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ole’ Mac…had a farm, e -i- e- i -O

Ever have a conversation with a cow. If the cow is at all interested in what you have to say, it can be very rewarding, you get their full attention, and maybe just maybe they will nod or moo to acknowledge they’ve heard what you’ve had to say. Often they will simply flick their tail and walk away, never-the -less, it will be an honest reaction to you and or your words. Nor will you give much thought to how much you said they understood, nor will you really care. You met you exchanged a brief connection and you then both went on your way, having enjoyed that moment, but life moves on. no more.. no less.

You love to fish, swim, isn’t this dock and the setting a beckoning sight. I could place a deck chair right smack in the middle there and just sit and drink in the moment. The photographer when they took this picture I’m sure heard crickets, frogs and skeeters. Even the gentle plop of a fish breaking surface, see the small ripples.

My biking friends will enjoy seeing this old classic by photographer Gordon Calder of a Triumph T20 Tiger Cub. If you have ever ridden a motorbike through the back roads in the hills of Tennessee or the hills and valleys of the Gatineau Hills. You will appreciate how valuable a well tuned engine is. Gordon Calder has taken a series of pictures of motors, if you like this picture, you will enjoy his other beauties. (Flickr)

Most of us, know or remember the Old MacDonald had a farm song. For me it reminds me of a time of innocence and playtime. No other association comes to mind. But, other songs, and music can elicit other emotions and feelings from me. Bob Marley said “one good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain”…. in one sense. … music when you are tuned in, and it connects, it does so in a way that can be heart wrenching or joyful, and true we can drown in the moment and resurface without pain, but we do feel it.

Whatever is happening in our world today, thanks for stopping by and sharing this moment with me. This last photograph was posted by Celia M. Paulo it was taken in Vietnam, posted on Pinterest. I wanted to show you another side of Vietnam, one that the is rarely shown on the news and in newspapers. Vietnam is a place of beauty. There is undiscovered beauty in all of us. Oyashikiri

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Express your appreciation!

Be a Peacemaker who honour the diversity of all life.

Harmony does not require that we are all the same.

A single note played simultaneously through several different instruments does not take advantage of the beautiful music that emerges when different chords are played.

Appreciate and acknowledge the differences in others, as distinct as we may seem to be, we all share the spiritual link of being One with the Universe.

Today is the 21st. Thanksgiving , every month (in PL) one day is set aside for special service (7pm) Say thank you out loud, express your appreciation to those around you. the act of saying thank you will make someone else feel good and you will too =^_^= Good Morning Everyone!

Romans 12:18 “If it is possible,so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all” Blessings … Oyashikiri

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what new to you, can do for you

Many years ago now, I crossed such a bridge. I didn’t bravely just walk across, I went through a bout of “OMG I can’t do this, NO. no, no.. you can, but I won’t” Eventually of course, I did go across and it was an exhilarating experience. Having accomplished that bit of adventure, when I was asked to go salmon fishing an a fishing boat on the Pacific, my negativity was less emphatic, however, I did tell everyone that I do suffer from motion sickness, no problem I was told…. so on board we climbed and off we went. All went well for the first while, but when we got further from land, and the water got really choppy, you guessed it… I was hanging on for dear life, and as green as fresh young asparagus coming out of the ground. No matter how I tried to ride it out, it just wasn’t happening, we had to return to shore. I share this with you because not all our adventures end on a happy note. All we can do is give it our best. I tried.

This brings me to more recent events. After a very long winter of inactivity, I realized that my body, that once was active, and an almost daily visitor to the gym, had become a stay at home,, do nothing much physical blah. I am not exaggerating, I really let myself go, don’t ask, it seemed right at the time I made the decisions to cut back at the gym, and then stop altogether. When I looked in the mirror I saw from my shoulders up, hey when its cold outside and you don’t go out much, you walk around in very comfortable clothes. Then one day my friend said let’s go for a walk. Sure I thought, no problem. I’m a walker, last summer I would walk miles without batting an eyelash or breaking a sweat. Off we went on our walk. Surprise, we made it around a couple of blocks, and I was ready to call it quits. Shock and dismay was the order of the day! My mind did not want to accept what my body was saying. Me, dance all night, walk for miles, climb trails and hike, me!!!! could it really be. Hmmmm look in the mirror again, wow, I’ve aged….. my body is no longer in its mid 30’s early 40’s I no longer have extra energy to burn, I’ve been lazy, and my body has relaxed and gotten S L A C K…. “you reap what you sow”. Time to make changes.

