        Courage to change the things I can;               And wisdom to know the difference.            My preference is... Grant me peace, happiness, to accept the things I can make change; the courage to help others when they ask, to give them space and freedom to be themselves and to lov...

Clothes should be optional but the line "Are you decent" has thrown a money or spanner into the works.  The line are you decent after reading here at CS seems counter intuitive or an oxymoron.  We are all decent with or without clothes yet many maintain morals yet we don't demoralize the babes entering this world in their birthday suits so why stop there? This line has always bugged me.  Here in America it means do you have enough clothes on for people to look at you.  Yes there are also laws that insist that you have clothes on in order to keep lawful, unless you’re on a nudist beach or in your own home or other places its authorized.   As a heterosexual male I have always been fond of the female form and have found females in all sh...

This evening I had taken a few minutes to look at the past year and at some point within the past many years began to realize that there are Many Truths.  Yes I realize that some believe there is only the One Truth and they and others know this Truth and it is one of the many. A truth for me is that what I perceive or believe is a truth until I choose another perspective or belief.  Most of us have heard that the only constant in this life is change and change it does. I like others had thought that my and those who agreed with me or those truths were the constants and others were misinformed, not aware or just plain not getting it. I have been making an attempt to understand, perceive and practice Unconditional Love for a year now...

I am no stranger to debate or discussion or talking about subjects that some fear to tread.  One phrase that has at the least of irritated me is “Agree to Disagree” because the other party decided that they are no longer willing to discuss or change their mind.  I realize that we all have our perspective and the right to our views. In Wikipedia this phrase is explained as (link below) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agree_to_disagree “Agree to disagree or "agreeing to disagree" is a phrase in English referring to the resolution of a conflict (usually a debate or quarrel) whereby all parties tolerate but do not accept the opposing position(s). It generally occurs when all sides recognize that further conflict is unnecessary, ineffectiv...

What would it feel like? I have spent a lot of time exploring and had not spent much time learning of this place and have ignored much of the splendor and heaven that is available.  I watched a video on Facebook ; Abraham Hicks What Would It Feel Like.  I had heard of Abraham Hicks and just started reading some of their material, and though not an endorsement or challenge feel the unconditional love of the message.  This uplifting, hope giving video/message is wonderful providing a balance to the message that in most of my fifty plus years of this life have not been told.  That negative message is that we are prone to wrong doing; that we are not good or deserving, and have to work hard, suffer and dream of heaven in a life beyond here...

Now I am sure that some of you will disagree and I would like to hear why you think that is good for anyone by any of the definitions provided below. I added some other things that fall right in with abstinence and its mechanisms. If you like this or agree great let me know.  If you think that this is a crock of fertilizer then let me know that and why.  This is one of those things that we think of but seldom talk or discuss. Wikipedia states that Abstinence “is a voluntary restraint from indulging in bodily activities that are widely experienced as giving pleasure” Ok right there...  Would a reasonable person be willing to give up or abstain from pleasure?   I thought myself reasonable an in right mind in my life but have done just tha...

Warm and fuzzy, interesting I am trying to remember what warm and fuzzy is.  That tells me that it has been a while.  The first thought that came to mind are kittens.  They are warm and fuzzy full of energy until they are not in which they roll up into a small ball and go fast asleep.  Puppies are a delight as they are warm and fuzzy throughout life; they know the value of play.  Had the pleasure of both growing up and through my adult life. As I look around this morning I find that I have lots of people and things to be thankful for.  People and relationships are by far the most rewarding as they are not a thing or owned yet exchanged or given through osmoses. Cool word that I don’t use much: Osmose, Encarta describes this as “to caus...

Thursday, September 02, 20109/2/2010 4:57:54 AM Spent much of the week's dream time in places and situations that were nightmares on steroids; this morning’s dream/walk was interesting in that a friend had picked me up from a tourist summer tropical market, she said of the past week hoped that I would see that I should be who I am not what others want me to be. That’s a tough one for most of us.  We place conditions on ourselves and others not giving ourselves or others the chance to be who they are. I had forgotten is that what’s around me is much better than the realities of the recent dreams.  In these dreams I was an observer not a participant making choices or an active part of the dream.  We can observe yet making choices and bei...

At work five people went home yesterday and had to tell their families that they no longer had a job.  Some of these people had worked there near twenty plus years and a long way from retirement, but at an age tough to get work.  I know what it feels like-a pit in your stomach thinking where the next paycheck is coming from what you are going to tell your family.  I know what it is to look for work that pays anything near what I made before or even get a job that you enjoy. Those with young kids in school or spouses that are not working are in a really bad spot.   I know have been through the 1980ties in the US the corporate raiding and gutting of American companies many families were devastated.  The breakup of families and divorce has ...