WAZZU

I hope i spelled Wazzu correctly   it's been soooo long since even thinking it let alone spell it    anyways, tonite i watched the Washington State Cougars vs USC football game   they were playing in Pullman, WA and it was such a site for sore eyes   i remember as if it was yesterday being there   there's no place like home=Washington, the eastern side of the state especially    now that i'm retired, i can go visit more often   and i noticed i haven't told you folks the good news i received a couple weeks ago   my social security disability benefits was APPROVED!!!!!   i was in shock for days, but slowly it is sinking in    this frees me up not having to work and do some schooling   i just figured out my school direction a couple days ago   i will complete the distant learning program in Metaphysics, then decide whether to return to UNM for a photographer's degree or pursuit the Ministry   there are requirements to meet before even thinking of doing the Ministry which are spiritual classes i can take at church   one step at a time, and Spirit as my guide, i will know in time where i'm headed   i'm just becoming comfortable with the spiritual path i'm on again after 3yrs of struggling with one issue or another relating to it   it was mostly confusion and fear and that is gone now   it's as if i turned a page last month sometime  i'm finally understanding A Course in Miracles since struggling with it when i began in March   attending the dialogue of Foundations Class at church, i am recognizing and seeing clearly more our philosophy & principles   i am trusting more my memory which fails me sometimes   i am more grounded within my soul of my journey in Life and what's most important   all we have is the moment of Now....and truly that is how i live!

50 questions from Lori :-)

50 questions

Here's a fun one - a 50 questions survey from Sassy - play along and leave me your link!

1.  First name:  Karen
2.  Middle:  L
3.  Named after:  a friend of my paternal grandmother's
4.  Last cried?  tuesday i think, grieving Richard's transition
5.  Like handwriting?  sometimes
6.  Favorite lunch meat?  turkey, & turkey pastrami
7.  Kids?  one rottweiler, one bernese mtn dog
8.  Friends with myself?  most the time
9.  A Journal?  absolutely
10.  Use sarcasm alot?  who me? :)
11.  Still have tonsils?  yes
12.  Bungee jump? No way
13.  Fave cereal:  any chocolate cereal and oatmeal
14.  Untie shoes when taking them off?  always
15.  Think you're strong?  yes
16.  Fave ice cream flavor:  chocolate, or caramel cone
17.  Shoe size:  8
18.  Red or pink:  both
19.  Least fave thing about self:  hair
20.  Whom miss most:  steph
21.  Want everyone to send this back? it would be interesting to read your answers. Give me journal link if you have already done it.  yes, please do!
22.  What color pants & shoes wearing?  golden Lugz shoes & my Levi's
23.  Last thing ate?  enchiladas, tortilla, salad, avacado
24.  Listening to now? nada
25.  If crayon what color:  Purple - "surprise" lol
26.  Fave smells:  puppies, babies, roses, pine, wood
27.  Last person talked to on phone:  some business
28.  First thing notice about people attracted to:  personality
29.  Like the person who sent this?  of course!
30.  Favorite drink?  starbucks, heineken, black opal merlot or cabernet sauvignon
31.  Favorite sport?  football & tennis
32.  Hair color?  salt & pepper  33.  Eye color?  hazel
34.  Contacts?  bifocals
35.  Fave food?  seafood, steak, shrimp fried steak, teriyaki chicken burger
36.  Scary movies or happy ending?  happy ending
37.  What color shirt wearing?  blue
38.  Fave dessert?  cheesecake or ice cream
39.  Who will respond?  not sure - hopefully someone
40.  Least likely?  haven't a clue
41.  What book reading:  Teach Only Love-by Gerard G Jampolsky, M.D.
42.  On my mousepad?  nothin
43.  Watched on TV last night?   college football while listening to music & reading
44.  Fave sounds?  rain falling, seagulls, my dogs howling (or even coyotes)
45.  Rolling Stones or Beatles?  Neither,
46.  Furthest been from home?  Germany, Holland, France
47.  I know that 47 had something to do with do I believe in Santa, whichI DO!!!! and 48 went something like, Does Rudolph sit on the roof or in the garden?  On the roof, of course, until he flies off again! I agree!!!
49.  Special talent?  photography
50.  When & where born?  KY

Simple Truths

Simple Truths -by Kent Nerburn   a small little book i recently picked up for my birthday   Ellen at church gave me a gift certificate for our bookstore and of course i had to cash in     this wonderful little book is a must read   the following are a couple excerpts from the book:

Life is but a dream we renew each day, it is up to us to infuse this dream with light, and to cultivate, as best we are able, the ways and habits of Love.

