Everywhere

Sometimes life can be crappy. I mean really, really, really crappy. People can seem selfish and mean. Sometimes I look around and wonder how so many human beings around me don't see it - right there in front of them. Right there next to them. Right there inside of them. I am such a visual person, it is as if life looks like the Matrix - sort of - only my 'Matrix' is simple and sweet, visual poetry and beauty floating everywhere, in between the crap. I find myself crying because the wind sang me the loveliest melody. Or because the birds flying above painted me a moving canvas (reminding me of freedom and growth)......or simply reminding me of soaring leaves, similar to the very foliage they are preparing to land in. The very foliage dancing to the wind's newest groove-session as a leaf falls to the ground beneath my feet; smelling the sweetness in the air while it kisses my cheek.

Life really can be filled full of pain and horrible things. Horrible. It's there in the news and on the internet. It's here in the world = Anger. Violence. Hate. Greed. Sad Egos. Fear of that which others do not understand. Mmmmmm.....BUT (and it is a great o'big butt like the one I am sitting on right now!) when you look beyond, around, even right at it there *are* kind people, beauty and peace EVERYWHERE. EVERYWHERE.


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"Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light."

~ Albert Schweitzer

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“It takes more courage to reveal insecurities than to hide them, more strength to relate to people than to dominate them, more 'manhood' to abide by thought-out principles rather than blind reflex. Toughness is in the soul and spirit, not in muscles and an immature mind.”

~Alex Karras

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“In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they're still beautiful.”

~Alice Walker

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.

~Leo Buscaglia

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“We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never *leaves*.”

~Buddha

SWEET dreams (awake and sleeping), world. May you always remember your worth and power. May you always remember. And if you should forget look to the sky, the grass, the trees, the birds, the wind, the person in the mirror, children's eyes, those you love....they will remind you.