Like any good mother, her desire was to have her child grow bright and bold, and to be full of good humor and wit, and to be generous and courageous and kind.
For, being such, how could anyone not have the most beautiful story?
After all, what is the code and concept of life, of living, of humanity, if it is not to find one's calling and to have that calling be greater than one's self; if it is not to pursue that calling and complete it with joyous self-respect?
This is a moment: this breath, and breathing; this sight and seeing; this feeling - now - knowing it. Now is a moment. Its memory too. Fresh. Real. Insightful. Moments.
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This is a moment: this turning in the mind, in the heart, of the spirit, in one's soul. Lightning. And this is a moment: this wondering; simply pondering - expectancy - a new moment - gone - unawareness - agony (imagination met reality). Moments.
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Along our journeys, for many-a-fine persons living in the brillliance of an awakening, life is a measure of moments - each and every - this very! Now. Gone. Reborn: seeding. Surplanting. Building better. Each and all: moments. That applause. A fresh brush of air. A reset of one's body-clock. Moments. These know light comes in through cracks. Their kindness is not cowardice. Their love is not blindness. Moments - the story time records.
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These embrace the darings of beyond. They climb into clouds of enriched uncertainty. They scale mountains of disbelief. To these the pleasure of moments is the purest measure of a good life; it is the scent of significance;the valuation of spent heartbeats; the highest quality of service: Nature's Well Done! Divine! This too is a moment: the figuring-that-out;its recognition - perspective - and this too - satisfaction - and every stir at the completion of another bucketlist. Finished. Moments - the story time records.
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Buoyant travelersbuilt with wings of faith, the which are energized by acts in generous moments - purposeful acts - to call, to invite, to explain, to ask, to speak up, to share, to show - responsive to supreme will, to unyielding desire, to confirmed calling - intelligence - and for whom passion and purpose and promise and personal peace are integrated into reason-for-being; these who are trending healthy, resilient, balanced, verily being built to ride life's mighty crosswinds; these who clear pathways as if parting red seas; they non-plus fires monsters breathe. Convinced that life finds a way, they stand in gaps between the bully and the bereaved, not because they are brave, rather, because they are bigger deep inside. So much bigger. They care. They know life can change in a blink of an eye. Thunder. Yes, that is a moment. A flush of memories. Yes, that is a moment. Life is full of moments - the story time records.
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Enriched moments measured (should metrics suit good telling or relevant realizing or historic markings or useful warnings), they highlight chosen roads on journeys worth taking. And valleys. And precipices. And reach. Guages befitting that level of billing are housed in one's center of gravity: authenticity. For as much as is realized in those settings, pleasure of moments is a centrifugal force, wings of faith is a centripital force, and they are mighty, staged at the heart of lives worth living. Ah, but how would you measure such a life - your life?What best tells the greatest story your time records?
pleasure of moments DOES NOT EQUAL moments of pleasure
feathers in the wind ARE NOT wings of faith
take a deep breath
Chill. Some things are certain on earth. Gravity, for instance. It is crucial to momentum. It is crucial to trajectory. It is crucial to experience. It is crucial to impact. It is crucial to consequence. It is crucial to flow. It is a vital determinant of outcome. Wherever imagination meets reality, there is gravity.
Gravity pays no regard to misinformation nor disinformation nor poverty of understanding nor forgetfulness nor laziness of thinking. Gravity has no empathy for conviction, or sincerity, or higher understanding. It is absolute in its clarity about what it is - a force not beholden to human. Its question to each and all of us along life's journey whatever our capacity or thrust or speed in one's efforts to fulfill any reason-for-being is this: WHERE IS YOUR CENTER OF GRAVITY?
Breathe. We do ourself wise not to rush a response, even if instinctively we find our fingers drifting beneath our navel, for we are on a journey through time. Oh, and just in case it needs be highlighed: if along this way our cart is pulling its horse,some other force is at play. For certain! No pretense will prevail, though it often re-plots the story.
