Peggy-Bless you for trying-
My goal is this-
For the most definite period of the rest of my Life I will:
Find that quiet place where my Heart speaks.
Learn to Hear it.
See me in others and Know I am Love-able and unique as is any/all.
Find the understanding that to intentionally kill another is the same as
suicide.
Find the understanding that to be a True Warrior of God means to hunt only Self.
Lastly,I will not ever,ever stop.
Bob
Today
my boss and his son came over to visit.We were walking around the property when
the father said to the son"hey,why don't you go hide in the xmas trees and
we will see if I can find you".The boy ran off laughing.The father
proceeded to select rocks from the surrounding area.A minute later we heard
giggling and a happy voice say"I'm ready".The father turned,looked at
the small tree his son was hiding behind and started to fire rocks.
I was dumbfounded.I said"you gotta know how this is gonna
end"."Yeah,I'll probably hit him and he will cry"replied the
father.
The voice in my Heart said"don't get upset,watch and learn".School was
in session.As I watched the boy and man,I saw overlaid on them another boy(the
father)and a man(his father).They were playing the same exact game .The voice of
my Heart said"it's simply how we learn to spell the word Love".the
voice went on to ask"how do you spell that word,Bob?Does it work to your
liking?".
As I pondered this,the boy and his father finished their play.Before the boy
returned to where we were standing,he honored me by asking"Hey Bob,you
wanna try?".I declined.
LIGHTS members-what do you think of this as a topic for some future meeting?
1)At
what point does an examined life decide to learn to spell things such as the
above example differently/Is it even needed?.
2)What
can be done to help others learn different spellings?Is this needed?
See you all Sunday,Soft Paths and Love(my spelling) Bob
Dear
Peg,
You are always so wise. Yeah, I
thought I talked kinda big. That's not really like me at all. In
that moment, I become just the very machismo person I didn't want to be.
Oh, well. I'll grow up.
Andy
Dear Peg,
I think I'm more afraid than I am
frustrated or angry. That's all. Some people said that triple 4's
mean the sign of angels. I've been seeing a lot of triple 4's and triple
2's. It's not just like seeing it on liscence plate or on the clock.
I picked up my shampoo bottle which weighs 444 ml. Also on the Simpsons,
Homer has a college dorm room that is numbered 222. I never caught that
before in all the times I saw these episodes. I'm really convinced that
the angels are there. But I'm still uncertain about what will happen.
Andy
Plan
B according to Robin Williams
Leave
it to Robin Williams to come up with the perfect plan... what we need now
is for our UN Ambassador to stand up and repeat this message.
Robin
Williams' plan...(Hard to argue with this logic!)
I
see a lot of people yelling for peace but I have not heard of a plan for
peace. So, here's one plan:
1) The US will apologize to the world for our "interference" in their
affairs, past & present. We will promise never to "interfere" again.
2) We will withdraw our troops from all over the world, starting with
Germany, South Korea and the Philippines. They don't want us there. We
would station troops at our borders. No more sneaking through holes in the
fence.
3) All illegal aliens have 90 days to get their affairs together and leave.
We'll give them a free trip home. After 90 days the remainder will be
gathered up and deported immediately, regardless of who or where they are.
France would welcome them.
4) All future visitors will be thoroughly checked and limited to 90 day
visits unless given a special permit. No one from a terrorist nation would
be allowed in. If you don't like it there, change it yourself, don't hide
here. Asylum would not ever be available to anyone. We don't need any more
cab drivers.
5) No "students" over age 21. The older ones are the bombers. If they
don't attend classes, they get a "D" and it's back home, baby.
6) The US will make a strong effort to become self sufficient energy wise.
This will include developing non polluting sources of energy but will
require a temporary drilling of oil in the Alaskan wilderness. The caribou
will have to cope for a while.
7) Offer Saudi Arabia and other oil producing countries $10 a barrel for
their oil. If they don't like it, we go someplace else.
8) If there is a famine or other natural catastrophe in the world, we will
not "interfere". They can pray to Allah or whomever, for seeds,
rain, cement or whatever they need. Besides, most of what we give them gets
"lost" or is taken by their army. The people who need it most get
very little, anyway.
9) Ship the UN Headquarters to an island some place. We don't need the
spies and fair weather friends here. Besides, it would make a good homeless
shelter or lockup for illegal aliens.
9b) Use the buildings as replacement for the twin towers.
10) All Americans must go to charm and beauty school. That way, no one can
call us "Ugly Americans" any longer.
Now, ain't that a winner of a plan.
"The Statue of Liberty is no longer saying 'Give me your poor, your tired,
your huddled masses.' She's got a baseball bat and she's yelling, 'You want a
piece of me?
Robin Williams
Hello
everyone,
As the sun chases the clouds from Colorado, I am reminded that nothing black
ever remains that way. Andy is back on track sort of and seeking
confirmation of his sanity, Bob is setting free his feelings of unconditional
love, and Robin Williams is cutting to the quick of things well.
Maybe through all of the collage of feelings we just have to go back to the
simple and stop making our lives a living hell by allowing our meager feeings
outside of the box. Maybe being selfish is the answer to all of this
chaos.
At the end of the scope we have Andy who wishes to find symbols to define mental
stability and himself. He wants to be gifted beyond time and yet survive
this time. He wants to be loved for the person he truly is inside no
matter what the outside shows to others.
Like the father tossing the rocks at his son behind a tree, it is not the hurt
or sting of the rock hitting him, it is the fact that they are doing things
together. Maybe he is teaching him the fact that life tosses us rocks each
time we look and travel outside the box, and sooner or later, you will ignore
the sting but be happy that you were part of the event.
So, who is to say that Andy's quest is lessor than any?
Robin tells us to get over it. Get your nose out of other's worlds that
you cannot control, protect what is yours, and kick those out that feel the free
ride is here for them.
With our bouncing economy and the billions on our credit card, he is saying
financially we need to refocus on ourselves for a bit, and to that end, he is
correct.
Shoving our way down the throats of others does not make them gratitudous
freinds automatically. There is something about the grass being greener on
the other side, but how many horses do you see high centered on that fence?
This is April 26, 2003. A year that still amazes me and befuddles me, but
in that chaos comes rhythm and answers if I can just go backwards to uncross my
mind. I am gratful I am alive to witness all or part of it, and perhaps
that is all I need to know today.
Have a great weekend everyone. Much love to you today.
Sincerely,
Peggy