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Hey it snowed last night!

Ahhhh don’t we wish it could be so, idyllic fresh fallen snow, the crisp country air and evergreens looking like sugar-coated fantasy trees in a Disney movie.

This was a picture found on social media after the big storm in the Buffalo area. (Yahoo news) Somewhere between the two lies the different realities of a winter day in the part of the world that enjoy the wonders of nature’s four seasons.

Sadly even those who know that winter comes every year, and have been how to drive in snow, forget or choose to do it “their own way” Often drivers have not even prepared their cars for winter driving.

This picture was taken of a snow-covered street in Tokyo during a heavy snowfall. Remember the stalled vehicles in Kansas City in 2013.

We are not all in positions where we can avoid being out when Mother Nature gives full expression to her capabilities, however, as in all situations in life, if we are prepared, and focused on what we are doing, challenges are always easier to deal with. When we deal with situations out of our control in creative ways, ingenuity lights the way,

Believe you can do it. And know without a doubt, that God/Tao will see you through. (picture of a commuter during a bad storm in London in January 1988) – below is a picture taken Dec.13.2013 of snow in Egypt, the first time in 112 years.

Snow is part of Nature’s natural wonders, we cannot escape the negatives that happen in our lives , but we can choose the way we deal with them. Take a page from Snoopy’s philosophy in life. relax and enjoy!

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Jail and wedding chapel

Although I have heard during my lifetime, that some have found marriage to be very restrictive at times, and non to happy to be tied in what they have considered a “life sentence”.. when I saw this picture all I could think of was that somewhere, in years past, someone had a sense of humour.

We are the makers of our own destiny … we are the culprits that live with the challenges created by or from choices we have made. We are the leading characters, and sometimes even the directors of the scenes we are cast into.

There is a difference between being abandoned, and “lost in time” When you abandon, you give up, you walk away, and don’t look back. If we choose to recreate and live in a manner that is “lost in time” we are happy with our choices. When we abandon often the feelings are negative.

How does one go about changing a negative mind to a more positive mine. Negativity can become a habit. Best solution is to begin now, one thought at a time. If we feel a negative thought bubbling up, try to counter act it with a positive one. At first it won’t be easy, but with time the positive outlook will win out.

Obstacles will go disappear, the rain will go away, and you will find that life will be lived in a much brighter world. All very poetic, but it does work, when we live putting a positive face to what we do…. we reap the benefits of all the work we did overcoming past negativities.

A favourite memory California Highway 1 road trip – Mendocino County – a positive! 735 gorgeous miles of iconic road!

Start today, putting negativity behind you.

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dealing with a challenge

http://http://youtu.be/oF36vCpxH_g

Good morning everyone..l.

This is an artist I had not know before. I thank Upworthy ‘s curator Megan Kelley for bringing her to my attention. Stuttering is something that although I’ve known about it, I have had no personal experience with. Megan Washington has done a stellar “job” of educating listeners on the challenges in her life. she is an award winning Australian musician that until today I had not heard of. I have now added her to my “singers of note” and will search out more of her artistic expressions

http://http://youtu.be/L3PFWcsD6lo

It is through having an enthusiasm for life that we grow. Our appreciation of resourcefulness in ourselves and others, broadens our own horizons increasing our ability to experience spiritual freedom and inner joy in our lives.

Namaste – Oyashikiri

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the ticking of a clock

Loss and grief, at some time in our lives, we all come face to face with the pain of loss…. we feel engulfed in a sadness that reverberates in every miniscule part of our BEing. No words seem to penetrate into the core of the void. Vince Gill wrote the above song when his brother passed away, from his grief came a beautiful song that will be enjoyed for years to come..

Music is a universal language it has a voice/meaning for anyone who is open to the message. Interestingly the message/what is heard, may not have anything at all to do with the lyrics. I’ve seen myself how music will affect someone, and yet when asked how they liked the song, they heard only the music. In other instances I’ve heard people diss a song because of the words, they picked up on, their thought process never got past the words, At one time I wanted to share, so I tried to explain or have the person see or hear what I was hearing. didn’t work. We are all unique, just as no two people will interpret a dance the same way, each of us will respond in our own way to the ticking of a clock…

Just got a new clock (to me) I bought it because it looks like a retro old plastic radio clock of the 50’s/60’s, it ticks… all the other clocks in the house are quiet, i.e. on the computer. or are electric. There is something to be said about the rhythm of a ticking clock…. life is like a clock, it moves along a tick at a time, tick,toc, the seconds pass by. It is amazing how quickly life is given and/or taken away.