A river flows in each of us. As it were. An ocean rolls beneath. There are islands, and springs, and geysers, and rapids, and mighty waves. You are its masterpiece. So am I. Here I am. Wherever you happen to be, having arrived there against incredible odds, and whatever fills your imagination, should you have the gumption to bring it into reality, each of us is permitted, therewith, a gift - joy - a dynamic regenerator. Yes, joy. It is the supportive warmth of intune interconnectedness: belonged and beloved, a force like none other. Isn't that awesome?
When you meet someone who do you see?
Surround yourself with sound people whose mutual interest is in your wellbeing and career / life progress. Don't burden anyone. In other words build yourself a personal Executive Board, what Payal Kadakia refers to as her Team Life, who are joyfully interested in your success / progress. Not everyone is. In The Hunks I Dreamed (I Dream You series), this unique team is referred to as your wise matchmakers. Your team may consist of four or so able facilitators in combination contributing seven capable facilitations depending on your stage and status in life:
Mentor / (Parental)
Counselor (Life Guide)
Coach (Expertise)
Trainer / Teacher
Soulmate / Lover
Manager / Organizer
Best Buddy / Friend
"We may not yet have reached our glory, but I will gladly join the fight. And when our children tell their story they'll tell the story of tonight. They'll tell the story of tonight." Passion.Promise. Purpose. Peace. Connected. Refreshed.
Embrace enriched experiences.
"If I were to wish for anything, I should not wish for wealth and power, but for the passionate sense of that potential." _ Soren Kirkengaard
That is one of many ways one might set out to experience their greatest story ever told. With a desire. With a wish. With a claim. One that arises from the core of who that person is.
It needs to be noursihed with supportable values, values rooted at that person's center of gravity (who that person is and who that person is journeying to become); values that are compatible with the vision (a vision clear and bright enough to keep their mission continuously lit).
That person's desire is a fuel. This fuel needs to be sustainable enough to energize the journey required to fulfill its claim. That person will need a flowing lubricant strong enough to reduce and-or endure frictions concomitant with one's speed and the strata of the journey's terrain. Joy is such a readily available lubricant. You need the oil.
That person will need wise counsel to buffer and bolster him or her through rough and trying times. This may well be the kind of counsel to keep in mind:
This is the story the children will tell. Some will live it as if they know it so well. Some will shout it out from their very core. Some will imbibe it and transform their world.
REFLECT - re-learn - reIMAGINE
what rocks your imagination
Welcome to SEASON SEVEN, 're-CLAIMED,' episode nine - the greatest story ever told - curated by Neville DeAngelou. A life can flip in the blink of an eye. A meteorite can plunge with breathtaking speed from the sky right through to your pillow shattering dry wall dust across your face in a most frightful moment of your night; you survived. The dream you wished has been patiently winking through your window for 24 years. Right there! Always one touch away! This is the moment you've come aware. What do you do? The child that would progress to initiate a most welcomed transformation for humankind wouldn't have done it had it not been for you: one meeting; one touch; one truthful encouraging word. Awesome. We live in an intriguing universe upon whose sands we leave our footprints - the patterns of our lives; the truth of who we are; the measure of who we could be, whether we are on a mission, on an adventure, in a long daze, lost and confused, in a matrix, or blissfully deceived. Yet, here we are. Hi. How are you? The more we discover of this universe, the more fascinating it seems. For some of us it is bristling with untapped wonders. It is as full of joy as intrigue. Some of us find it a remarkable privilege to be allowed this journey: re-creating, rebuilding, reflecting its splendor in gratitude for its sustenance. In this episode we sample fellow travellers who tap into the adjacent possible in ways that create remarkably new avenues into this the greatest story unfolding: life and living on a galaxy in bloom; Chapter Earth.
Why are we doing what we are doing here on earth? Shh. Shh. Shh. Why? Shh.
We are a peculiar people, you and I, intricately interwoven (internally, externally), marvelously made, unique, talented. What each of us does affects some other. That is becoming clearer to many now more than ever. We are living in a time of awesome transformation. Unprecedented times some might say. Others say the ability for this level of transformation has long been here; circumstances have just blown the doors wide open, and more are seeing it clearly. Still, even with all that is plainly visible nothing happens without action. Unprecedented transformational actions. And for some their fears have increased. So! Why are we doing what we are doing here on earth? Shhhhh!
