Random Acts of Stuff

Walking into the bank today, I noticed one of the trees in the parking lot had been... "Decorated"...
Well you could call it that.
My buddy Jason, the Security Guard, filled me in.
"It's a local guy who does it. He brings random stuff he finds, and he decorates the tree with it. He's got Christmas already all planned out", he told me. "I told him he at least had to wait until Thanksgiving was over", Jason chuckled.
I wondered if the decorations would change much for Christmas, since the Thanksgiving decorations had nothing to do with the holiday.
Speckled with car keys, a sock, and other lost things, for a moment I noted that it doubled as a glorified lost and found!
Regardless of what it represented, it made me smile. Why?
1- Because someone in the community got to do something with their creative energy, and the Bank (Im sure with outrageous rules and regulations to abide by) did NOT turn him away.
2- It was hilarious.
3- I finally got to get moving on what this Blog was created for. Cheering on people in the community who are Amazing, Awesome, or simply just interesting in their own way.
Watch out Jason, I'm on a roll now, you might be next!!

An Important Reminder

Is anyone else sick of BS in their lives?
This full moon definitely got the better of me, and I pretty much tumbled and fell on various occasions.
I've cried, I've yelled, and felt a heavy sadness.
But wait...
All my energy has been focused on everything wrong, and how much I hate it!
After 3 days of hating the world, I took my Power back.
You can't shove the feelings aside, you have to feel them...
But then, you kick the BS to the side - and put your energy into what you DO WANT.
It works people.
A smile replaced the frown, and I remembered all things are possible. And what a better reminder of what to aim for, then feeling everything that you don't want.
Even for these terrible feelings, we can be grateful. Because if we know enough to just turn around, everything we want is right... there... waiting.

Filling the Gap

Recently, I was presented with a situation that normally I would've felt very upset about. Upset, anxious, uncertain, resentful. A victim of whatever outcome may arise.
I spent a few hours being upset. Feeling helpless as to what would become of things.
Then, in an instant, I perked up.
Now this will sound cheesy to many of you, but to some of you, you'll know.
I perked up because I remembered God. You know that big old guy in the sky who magically controls our lives... No, not that God.
I remembered the God that absolutely, positively, without a doubt has the precise perfect vision of me, created in His likeness. I remembered the God that ALWAYS gives me the right next step to take, for the right next place I need to be. I remembered the God who never for even one second stops seeing me as Empowered, and never ever sees me as a Victim.
I remembered all these things in an instant. And instantly, I smiled. Instantly, I left victim mode and went into Faith mode.
You see, this takes the QUESTION out of what may come. You know you will be given what's best.
On a daily basis, no I don't continually remember this. But with each circumstance that arises, my faith only grows stronger, because our questioning serves as a reminder.
It's bold to say, because so many times we do not like the outcome. Faith is the understanding that in hindsight, you always understand why things happened as they did. It always makes sense later. God fills the gap between now, and then...

Judging or Caring?

What is the difference between concern and judgement?
I myself have felt strongly judged in the past when others were concerned for my well being.
I've been on the other end, concerned for another's well being, and yet they felt judged.
So what gives? Where does the difference lay? Where is the line and how do we know if we've crossed it?
If we strongly disagree with what someone is doing, isn't it a dishonor not to say anything? We aim to do what is for the Highest Good.
Yet if we say something, and the other person takes offense they may either get defensive or create distance between you. And then where is the progress?
This must be where personalities come into play...
Is this person really being judemental and critical, or is that simply how the other is receiving it, how it feels to them?
At the same time, the one voicing concern - are they thinking only in terms of logic and what is "right" and "should" be happening? These can be merely reflections of the one shouting out the orders.
Being told of a concern can be felt in different ways by different personality types. If we are feeling judged, we have to own a piece of that. That is also partly a reflection of how we feel inside. Many of us have broken pieces inside which are like magnets for feelings of criticism, even when a comment is not intended as such.
I am still learning the grey areas between enabling, tough love, having compassion, speaking up, and knowing when to zip it.
Sometimes too, I forget to remember that no one is "wrong". These reflections of each of us come from an all too real place.

Re-Writing

Some of us have heard about the practice of Gratitude. Absolutely important, in the sense its contagious and brings us more to be grateful for.
But what about when we've had one of those days, or weeks, and we hate life; cant think of a thing to be glad about; wish things were different.
My dear meditation teacher (guru as I refer to her), Gloria tells us about re-writing.
Okay so your day sucked. Dont stay stuck in it. Re-write it how it could have gone. Instead of trying to list off what you're grateful for, write the crappy day over, write it how you could've handled it better.
I had one particularly anxious day recently (to which I am prone), and I did exactly what Gloria taught us. Picked up my journal, and re-wrote. It affirms what is possible...

For Now...

Well, this began as a place for me to interview the people I find most interesting, and with something to say we can all benefit from.
Since its been over a year without me having done that (Oh procrastination, you!), in the meantime, I think Ill make use of this sweet little blogspot I've carved out in time, space and the cyber world in other ways.
I occasionally have my own interesting things to say! Perhaps a few others will enjoy them too...:)

I birthed this blog to honor people who inspire me. It was the boy who collects carts at the local grocery store who truly inspired this. Mentally challenged in some form, the boy is always singing and smiling, seemingly without a care in the world, and some people may think he's strange, but those of us with that same sparkle in our eye pass by him and smile.

There is only so much time in the day, and it is the cart boy at the grocery store, the cashier at the pharmacy, the crossing guard at the school - these folks who are in our lives for the least amount of time who can actually make such a large impression. It's some of these people who we see exuding light and joy in their own unique way who remind us to do the same.


It's some of these people I hope to acknowledge in this blog, if for no other reason than to create one more optimistic and wholesome page on the internet amongst so many pages of bad and negative news.


Cheers, to the light and joy that is ever present in this world, that sometimes we just need to stop and remember is already there.

Blessings!