Tested Truths: People of the Forest

Tested Truths: People of the Forest:   They came out of the forest, just a trickle at first, but soon with no fanfare, came the rest of the people in a flood! They seemed to hav...

People of the Forest

  They came out of the forest, just a trickle at first, but soon with no fanfare, came the rest of the people in a flood! They seemed to have melted out of the darkness of the forest into the brightness of the rising sun? It was as if they had just appeared from out of nowhere?  John had not heard the commotion at first, not until he felt Max tense at his feet. Max was sitting focused on the parade of little people as they emerged from the woods. His most serious pose, the one that always made his ears fold up forming that soft flat piece that John liked to pet. But Max could control himself no more, and he bolted up from the bedroll, and began sniffing at every person he could! That is until he came upon Miss Lottie Dee Fess, who smacked him hard across the snout, causing him to yelp! None of the people were larger then the dog, but after he gave it a brief thought of concern, John dismissed it. Max would not bite anyone who was not a threat. Lick them to death maybe, but never a bite!
  As the people came out from the forest, some pushed wheelbarrows of what looked like brightly covered moss? There seemed to be a moss for every texture and hue that you could imagine! There were many shades of green as you might well expect, but also oranges, yellows and browns. There was another that looked quite elegant as it was royal purple in color, interspersed with golden flowers which looked like buttons! But there was one other, more beautiful then all the rest! It was pink in color, but it wasn't the color of the moss that John felt so drawn to, but rather the heavenly glow that came from it!
Thomas, John asked, what is that pink moss, and why does it... Beautiful isn't it, Thomas interrupted. The pink moss is a very special moss, he explained, it comes only from the garden of the Lady of the Forest! It is so special, that only one family can tend to the Lady's garden, and it is considered a great honor! And so, it passes from one generation to the next. These tenders are called, The Keepers of the Pink!

Zehland Stories and Animal Art for Children: One bright and sunny day in Zehland ...two littl...

Zehland Stories and Animal Art for Children:

One bright and sunny day in Zehland
...two littl...: O ne bright and sunny day in Zehland ...two little chicks set out to see the big world Suddenly, a ripple broke the surface. Up p...

Tested Truths: Maybe

Tested Truths: Maybe:   There is a solid reason for today, as there is for everyday. But more attention should always be given to the here and now. There is no ti...

Maybe

  There is a solid reason for today, as there is for everyday. But more attention should always be given to the here and now. There is no time like the present, I like to say, but then again, I very rarely do? Sometimes truth can get lost in the circles, circular reasoning will frustrate pure logic everytime!
  Now this is a factual saying, and it is the way that it is. It has never really been anything else, as it is always been the matter at hand!
  Explosions of great thought will knock you off your feet, and such is the Kingdom of Heaven! Imagine, eternity with the greatest intellect of this or any other world! Why would you think of rejecting this? What is it that goes through your mind when you do reject it?
  Or maybe you think that I am just good with words, and by my imagination, come all that I have written? Now that would be quite a compliment, and I would have every right to be right proud!
But I have told you already that these are not my words, I only put pen to paper, or type to page.
Greatness in language is a powerful thing, and good orators are hard to find. But there are Phrophecies to be fulfilled, and someone must record it. Surely, to leave it on the ground, by forsaking the truth is the greatest harm that you will ever do to yourself!

Tested Truths: Thomas, King of Gnomes

Tested Truths: Thomas, King of Gnomes:   The two men talked and smoked into the night, John Whitmore of the Big People, and Thomas the Gnome, king of the Kingdom of Snail Rock. Jo...

