Thank you for sharing this, Rebecca.

It doesn't interest me what you do for a living
I want to know what you ache for
and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart's longing.

It doesn't interest me how old you are
I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool
for love
for your dreams
for the adventure of being alive.

It doesn't interest me what planets are squaring your moon...
I want to know if you have touched the center of your own sorrow
if you have been opened by life's betrayals
or have become shrivelled and closed
from fear of further pain.

I want to know if you can sit with pain
mine or your own
without moving to hide it
or fade it
or fix it.

I want to know if you can be with joy
mine or your own
if you can dance with wildness
and let the ecstasy fill you to the tips of your
fingers and toes
without cautioning us to
be careful
be realistic
to remember the limitations of being human.

It doesn't interest me if the story you are telling me
is true.
I want to know if you can
disappoint another
to be true to yourself.
If you can bear the accusation of betrayal
and not betray your own soul.
If you can be faithless
and therefore trustworthy.

I want to know if you can see Beauty
even when it is not pretty
every day.
And if you can source your own life
from its presence.

I want to know if you can live with failure
yours and mine
and still stand on the edge of the lake
and shout to the silver of the full moon,
"Yes."

It doesn't interest me
to know where you live or how much money you have.
I want to know if you can get up
after a night of grief and despair
weary and bruised to the bone
and do what needs to be done
to feed the children.

It doesn't interest me who you know
or how you came to be here.
I want to know if you will stand
in the center of the fire
with me
and not shrink back.

It doesn't interest me where or what or with whom
you have studied.
I want to know what sustains you
from the inside
when all else falls away.

I want to know if you can be alone
with yourself
and if you truly like the company you keep
in the empty moments.

-Oriah Mountain Dreamer

Ill post it tomorrow

Blessing a day

iphone writer:

Today I coined two phrases that had these words in it.
Dumb-ass and anger. Not the kindest words to describe anything but effective attention grabbers. Is the attention seeking reaching reaching a pinnacle status? I say yes. And Anger rules the daily ritual of news factories. In all fairness not all news is angry- I have found NPR does a fair amount of good news.

It's the worst anger that can give our true dark side a chance to grow. Images of Star Wars appear in mind and it's easy to imagine - just who is your Father ?? And if the worst violence hasn't been seen by everyone by the news machine lately- I am shocked
THE biggest budget concern should be anger!! Is it Guns? Or Anger???
Are we too angry too care? To look to ask? I'm thinking a club scene is essential in the future - bars like the space scene out of ... We make it safer - members only.
the ending wont be tragic .
as the worlds fascination with Guns has truly taken hold I hope anger can be studied and researched by one if those so called groups, that study electric forks and spoons. We are humanly expected to be civilized . Can't we study peaceful solutions ? We must in fact.

I coined a phrase to about pulling a Dave Mustaine . I think he can really be the squeaky wheel, I am impressed with his ability to tell his side of his story -even if I don't agree. I say that- in a way -because he means it.  He is an amazing musician and I respect his opinion. I stood up for his Men's Wear house -Rant. But he's got a special touch- he's famous. He's gonna rant about you and your gonna hear about it- and CNN is reporting. So face it- you blew it. I've been there . I think we all have learned key customer service skills by that one big mistake- it might even cost you your job to learn it. But you never do it again.

I'm sincerely hoping that I did not hurt a mans pride by using his style of argument as a description. In the same sentence as the other words. Also ---Because my son would kill me- he is his favorite Guitarist.
**sigh** and I know I did not call Dave any bad names - I said people are the term Dumbass - when they blame others . It was a rough day for me ;men- it's time to let women take over and I don't mean in the kitchen.

It is always a challenge to get thoughts on blog- with an iphone. Very busy day.


That was yesterday
Today life goes on
My life is an ironic song?
I'm still coining phrases
And predicting time.

I wrote an essay on the electric addiction .
Realized it was me. My best Dreams are back.

Winter

You are too cold winter
My skin longs for the warm touch of sunshine . For mornings that comfort and days that are long.

Where are you warm days?
When will you return?
I will be waiting for you.

Come back to me sunshine take away this bitter cold from my soul.

