life: DISTRACTION: WHY GIVE IT ATTENTION? - 12/28/25 12:15 PM
Haven't you noticed how much distraction presents itself, non-stop, everywhere, for reason & no reason, wanting a piece of you to do with who knows what? NOTE: you have not included it, enlisted it or even given it any thought or considerations until its foot is in your mind door & it successfully enters into you or your field of vision for a second or longer. It's like a mosquito landing on you for its own reasons, gets your attention, you swat or crush & then move on. But that little critter along with fleas, ticks & itches got to you … (3 comments)

life: HOPE-PEACE-LOVE MAKING ROUNDS (get some XMAS) - 12/23/25 07:54 AM
This time of year, there is something in the air presenting itself & we are to seize this moment, now more than ever. Christmas makes it easier to smile, laugh, let go, see differently, notice the other person, examine want & need, & most importantly, a chance for another way to come, & have its way with you if you let it. Do not miss this opportunity to know, grow, change & start afresh only because you can! Love is in the air. Breathe deeply & again & again to your fill!
WORTHY NOTE: Christmas can cure "poverty of spirit" where riches … (3 comments)

life: MARCH TO YOUR DRUMBEAT (find this beat) - 12/22/25 12:04 PM
The Little Drummer Boy poem written by Katherine Kennicott Davis & what it meant/means to me allows me to glean & illustrate a point for your sake through this posting of which I will explain on how finding your drumbeat, the one you march to, the one you hear, will give you the desires of your heart if you do your part. This poor, ignorant orphan boy, discovered on his own, the secret to life, love, peace & joy & beyond his knowing it existed
WORTHY NOTE: What the message means to me is what I share. May it mean to you … (1 comments)

life: CURE FOR HARD HEART XMAS - 12/21/25 06:25 AM
Who doesn't want a heart-check? Not the medical type but the love-driven one. Are we still sensitive to what is going around us or have we developed a type of tunnel vision driven by indifference, immunity & callousness? How about people? Are they a blur in your daily journey? Perhaps your brain has taking over & you only want to function with no distractions?
are you hearty?
YOUR SILENCE is for when you are gone
Do you do things out of obligation? Rote? Script? Programming? Consider the boisterous bellowing referred to by the poet Walt Whitman; "I too, am not a bit tamed, I too … (2 comments)

life: THANKING GOD E-Z TO DO (take a moment) - 12/08/25 11:27 AM
You have been in wonder & awe although not frequent enough, however that can be increased with new risks, discoveries, travel, inquires & the most powerful inducement i.e., being still, observing what is going on around you & with or without contemplation, you have just gave respect for life, surroundings & the Creator of your time-out experiment which was really time-in, if you choose to believe it
Take a moment, see for yourself, creation abounds =Creator
THE CONCEPT IS NOT NEW
Spend your time, a moment on anything it becomes the center of your attention & focus with value beyond the known realms. Notice … (1 comments)

life: SAYING & MEANING NO (you will be tested) - 12/08/25 07:17 AM
I am speaking of the word NO that is easy to say but harder to own. NO should be used when the answer is definitive, non-negotiable & final by the user however the hearer of the word NO has modified & discovered work-a-rounds to weaken the NO structure. Do not let that happen! Stand your ground or don't use NO
Her "no" is missing
NO WAY
We don't need to add anything to NO & those that want to corrupt, manipulate or distort argue otherwise. Anyone that argues a NO think they are being creative, practicing good salesmanship or being so clever wielding their … (4 comments)

life: WHAT R-U ATTRACTING? (mature self-ponder) - 12/07/25 12:18 PM
I meet people all the time, marvel at my fellow mankind, their journey, lack of progress & progress, their Woes & Oh's & are never disappointed for the meeting & getting to know you session whether it be long, fleeting or repetitive. In many tales that are told to me, a pattern or repeat behavior theme keeps surfacing perhaps you are familiar with it or maybe you will be while visiting this posting. 
THE ATTRACTION
I have reached a point where I find all life interesting & fascinating & mankind experiences takes the cake while mysteries remain the icing on cake. I observed, … (3 comments)

life: CHANGE GOOD or BAD? (u r in it now) - 12/07/25 09:18 AM
Change asks without asking: change from what to what? Why change? How? What is involved? Personal chosen change can advance us while forced change produces a different result. Many think change is "change for the good. But change can be for the worse too. The fact of the matter is that change is neither good or bad, evil or angelic but instead, simply stated & put, it is just change!
everything seen & unseen is moving, changing & agreeing to do so
NOTHING STAYS THE SAME
It is impossible (pause & consider) that anything stays the same. STOP & search your brain library, Google, … (1 comments)

life: TEST YOUR BELIEFS FOR RESULTS - 12/04/25 11:01 AM
Beliefs power the results of mankind, protect & reward, nourish & when two or more people agree to anything, a sense of unity exceeding words, a comrade in arms is out & about. What propels a belief? Where do they come from & what is our best use of these powerful bits of "can do", "no can do", all free, without the asking too. 
if thinking had all your answers, you wouldn't be thinking but doing instead
YOUR BELIEFS MADE/MAKE YOU
it is done to you as you believe, how powerful is that? Pause for cause here. If you can think it, it can … (3 comments)

life: SEEKING CLOSURE? IT'S LOOKING FOR U TOO - 12/04/25 11:00 AM
Think of a cut, bruise or general injury where it took place, the trauma & shock of the moment of inception, then the full attention given to it followed by care & treatment to help it on its way to healing or in other words, back to before the episode or better & sometimes not the same but all that can be done was/is done. We know all this. What about the rest of our systems that react, respond differently? Don't those need to heal too. A cut or a bruise beckons a band-aid. Inner hurt or pain beckons too but … (3 comments)

