Change is hard to see.
Look into Ebola in DRC,
We all need to be aware, accepting and supportive,
What do you think?
WHO to hold emergency meeting over Congo Ebola outbreak that’s seen 33 cases in past week
Tag Archives: Nature
Shadow Work And The Facade Of Being Too Sentamental
I sicken myself with a barrier of sweetness and niceness.
My grief is barrier by my foolishness of sentimentality.
But am I ready to know my pain and suffering?
This work is dark and full of bad habits that numb all feeling.
https://vancouversun.com/news/staff-blogs/the-dark-side-of-sentimentality
Judgement
Don’t make things into good and bad,
It’s not my job.
Passion gone astray,
Illusion is a mental demonstration of insanity.
Don’t act on reaction,
It’s not a very good job.
Rehearsal may make a good practice,
But bad habits are bad habits.
Don’t avoid decisions,
Some are good and some are bad.
Practice helps sort the good from the bad,
With support from family and friends life’s problems can be overcome.
Learning to live will make the experience a work of art.
The art of living is just another way of expressing the ‘good life’.
The Scent Of Religion
The association is strong with people and culture.
To understand humanity is to understand and accept religion within each of our limitations.
Not all people believe the supernatural aspects of a belief, but many love the ceremony, community and art embodied in all religious ways.
It’s true that there are difficulties in accepting the whole package.
Atheists are borne out of a strong desire to live without supernatural belief.
Many people have a good sense of skepticism in their day to day lives.
There is a lot more we have in common than we are different.
Science and philosophy attempt to fill the gap.
But we all look for answers.
And platitudes are mostly empty answers or partial at best.
So, the struggle to live and thrive is still a good goal.
I hope you continue to discover meaning and purpose for your entire life.
The Challenge
Read, write, learn…
It is hard to study.
To find enough energy after a day’s work.
To balance a load that will make it easier to lift.
Read what you need rather than things that only make you feel good.
This can be extended to things I do.
I am not in school.
I am living ‘the good life’
To use this body is a good experience and to balance the work, exercise and play will help me reach this goal.
Much experience will complete this job.
Always to learn to be a better person.
The Finite Optimist
As Kipling once wrote, don’t make dreams your master, or thoughts your aim.
To act in accord with dream and thought is an art.
The proper action for the proper thought or dream requires a saints heart and an engineers mind.
It is practical to have a set of rules that allow us to uncover the secrets in life and explore the unknown.
We need to read far and wide and understand to envision the progress the future will hold.
Can you treat your body properly so it will function and stay healthy?
Can you process and build on earth to help it function and stay healthy?
These mysteries require discovery, recovery and more.
Go explore.
We have broken things up pretty good.
Mankind is still available for small group activities, and humanity is still raging on with death and destruction.
The goal is to understand competition, hatred and acting in self-destructive group-acts like war.
It’s not always polite to stare in the mirror.
Sometimes we need to go about the business of procreation, raising the family, community, going to work, etc.
It would have been nice to go to a four day work week, but we fucked that up when we started to think IT was the end all be all.
Technology and science by extension are pretty heady, but so is having a sanity for the individual and group to grow into the 21 century.
It seems like a good time to use old technology like mindfulness or meditation.
Old ideas like globalization can’t be all bad.
Things can still go south with unknown diseases, over population, poverty, natural disaster and more.
Never a dull moment with human consciousness.
Plant Therapy
Abele Green is my 15 year old Easter Lilly that needs a haircut.
She gets equal work for equal pay.
I have the responsibility to water, weed and repot her.
She keeps me honest and freshens up my place.
A reminder of my friendship with my mother, I try to treat her with TLC…
Doubt Vs. Faith: A Reason To Believe
In this dialogue, two old compatriots argue for a great cause: A Reason To Believe.
Doubt: I don’t believe you need a reason to do anything.
Faith: I believe in you and others, but I need to believe in myself. I have to but myself first in this way. I have faith in us all.
D: I don’t think there is right or a wrong way, I hesitate to answer anyone without the question coming first.
F: There is no bad question or answer, but you need to have faith to believe in anything.
D: One must doubt ‘faith’ to see what may be conjured during the process. When one is not confident, it is only natural that some doubt creep into the equation.
F: Faith is a good enough reason for me to believe in anything.
D: Don’t ‘doubt’ you mean, but we all do, at one time or another.
F: Yes, and we all find our way with faith, to some degree or another.
D: So what reason is good enough for a belief in anything?
F: We all struggle to know ourselves and act on that knowledge to make the best decisions. We have the same struggles with complicated issues that require a judgement to do what is right. We make mistakes and learn to learn or unlearn whatever is causing us error. Nothing is ever that straight forward or if it is, we are able to take better responsibility for our part in the matter. In this sense, we have some kind of reason to believe in ourselves, others, and the things that matter to us.
D: True, I am responsible for myself and how I act, within my limitations. Knowing my limits are difficult to know in some of my greyer areas. And what I decide/chose to believe is full of doubt and faith. I have come to grips with my doubt and my faith and take responsibility for these feelings. Like I am ready to take responsibility for my actions by law.
F: Yes, and for some that is following the law of God or their country and whatever they believe. For me it is not enough to follow or even lead. I may not make many mistakes outside the law. But I make many mistakes as a human being.
D: True, I am a citizen and try to follow the law of a world citizen.
F: I need to have faith in many areas of my life and what I encounter in the world. I don’t know all the answers or even feel competent to give a reason to believe. But I have faith the conversation will continue to evolve and give us better ways to practice being a better human being.
D: I admire your faith, but forgive my doubt, we will work on these problems together.
Humanity Loving Nature
Climate change is a symptom.
Human behaviour is the problem.
The solution is to change ourselves.
The human imagination can track a love for the planet and the universe.
Our care and attention can change our destructive economy into a planet friendly and universal health care system that supports nature and builds new ways to be green and a live on a happy planet without any destructive behaviour coming from us.
Why not think green, vote green and search for green solutions.
To act on this solution is the best chance for any stakeholder.
Clean up yourself and clean up the world.