We grow by overcoming obstacles, one by one, tick, toc…. tick..toc.. Sometimes we feel that we are like a rock, we are going nowhere, we don’t see the sunshine, nor do we feel the rain, we exist. In PL we believe that we are alive, rain or shine, life is for living, we know sadness because we have been happy, the joy and passion of life is all around us, we need only move on to the next second on the clock. Trust in God, Believe, let go of what you think happiness is, enjoy the life that is yours and in you. Problems/challenges are opportunities.

Namaste – Oyashikiri

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October eve

The month of October had so many themed events. The stores were costumes were being sold were crowded almost every day of the week. It is amazing how many people get into the “spirit” of Halloween. We see on the telly streets where people have invested time and money decorating and producing gigantic themed sets around their homes. It is a competition on whether Halloween or the Xmas season brings out the creativity in the “set designers” in the communities.

Who do you want to be? How will you dress up for the party? Do you deviate from your regular look, or do stick pretty much to outfits that compliment your everyday persona? October is a month for adults/grown ups to really “play” at being someone else. I personally find it difficult to be anything other than the person I am. That said, I have many “sides” to my personality, certainly over the years, I’ve had opportunity to live out a number of my “passions” As a Taoist, I do not believe in labels, or limiting myself. I believe that in life we can be and do anything we set our minds to do. If we can’t do something it is because we have not motivated ourselves into wanting to do it. i.e. if you are a smoker, no one can make you stop smoking, it has to be something you yourself want to do, and act accordingly.

I recall in an early part of my life, being with someone who held me responsible for his bad moods or failure to enjoy himself. LOL you are right if you guessed that this person did not remain in my life for very long. It didn’t happen overnight, some times we are deaf, dumb and blind to our own circumstances. It is in living through the challenges we are given that we become more in tune with our own needs and wants.

Beauty is not about visual appearances, but rather in the kindness we show others, the sincerity of our actions, and the gift of appreciation we have for life itself.

Fall is a time of year when the world is full of colour. Let your light shine… be the “star” you are.

PL Precept #1 Life is Art

PL Principle #1 I will live paying careful attention, putting Makoto (sincerity) into all I say and do.

True friendships last forever

a witch is good for you.. =^_^=

and lastly, have

Namaste – Oyashikiri

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Road Block

Good Morning everyone…..

It happens to all of us, at some time in our lives, we come across a “road block”… as a writer, writer’s block, when I’m in a creative mood with my sculptures, and suddenly my creative moment goes on sabbatical, it is another form of “road block” In PL we are taught to take a step back, and to look at how we have been tackling our “challenge” (task at hand). If I walk away do something else, then come back, I am often able to “see” with a different set of eyes. When I was painting, I’d find that there were some forms of expression that I just couldn’t agree with. I would keep wanting to add more paint, or take some away, make adjustments, this would go on till my canvas looked like one big mess of colour. Instinctively I would know that I had “missed” the moment…. the ah ha… of the expression was gone, no matter how much I was to persist, it would not come back. It was time to acknowledge that I had not been working with my full makoto, and the result was before me. Like it or not, what I had achieved was putting my “mixed emotions/feelings” on the canvas, there was nothing to do but accept it and move on. Trying to accept the abstract mess of colour was never satisfying, especially if I tried to convince myself that this is what I must have been trying to express. What is the expression, you can fool some people some time, but you can’t fool all of the people all the time??? And, you may try to fool yourself, the reality is, your inner self always knows what is real and what is not.

In Norman Rockwell’s print, you can see that everyone is giving their full attention to getting the “road block” to move out-of-the-way. (found on imachild.wordpress.com) When we are faced with a difficulty,challenge, obstacle, if we step back and think about how we can creatively get around our problem… usually with patience, the obstacle will move along.

Have a wonderful day today, may your day be filled with calm, serene and beautiful moments!!

Namaste – Oyashikiri

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whining and complaining

There are days when this could be me. My busy mind chattering and chattering about dear knows what. I don’t think I whine and complain, but that is because I don’t want to believe that I am just as guilty as the next person at having a negative day. All my life I have known that no two people will see the mountain view the same way, even though they are looking from the same vantage point.

An exercise that we practice in PL (Perfect Liberty) is to work at accepting the differences in life and to respect the difference in others.

I fell short today, I disagreed with a sentiment sent to me by a caring sister. I vented. yet on reflection, she was only giving voice to her perspective and in doing so, used the language and comfort terms of her personal beliefs. I want respect for my beliefs I in turn need to respect hers, and allow her, her form of expression. The bottom line is she cares. That I appreciate.

PL Principle 21 – I will not have complaints about others, matters, nor the weather Rather I will always be creative and will look for shortcomings in my own thinking and actions.

My thanks to Little Sister (Wei) who is traveling in Mexico right now, these are her pictures.

I will be visiting NY State tomorrow. See you all on my return. have a great start to the new week.

