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Love and Light from HEALING Creek
Wednesday July 11, 2007
The past few weeks have been awesome !
Part of the 4th of July was spent with my kids who attended a family reunion of my ex-inlaws. Joey and I sat among 40-50 people and realized that twenty years of shared history creates a bond, whether we wanted it to or not. (smiling) My daughter said that they crowded around me like I was a rock star.
Joey and I walked down to the lake where old friends were. That's all.
I have lost too many friends in the past few years to not appreciate the ones that remain a little more than I might have before so many passed away. Who really knows if I will see any of them again, or if they will see me?
I will make the most of NOW, because NOW is what we have. If my daughter saw me being greeted like a rock star, she missed the part where I greeted them like they were rock stars too! You know, we almost always get back what we give.
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The light has been amazing for the past few weeks and I have been taking a lot more pictures (posts to follow).
When I had a few free minutes, I put pictures in two more photo albums ... and the layouts did themselves.
I still look at them and wonder where the inspiration came from!
I have started writing that book on healing and it seems to be writing itself ... which of course it would.
I have experienced healing in the most wonderful ways,
but true healing all comes from the same place,
arriving custom fit for each of our individual hearts and needs.
I can only write as a tourist in the land of Healing,
reporting the wonders and highlights
of a most magical journey.
I also have started making jewelry again. I can't quit designing necklaces, bracelets and earrings in my mind ...
I am currently in love with the free style, sundance type designs.
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It is hard to describe the way my life feels these days ... to put it into words ... I suppose a good example would be waking up one day and realizing I can fly! Of course, it's not normal or even natural ... and way too new to trust this new found gift. It's scary to know I have somehow tapped into the better part of myself and being afraid that I will do something to screw it up ... to shut off the flow! It's like Peter Pan blew fairy dust into my every day, only this time, it's real, and this is my chance to make a difference.
... Even "making a difference" has changed meanings many times in the past few years. I started writing here with the intention of sharing what I was learning and some of you may have found it helpful, but I see now that I wasn't brought here to make a difference to anyone else ... I was brought here to find how to make a difference in me! Writing helped me. Your feedback and comments helped me. Your stories helped me. My friends and family would occasionally offer feedback that matched feedback here and somehow, the classroom continued, weaving in and out of the books I was reading and the conversations I was having. Everything worked together, leading me to a place I never thought I would be ... to the REAL ME!
There is one more thing I had not considered ...
Even if I drew a detailed map and told you ever single thing I have learned, you would not be affected ... until you, yourself, make your own journey and draw your own map. We all have to earn this place individually. Imagine that we are all pilgrims. We all set out on separate paths that lead to our own mountain which we will climb in our own way, and when we each get to the top of that mountain, we will be given one sentence that will bring meaning to the climb ... but it's not the sentence - a single chain of words - that really makes the difference at all, but the price we are willing to pay along the way.
I could read you my little sentence and say, "Isn't that awesome?" but until you have walked your own path and collected your own sentence, my sentence won't have much meaning to you at all!
As much as I would like to, I can't do the work for anyone else without taking away from their wonder at the top of the hill. The MOST I can do is plant seeds and hope they will bear fruit along the way.
There is still more mountain climbing for me to do! As much as I am enjoying this plateau ... this resting place ... I also know that there is more ahead for me to meet and greet, but from now on, I really do KNOW that everything will be okay, because THIS is what FAITH is ... Everything that happens to us or around us is an opportunity to learn something new or to grow into the next thing coming down the road ...
Today, I feel the need to rise above the everyday and hold the things that really matter ...
RISE ~ David Wilcox
I see you dreaming by the ocean window
I hear you breathing like the waves upon the shore
The tide is turning on your time of sorrow
You will never be so lonesome any more
The breezes whisper as the curtain dances
Your dreams are deeper than the mystery of the sea
The sun itself is in the room beside you
With a message of how good your life can be
I know that a heart can just get buried
Stone by stone, crushing hope until it dies
Far away, but the message somehow carries
Beloved, it is time for you to rise. Time for you to RISE UP...