Thomas, King of Gnomes

  The two men talked and smoked into the night, John Whitmore of the Big People, and Thomas the Gnome, king of the Kingdom of Snail Rock. John found himself with less and less to say, as he was content to just listen to what the smaller man had to say. He would say things like, The texture of the clouds must fold in upon themselves before they can squeeze a drop of rain. He spoke with authority about the rhythm of life, and how things came to be, the order of it all. He spoke with a great reverence about the secret things of the forest, and it seemed to John that he was quite wise!
  Now he had a lessor understanding of the world of which John had come from, but John was not the first of the Big People that Thomas had entertained over the years? In fact, he must have also been quite old, because when he spoke of some others that he, Thomas had met, John got the impression that some had been people from long ago? He looked to be quite old, his face had deep crevices in it, and his skin was the texture and color of leather? He had a long white beard, and a soft misshapen hat covered most of his straggly looking hair. He was an impressive fellow John thought, even though he was so small in stature.
  John was at his ease now, and he knew that he would soon be asleep, as try as he might, he could not think of one detail that had not been taken care of? So Thomas he finally said, may I call you Thomas? Of course the Gnome replied, I had thought that you might have some questions, go ahead sir, and speak on! Well then Thomas, how is it that one so small as you were able to prepare my camp, did you do all this by yourself, where are all of your people? Of course I didn't do all of this by myself, why that would be quite silly to think that, wouldn't you agree? But before we go on, you have not yet told me your name sir? Oh yes, quite rude of me, please except my apology, my name is John, John Witmore. With this, John settled deeper back into his bedding, and took a long pull on his cigar and said, but please my good man, you were saying about your people?
  My people are all out in the forest, because it is at night that we tend to our gardens, mushrooms you see, grow better in the darkness. It took many of us to prepare your camp and tend to those huge horses, for you are of the Big People, and where it would take many of us to do this thing, it would only take very few of you. After we finished the preparations here, everyone went into the forest to tend to their crops, I stayed behind to wait for you to awaken.

Tested Truths: The work of the Godless

Tested Truths: The work of the Godless:   There are times when everything seems to slip your mind, and there are others, when you forget nothing, and your mind is fixed absolute? F...

The work of the Godless

  There are times when everything seems to slip your mind, and there are others, when you forget nothing, and your mind is fixed absolute? For me, I am always more focussed when I am angry and annoyed, and then I can think of little else! When we are festering over something, it is a lot like pain, and it demands your full attention!
  Now slackers lack gumption, but they will always find the fault in someone else? But with anger comes frustration, as there is little recourse for that anger in a civilized society. With frustration comes apathy, because by this feeling of helplessness, most eventually will just give up? But this is a serious thing! Evil can only win if good people do nothing and look away!
  I have been trying to stay away from the politics of things, that's why the Wild West stories I guess? But if I do continue with the story, it seems that it is becoming more of a children's story, and so if I choose to continue it, I promise to keep it family friendly! I would like it if you read it to your kids, that is if you do read to your kids, as the more I think of it, maybe I should write children's stories for a while, as at least with that, there is no aggravation?
  I will say this about the current political climate? They are at it again? They have tried everything to divide us, from our financial status, to gender? But though we are divided ideologically, we are all still proud to be Americans! Now they are bringing out the last chance to divide us in a more tangible way, because now they play the race card! But who are these people who look to always divide us, why do they do it? I can tell you that it is a cancer far worse then the ridiculous squabbling that comes from the two parties? Behind all of these attempts, is the true core of an agenda that looks to divide us as a nation, and it is an evil thing! Think to yourself, what does anyone have to gain by stirring up racism between people? That is when you must know who the true enemy is? It isn't just the people who are on the other side of the isle? The true dividers are the Godless, for only with chaos can they assume power.
Please America, do not let the forces of evil win, look to things that will unite us, rather then the things that divide us, because it is true what Lincoln said. A house divided against itself cannot stand!

Tested Truths: Wagoneer Too

Tested Truths: Wagoneer Too:   It was late afternoon, but still the sun was quite hot! Ahead on the road, right after the bend, they came upon a stream that ran right ov...

