"We Are The Universe"

"Tell Me Again Granny"

 I want to always remember our talks..

"Do what you feel in your heart to be right- for you'll be criticized anyway.

You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't."

(Eleanor Roosevelt){Granny in a little different words, same meaning}

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   Good morning all! Yes, yesterday's blog was too long, much too informative and dense in material!
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   Ole Phil saw his shadow after being yanked from the comforts of his burrow! Told you he would.
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   No, I didn't sleep well or enough!
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   Gypsy is fine and dandy as are the other four-legged's here in ole rainy/cold Florida!
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   It was NO where NEAR 70 degrees as promised!
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   Lily The Black Bear & Babe are doing great, http://www.bear.org/ & the shirts arrived yesterday!  I have mine on today, "captured by Lily" they say!
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   Thanks for the "leave the author alone" comments, I do feel so loved! haha
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   Ole Cob & and her famous hand still rank #1 in reader comments which just tickle her pink!
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   Kamryn is lovin the snow and more is expected for his now fast & and furious feats down "hog hill" in Dublin VA on the sleigh while giving a "thumbs up and a yell" to Mom, Linda & and Angie, while wanting to be sure they email the Godmother of his antics and achievements!
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    I love Simon Cowell and he was in rare form last night, and very funny to boot! 
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    On for my thoughts!

Did anyone see the Grammy's this year? They were on television this week... I didn't pay too much attention to them to be honest; had much to do, but I did want to see the tribute to Michael Jackson, which of course I missed.  But I did get to see the children, and for me that was the most important part of the entire show. The painful loveliness of those two little souls just about did me in once again. Their tremendous presence and control standing on that stage took my breath away... I ached for their pain, for their exposure to a world they had been protected from for so long, but that has recently exposed them to so many stories and so much ugliness. I was glad that the little one they call Blanket waited backstage; I think perhaps he is too gentle for such bright lights and harsh exposure. Their grief is too fragile, their spirits like broken birds at the hands of too many that are famous, too many who want to say they care...

But together they stood and quietly and respectfully they spoke their powerful sentiments and words of great respect. It was as if Michael Jackson's very spirit had come through and stood beside them to provide the grace and courage and words; gentle and loving to the adoring fans and superstars. Words of hope and love for the world, for patience and for healing.

His song, "we are the world", his hope, "heal the nation, heal the world, the planet"... his children like ours are the hope for the future.

Today I realized that I just don't much care for the word "tolerant", or "put up with". We heard those words after the sudden and tragic death of Michael Jackson. It seems that word has been over used through the years, through the months and days following death and tragedy, civil rights, women's rights, and right/wrong way thinking... We hear that word in the work-place, we hear it watching t.v. shows and interviews with celebrities. We hear things like "I'm this, I'm that, I'm all this, I'm all that". The Grammy's were an example of that. Our children want to be like that, but funny Paris and Prince didn't seem to emulate that and they've been around it always on some levels and in some ways. They seemed to walk in beauty, in humililty, with a rare beauty.

Most importantly, these two old souls, but very young children seemed to get not only their Father's message that he brilliantly delivered the world through his songs... but they also seemed to get the Creators message and my thoughts of today...

I prefer words like: respect, compassion, love, peace, enjoyment... I care deeply for those words, they make sense to me. I can relate to them.

You see, I believe that as the picture you see above of me and Granny talking, there are lessons learned in each breath we take. 

You take credit my friends for mistakes made ~ not for the good that you do!

You are suppose to do good; you are supposed to be doing what is good, walking the right road, striving and naturally walking in beauty... that is the way of the greater circle, of mind-body-spirit connection of the world within the world and the world within each of us!

We must find the right way of relationships in walking, singing, dancing, rejoicing. Ways affirmations and of realizations that allow us to know that "I am not all that", "I am a part of the greater circle, the greater whole, and together WE are all that which is the greater circle".

We are people not labels; it is not about being this or that, part this/half of that/claiming/owning this or that... it is so much more...

It is the Universal connection of all that has ever been ~ all that is ~ all that will ever be~ And for that I give thanks, and so it is!

And in it is in this knowledge, deep within that we are able to thrive in our lives with knowing that we are never alone in our journey, in our joys or in our pain... we can watch from a distance two famous children as they mourn their famous father while standing tall and proudly thanking the world. Together they can accept an award in their Father's memory and end by saying "Thank-you, he loved you all very much" and smiling and allowing us to see the purity of their hearts. And Michael Jackson wept from the other side with pride.

It is knowing that we are all a part of the Creator/God/Universal Oneness, we are peaceful spirits within and the greatest benefit is that which is within; The Great Spirit, Creator, God, Buddha, Universal Oneness, Goddess. Call it what you want; it is that Universal connection to that which is all powerful that everloving oneness is what allows us to soar; at times with a broken wing. And it is in the flight that our vision becomes clearer and our faith is restored, our grief healed and we are able to see into ourselves while reaching out to others. The ability to find, sustain, and to cry from the heart in prayer is that key ingredient that will keep us connected to the four directions, and to the body-mind-spirit of hope in healing.

Walk In Beauty! Aho ~

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