With a sudden sense of wonder
As the joy comes to your eyes
From the burden you've been under
Though the promise goes unspoken
When the joy comes to your eyes
For your soul was never broken
Beloved, it is time for you to rise, time for you to rise.
There's nothing wrong with taking time for sleeping
Your eyes are weary with the things that you have seen
A deeper promise your soul is keeping
Right in time for this appointment in your dream
Angels whisper so as not to wake you
There's nothing else in this whole world for you to do
But follow on to where your dream may take you
To see your footsteps from an eagle's point of view
With a sudden sense of wonder
As the joy comes to your eyes
From the burden you've been under
Though the promise goes unspoken
When the joy comes to your eyes
For your soul was never broken
About David Wilcox:
A warm, baritone vocal tone and poetic lyricism are combined with a unique guitar style that blends soft jazz and folk sensibilities and an intimate stage persona by singer/songwriter David Wilcox. Often compared to James Taylor and John Martyn, Wilcox has built a solid fan base for his well-crafted folk-pop tunes.
Cleveland-born Wilcox was inspired to play guitar after watching a fellow student play in a stairwell at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, OH. Transferring to Warren Wilson College in Asheville, NC, in 1981, Wilcox began taking music seriously. Although he took four lessons with a classical guitarist, Wilcox developed most of his playing technique on his own. In addition to being inspired by Joni Mitchell to play in a variety of tunings, he designed a capo that produced an unusual sound by leaving one or more strings unaltered.
Wilcox strengthened his skills as a performer through regular appearances at an Asheville night club called McDibbs. His debut album, The Nightshift Watchman, was released in 1987 on his own label, Song of the Woods, and reissued in 1996 by Koch International; it featured scaled-down arrangements and launched Wilcox's career as a touring musician. After performing at the Bluebird Cafe in Nashville, Wilcox signed with A&M in 1989. His first release on the label, How Did You Find Me Here, sold over 100,000 copies by word of mouth. Wilcox subsequently recorded two other studio albums for the label -- Home Again in 1991 and Big Horizon in 1994. In 1991, the label released a six-song CD, Mostly Live: An Authorized Bootleg.
His contract with A&M ended after four albums in 1994, but Wilcox has continued to share his love of music and his explorations of personal growth. His 1997 album Turning Point recorded in the log cabin studio in the woods behind his home, represented a shift to a more controlled approach to music, while his February 1999 release, Underneath, continued to focus on his vocals and guitar playing despite the additional instrumentation of electric guitars, keyboards, and rhythm section. Although his albums have featured diverse arrangements, Wilcox continues to perform in concert as a soloist. In August 2000, What You Whispered was released. A best-of collection followed the next year, released during his successful national tour. Due to his popularity, the demand for a live album became too great and he offered Live Songs and Stories in the summer of 2002. Into the Mystery appeared in 2003, followed by a joint effort with Nance Pettit, Out Beyond Ideas, in 2005 and Vista in 2006. ~ Craig Harris, All Music Guide
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Saturday June 23, 2007
Blogstream has something for every one! If it's happening and it's important, someone is writing about it! You can search topics or screen names, watch the updated blogs list or simply float around until you find something that interests you ...
On Everyday Life ...
So, I'll be 39 this summer.
I can live with that.
Next year I'll be 40.
I can live with that.
My metabolism is slowing down and I can live with that.
I find my memory has gotten weaker - but I can live with that cuz so far I'm only forgetting things that really don't matter.
BUT -
I have discovered one lonely gray hair on my head........
THAT, I cannot live with!!!!!!!!!!!
~ Starbucks anyone? by Jamocha
He stood watching with those big, blue eyes, open wide with anticipation as I opened the bottle, inserted the wand, pulled it out then softly blew. He gasped in excitement as bubbles of all shapes and sizes floated around him.
"Oh.....wow.....", he said, while trying to catch one in his hand.
When they were gone, "Mo....MeMa.....mo...."