Wagoneer Too

  It was late afternoon, but still the sun was quite hot! Ahead on the road, right after the bend, they came upon a stream that ran right over the narrow road? It was a shallow stream, which sparkled as the water ran over the rocks from the now setting sun! On the other side, the road wore up into a forest. There was a bit of a beach, and then a high bank with a grove of large trees above it. These trees offered cool shade, as they formed a bit of a tunnel as they bent over toward the beach. The scene ahead looked so good to the old man, that he thought to himself, We will make an early camp, I am tired, and the horses will need a rest, it is enough for today! Whata ya think Max, he said, make camp? Max of course on hearing this bolted straight up from his seat, his tail wagging wildly!
  After they were well into the stream, John released the reins, so that the horses could stop and drink their fill. One less chore he figured! When they did stop again on the other side, He sat for a long time in the cool of the glade, before at last he climbed down to unhitch the team. Max was busy chasing something over at the waters edge, and the old man must have fallen asleep somehow?
  When he awoke, he found himself lying on his bed roll near a cozy fire, with max sprawled out comfortably at his feet? But the old man could remember nothing of any of this? The last he knew, he had just unhitched the team? But their were the horses, tied to the post, munching on their feed bags? Who could have done this, he thought? Your horses are well taken care of, and it is we who made your camp! We? When he turned to look in the direction of the voice, his eyes fell upon a most queer looking little man, who sat upon a snail? Who are you, he said to the little man? Who I am is not the question, but rather it should be Who are you, as you are in my land? But because you are new to this land, I will answer your question, my name is Thomas, and I am king of the Gnomes, and this glade that we are in, is on the outskirts of my Kingdom! Kingdom, what kingdom John said. Why the Kingdom of Snail Rock of course, and we are the keeper of the mushrooms! Mushrooms are a very important food, and ours are the finest in three kingdoms! Our people have been the keeper of the mushrooms for generations! My father and his father before him were all mushroom tenders, and mushroom tenders are a very proud people!

Tested Truths: The Wagoneer

Tested Truths: The Wagoneer:   As they traveled down the well worn road, the thistles snapped, and the guitars twanged. The wagon negotiated the bumps, while the Wagonee...

The Wagoneer

  As they traveled down the well worn road, the thistles snapped, and the guitars twanged. The wagon negotiated the bumps, while the Wagoneer sat struggling to make himself comfortable on the hard wooden bench. His spine rolled with the wagon as it bumped along, trying to negotiate the rough terrain! On the other side of the road, the lane was full of wagons going the other way. John adjusted the brim of his hat, so he could avoid the stares of the people's faces as they too bumped slowly by?
  For these folks were the pretenders, having smashed up against the resistance, however valiantly, having had given it their all and lost. They were the losers in life, and worst of all they knew it!
  John found them very sad, and so as to not be impolite by staring back at them, he adjusted his hat to shade his eyes from the afternoon sun, and said to himself, You are headed in the other direction, and though you feel sorry for them, you cannot get wrapped up in their plights. For you are heading in the other direction, and you will scale any wall that is put in front of you, and you will not fail!
  Finally, the long procession of wagons ended, and John readjusted his hat so he could see the road ahead more clearly. But still he could not get those faces out of his head. Except for the children, all had down trodden looks on their faces! Some looked sullen, while still others looked angry, but all had the look of defeat in their eyes!
  The hell with them he spat out loud, what does that have to do with me? If it had not been that he had startled Max out of his sleep on the bench beside him, he wouldn't have known that he had spoken aloud? The whole thing made him feel very uneasy, his back hurt, and he shifted again in his seat!

Tested Truths: Surviving a Nuclear Explosion ( Part 3 )

Tested Truths: Surviving a Nuclear Explosion ( Part 3 ):   Those who are the furthest out from blast central, but still within the ring of death as establishes by the outermost radioactive dust wil...

Surviving a Nuclear Explosion ( Part 3 )