The mastery and the malevolence of our manifestation as humans, is this: we (humans) are simultaneously creator, mirror and observer of our actions and experiences. To what purpose? Shhhhh!
Take this simple case of building a ladder to rise to new heights, to escape stuckness, to go above and beyond.
Isn't it strange and yet not entirely unusual that a capable person, even an exceptionally competent person, may have some concept perfected but has its implementation and-or an expectation completely wrong, then is left disillusioned and alone in that failing? Who doesn't know how to build a ladder?
This very dilemma may attend some random hurry-up / just the basics / short-cut / hacker who values speed and who unawares happens to be naturally built of the wrong reach and is mis-matched upon implementation, and so is left unduly flummoxed by wasted effort. Shhh.
Ooo-la-la, surely somewhere else another such very person - right reach, same hurry-hurry, no problem - different story. Unawares! Claiming victory. Isn't that something? Life is fascinating - shhh - an incredible force fashioned in our favor. Curiosity! Is your story finished?
There is a new awakening. Build your ladder. Understand your peculiar fit, whether that is personally and individually or powerfully communally. Understand who you are in the wonder of creation. Re-discover what matters, for there is a huge difference between sensible simplicity and simple stupidity. Shhh.There is a new awakening. Your story is still being told: you are creating it; you are experiencing it. You have agency. Cheers. OR are you vying for a part in someone else's magnificent story? In which case, may the force be with you.
small steps - huge difference
We are WIDE OPEN wholly responsible for making our world a better place.
Today's pivot QUESTION: imagine you've been plucked, gracefully, from where you are this moment then lifted into an amazing place of your liking where everything weighing you down or that has troubled you or causes you to devalue yourself or delays you in anyway whatsoever is promptly removed - miraculously - gone - you are completely new while remaining fully enriched (all of your valued experiences and learnings and wisdom in tack); and let's say that right in that altered state you are advised (inspirationally so) to picture your new life - a life worth living hence forward - experienced just as you'd prefer it to be recorded and left for all eternity, and you picture this life that is worth your living - hold that picture - for you are then brought gently to where you are right now, and here you are, fresh and totally new:
what are three of the upcoming pivotal points in the unfolding of your amazing new life story that has now begun?
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TAKE ACTION
Just in case, this is Mrs. Barbara Ross-Lee, Physician and Medical School Dean, who just happens to be Diana Ross's sister.
"Keep your thoughts positive because your thoughts become your words. Keep your words positive because your words become your behavior. Keep your behavior positive because your behavior becomes your habits. Keep your habits positive because your habits become your values. Keep your values positive because your values become your destiny." _ Mohandas Gandhi
Why not examine your life from a different angle?
As much as is affordable for matters that matter, afford yourself a 360 degree view. You may find this of great value in ways you had not imagined nor known to account for. It is highly probable you will also encounter awesome insights that are of no relevance to who you are or what you are about, and that you will make observations you are ill-equipped to comprehend. It is highly likely you will encounter delightful delusions, and disconcerting illusions, and lots of bs disguised as helpful secrets. It may very well not be incumbent upon you to contest or combat any of these, but they will inform you, and will assuredly put upon you the onus to be ever more discerning and to be ever smarter with your decisions and clearer with your intentions, for all in all these will profitably test your faith and mirror your trust, and render you that much better. As much as is affordable for matters that matter, afford yourself a 360 degree view.
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Potentiality
"An infinity of forests lies dormant in the dream of an accorn."
Remember: it is YOUR LIFE; only you can live it. It is a part of the unfolding story of our universe. Your life is a force to be reckoned with. Your life is being shaped and reshaped by you in collaboration with the designs of our universe along with the winds of our interactions and the weight of your intentions, and plotted in contention with all of the other storylines during these times in which we are experiencing you. You realize you have extraordinary agency; you are a force to be reckoned with. Regardless, whether or not you are in conflict or collabartion with such a reality, this is still your life, ONLY YOU can live it. You can share in the unfolding revelations of fellow beings living out their lives and-or reveal your uncoverings and discoveries as you go. And, you know, sometimes just one good word can make a world of difference on earth. Isn't that awesome? Community can do that too. Ooh, what a force!