He looked at me as if I had done something so grand, his face alive with wonder and amazement.
A bubble floated down, landing on his nose, then popped.
"MeMaaaaa", he said in awe.
The look on his face was so very precious, that, MeMa felt tears of joy roll down her cheek as I looked down into that sweet angel face.
~ INSIDE THE FLAME by ^BELLE^
My husband can home the other day with a tee shirt he had bought me that has 3 gnomes on the front of it and it says "Hangin with my gnomies" 
~ Soul Quest by Dragonflower
I was sitting at the kitchen table with my son while he was eating breakfast and I was waiting for my nectar of life (coffee) and there was Scrawny (the squirrel) on the back of one of the chairs on the back porch staring in the window at us. TJ would get up and tap on the glass and Scrawny would drop down in the chair and hide from view. Then she'd pop right back up and stare at us again.  I had not put out her pile of nuts, yet. SO, finally, I got up and took the bag out on the porch. He hopped down and nonchalantly strolled across the porch, jumped off the end then hopped up and hung on with her front paws while watching to make sure I put the nuts down for her. Sheesh!
~ Daily Changes by HeatherScot
I gotta tell ya this though - the people of NYC are a special breed. If you took life in any other place and were able to somehow concentrate it - put like one square mile of life into one little square inch and then stack them all together...you'd have NYC.
That's what it is, concentrated life - total chaos and madness going fast, faster fastest, twenty four hours a day, seven days a week, and people LIVE in the midst of it! Thrive in the midst of it!
I would see these faces of calm in the middle of everything going everywhere at the same time...just patiently waiting for the light to change, or the lunch order to be ready - amazing.
NYC Dwellers - my hat is off to you! You live life in a way that is unique, creative and with a little bit of sass! But you are never too busy to smile or help a stranger. Nice going - nice city.
~ Combined Letters of a Pyed Wacket by PyewacketI step into the mall elevator with this old lady. She looks down at my feet and just looks PISSED. I'm thinkin, wow, either she really hates my lime green sandals or I'm really in need of a pedicure (which I am).
She purses her lips, gets all huffy and looks at me. She said, "I'd be able to wear sandals too if I had straight toes!"
WTF? I mean, really, WTF?
That's me, Annerbelly, responsible for the crooked toes of old ladies across America.
~ A Southern Gal's Musings by AnnerBelly
Missouri has a lot of valleys where I live and to me nothin is more beautiful than a long winding valley...although when I see all the beautiful things around me it is hard for me to pick one...my grand daughter asked me yesterday which color was my favorite...to be honest...I love them all...so I can say I have no real favorite...the blue of the sky...the green of the hills...red and yellow in nature...the browns...the colors of the sunset...life is a wonderful gift...I enjoy as much of it as I can...I'm a low maintenance gal...I try to keep my desires simple and find joy in hearing a bird call or looking into the face of a flower...I take my hugs where I find them...
~ Midnight,Me and the Blues by cracker
It seems like there should be simpler, more fun solutions for earning a small amount of extra cash, doesn't it? Shouldn't one be able to blog for fun and for a profit?
~ Private Time Reflections by Grandpa John
On Health ...
(Excited...jumping up and down in place, injures eye with boob)LUCY...LUCY...LUCY !!!
So glad to see you! Congrats on not smoking and the weight loss. I've lost 18 pounds...wanna know the secret...? Apple Cider Vinegar, plus my skin feels softer.
~ INSIDE THE FLAME by ^BELLE^
I read for awhile, meditated for awhile while listening to the birds and trees, closed my eyes and swam in nothingness for awhile.
Meanwhile...my arms, shoulders, back and parts of my legs are turning a brilliant shade of red. I put sunscreen on the girls, even had it sitting next to me for half the day. But did I use it, silly, silly me. Well...You'd really think I'd learn by the last several summers when I've done the EXACT same thing...
Don't do as I did...Remember to use sunscreen !!!