That day was the start of a new “attitude” on my part. No. not new to me, but I had to revisit and bring it back into the “now”. It is like I used to listen to music all the time, and somewhere along the way, I stopped. Then a friend played a song by Macy Gray and something inside said, “hello”.. I found the 2nd hand CD “On How Life Is”, at a Sally Ann, it is new to me, and I’m once more listening to music. My body is having to relearn activity, rebuild my core strength so I can walk and not get tired. Fortunately I have a good friend who is a great walking coach and buddy, just knowing she is there for me when I need her, helps big time…. All this to say, I’m back to the gym, I’ve got myself a Personal Trainer, so from time to time, I might not get my blog done on time, but I will surface, be patient with me please while I find my new “RHYTHM”

It is not the same bridge, but its the same kind of challenge, I’m heading towards another adventure…. Cycles of life repeat themselves, only in different formats. Have a great day everyone! Smile!!! Oyashikiri

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Freitag, Friday morning greetings!

A smile can brighten someone’s day, it can change a mood, it can say what words can’t say, especially when it come from the heart. In life , there are days when it isn’t always easy to find someone who is smiling. Oh yes, there is the smile of recognition when you first greet, but it soon turns to talk that removes the smile that had started when you first greeted. Often the smile is automatic, not one that is really felt from the heart up on through the to the eyes. The eyes broadcast a lot if you care to look.

Yesterday I was visiting with a friend who is a DJ. She works in a virtual world, the world of Second Life, her shows can be an hour sometimes two. In a virtual world, you are looking and and interacting with an avatar. Each avatar is worked by an actual person sitting at a keyboard, just like you are. In my friend Sugaree’s room/studio, she is not just enjoying the sound of the music, she is greeting newcomers, and playing tunes, much like a radio DJ used to in the “good ole days”. She is working, for an hour or two, however long she is contracted for, she entertains the audience who has come to enjoy her “craft”. Music being played to entertain and please. Most of the audience is dancing and listening to her venue. The feedback she gets is that we speak, either in voice or text. So smiles are not somethings she can see, we have to let her know that we are enjoying what she is doing.

In the real world, we pass people every day, that we don’t speak to, we stand beside people in close spaces (elevators) and we don’t speak, we could smile.. seldom do we do that either. So.. really we could be in a virtual world, we ignore those around us in general unless we have reason to speak to them, or they are known to us. In the virtual world, we actually speak to one another so that we can interact and find out where (what country) the person is from, and to determine common interests, if any. Interesting isn’t it. Liken it to the “olde days) when we were all encouraged in school to find and write to friends overseas, in other countries or in a different part of the country you lived in. It was fun and educational to find a pen pal. I still maintain contact with people I’ve met only via the post, true now, if we can we do e-mails. Still.. we shared smiles and giggles with letters long before the internet. Now …. we go virtual.

A smile is golden. Satus knows that the little critter makes people smile. He was busy but he brought the little fellow out to work his magic, Smile I did, it was automatic, but it felt real good, I sat with a silly grin on my face and watched while the little fellow went through different programmed animations. That was considerate of Satus. a young man I barely know except through business, he owns a company in SL. Sugaree who I have never met in person, shared her time and her music to bring a smile into the lives of others.. Knowing her makes me smile. She is a special person, I hope our friendship grows, we share conversation, and laughs when we get together and she is not working. Friendships are important,and smiling is also just as important. Where-ever you are, what ever you are doing, use the smile muscle often, It is good for your health!

SL is a virtual world http://www.secondlife.com

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un momento por favor.. 1 moment please

Good morning everyone!

Some places stay with us for a very, very long time. They stand tall, their structure and history a reminder of yesterdays long before our time. Others age, and well, they too remind us of another time, yet they don’t show their age as well. Just maybe, they should be put to rest. Both tell a story.

It took all of one second yesterday for me to “know” that I had to get away from the sounds of demolition. I changed, grabbed my purse, said goodbye and left. My husband understood, he had the car out of the garage and ready to go by the time I was at the back door. I’m very blessed in many ways, a loving husband who cares and has a way of understanding when he needs to just “let me go” he does. One’s personal space is so very important in a relationship, I confess to (in my younger days) not being as good at recognizing the signs as I am today.

