Look behind the mask;
See beyond the smile…
In light of recent events,
I’d like to pull back a bit from perception
and take a good look at the reality around us.
In particular – the people in & about our lives.… —-> Continue…
So, today I read this tidbit:
“FACT:
One of the only activities that activates,
stimulates, and uses the entire brain
IS MUSIC. ”
Such a powerful fact to be treated as casually
as we so often do in Life, wouldn’t you say?… —-> Continue…
In some hour of the day, I pray
that we catch a glimmer of the
power and potential that seethes
just under the surface of what
we think we’re capable of…
And in that moment –
take hold of it
and change the World.… —-> Continue…
Sometimes it takes a tragedy to cause us
to take hold of our lives and create triumph.
From the rumble of toppled buildings
to crushed & shattered dreams and hopes;
where we go from here all starts at a beginning.
Do we rebuild from rubble with the same anger,
greed, hate and self centered agenda that brought
them down – brought Us down – in the first place?… —-> Continue…
Over the weekend I ran across this
quote by Martin Luther King, Jr.
“You don’t have to see
the whole staircase,
just take the first step.”
When I read this, I pictured a spiral staircase -
one that quickly turned out of sight as it twisted upward.… —-> Continue…
“We can wish things were different,
and we all too often wallow in our pain,
our misery, our anger, pity, and shame.
Meanwhile, time marches on, the world turns
—and Life moves on without us.
If you want to keep up—
if you want to conquer,
you’ve got to get up
and put one foot in
front of the other
—and move.… —-> Continue…
The scars of our life
are the score of our living -
evidence that we have risen
from the shadows and fought.
We may not win every battle,
and we will falter, fall, and even fail
in our advances and endeavors.… —-> Continue…