  Those who are the furthest out from blast central, but still within the ring of death as establishes by the outermost radioactive dust will all die! Some will live for years after the event, but all will die before their allotted time! The timeline for these deaths is best measured on a linear scale, with those closest and within center, dying instantly, to those on the fringes who will die last. The longest known survivor of a nuclear event is approximately twenty years,  twenty tortured years! Those in between all suffered immensely, from severe burns which caused even the hardest nosed doctors to pray for the patients death, most not trying to cure at all, but rather trying to make the poor soul as comfortable as possible. Also within the inner circles of the blast were all types of cancers, of every conceivable type! Many were exotic, in that they had never been observed before with tumors of every size, many grotesque in their appearance, some as big as basketballs!
  The point of this three paged exercise on nuclear explosions is to show in actual terms what you knew to be true before you even read page one, and that is, None survive a nuclear blast! But here's the thing, if you believe that there are two parts to a life, the physical one, and the spiritual one, then there is a hope for you? You see, because the physical life is carnal, it passes away, but the spirit is eternal, and so it does not pass away!
  So then, in all seriousness, what should you do in the event of a nuclear event, and more importantly, how do I make sure that my spirit does live on eternally? Simple! Understand and accept that the only way to God the Father, the creator of life eternal, is through his son, Jesus Christ, for no one comes to the Father accept through Jesus Christ his son! So then, what should you do, when the emergency channel tells you that the missiles will hit in minutes? My suggestion? If you know God, go outside immediately, open your arms wide and welcome the great flash, and if you don't know God? Um? Bend over and kiss you self goodbye!

Tested Truths: Surviving A Nuclear Explosion ( Part Two )

Tested Truths: Surviving A Nuclear Explosion ( Part Two ):   In a moment it was all gone, in the twinkling of an eye, all that that eye had ever seen was gone! In reality, those who were the closest ...

Surviving A Nuclear Explosion ( Part Two )

  In a moment it was all gone, in the twinkling of an eye, all that that eye had ever seen was gone! In reality, those who were the closest to the blast were the lucky ones? For them, it had been just a moment of stark terror, and then gone! The molecules and atoms that were their lives had become fuel for the giant furnace, that furnace in which nuclear fission took place! All that entered this furnace were  changed back to the basic elements which made up all life, separating what will be alive again from that which is dead!
  At ground level, the shock wave went out from the center of the explosion at speeds reaching one thousand miles per hour, taking down everything in its path! The shock wave billowed out, that is to say, that it rolled up and onto itself, spilling outward in terrible clouds of smoke and debris. But at last, the clouds rolled out at a slower pace, dissipating, and leaving a ring of radioactive dust at its furthest point. The beginnings of the hell this terrible cloud brought were just beginning now that the explosion had finally ended! At this location, being the farthest out from the source of the destruction, you could look up at massive cloud that the bomb had created. Only then could the full magnitude of what had occurred be realized! If you experienced the bomb from this distance, you too would see a bright light flash at the moment of ignition! It would light up the horizon, showing the once passive clouds as if x-rayed pictures of themselves? From your vantage point, before the shock wave pushed outward, there would be a Great whooshing sound, as the great furnace would pull all available air up and into itself! Pulled upward and inward to feed the mighty fireball at the heart of the angry cloud!
  If this ominous scene were not enough, the boiling cloud caused its own weather event, and lightning flashed in it and all around it! When the deafening roar of this evil cloud finally dissipated, all that remained was the hideous mushroom like cloud, and the only sound, was a return of that eery silence?  

Tested Truths: Surviving A Nuclear Explosion ( Part One )

Tested Truths: Surviving A Nuclear Explosion ( Part One ):   In the moments before the explosion, there will be a dead stillness at the location where the bomb will ignite. Even the tall grasses act ...

Surviving A Nuclear Explosion ( Part One )

  In the moments before the explosion, there will be a dead stillness at the location where the bomb will ignite. Even the tall grasses act strangely, as they move neither to the right or to the left, but rather stand straight up? The once bright green field has turned a sickening grayish green pallor. All the birds in a twenty-five mile radius of ground zero have left the area, leaving the landscape eerily quiet? The leaves on the trees add to this macabre scene as their leaves have turned upward, bottoms up, and the shiny top side now all facing down? Everything has become soundless? Dead still, and then the sound of a metallic sounding echo, and FLASH! There is a bright white light, whiter then white, a clear white? Things accelerate now! In fact, all that I have just described occurred in a mili-second!
  If you saw the flash, you were immediately blinded as your retinas burned out! No matter though, as the hellish scene has been fixed forever in your mind's eye! Next comes the searing heat which causes all of your skin to blister and fall away, exposing the shiny red muscle and tendons once covered by this skin. Simultaneously, the exposed muscle and sinew boil into a convoluted mess, and disappear as steam! Bones change from a solid to a powder of calcium and other basic elements, before it too is destroyed, disappearing with the intense heat! This is the last vestige of your body, before you are vaporized completely! All that you were gets swept up by and joins the exited atoms which are everywhere!
  This is what the fireball at the center of the explosion does. Like a super heated furnace, it first exposes all of the basic elements, before turning it all back to atoms, dispersing it throughout the universe, this is what would happen to you if you were at the center of the fireball! Further out from the center, there are layers working from the inside out into the radioactive cloud which rises miles into the sky! Each layer is different, but no less perfect in the final solution? All bring about death first, and then a new life! We will examine all of the parts that make up this bomb, and what their effects are, to whatever is caught up in them, as we move further into the story.    