We all need a “time out” a space in time where we can clear our heads, and sort out or organize our thoughts and emotions. , Yesterday I was on auto pilot. I trusted, I believed and I acted. As the miles sped by i could feel the tension in my shoulders release, I hadn’t even realized they were tight till I felt the easing of the shoulder blades, and actually heard my involuntary sigh. Ah …yes…. in that one moment, I felt the shift in my internal gears. The car was going by all the fast food places, smile. the city would soon be well behind me. I took a left and headed down the highway past the farms, and the towards the House of Lazarus in very small country village. It is a food bank and thrift shop for the villages and towns in the area. There is always a good selection of books to peruse, and if I was lucky a good CD to keep me company on my “adventure” I found 3 good books and shouting, and jumping out at me was a CD that I had worn out when I had it.. Shelby Lynne’s Sunrise.

Like these door knobs, my taste in music is varied and eclectic, changing over the years, and with my “moods”. I could tell from the cover, it would likely be on the country side, but I didn’t really remember the songs. I couldn’t say to you, wow on this CD she sang X Y Z. I didn’t remember, I just knew the CD cover, I couldn’t even have told you what this Shelby Lynne sounded like. Again I listened to my inner voice, and happily carried it to the car. Believing in your choices, living your moments, I can’t tell you enough, just how powerful and wonderful the experiences are/ become. Once that CD started to play, I sky rocketed not into sounds of rocking country that cooked, but into a time and place that took over every inch of my living breathing self.

Shelby Lynne’s voice, her music, her songs had me back in time where my heart was broken, lost, wanting and/or grieving, oh it was so so heartfelt. Instantly I felt the tears wanting to fall, they gathered and nudged at the back of my eyes, seeking escape. One lonely tear did fall, but come on guys.. really… I wasn’t sad, why this need to feel this emotion. The Universe works in strange ways. I’ve always accepted that, (not always graciously) Once again, once I accepted that hey, Shelby was going to be my friend and companion on this journey I was making, I felt good and joined her in song. I knew almost every words. Why not, there was no one to hear me, well ok, no one that hasn’t heard me bellow before. I did turn the volume down when I got to the border crossing (into the States).

I’ve been waiting a long time to use this pictures, the photographer called or tagged this photo, echeveria-feeling-so-sad-by-alan-shapiro-photography….. I myself see happiness and joy when I see his photograph, so there you go… different strokes for different folks. =^_^= Anyway, I’m using it now because my listening to the CD yesterday, made me very happy, it reminded me of loves I’ve lost, but also brought home how lucky I am now in the new loves I’ve found. I’ve noticed over the years, that people shy away from saying I love you , I care… in country songs, often they may sing of love lost, or yearned for, but they sing of LOVE.. love is such a powerful and positive emotion Love is life. I can’t imagine a life without love.

Life will always have its up and down moments. Remember that moment you are living is just that. A moment in time.

Thank you for being part of my day and my world. I do love you all. Each and everyone of you bring something special into my life. May the Universe grant that you will find happiness in any transition you may be facing. if you are letting go, may you have the help you need to embrace the new. If you are faced with a challenge you are given undiminished zeal. In all these ways, may the blessings of the Divine/Tao be upon you. Oyashikiri

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Heartbreak

There is nothing like a good ole country song to set the tone of the moment.

I grew up on the sounds of Detroit, and MoTown, I would find an American radio station at night and listen to the sounds of a music that spoke to me and had me moving and grooving. I loved to dance and feel the songs, the words, the rhythms vibrated and spoke to me of a life I had yet to really live and experience . Oh sure, as teenager I was sure I knew love, my heart would skip a beat when the groceries were being delivered by the “older” boy who came to the house to bring my Mother’s meat order. If I actually was close enough to see his blue eyes, I’d swoon, to this day I remember him coming in with the box of groceries, his blonde hair, blue eyes and smile, would I really recognize him if he walked in now and stood in front of me, no. Back then I thought Id ‘d recognize him forever, I was so sure his memory would be carved in my heart forever, every love song was about this powerful draw/feeling.