life: LOVE BEYOND WORDS (inner) SPIRIT & TRUTH - 12/03/25 10:34 AM
We have the ability to appreciate ourselves (self-love) & to do so with others too. It appears that loving one another as well as loving anything is a mandatory part of who we are & how we journey. Can we exist without love? Sure, if we were animals. Plants, animals & insects, nature, weather & planet earth, solar systems, galaxies & more do not love but instead follow specific instructions. You are not programmed to do this but instead, created with special purpose & meaning
LOVE WITH STRINGS (conditional)
It would not work very well as love is liberty with legs to go … (1 comments)

life: MERRY XMAS MEANS WHAT? - 12/03/25 10:33 AM
We created a special time of year of which to do things differently. Perhaps how we feel or go about doing something or maybe examining our motives & even looking at our excessiveness & wantingness because we can & not because we need to. When is the last time you paused, assessed & examined yourself & your ways? You see our journey to have can become obsessive unless something snaps us back, slows us down, & points out that we may have overlooked many things. The different holidays do this, but Xmas makes it very special, personal, private as well as … (3 comments)

life: THE MOMENT U-R IN NOW (spirit & truth) - 11/29/25 06:42 AM
I want YOU to give me 90 seconds of your time that I may use you, to personally make & demonstrate the request & post point. First, realize & confirm how much time you spend coming, going, planning, pleasuring, shopping, sleeping, traveling, working, as the set-up. I am going to ask you, right now, to pause for 90 seconds. Don't do while driving & for optimum experience, set aside 90 seconds, with no interruptions, distractions or performing multiple tasks as you try to include this request. NO! I want your do-nothing state!
See anything of interest? it was always there. You are … (1 comments)

life: RULES of JUDGING (be careful) SPIRITUAL THEME - 11/23/25 09:55 AM
We all know, & have heard before, regarding making unjust judgments being reminded by the famous "judge not & you will not be judged" statement & we accept this, but its heads-up value is taking for granted. Yes, when you judge, the other person & even dark forces, get a turn too thus the judgment wars begin & they were started by you. However, just like we started it, humility can end it with change & being sorry followed by apology & of course, not repeating the behavior. Then, the fresh start begins
YOU MAY HAVE MISSED THIS
If you judge unrighteously, i.e. … (1 comments)

life: DEPENDS HOW YOU LOOK AT IT (life ponder) - 11/10/25 12:37 PM
Right -wrong, good -bad, happy -sad will offend your pride & ego when challenged to what I am about to introduce & they should. Why? It is subjective to your own experience & not subject to outside sources. For now, let's rise above. We want to remain objective to everything (not e-z) while we journey in this brief time here on earth. Objectivity separates us from our think, feel & react brain systems while allowing us to see & receive naturally what is ours. No drama, mini-series, under or over sell, just seeing what is really going on. From there, it's … (4 comments)

life: CYCLE of LIFE (U-R in it now) - 11/10/25 12:36 PM
Birth to earth & womb to tomb so the sayings go, we are all part of something so great & mysterious that we do well to remind each other from time to time. This is my time to do so. Life is very deliberate. It is not an accident, we did not somehow appear from under a rock, crawl out from the oceans nor was our original mother & father formed by a primordial soup concoction LOL. What we have here is a genuine wonder & awe that has joined us on this brief, earthly journey. Let's respect this as we … (2 comments)

life: BECOMING RICH BUT IN WHAT? (life ponder) - 11/09/25 01:23 PM
You can change your name to Richard (rich) for short is one way to become rich LOL. If you are speaking of wealth, that's no big deal unless you make it one. You see in America, opportunity never keeps quiet, nor does it hide, & keeps coming whether you pick up on it or not. It "knocks" around (pun) on its own agenda available at all times to anyone interested. NOTE: Opportunity can be for anything  like becoming a better person, finding true love, humility or forgiveness
do you love me?
WHAT IS BEING RICH?
if you are speaking wealth, then know there are … (3 comments)

life: START YOUR DAY THIS WAY (from inside out) - 10/26/25 12:32 PM
The well-named rut has seized you & the grip is so subtle, you don't notice you are bound. Helping this along is a comfort zone that made a home in you, with your permission & has captured your awareness & growth dynamics basically locking them up for no further use. The why & the how of life is reduced to hypnotic trances, suggestions & complacency. Is this the Twilight Zone? The invasion of the Body Snatchers? The Matrix? All of the above unless you act!
everything is yours to do with as you wish
BEGIN HERE
Just appreciate the obvious that you are UP … (3 comments)

life: LET ME GUESS? NO! U EITHER KNOW or DON'T - 10/26/25 10:35 AM
I think so? Let me guess? What do others say? I'm assuming that is correct? All irrelevant in a court of law & reality where people are wanting to live life & grow better for it. In the world of assuming, your position is weak, seeking sympathy & involvement with some ignorance thrown in. Sound harsh? Are there exceptions? Does an assumption position have any value?
YES, NO, I DON'T KNOW
Now here is safe, honest ground to be found in. Your yes should be definitive, your no firm, & your I don't know driven by honesty/innocence. All should be offered up to the offeree … (4 comments)

life: FEED the SOUL (R U forgetting?) SPIRITUAL - 10/25/25 07:03 AM
You wake-up every morning, visit with the mirror or another who is present, you see yourself & they see you, & then all go their own ways after some prep work & the day begins as usual. During the day, the same & as we approach the end of our day, where the pillow beckons, rest awaits & we answer that call, STOP! right there. Inside of you is a spirit that the body cannot live without. It is the real you not the mirror or what others see. It was with you wherever you went, never leaving you or forsaking … (1 comments)

 
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