Silly daily blessings in random thoughts

Today I was laughing to myself thinking about the book tittle The Cat in The Hat.
Funny references crossed my mind and yes I wondered if I should write a bit more - just for fun!
Starting this year I am publishing more unserious random silliness here.

Got it? I'm just having fun-

Cat in the hat -/ a cool guy who brings his own condom
cat in the hat - quotes "its fun to have fun but you have to know how !! "
(Twisted) Thought for the day

It was important to me to write a little note after the shootings today. I learned 17 years ago-
and yes that does feel like it was yesterday...  I see events before they happen, and often I see the vision in a dream. 17 years ago...I dreamed about a mass death due to a man that blew up a government building, he was an American, and he killed children to make his point.
When I saw this happen it was of course horrible and frightening but when it was over I heard these words.
People will do worse things than I will ever do to you. God said- I am not doing this to you.

Keep your eyes on me 

don't focus on the bad it is what the killer wants--

I was saddened that God didn't stop it, and showed it to me the night before. WHY? On that day I am not sure, but I was sure that there would be more of the same to come. And it sure has.

I cant say that I knew this would happen today, I can say, that I felt the pain of it today- and with that I mean the anger lesson.   I felt it deep in my soul today it disturbed the whole-soft & fuzzy feeling we were getting from the season, but my pain was directly from my own source, my own child.  He was the same face of pain and hate today and it sure brought me full circle.

He is letting in and focusing so much on what is bad that it just- destroys the humans spirit!

No one wants to admit the inner demons that kill us, but maybe now we can.  It's time to speak of love and better things to come.  I will never give up hope, Christmas is still coming, so is the new YEAR!

Blessings
of LIFE

1 Corinthians 13:1-13 - Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.

           Perched on this Starbucks bench finally connected to the internet, I wonder what to say....  I hear that great song...this is a cold and broken hallelujah.

I've been meaning to jot down these random thoughts rambling around my head for many days and even weeks, alas they are so random they don't seem to find the importance to make it here...I've been rattling around the old house, coming up with subjects like, ~ Is this where we are at? thoughts on why we need another outlet mall in Livermore, complete with images from the new Grinch of giant crowds of crazy shoppers and carrying their loads of packages. Has Christmas changed or just me?  But that makes me think, and then I start to have mixed feelings and the only image I can conjure up is that of-  the Grinch yelling to his faithful dog  "Max get my sedative" and he hits himself with a hammer and falls off into forced sleep.  Funny stuff and hauntingly real images about this season that I still struggle with. I will resolve that I must be some kind of Grinch to not have good cheer to over decorate along with superfluous gift giving talents.
I sit back and relax for a bit with my coffee in my own cup, and my trusty laptop, I face outward to see the people that are passing by.  Young children are snuggling up to their parents laps, just peeking out of their delightfully sheltered world with the glare of protection that makes you feel like an outsider. Couples hold their conversations close and look sideways at the girl alone on the bench cafe? Do I have something on my chin?

What is the fascination for new things? Is this where we are at? My Grandfather would say, "Don't buy anything new.."  A thought that I was sure was only applicable to those that did not need to keep track of fashion or didn't have any money. In fact he meant to say that with clothes its usually not new anyway, and its never new for long, "..wear it once and its used!"  A fact that cannot be denied.
I don't want to buy anything clothes here, though.  I 've walked through all of these stores and looked at the things, nothing begs for my attention. I have looked at the things and there just isn't anything I need here.  I dont need a purse from Coach that costs more money than the food bill my 17 year old can eat, nor do I desire to tote around a giant bag that looks like it might be fit for Mary Poppins and her coat rack.  Purses, shoes, coats, hats and all those things are fine and beautiful, but nothing can warm the soul when it feels left out in the cold. Nothing.

Just when I am ready to blog-= see I am out of batteries--
NO outlets BN ~ really??