~ MacKenzie's Inner Fire by Mackenzie90
I am with you on thinking I would live to be at least 100, not quite 137...And yes we are only 38 this year and even next year   and I'm sticking to it
~ His Queen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! by HisQueenActually there really are a lot of dreamers on the Stream which is what makes it such a special place. Intelligence is nothing without imagination and curiosity and the ability to explore what isn't yet known. Oh! And I'm real sure it helps to be a wee bit off-center mentally! (Which sure does qualify me...)  )   
~ Living and Dying in 5/4 Time by Captain Morgan
On Arts and Entertainment ...
How I love sprinkles on my ice cream - oh yeah and a funny man with a really nice ass. Does it get any better than that? I think not.
~ Edgewood Estates by chandabear
It's ok to misquote lyrics for years I thought Hendrix was saying " 'scuse mr while I kiss this guy!"
~ The Real Zappa Fan by Zappa Fan
Will someone pleeeeeeease tell Matthew McConaughey to stop with these incessant phone calls at all hours, asking me to spend the weekend with him at the Ramada Inn in Acapulco???
I mean really...it's getting a little embarrassing.
~ The Dog House by Biggie T
Could be worse,T.! Could be some gray-haired, wrinkled-up old chick like me hiding in the bushes with a burnin' yearnin'! YIKES!
 
~ Peanuts In My Pepsi by Slick
I'm thinking of selling the story of your life to the National Enquirer...ya wanta split the proceeds....
~ Second Chances by Coloconnect
On News and Politics ...
If all the money that has been spent on armed conflict and all the weapons systems over the past century had instead been spend on securing the basic needs of all humankind, we might now have a more secure world to live in.
~ Whit's Whittlings by Whit's Whittlings
I also think that in DECLARED WARS, we ought to require 10% of Congress folks to be IMBEDDED with our troops. To actually SEE how things are going!
~ TallPockets For Prez 2008 by TallPockets For Prez 2008
I was just saying the other day that if this USA had a crisis - we would be hurting with all the troops gone elsewhere. I have backed this President for so long - but I am beginning to think he is fighting a losing idea that must change - Yesterday was to late.  
~ Looking for Truth by Lookin'As for the News, I stay far away from it most of time, only to be driven further away – when I do get a dose - of its ‘gross stupidity,’ on those rare times I do pay attention to it.
This morning for example; Pup is listening to Fox News, while I sit here at my computer desk, and suddenly (without warning) – “A Breaking News Report” is upon us, (before I could run from the room) – we're hearing all about a Moms problem with a “Sippy Cup,” you know the little plastic cups that kids drink from. Don't feel bad if you didn't know what a ‘Sippy Cup’ was – neither did I, (I had to ask Pup). Don't ask (about the details to this story), Pup mercifully muted “The Late Breaking News Report,” before it could spread its gross stupidity through the airwaves and into our simple abode. Thank you Pup!
~ The New Residencia by icemelts
Hottest selling 2007 bumper stickers!
1. Bush: End of an Error
2. That's OK, I Wasn't Using My Civil Liberties Anyway
3. Let's Fix Democracy in this Country First
4. If You Want a Nation Ruled By Religion, Move to Iran
5. Bush. Like a Rock - Only Dumber.
6. If You Can Read This, You're Not Our President
7. Of Course It Hurts: You're Getting Screwed by an Elephant
8. Hey, Bush Supporters: Embarrassed Yet?
9. George Bush: Creating the Terrorists Our Kids Will Have to Fight
10. Impeachment: It's Not Just for Blow Jobs Anymore
11. America: One Nation, Under Surveillance
12. They Call Him "W" So He Can Spell It
13. Jail to the Chief
14. No, Seriously, Why Did We Invade Iraq?
15. Bush: God's Way of Proving Intelligent Design Is Full of Crap
16. Bad President! No Banana.
17. We Need a President Who's Fluent In At Least One Language
18. We're Making Enemies Faster than We Can Kill Them
19. Is It Vietnam Yet?
20. Bush Doesn't Care About White People, Either
21. Where Are We Going? And Why Are We in This Hand Basket?
22. You Elected Him. You Deserve Him.
24. When Bush Took Office, Gas Was $1.46
25. The Republican Party: Our Bridge to the 11th Century
26. One Nation under Clod
27. At Least Nixon Had the Decency to Resign
28. Iraq, Arabic for Vietnam
~ Ruby's Slippers by Ruby13
On Spirituality ...