In PL, Precept #15 – All is a Mirror is a one of the Precepts that pays a visit into my days, often. Not long ago I was with a friend who has currently lived through a “heartbreak” or “Heart ache” as she talked I felt her pain, the feelings reached across and joined us, with one single tear, her memory of love lost spoke to me. I heard and felt all the country love songs I’d ever cried to, flash across my eyes in just that moment, from her one single tear. Heart ache no matter how we sugar coat it, hurts, it can render us shattered and vulnerable. Intellectually we know the moment will pass, but gall darn it, while we are living it, its a crusher.

Yes I said country music.. somewhere along the way in my “growing up” especially when I played in the bars of Nothern Ontario, it wan’t R&B they wanted to hear, it was country. That is what life on the road is like when you are a “bar band”. Doesn’t matter you are a Blues band, your agent says you are playing Wawa, Sudbury, Timmins, and Hearst, that is where you head. A gig is a gig, and a string of bookings, hey that is $ in the bank. Besides when you are young, you adapt. I don’t even know if traveling bar bands still exist in this day and age, likely not. Live entertainment is not what it used to be, “back in the good ole’ days” Now it seems everything is streamed.

Even a cracked and broken mirror can be beautiful. Mirrors are seldom perfect, and never do they really reflect all there is to see. One has to look past what is automatically seen, and if you dare, look right into the eyes that will look back at you. My friend’s “heart ache” shows the tremendous love she has in her to share, and her courage to have shared and lived a love that was so strong it shook her world. So many people hide in a comfort zone that no longer reflects passion and strong emotion. Preference is to sail calm waters. Nothing wrong with that, but we all know that calm waters are prone to wave, storms and bad weather.

And then.. like a switch goes on, the sun comes out, the winds die down and its paradise again. When we hit a rocky patch in life, know that it is just one step along the way. Tomorrow is another day. To love and be loved is a gift, a beautiful present wrapped in bow, once the wrapping comes undone, and the bow is tucked away …. what’s inside will either fill your life forever, or fade away. Some memories never go away.

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Have a good day everyone… Life is Love!!! blessings…… Oyashikiri

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Good Morning everyone! qu’est -ce qu-on va faire aujourd’hui?

By the light of the silvery moon……………..

Over the years I’ve had a strong attachment to the night, its inky black skies, with dancing twinkling stars. Those of you who remember one phase of my life where bling on my fingers was de rigour. ( a must, never met a diamond I didn’t like ) =^_^=. Like the moon, for me all that is bright gives my spirit a life. Where my friends would drool over the sun and gold, I had this love affair with silver, white gold, and platinum. The night skies could turn my romantic young heart to butter. While the heat of the scorching sun sent me running for cover. Differences…. that is what life is all about… The trick is balance and moderation.

The high mountains of China – Tibet

Thank you for sharing these moments with me… Enjoy whatever you are doing today, my thoughts and prayers are with you. and remember -SMILE – allow your beauty within to shine through, not just with your lips but through your eyes.. Blessings – Oyashikiri

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Have a grand day everyone…

I set the mood for you… not take it and run…… enjoy the day..whatever it brings your way.. own it..

From The Tao of Willie ( Nelson) “Beyond the basics of who you are, the rest is mostly creative use of adjectives.”

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follow your dreams

Believe in your dreams, and follow them, trust in your heart, and never give up. Today, NOW is always a new beginning. Every day you wake up to a brand new day, and new possibilities. The past belongs to yesterday, YES it is part of your fabric, it is in the weave of who you are…. but today is new, it is the present, and you only get one chance at it. Use today as a starting point, move forward on a path towards improvement and progress. Cherish your dreams, they belong to you .

Love, being loved, and loving are Blessings, sweet wonderful moments of ONENESS Oyashikiri

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” I Aspire to inspire before I expire”

Amen!! this lady (Mary Harris -aka Ken & Mary’s Blues Project) who is singing needs our prayers, she is in hospital (lung collapsed) in the States, a fellow blogger (kenne turner) wrote about it today. The video he shared with us, I am sharing with you. I am very blessed with wonderful caring internet connections,the picture I will share after the video was from another friend that I have never met in person but have spent many hours sharing time with in SL (Second Life) She is an awesome possum and I know some of my readers here will know of exactly who I speak. Life is so good when we share it with friends

Thanks Kenne for the video, and sharing Mary’s music with us.

Because it is Monday and I see a holiday in the United States – here is your smile for the day, it comes from the Tiny possum – she got it from Australia – Happiness shared around the world will continue to grow – amen