Namaste – Oyashikiri

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I have a cold…

Good day everyone….

I have a cold… blanket statement… What does that mean exactly. It is a response that I have used for a number of symptoms, and it usually satisfies the person to whom I am talking. I realized the other day that my making that statement doesn’t always stem from my having the same symptoms, if I were to really examine and say out loud why I was making that statement, I think the listener would have lost interest and moved on. Saying “I have a cold” is much like the other conversational throw away “how are you” reply “fine”

They are openers that more often then naught are merely cordial greetings. In conversation with Rev. Eugene the other day, when i verbalized that I had a cold/flu, his response was, “why”. My internal response, “hello, why” of course that was an excellent PL reply.

Exactly … he brought the statement, the thought back to me for closer examination. After all if I have a cold, or say I have a cold, what is it that brought this on, why do I feel like I do… No one can answer these questions but myself.

If my body is rebelling on me, giving me grief, I have to ask myself why. what am I doing, saying or thinking that is creating an imbalance in my thought pattern, or harmony in my body,mind and soul. Speaking about me, I know that I have a tendency to get really busy, stay actively busy looking “out”… when I am not wanting to perhaps address something that is “stewing” “inside me.

Having a cold means that I can retreat with an excuse. I can take to my bed and sleep the whole morning.totally oblivious to anything but the “mode of BEING” I’m in.. Since I can’t sleep all day.. guess what.. I will keep busy till I can hit my bed once more and sleep till next time I wake. I have a cold.

this is an ant pushing a drop of rain

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Expressions

This is a vintage print that appeared in a mailing I received, I wish I could credit the artist, but I can’t. Art is very subjective, what appeals to me, may not be your cup of tea. For me the moment I saw this print, I was mesmerized. The colours, the position of the model, the bird cage, the total image evoked a sense of longing in me. Certainly not in a negative way, just a feeling, a passion that set me to wanting to create prose, or write a poem. I’m sure that at one time or another, such moments have happened to you. What do we do with these inspirations, these “ah Ha” light bulb moments.. do we act on them, or does the moment pass and we move on.

PL Precept # 3 – God appears through one’s self……..

In PL (Perfect Liberty) we believe that the Universe is always guiding and directing us, It is we who fail to listen or hear…when something happens out of the blue, or suddenly we find ourselves faced with a challenge we are not prepared for. In Pl we see that as an act or happening created by the Universe to get our attention. We are taught to take stock, pay attention, open our minds to possibilities, to focus and seek resolution.

PL Precept # 7 – Everything exists in Relativity….

When I saw the above print, it started a thought process, that began with the emotions I felt when I saw the print, and then the various stages of evolution the initial thought produced in my mind’s data base. More than 12 hours later I still wanted to share the print with you. Perhaps it will inspire a thought process in you?

For me… it had me looking for a gaudy ring full of bling……. go figure……..hey…………….. what is… is, I share with you all of me, imperfections included.!

The PL 21 Precepts reveal the true path of life for all humankind. Beginning with Precept #1, Life is Art…. as the foundation. There are 20 more precepts that stem from it and are closely interrelated with one another. Each Precept is written in simple and clear language, but the truth revealed in their words applies Universally to ALL….

Thank you to all of you who read and follow me on my journey. You are my inspiration.

Namaste – Oyashikiri

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Good Morning everyone! Bom Dia!

Facing a situation head on……….. making time to study the challenge with Makoto (sincerity)…………. being in the moment …………..a path will open up. wise words. Yesterday I found myself facing a blank wall, actually it wasn’t blank, it was a strobing texture I had applied to a build I was doing. I “knew” that I should know why it was happening, but try as I might, the answer was not forthcoming. In PL (Perfect Liberty) we believe that no matter how hard a situation is, if we approach it seriously, we will eventually find a way to break through.

There are times we find ourselves in one place, when we expect to be in another. The Universe has its own very special way of testing our creativity, our lot in life is to say..”OK, what are we doing today…. What are the tools and the means at hand.” In my case yesterday, I took a break, did something else to clean my mind of the stalemate that I was experiencing.

When I returned to the problem I had been having, yup, it was still there…closing my eyes, I whispered Shikiri, Shikiri ( a PL prayer asking God’s blessing with a sincere promise to accomplish what we have to do…… knock, knock…. a friend came by and said, “oh simple” she explained something to me that as she spoke, the “ping” happened in my gray matter… of course, I had known that, but it took another voice to unlock the solution …. perfect timing, ?? she had been on her way home and just dropped in… In PL we believe that this was the Universe responding to my silent plea.

My walls are now textured, no more strobing and I relearned a lesson….. Plus I got to spend time with a friend. I accomplished that, by not skirting the matter, or putting it aside, but by dealing with it head on. LOL not hiding under the bed….