I had to share this ! I was able to take a photo of this great piece of art because my ultra creative daughter made it, and its actually a real collage. She can creatively make so many things like this, out of cut out images~!! its a large one of kind what we call " multi-media " ~piece. The more I see it the more I like it.  I am so grateful for this wondrous girl in my life. She has grown into a caring, beautiful capable young woman, and she lives to do artwork.  If I had anything to do with that I would gladly take all the credit, as her parent I can only take so much of it.  I believe I can guide and give support, but when it comes to your kids, you can only do so much because the world does it own guidance. If you are lucky you can rear a child that can filter the world like this, not just through her rose colored glasses, but reflected back out with this kind of faith.  She is my rock today, as she has started two jobs, and this ability she has to, work and do art, also reminds me of my life at her age. 

I wanted to blog something about politics and the outlook of my shop and all that personal stuff. But I am just bursting at the seams over this beautiful girl I get to LOVE. 

Thank the Lord above for LOVE.

Blessed children. 

~may you have a blessed day today. Peace.

Watch out Silicon Valley !!

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There is no secret

What makes it special?
You do !

The best movie to watch when you just can't find peace is kung fu panda it's just a liturgy of inspiration...

It's all in the mind ya know?


The secret ingredient is nothing:

Mr. Ping: The secret ingredient is... nothing!
Po: Huh?
Mr. Ping: You heard me. Nothing! There is no secret ingredient.
Po: Wait, wait... it's just plain old noodle soup? You don't add some kind of special sauce or something?
Mr. Ping: Don't have to. To make something special you just have to believe it's special.
[Po looks at the scroll again, and sees his reflection in it]
Po: There is no secret ingredient...

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0441773/quotes

There is no secret

What makes it special?
You do !

The best movie to watch when you just can't find peace is kung fu panda it's just a liturgy of inspiration...

It's all in the mind ya know?


The secret ingredient is nothing:

Mr. Ping: The secret ingredient is... nothing!
Po: Huh?
Mr. Ping: You heard me. Nothing! There is no secret ingredient.
Po: Wait, wait... it's just plain old noodle soup? You don't add some kind of special sauce or something?
Mr. Ping: Don't have to. To make something special you just have to believe it's special.
[Po looks at the scroll again, and sees his reflection in it]
Po: There is no secret ingredient...

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0441773/quotes

Home is in the heart, so where ever you go you can take it with you.

“I sit beside the fire and think
Of all that I have seen
Of meadow flowers and butterflies
In summers that have been

Of yellow leaves and gossamer
In autumns that there were
With morning mist and silver sun
And wind upon my hair

I sit beside the fire and think
Of how the world will be
When winter comes without a spring
That I shall ever see

For still there are so many things
That I have never seen
In every wood in every spring
There is a different green

I sit beside the fire and think
Of people long ago
And people that will see a world
That I shall never know

But all the while I sit and think
Of times there were before
I listen for returning feet
And voices at the door”
― J.R.R. Tolkien
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Insomniac Posts

Note to self : Step up the work out- sweat out those tears .

Do what ever if takes to stay healthy.

Sleep well .

Demand fair and heathy food.

I was taught about supply and demand early on in life. That this simple system runs the world..
Who understands this better than the big business man or woman. You know that the more something
Is wanted the more value it has. But lately supply and demand aren't working as usual . Let's take the demand for gasoline, that is clearly getting larger with more cars more people and less gas available.
So why isn't there a big demand for alternative cars that run on something more sustainable and simply put something that we can afford?? It doesn't make sense that we continue to use gas, and oil and just turn our backs on the level of production of autos ! Why are we even able to build mass amounts of crappy cars ? Just to be cheap? Cheap isn't good .. No one can afford a broken car. Who killed the dreams of alternative fueled cars? Seriously?
Btw Presidents don't create energy, or gas or food, the don't create anything, they can only do what you or we the people- let them. They can create war, and bullets and bombs...and money all day long if they want to. Why are they limited to these resources and then we are surprised when they use them ?? Hmm little out of balance? Unfair?