Funny how some days you are truly connected.
With our busy lives we tend to take things for granted.
Then, after you've been preoccupied with details for days, you sit down and think and feel.
Today I feel love.
It's a good thing.
~ Welcome to Our Place by Nursey
Whatever happens, know you are not alone, and that people care.
~ Heidenheimer by Heide
"The teacher appears when the student is ready" ... I have seen that ... if you are wanting this ... it will come and manifest if you concentrate on it ... ask the universe for all the things you want ... making a wish list and then release the outcome ... reading the secret is the first step out of the rut ... as you are in a place feeling powerless ... the secret gives one permission to create their destiny ... set in motion what you want, write it down, see it, visualize it, own it and release it ... that is what the Secret teaches ... its on the best seller list and Oprah has endorsed it ... try it ... big hugs and love from the net land of souls who come here to express, do and be.
~ Moon~Stories by Anonymous
You have the power to change things; the first step is deciding that you will.
~ INSIDE THE FLAME by ^BELLE^
As for reincarnation... have you ever heard the song "Galileo" by Indigo Girls? It's a good one! It asks the questions, "How long 'til my soul gets it right? Can any human being ever reach that kind of light?"
And I started my blog with a quote that ended with "Reincarnation indeed. We die and are resurrected enough times in a full life to satisfy a mystic for eternity."
~ Along The Spiral Path by Daisy
Let's allow the beat to resonate deeply so that as we continue to walk in this world, the heartbeat of Love and Compassion becomes stronger with every step. In Service & In Love, Padma
~ Breadcrumbs by Padma
With age comes wisdom......I'm waiting!
~ To Go Beyond by Celtic Mist
Poetry ...
NATURE'S GIFTS
I love to walk
down tiny paths
into the woods
by the river...
in early summer,
listening to
nature silently
recite poetry
this is where,
the birds sing
the wind whispers
the earth smells...
shadows and light
dance around me...
trees stand tall
and proud
as if listening...
the sun invites
my soul to find
Hidden gifts ...
~ Reason To Believe by River Rat
THE THROES OF ETERNITY
Each moment, I die and I am reborn
In an eternal now
That never ends
And never begins
And the lake laughs
And the wind whistles
A sweet, never ending song of creation in my ears
Through the branches of the trees
As they dip timid toes in life’s water
And drink deeply of its nourishment
And I smile a small and insignificant smile
In the throes of eternity
~ Stream of Consciousness by wayfarer
RITES OF PASSAGE
Echoes of my heart…
Scattered across a starry sky
Vibrations of wonderment…
Encapsulate tear filled eyes…
Desperation to feel…to touch
God...just to breathe
Once in a lifetime...the Dream speaks to me
Once in forever…to be released…
Set totally and spiritually free…
Enchanted forever’s…whisper through my soul
As a menagerie of pain appears
And wants to take control
A thousand careless acts…
Cast upon the Sea of Love
Riding untold waves
Till they all come undone
My destiny awaits...and so does she…
So does she
My heart beats patiently now...once and again
Those guiding forces in the night…yet again infuse me
With their power and might
Storms may indeed blow
Darkness may fall for more than one night
But as long as there is breath in my lungs
I will not give up the fight...no...not ever
And I once more…turn my ship head long…
Into the wind…
Dreaming the Dream
Hoping with all faith
For my destiny to soon begin
~ SoulMate Dreamer by petra7077
Photography ...
Or, if you aren't here for the articles, but like the pictures instead, feast your eyes on Friday's Featured Blogger (the flip book in the last post)! I think Ohio must be awfully close to heaven, or at least The River Rat by River Rat makes it look like it.
Birthday Reminders From Lucy:
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