~~~~~ Everyone have a fabulous 2008. Go do that thing that's been in the recesses of your mind. Wear that thing you don't think you still can. Say that thing to you know who, and look them staight in the eye with conviction.~~~~~~ ~~~~~ Find beauty when masked...hope when despair reigns.~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Enlighten ignorance with gentle words of guidance.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lower your defenses when downtrodden...seek an old or new friend, and say, " I need you to help me....now ". ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I just learned...probably my favorite songwriter and artist, Dan Fogelberg, just passed away after a heroic battle against cancer. To say his lyrics touched me throughout my life would be a failed understatement. I wish him a garland of roses when they applaud his entrance into Heaven.
Today, on my long commute homeward from a challenging day at work...amid a crystal blue winter sky, I found myself adrift with melancholy feelings. I suppose the beautiful Christmas sounds chiming from my Sirius, of Handel's and Bach's renderings, contributed to the equation. Christmas memories are precious if one has precious memories of childhood Christmases. I have been blessed thereto. And I am greatful. It's funny...how you can have tears of missing loved ones that have passed....as you simultaneously smile as if you are...through the magic of an old Christmas Carol...transported back in time to your living room floor with your family of your youth..cradled with the anticipation of what Santa will bestow. I do believe in magic. I'll see it my children's eyes very soon Christmas morn.
Today I had to render a bad diagnosis at work too many times. One is too many. The most important aspects of delivering quality health care I think....is being accurate...and...ensuring the patient's dignity at all times is respected and actively stewarded. Here is a wish of strength, hope, and healing warmth to all those that find themselves in pain or afraid.
> How come some "beautiful people" are so insecure inwardly that they choose to be surrounded by beautiful people even more self-absorbed than they are?
> In what Universe, be it this one or one parallel,,,,are there at least a minority of populace that can see beauty is within?
Those that know me...know I LOATHE....the mind set that being born into affluence dosen't necessarily carry with it responsibility thereof. I guess that is what inspired me into these words I penned this night.
We glide through the high times Crash through the low times Despite the comforts of modernity we curse the "what if" times.
No idea have we of the toils of those past ..how they prevailed against odds heretofore unsurpassed.
Tell me how missing that "chip shot" really mattered when just last week that single Mom waitress got battered.
Oh ya and while that 401-K of yours seems frail, that battered woman got her eviction in the mail.
But don't worry, don't fret, for you're you and they're not. They didn't get that winning lotto for your slot.
So go on, indulge and be free of benevolence. You surely are chosen to make bed with malevolence.
If those that occupy lower "stations" in life are maligned... that perhaps somehow they matter... then you can help them realign... their dreams and steer them back to the course you deem best, one that keeps them in check and crowns you Prince, your Highness
Many fear its deafening silence...for one must confront one's self. No one is there to impress or possess... No one to hear boasts or lies. No one consoles or comforts. No one praises or protects. Your soul stands naked before you. You lower your armored fortress. Those who listen before they speak... welcome this time. A time for cosmic reflection...for self scrutiny..for cherished memories...for future anticipations. The sun sings...the birds shine.. You feel the quiet. You are the mountains's summit. Nature is your brother. Growth takes place here.
WIDGETIZE