the unveiling

Returned from Branson to a wonderful "mini-work-week"... already the weekend has rolled on and I have successfully completed the highest yet score this-afternoon on the addictive Mah-Jong (for me anyways)... Enjoyed a wonderful addition to the normal Branson strip.. the Branson Landing... great atmosphere... enjoyed the little Trolly rolling along the bricklined "street".. the fountains.. river walk... evening lights... all worked together to make a delightful experience... the most beautiful part of the trip was the wonderful way that my Lord re-affirmed his calling on my life. I am amazed at the many ways He speaks... and honored to be the recipient of such love... I am overwhelmed with a sense of purpose... how my little life fits into the bigger picture is a daily unfolding... the petals of each moment are all part of the unveiling... the colors... the fragrance... the form... I embrace the process of becoming... all that I've been created to be.
~L~

inconvenient ignorance...

finished watching an inconvenient truth for the second time... it clicks... how alarming it is that we so often conveniently embrace ignorance... as if its some sort of explanation for a stagnant state-of-being and lack of action... this resistance to knowledge and understanding is quite disgraceful... it saddens me...

...why do we resist knowlege that calls for action?... action that would better the world we have been given to reside... action that would help create positive waves of conservation... actions that would reflect our appreciation and gratitude for life and those that are to follow behind us... how can we keep going as we have been?.. living in ways that bring forth our destruction...

what will it take for humanity to wake up and fight?... fight for positive change... fight for life... fight for love... fight b/c you won't sit back and remain in the dark any longer... b/c you value the life you've been given... you value humanity and the only place we have to call home.... embracing passion fed by the empowerment of choice, the power to choose actions that bring forth positive change... behaviors resulting in positive outcomes.. not allowing the truth to stir up fear, but looking it in the face and taking it on...

what price are you paying for ignorance? is it worth the cost?...

~L~

hmmm fruity

So I was just looking through some pics and love this one of some orchard apples from the cedar springs campground up in northern Iowa... fresh... yummy.
~L~

flavor to savor...

how boring it would all be without the arts....
could you imagine no great read to stir the imagination?...
no visual stimulation to send you somehow to another time and place?...
no rhythms to pulse your body?
no tunes stuck in the mind?...
no tool of expression to release whats inside?...
how boring it would all be without the arts.
~L~

time...

Reading Brother Lawrence... amazing how you can feel such connection with someone from so long ago (1600)... different worlds, yet a common thread of humanity...stirs me to life amidst my regular ins and outs of my day(s)...I savor his words in Practicing the Presence of God... truth in simplicity... a mystical comfort.
~L~