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Do you glance or do you read?

Good morning everyone.. earlier this week I received my PL Newsletter from Rev. Goto on New York. In it, he has shared with us an article by Rev Toshio Suzuki* His article began with a sentence that I read and re-read several times thinking that there was a typo. It took a couple of readings and then going on and reading the next two sentences before what he was saying sunk in. I am guilty myself at times of thinking I’m reading, but in fact my eyes are scanning and the brain is taking in what it is reading, but NOT necessarily assimilating the information the way it is intended.

His opening paragraph is as follows. Conviction and Faith, by Rev. Toshio Suzuki … If you want to see the truth of your faith, you should try to practice it very doubtfully,like “is it really true or not?” Then you will come to the conclusion. There is nothing more useless than neither doubting nor believing. To read more of what is said, please contact Rev. Goto in our New York church for a copy of this PL Newsletter. His e-mail is goppoy@icloud.com If you are in the NY area (718)-424-8815.

While researching for a previous blog I found several interpretations or versions if you will of a photograph of the Mad Hatter as played by Johnny Depp. This is the one that struck me the most, and I went back to find it to use it today. Since the picture had no explanation, as to how or why it was coloured the way it was, I can’t pass that information on to you. I could only view it and enjoy it from my perspective. Most pictures I saw were in shades of black and white. Like Rev. T.Suzuki’s words, this picture had arrested me in my search by making a statement that connected with something inside me. I wanted more. I really looked at it closely, the shading, the lace, the fingerless,frayed gloves, bandaged thumb, the assorted pieces of accessories, everything. All of the costume was very artfully pulled together to draw and capture the viewer’s attention. When we are visual, which I am, the picture shouted at me, and I responded. Words,are not as visual, they are a group of letters that come together to form a word. We must read the words not necessarily by themselves, but with the words that come before and after them to really understand the intent of the writer.

Sunshine Blessings to you on this 22nd day of April. Oyashikiri

remember, we can all look at the same picture , read the same words, and come away with our very own story-line.

* Rev.Toshio Suzuki former principal of PL Elementary School, Japan (40Years)

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Optical illusion ,movement when there is none, solid materials given a feeling of activity….the photographer’s composition was such that my first thought was not that they were stairs at all, but of the spiraling movement towards a destination. A spine, a vertebra, a vortex. What do you see? each and everyone of us, will react to this presentation in a different way, that is what is so unique about being a human being. In our maturing process we have different experiences, the input from family, friends, co-workers all shape how we “see” the world how we react, and what we do about the challenges presented to us.

After my initial..wow.. and I’d enjoyed the picture for the “art” that it is… my mind began to wonder what it must be like to walk up or down those stairs. Let me tell you, my first thought… for me… would be instant vertigo. It is one thing for me to admire the beauty of the captured moment, it is another for me to imagine being on those stairs. That said, if I was looking at those steps from a different angle .. seeing them from my own perspective, it is very likely that I would race you up the stairs and laugh with joy when I reached the top claiming the prize of achievement! Who can resist a bright cheerful red staircase that leads to a new adventure or sight that will boggle the mind.

Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder …………………………Life is what we make it……………….Oyashikiri

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50 shades of cold

You don’t only feel the cold, we can see it transforming the landscape around us. Saying STOP,is like whispering into the wind. In conversation with my sister we talked of aging, and of course being that it was my sister, I was musing out loud about the challenges of the last few weeks and heard myself say that if aging was about taking medications, being unwell and consistently challenged, well I was not, repeat NOT happy about it all.

Then this morning, I looked out my window at my friends who were patiently waiting for the snow to come. The yard has been tidied and ready for the winter weather that we get here in this part of Canada. Paths have been cleared, plants/shrubs cut back so that the dogs will have room to navigate when they go out for their exercise and fun in the snow. Canaille loves to run through the fresh snow and chase after her ball. Velcro (whippet) well that is a different story, he is in and out in record breaking time. But being a whippet, he has to burn off energy, so he follows the track Canaille has made and runs at break neck speed over the trail. Thus we clear it of objects that can obstruct.

I noticed that one of the garden fairies has put herself in a lying position, she is using a rock to cushion and protect her from the blanket of snow that will soon cover her and keep her safe from the bitter winter winds. As I sit and survey my private garden, much like Canaille does when we are just sitting watching the world go by, I realize that when the summer growth is abundant, many of the “little people” are not visible to the eye. They are there, they just are not seen, but their presence never-the-less is still felt, all who come to the garden feel the “calm” they infuse into the setting.

Now with the greenery gone, they are laid bare. Today, I spent time with each and everyone of them, renewing my connection and feeling the bond that we share, for at one time I placed them there, Unlike me, they can’t come in out of the cold, they accept and patiently wait out the changing seasons. Every year, the time and weather takes its toll. Like me they are growing old.

Smile the “old man” says, smile when you feel sad, he is always smiling, I love him, seeing him today, made me realize that my challenge today will be to pray that I will have the inner strength to endure patiently (like my garden friends) the changing seasons. Soon the snow will come, and I too will be embraced in magic of the falling snowflakes.

A step at a time we find our way home. This little kitten was tossed into a heap of broken and unwanted concrete at a shop where only the perfect pieces were wanted for display .. she was not content to stay buried in the rubble, where she was tossed, she found her way to where she could be seen, =^_^= that’s right, I found her, and now she has a home here with me.

My garden brings me joy in all of its incarnations.

I took time today to reconnect….if you feel my sadness … don’t worry, it will pass… I’ve learned in life, not to suppress emotion, for to know sadness it to have known great joy and happiness. The Universe is is simply giving me “space” “time” to appreciate my realities.