September

My twin brother and me were born on September 23, 1957.
Respect, kindness, compassion, a sense of humor... a good set of keys to be aware of, have access to get you through life.

Why force the issue if I don't feel like an adult by now?
Here's to the second half of my life with love and affection.
xo,
me

Sacred Heart

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When one is inspired one is required to somehow create, express, share, and "play it forward"... I guess you could say the thoughts have been incubating for a while.

From a place deep inside my core I attempt to convey delicately yet with strength, transparent yet bold, timelessly and in the language of Love~ Innermost impressions of the nature of a love someone feels for another like the wind fans the inferno into a rage, wild, reckless and with undeniable dangerous abandon. Fire flies flutter, like our lives jetting, weaving, bouncing in and out of darkness into the light, sadness then search again for illuminating delight. Simply put my love flickers endlessly, enthusiastically and seemingly dormant all at once.

God's divine appointment guarantees that the perpetual flame glows. Sacred is the heart that listens and hears and receives the messages, gentle voices and vibrations. The searching soul seeks such transmissions without explanation yet with purpose, with innocent reason & rhyme like an orphan with outstretched arms desperately seeking someone to offer comfort, compassion, a safe place in existence where only love and peace reside. Like a birthday candle that won't go out, smolders, fades then ignites again.

In all of God's creation, not time nor space can put out what began as a tiny spark... that majestically and magnificently illuminates flashes of goodness streaking across the vast horizon reminiscent of a brilliant falling star, magical yet simple moments in our past and into the future and continues on and on into eternity~

Bingo Baby

Hit the jackpot.
Live like you mean it.
Armed with truth, courage, kindness...
Spread you angelic wings and
leap from the lap of life, love, laughter, lonliness,
euphoria, elation, excruciating pain, pleasure and perfection.

Take a Deep Breath

Hearts beat, eyes blink, the pulse pounds and every moment goes into another. I look for the light, the times of peace within and out. Life and time in constant motion. Follow truth, goodness and do what is right.

Creation calls on me to take action and be a blessing, beneficial, allowing beauty to lead~ Delight takes over darkness and peace remains intact. Good living and loving...Have at it, move, make changes with purpose and nobel intention for a better place to live.

Fill up on a good life, take a deep breath and leave the world simply better because you were in it.

Moments of Madness

April 16, 2007 Blood bath at Virginia Tech University. Blacksburg,Virginia Home of the Hokies. What is a Hokie? Heartbroken, bewildered, heavy hearted, wounded from the wildest acts of rage and violence it has ever known or could have imagined.

The horror, hell, hate, permeates injury, emitting the foul odor of evil, pain, torment, terror accompanied by extreme contempt for life, goodness and reason.
The blood splatters and stains, never to be washed away entirely. The vulnerable robbed, ripped apart from life leaving the bloody raw mournful remains of the worst memories, the horrifying images...moments of madness. Lives are left feeling beaten, bruised beyond recognition, seeking escape from assaulted spirits still bleeding, tattered and torn from the destruction and despair deliberately doled out.
The shots crack and crack again with copious cruelty at the hands of one of their own.

Delicate, the brittle nature of a lost, broken spirit, desperate to find a way out of the abyss. With no hope in sight the anguish takes over provoking the worst and beyond. The grim, grotesque theft of life, stolen, leaving loved ones bewildered and wandering, soul searching for answers, with outstretched arms like an orphan pleading for a loving embrace, compassion, comfort, kindness and care. The nightmarish storm turns everything cold in an instant. We ask ourselves when will we stop drowning in darkness and run...run for our lives toward the LIGHT, LOVE, in PEACE & with RESPECT to precious LIFE?

God grant us your peace amid the ugly, wicked storm, the harsh nature of humanity hungers, begs and pleads for your Grace, the awareness of your Holy Spirit.
All creation on earth fights to hold on to what is right and true in constant pursuit of a better way, the right way, your wise way out of wrecklessness, arrogance, ignorance, disrespect...the malnutrition of our lives and these times.

EASTER 2007

~The story of a man who represents goodness, Holy and full of GRACE. The reality of the cruelties of life, harshly judged yet a model for peace and a blessing to all.

The lesson of forgivness, humility, love, mercy, compassion continues.
Submerged in a sea of sorrow and suffering only to be lifted up and raised into Glory, into the light into an amazing state of GRACE forever.

Precious are the hearts and bones of the innocent child, any creature in the world lost, lonely and in search of the light. Guide them, shine on them, on us all when we don't know the questions to ask much less the answers to seek. Grant us peace in our heart and in our heads~
Grant us courage to carry on, the wisdom to be mindful of your presence and to pass along blessings whenever and however possible~

March Waters

Excerpts from Antonio Carlos Jobim's "Waters Of March" 1973

..."The promise of spring
And the riverbank talks
Of the waters of March
It's the promise of life,
It's the joy in you heart

It's the promise of life
In your heart, in your heart
A stick, a stone,
The end of the load,
The rest of a stump,
A lonesome road
A sliver of glass,
A life, the sun,
A night, a death
The end of the run
And the riverbank talks
Of the waters of March
It's the end of all strain
It's the joy in your heart."

~L()VE~

So much love
Love soo much
Never let go
Hold on tight
and Love
the hurt away

Organic, Electric,
Natural & Raw
On fire, forging on
into the future.
Well equipped
The heart of a Lion
knows, grows more
resiliant, right, real,
bold, beautiful, brazen
and beastly.

Never give up
never stop loving,
laughing, living, looking
for that exquisite biting
pain when love is not enough
When the only cure, balm, remedy
for the ache and pain is more of the
same.
The magic, magnificant wonderous
ways of love, in constant pursuit
L()VE LOVE love luv Amor Amore
~~~~~%%~~~~?~~¤~~!!!!~~§~~***+++#****###&.

PEACE

I heard Martin Luther King today. It was a radio broadcast of his "I have a dream". speech. It was moving and timely. Dr. King's plea to humanity to take better care of itself. As important, signifacant, profound, poignant, compelling and necessary to hear as ever.

The quiver in his voice as he represents the broken hearted, mistreated and oppressed. The soul and passion of a champion of so many crying out for peace and justice for ALL. The call for what is right, honorable and fair. The humble yet powerful prayer for calm amid the storm. It's good that we remember a man driven by the pursuit of PEACE, Liberty and happiness for everyone always.

A reminder to "keep your bread fresh".

Happy New Year ¡Prospero Año Nuevo!

With a little adjustment in our attitudes towards ourselves and others; I can "think to myself; What a wonderful world"
A little more RESPECT for self and others what a difference a bit of tweeking in our behavior can and truly does make in life.
One person at a time, one kind gesture at a time,
a smile a "Goodmorning," "Thank you," "Please," "Goodnight"
What a difference kindness makes.
What a difference Respect makes.
"R*E*S*P*E*C*T" try it on for size, it stretches, bends and contours like elastic it is the quintisential;
"one size fit's all"

And you have yourself a great 2007,
Happy New Year to you!
Hacer un Prospero Año Nuevo!
With Love & Peace,
Con Paz y Amor,
ME aka Bruno