A beautiful lifestyle.
Take Action
"Know what you own. Understand what you claim. Believe you can achieve what you conceive then call it by its name. Mine! The extent to which you have this clarity of mind, this purity of understanding, this strength of belief, you have the fire, the fuel, the impetus, the passion, the determination, the willpower you require to pursue and retrieve your truest desire. But do not claim what does not belong to you. It will not keep you . . . it will suffer you but for only so long."
You are valued. You are important. What you experience is important. Your intention matters. You are a whole being. You are a true wonder. You diminish yourself whenever you pit valued elements of who you are against vital elements of who you are: your intuitive self against your intellectual self, your rational self against your emotional self, your gut against your heart against your head. Don't be put at war against yourself: you are a masterpiece. An intricate being. Human!
Discovering: sobering realities
inventor
entrepreneur
creator
coach
Life: it is a dance. It gets better with practice; its music is in your heart and in your soul and in your blood and in your bones. Life; it is a dance. It gets better with practice. You have a partner – your spirit. You can have a party if you like, but choose smartly who you invite, for life – your life – is a dance. It gets better with practice, unless you stop the music or so crowd your dance floor there is no space to move or be moved within it. Explore. Yes, life; it is a dance. It gets better with practice until the dance becomes the dancer and the dancer becomes the dance and life and all of existence becomes a singular flow. Yes, life; it is a dance. It gets better with practice. Dance.
Masterpiece
a work of outstanding artistry, skill, or workmanship.
tour de force
Making a House a Home
Home is a special place. Love resides there. The best journeys take you there. Hope lives there. Home leaves no question about belonging. Friends belong there. Dreams thrive there. Home is a place of forgiveness. There is no rejection there. Home is a place of rest and recuperation and rejuvination. There is laughter there. Life takes you to unexpected places; love brings you home. At home you are free to flourish. It is where you birthed your wings. Sing your way home. We live amongst viruses and bacteria: some are villains and some are monsters. Monsters breed. Villains are everywhere; you are ever in their sights. Be prepared: find your rhythm, stay in balance, keep your values and your vision in focus. Choose your friends wisely. Let light into your space. allow your beauty to reflect that light. Be all of you. Cheers.
Out beyond ideas of right doing and wrong doing there is a field. I'll meet you there.
When the soul lies down in that grass, the world is too full to talk about.
expand your mind
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live
laugh
love
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let your light shine
Live. Laugh. Love.
Come, let us all be friends for once,
Let us make life easy on us,
Let us be lovers and loved ones,
The earth shall be left to no one.
Across the nation and around the world there is a long rumble.
It is a rumble so loud it strikes ready ears as a distant clap of a fierce thunder. It is a rumble so low, it rides beneath the noise of a thousand human fears; it can no longer be heard. Fear of flight, fear of heights, fear of sand, fear of snow, fear of monsters in the closet, fear of bugs in the pillow, fear of cats, fear of bats, fear of strangers at the door, fear of being lost, fear of being laughed at, fear of being stuck in the toilet bowl, fear of whites, fear of blacks, fear of browns, blues and yellows, fear of nakedness, fear of the unknown, fear of being hurt.
Smile. Live. Love. Laugh. Look. Listen. Learn. Be awesome. You are powerful beyond measure. You are not alone. You can do all things. I am you. You are me. We are one. Keep Sharing.
May our light shine on sprinkled seeds along The Journey.
"Live Your Life - Live it well. You are worth it."
Listen. Learn. Lead.
"I have the audacity to believe that peoples everywhere can have three meals a day for their bodies, education and culture for their minds, and dignity, equality, and freedom for their spirits. I believe that what self-centered men have torn down, men other-centered can build up." Martin Luther King Jr.Look. Listen. Learn. YOU ARE VALUED BEYOND MEASURE. (A Place Called Ah.)
Breathe.
We are accompanied.
Balance - Focus - Rhythm
BE EVER REMINDED:the life you are living is YOUR life; ONLY YOU can live it!
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