We have begun to be a throw away system . We have taken the supply and made it now throw a away supply so there is no responsibility in what you buy or even how you buy. If you don't like it throw it out- get a new one and this concept has bled into our system of people. People have lost value in our demanding system because cheap is good and the divide from those who have and those who have not, is handed down in what is only paper and rarely in the heart. Paper has taken value over people, money has more value than life itself. You can buy anything and no matter what the demand may be, you can get it. See the beautiful reference from "The Little Prince" quotes of the Fox
by St. Exuprey... http://www.thelittleprince.com/
"People can buy things already made in the shops but there is nowhere where one can buy friendship so they have no friends anymore ..."
Want to go to mars? It's out there , want to buy a wife? She's out there and so it goes. Money talks and politics today spends a lot of money on worthless pomp and circumstance it's shameful.
Contradicting all that has been inherited down to us by our hard working and stubborn forefathers. All those lovely children's books teaching us morals that can just break our hearts with truths that we can't uphold.
We start young to teach our children
Good food and good thoughts ... Good habits start young and stay with all our lives. But we have to be willing to clean out our brains of the daily junk each day and put out fresh clean thoughts for the new day - ok I took that from J.M.Barrie's "Peter and Wendy" but it's timeless !
If we could we'd fix our future, but you can't learn history of the future in the present that's impossible but we can learn from our mistakes, and from our past history.
That is why we yearn for hope, for people who can enlist us in the system of hope. When I think of people who brought great hope I think of Henry Ford who invented the assembly line and paid his workers a living wage to create a vehicle that would in fact change the world . He had a big heart and his dreams are alive and well- he's played it fair- what can we learn from him? They just don't make things like they used to people!! And that's the truth !

I think of farmers who understood that if they cared about the food and kept it growing they would be able to take care of not just their own families but so many others - without fame and fortune they give all they have from the heart to the heart. We cannot survive without the farmers or the good food they raise. So why aren't we protecting them? There is more demand than ever for good organic food- why would ANYONE let our food become tainted with genetic alteration and chemicals or worse . Why would anyone allow the breeding of plants that are unable to make seeds!! And then make the saving of seeds illegal and Patton them?? I AM FURIOUS AT THIS!!
It must be stopped NOW ! Our whole world relies on seeds and food-this is an outrage! It's completely unfair!!

I can tell you from personal experience that I am allergic to high bred gassed tomatoes - why do we need this? Who can say we really don't throw away and waste more food than ever?
Go to the market go to the restaurants go to the garbage dump and see for yourself the supply is wasted and the demand is over met and yet still over whelming ! Because we are never going to be satisfied by cheap Imitations and we know Better out bodies innately know what to refuse this is the cause of most allergies and then we get sick.
In our hearts and in minds we know everytime we throw away that can or bottle or eat from a plastic to go container. THIS ISN'T WHO WE ARE. This is what big business wants us to be. Forced into submission and told how to eat, sleep and drive. And the more that we buy it, the bigger it gets. We are blind to what is right in front of our face in the animal farms -when milk and dairy farmers make penny's and distributors and markets are fattening their retirement !! Farmers don't have retirement !UNFAIR!

Supply and demand - self responsibility and vision. But also honesty and ability to look into the past and see the mistakes of the past.
The first people here were the Anasazi they lived and loved on this land we call America. They were wholesome, indigenous men and women who prayed to their beliefs for all they needed. Their story is one that we have yet to learn from.
We can't just pray for what we need the earth is going to tell us what it is going to do . Without water and food we die. And no matter who we are basic necessities of life remain the same beyond all classes and religion and sexes, a place to live, food to eat and a fair trade is all we really need.

Is this land fair ? Is it? Mother always said life wasn't fair, it's up to us to see to it, that somehow our future becomes as balanced and fair as it we can make it. Not just on paper not just on tv or in books or speeches, but truly fair for the all people, the children and the elderly. It's up to us to care enough to see, how we can make the future healthier intentionally.
Just like Monsanto intentionally made it hard for farmers to survive by unfairly taking away their livelihood. That should come back to bite Monsanto fairly to see that no one can create laws that put good people out of business so bad business can literally kill us all by taking our right to grow safe food.
Every single plastic to go coffee cup adds up to waste- what you don't own a cup ?? Really you lazy ass person bring one or ASK FOR ONE - :)remember that a -real cup-at the coffee shop? I PROMISE YOU. It will taste Better with a dash of less waste.

