2/10/2013 0 Comments Judgement DayJudgement in the path to understanding Every day is Judgement Day. I woke up this morning ruminating on how judgement plays such a big part of life...my life in particular. Good judgement, bad judgement...and every nuanced opinion and observation in between. Judgement is the blessing and the curse of being human. Wayne Dyer is credited with saying, "We are the sum total of the choices we have made." That, I beleive, is also true of all the judgements we make every moment of every day. And we are limited by those judgements when it keeps us from seeing the possibility that our judgement might be clouded by the filters of our very personal experiences. I am thinking maybe I have lost sight of why people have come into my life. Each has something to teach me. Each holds the key to a secret I have been yearning to know. Everyone brings lessons to learn about myself and about life. I know this sounds very grandiose. Perhaps it is. Perhaps there is no meaning behind personal relationships other than making life more bearable. But I don't think that is so. There is more to it. Watch your judgement. They can come back on you. I know I am watching mine.
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2/9/2013 2 Comments Looking for Double RainbowsCaptured recently as rainbows crossed the sky in Riverside. I think life should be full of double rainbows and on really special occaisions, triple rainbows. Imagine looking up in the sky and seeing all the colors of the rainbow blazing across the sky at any given moment, just because, all day long. Eventually we would grow accustomed to them. We would even come to expect them, count on them...maybe even take them for granted. Alas, they would no longer be special. They would fade into the background of daily life and we wouldn't take scarcely a notice. Well, that tears it. Maybe Hawaii has rainbows all the time. But that's Hawaii. Here rainbows are still special. They come near the end of the storm. In the Bible they represent God's promise to mankind He will never again flood the earth. Rainbows are ephemeral and fleeting and must be enjoyed while they last. Somewhere over the rainbow bluebirds may fly, but in the here and now, rainbows are heaven-sent. 2/7/2013 0 Comments 100% MaybeThe tide comes in. The tide goes out. Ebb and flow. That is how it is. Yet there is always the maybe...maybe the moon will lose its pull on the earth. Maybe the sun won't rise tomorrow. Maybe their really is/isn't a God. Maybe. Yes and No are options. Maybe. Somewhere in between is the answer to every question. You can agree. You can disagree. You can agree to disagree. And of course you can disagree to agree. Just say no. Say yes to life. Maybe. Maybe that is where the lies. Maybe. 2/6/2013 0 Comments Ironing Things OutThe Monopoly iron heads into history I always thought we would be able to iron things out...forever. But things change. The people spoke. The iron is out. A cat is in. The Monopoly goes on. In case you didn't know it, Parker Brothers, the makers of the classic game, Monopoly, held a open contest to choose which of the venable tokens of the game would be retired and replaced by a new, modern token, also to be chosen by popular vote. So much for that. I am just not sure what to think. I grew up playing Monopoly. We often scoffed at the rules and made up our own as we played. It always seemed like a very long game, too. But we always had fun. I always wanted the Scotty Dog or the Thimble. The Iron, ironically, never appealed to me. Yet I mourn its passing. What is that about? Over the years Parker Brothers has found ways to make the game more relevant. Themes like Wizard of Oz, Star Trek and city-based boards featuring Detroit, New York, Los Angeles have come and gone. But the basic original game persisted in popularity. It is a part of the American experience. And should we monkey with that? Speaking of monkeys, the replacement for the Iron is a sweet appearing Cat. I'm okay with the that I suppose. It was prejudicial to only have a dog in the game. It will all pass into history and the Cat will become part of the Monopoly lore. But still change is hard. For a complete history of the Tokens of Monopoly click here: http://www.worldofmonopoly.com/history/usa-tokens.php 2/5/2013 0 Comments Living in WonderThe mind is a funny thing: it functions best when open. I read that somewhere and am not sure who said it. It might have been Frank Zappa and likening the mind to a parachute. I have found it is true, though. When I come at something with an open mind, it is much easier to learn something new. I am taking several classes here and there and I have to say it is true, at least for me, that to be curious is to be alive. I wonder. I wonder a lot. I wonder so much that I have begun to realize I will never know anything...for sure, anyway. And that's okay. |
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