ON STRENGTH

"We each have a different kind of strength.  Some of us are able to persevere against hopeless odds.  Some are able to see light in a world of darkness.  Some are able to give selflessly with no thought of return, while others are able to bring a sense of importance into the hearts of those around them.

     But no matter how we exhibit strength, its truest measure is the calm and certain conviction with which it causes us to act.  It is the ability to discern the path with heart, and follow it even when at the moment we might wish to be doing something else.

True strength is not about force, but about conviction.  It lives at the center of belief where fear and uncertainty cannot gain a foothold.  Its opposite is not cowardice and fear, but confusion, lack of clarity, and lack of sound intention.

     True strength does not require an adversary and does not see itself as noble or heroic.  It simply does wht it must without praise or need of recognition.

     A person who can quietly stay at home and care for an ailing parent is as strong as a person who can climb a mountain.  A person who can stand up for a principle is as strong as a person who can fend off an army.  They simply have quieter, less dramatic kinds of strength.

     True strength does not magnify others' weaknesses.  It makes others stronger.  If someone's strenth makes others feel weaker, it is merely domination, and that is no strength at all.

Take care to find your own true strength.  Nurture it.  Develop it.  Share it with those around you.  Let it become a light for those who are living in darkness.  Remember, strength based in force is a strength people fear..  Strength based in love is a strength people crave.

My Old Friend

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My old friend, I recall
The times we had hanging on my wall
I wouldn't trade them for gold
Cause they laugh and they cry me
Somehow sanctify me
They're woven in the stories I have told
And tell again

My old friend, I apologize
For the years that have passed
Since the last time you and I
Dusted off those memories
But the running and the races
The people and the places
There's always somewhere else I had to be
Time gets thin, my old friend

Don't know why, don't know why
Don't know why, don't know why

My old friend, this song's for you
Cause a few simple verses
Was the least that I could do
To tell the world that you were here
Cause the love and the laughter
Will live on long after
All of the sadness and the tears
We'll meet again, my old friend

Goodbye, goodbye
Goodbye, goodbye

My old friend, my old friend
Goodbye, goodbye

this morn as i was remembering Rich and driving down the street, this song came on    i was just wondering only yesterday how to say goodbye to him   how fitting Spirit brought this song to me this morn....and i also learned today from the thought, 'what do i know about Life' and reflecting on him   that it's not all about me   not that i try to be about me only, but sumtimes i get caught up in that    i am just one Spec in this Universe   a fraction of the whole   there's sooo much more to Life i have yet to learn   but what a treasured gift Richard was in my Life and this Life   the gift he gave of himself.....

Serbian proverb

Be humble for you are made of earth.

Be noble for you are made of stars.

i got this from one of my favorite books i have on hand - The Laws of Spirit by Dan Millman.....a great little book if you'd like to pick it up

The Man without a Face

just saw this movie....what a wonderful movie!    not only very heart warming, it reminded of some good literature i need to return to   find some good poetry and some classics   that wood be a good break from what i'm reading now-spiritual   not that i'm complaining, but sometimes i need a breather from it so i can absorb it and Life as it unfolds    think i'll find me a classic i bought this past spring and devour it...

a fresh word

                             We believe in the direct revelation of truth

                             through our intuitive and spiritual nature.

                            And that anyone may become a revealer of truth...

                                          --Ernest Holmes

 

 

I am always open and receptive to a fresh revelation of the word of Spirit.

               -SOM magazine