Today I suffer from what I think is a malnutrition headache . Where I live I can't get food from the farm, I have headaches and I'm hungry. I pay a much higher price to buy food thats is shipped here from far far away, because so many people are willing to buy from cans and boxes that don't have properly grown vegetables anymore. My market is really limited on vegetables. Have people have given up on safe healthy food? It's true in Hayward, So the demand went down for farm fresh foods we just ate what we were told to- what was available.
Now we look back and want the food we to used to have? Where did it go? It should be in my back yard, it seems to cost more to grow a tomato than to buy it? Why is that? There are books about the $200 tomato ..

Where's the giant organic farms creating jobs and keeping drs at bay? They are not here, because your life was unfairly written by lobbyist who made it legal to lie on the labeled foods your money paid for!
We paid to be lied to. Yes it's not even a law to tell you when you are eating a Genetically Modified food.

No one will agree to that willingly. I need truth and I really hope that in the years to come people stop buying boxed food, bottled water, and throw away electronics and crappy cars, and stop the demand for unfair business practices. Stop the demand and you will choke them out of business, it's not just your future. It's everyone's future.

I love my Grand Parents !
Thank God for them.

Liz

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Welcome to the land of opportunity

It occurs to me that American English uses the same word for many different meanings. A little insight into people one person has many different definitions but you can only see the ones you understand. The Greek knew of this as well giving important words numerous meanings -because we are only as valuable as we are useful.

Here's my favorite example of the way the words form from value- The Greeks know love: with many thanks to my Mother and Father ...

(I borrowed this : because I'm on my iPhone - I couldn't say it any better -Wikipedia )

Eros (ἔρως érōs) is passionate love, with sensual desire and longing. The Modern Greek word "erotas" means "(romantic) love". However, eros does not have to be sexual in nature. Eros can be interpreted as a love for someone whom you love more than the philia love of friendship. It can also apply to dating relationships as well as marriage. Plato refined his own definition. Although eros is initially felt for a person, with contemplation it becomes an appreciation of the beauty within that person, or even becomes appreciation of beauty itself. It should be noted Plato does not talk of physical attraction as a necessary part of love, hence the use of the word platonic to mean, "without physical attraction". Plato also said eros helps the soul recall knowledge of beauty, and contributes to an understanding of spiritual truth. Lovers and philosophers are all inspired to seek truth by eros. The most famous ancient work on the subject of eros is Plato's Symposium, which is a discussion among the students of Socrates on the nature of eros.
Philia (φιλία philía), which means friendship in modern Greek, a dispassionate virtuous love, was a concept developed by Aristotle. It includes loyalty to friends, family, and community, and requires virtue, equality and familiarity. In ancient texts, philia denoted a general type of love, used for love between family, between friends, a desire or enjoyment of an activity, as well as between lovers. This is the only other word for "love" used in the ancient text of the New Testament besides agape, but even then it is used substantially less frequently.
Agapē (ἀγάπη agápē) means "love" in modern day Greek, such as in the term s'agapo (Σ'αγαπώ), which means"I love you". In Ancient Greek it often refers to a general affection rather than the attraction suggested by "eros"; agape is used in ancient texts to denote feelings for a good meal, one's children, and the feelings for a spouse. It can be described as the feeling of being content or holding one in high regard. The verb appears in the New Testament describing, amongst other things, the relationship between Jesus and the beloved disciple. In biblical literature, its meaning and usage is illustrated by self-sacrificing, giving love to all--both friend and enemy. It is used in Matthew 22:39, "Love your neighbour as yourself," and in John 15:12, "This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you," and in 1 John 4:8, "God is love." However, the word "agape" is not always used in the New Testament in a positive sense. II Timothy 4:10 uses the word in a negative sense. The Apostle Paul writes,"For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved (agapo) this present world...." Thus the word "agape" is not always used of a divine love or the love of God. Christian commentators have expanded the original Greek definition to encompass a total commitment or self-sacrificial love for the thing loved. Because of its frequency of use in the New Testament, Christian writers have developed a significant amount of theology based solely on the interpretation of this word.
Storge (στοργή storgē) means "affection" in modern Greek; it is natural affection, like that felt by parents for offspring. Rarely used in ancient works, and then almost exclusively as a descriptor of relationships within the family.


We are such complex beings from the beginning of time .


Elizabeth

Note to self

Success requires a passionate skill that comes from within, a desire to set yourself on fire with determination not the desire to be recognized or thanked.