Fred and Ginger...

Always with us...joy, memories, hope for a very good New Year.  
        Lots of time has passed since my last post...was attending to my other blog...you know,  Two Ghosts, the one with all the poetry!! 
        I'm always around, one way or another! 
        Blessings, namaste....

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Summer Dreamin'...

                                     Manet


First things first...where did the time go?  I meant to tack a few words onto this blog...but here I am, first day of summer, and I notice the last time I showed up here was February.
     Fate's been acting up.  First, I got confused and believed that I wanted to move from NYC to Florida.  Not the first time I reached that irrational conclusion.  But this time I meant it.  After all, not getting any younger...well, are you? 
     Anyway, thought how nice it would be to grow old sort of next door to my daughter and granddaughter.  Instead of just visiting back and forth.  Took me 2 visits to push that idea aside. Had to be reminded that Pembroke Pines is not NYC, is mostly hot, doesn't have all the shops I need, right downstairs.  There is no downstairs. 
     So I came back, gratefully let a gorgeous apartment slip through my fingers.  On purpose.  My guys were right in pointing out the obvious. 
     And then something really weird happened that sealed the deal.  I fell and got a concussion.  In my bedroom, walking in my sleep didn't help....what they say about accidents in the home?  Yes, worst thing that's happened to me since Jackie broke our date to the junior prom. 
    My life has not been the same ever since.  After the ambulance trip to the emergency room, 2:00 o'clock in the AM...the tests just kept being offered.  No doctor that I've seen will ever be accused of not recommending another test.  Well, it's 2 months now, and I finally got off the roller coaster of appointments.  I quit it.
    No thanks, guys, from now on I'll just keep positive thoughts in my mind.  Pray.  Meditate.  Do my Reiki.  The headaches still grab me in a clinch..a very slow healing concussion.  And in the midst of all the info about sport stars having daily concussions..I'm paranoid enough, thank you...
    You know, co-pays add up.
    So welcome to summer and days of daydreams..and a swifter recovery.
    New York, New...not ready to leave you yet!
      

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A Strawberry...

MAYBE YOU REMEMBER the story of the woman running from tigers. At the edge of a cliff she spots some vines, grabs them and climbs down.  But looking down she sees that there are tigers down below too.  Even worse, she notices that a mouse is gnawing the vine she is grasping.

But she also spots the most beautiful bunch of wild strawberries growing close by.  She looks up, she looks down.  She glances at the mouse.  She then pulls a luscious bright red berry off the bunch, pops it into her mouth, enjoys it like no other. 

Tigers above, tigers below, life is what it is.  Every precious moment, every strawberry is worth the effort. 


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HAPPY NEW YEAR...2012

IT IS INTERESTING to notice how some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage and working their solitary but irresistible way through a thousand obstacles.

  Washington Irving


Don't forget to laugh...HAPPY NEW YEAR/ 2012!


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HOPE ENOUGH...

                                                                Dorothy's  Slippers


AS GOETHE said: 
     " Hope enough to remove all anxious fears concerning the future".


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OPEN...

BODHICITTA...Heart and mind completely open.


"Everyone loves something, even if it's only tortillas".

         Trungpa Rinpoche


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Within

WHAT LIES BEHIND US and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.

Ralph Waldo Emerson


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Essential...

...." I FIND THAT it's essential during the day to actually note when I feel happiness or when something positive happens, and to begin to cherish those moments as precious....."

Pema Chodron

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Simple as Apples....

Karma is as simple as apples.

KARMA is not something complicated or philosophical.  Karma means watching your body, watching your mouth, and watching your mind.  Trying to keep these three doors as pure as possible is the practise of karma.

Lama Thubten Yeshe

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Lives Like Ours...

YESTERDAY an irrational current ran through our land once more.  A massacre occurred in Tucson, Arizona, and lives like yours and mine came to an end instantly because a madman confused individual freedom with a call to arms. 

We relive this mass horror too frequently.  Those of us who embrace love and fairness, are astonished again by the random power of evil.  Why is there surprise when sick minds are stirred to commit terrible acts?  Maybe we should pull back from hateful and angry rhetoric that goads the irrational to take murderous steps. 

God bless and heal the wounded, heal our pain and weakness, and take the departed into heaven.

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Life Itself/ 2011

LIFE HAS a role for everyone....may you play the best one in 2011.......

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Greetings...

...TIDINGS of comfort and joy!!

It's good to wish everyone a Happy Holiday...Once a year, at the very least, we can give and receive with a full heart!! 

Beautiful truths pass this way.

Merry Christmas...Happy New Year....


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Cave of the Body....

THE ONE WHO IS VERY ATTACHED to the cave of the body, that one finds detachment very difficult.  Those who constantly crave for pleasure are hard to liberate and certainly cannot be liberated by others, only by themselves.  Sometimes it is only death that brings a realization of endings, and then the sensual person, deeply immersed in the body, will shout: "What will happen to me after death?" 

The way toward liberation is to train yourself to live in the present without any wanting to become anything.  Give up becoming this or that, live without cravings, and experience this present moment with full attention.  Then you will not cringe at death nor seek for repeated birth.

Sutta Nipata

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Boundless...

HOW BOUNDLESS AND FREE IS THE SKY OF AWARENESS!  How bright the full moon of wisdom!  Truly, is anything missing now?  Nirvana is right here, before our eyes; this very place is the Lotus Land; this very body, the Buddha.

Hakuin Zenji,
   "Song of Zazen".


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May I...?

WHEREVER I AM born, may I have wisdom and strength.  May I rise above all ignorance.

You only need two tools in life...WD-40, and Duct Tape.  If it doesn'r move and should, use the WD-40.  If it shouldn't move and does, use the Duct Tape.

Life is very serious.  Life is very funny.  One at a time?  Both at the same time?  Sure!!

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Deeds...

THE ONE who does an evil deed carries within themselves the charred remains forever, coloring the whole world an ashen color.

Based on the Dhammapada


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LEAVING....

Going along in company together, a wise man must mix with other foolish persons.  But on seeing what is hurtful, he abandons them...as a full fledged heron leaves the marshy ground.

UDANA


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Chant...

CHANT FOR INNER STRENGTH

I call the light of golden rays
I seek protection thus,
I pray for heavenly forces at my side
angels, sages, spirit guides or wolves
who walk with cunning skill.

Come to my aid!
Come at my will!
Blackbird soaring light my path
so I am victim to no one's wrath!
And when my journey knows success,
all those who aid me Goddess bless!

source: New Moon/ Beliefnet.com

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Today...

LOOK AT SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL TODAY and know that you have had that.  Imagine owning beauty...we all do!!

Everything is a way to learning, from depression to joy.  Embrace the idea that it's all happening perfectly.  If you don't know why, maybe the bigger picture will reveal itself...maybe not.  The answer within us needs a lot of work to be revealed.  But perhaps at times it's just a bit of Grace. 

Tell yourself that whatever happens in your life, you can handle it.  Yes, tell yourself that..even if it's over and over.

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Good Karma...

Karma is not something complicated or philosophical.  Karma means watching your body, watching your mouth, and watching your mind.  Trying to keep these three doors as pure as possible is the practise of karma.

Lama Thubten Yeshe

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