Tested Truths: Oppressive Compassion Pg. 2.

Tested Truths: Oppressive Compassion Pg. 2.:   Certainly racism exists in this country, but racism of one sort or another exists all over the world. But the type of racism our national ...

Oppressive Compassion Pg. 2.

  Certainly racism exists in this country, but racism of one sort or another exists all over the world. But the type of racism our national protagonists look to forward is the type of rampant racism that existed during the Jim Crow era, certainly not of today! But since the Civil Rights act of the early sixties, things have gotten steadily better with each passing year. Les we forget that our President is a man of color, and the attorney General which is the highest ranking law enforcement officer in the land is also black! The truth is that your father's racism no longer exists in this country, so why do you look to resuscitate the corpse?
  Today, by a wide margin, black people identify most with the Democratic party, but why? the Democratic party and their liberal base suffers from a kind of Oppressive Compassion, in that, in their zeal to help the poor of this nation, particularly the black community, they wind up hurting the very people they look to help! During the time of plantations, the slave community was totally dependent upon their taskmaster owners. But in this modern day type of plantation, the government becomes the taskmaster. Instead of rich landowners taking the lion's share from the cotton industry, it is the politicians who look to prosper from the government. The key in both situations, is to keep the people dependent. That is how the slave owners kept slaves back on the farm, and that is how the politicians keep the folk lined up on cold and rainy nights to vote!
  Now you might say, How can you compare politicians to plantation owners? As with everything else, it is all about money and power! The plantation owners were more then happy to provide food and shelter for the people who made them fortunes by working in their fields. Just as today, politicians are  willing to provide for who they see as the down trodden in our society, in return for their obedience at the poles. Politics have made more people wealthy, without the need to do any real work, and is far easier then running a productive farm! At least the plantation owners stood to loose everything if they did not pay proper attention to the matter at hand, where politicians risk nothing!
  It is a strange situation as to what is happening here, in that, the tables have been reversed, and it is white people who are now discriminated against by making a concerted attempt to stifle their free  speech! How is this done? Simple. Anytime, and for any reason, people want to silence a critic, all they must do is play the dreaded race card? Strangely, whites more then blacks will accuse others as being racist? And what is this evidence of this racism? Only that you not agree with the current administration? You cannot disagree with the President strictly on his record without some moron accusing you of racism!

Tested Truths: Oppressive Compassion pg. 1.

Tested Truths: Oppressive Compassion pg. 1.:   So now that the verdict is in, again we will have our national pulse taken! There are those, who to use the President's words, looked ...

Oppressive Compassion pg. 1.

  So now that the verdict is in, again we will have our national pulse taken! There are those, who to use the President's words, looked to gin up the situation, and have racism raise it's ugly head again? If the outside of the courtroom, immediately after the verdict was read is an accurate barometer, perhaps we will be fine? There was no dancing in the streets by the Zimmerman supporters, nor was there any violence or any obvious taunts from the people who supported Trayvon Martin.
  This has become a national discussion, one that we can all learn from! But particularly to the black community, many of who, will look at this whole thing in a personal way? They have been told by the Sharpton types, that white against black racism is alive and well in this country, and this incidence, and a verdict, other then guilty would be proof of that racism? This trial was about a tragedy, a young man who had his whole life ahead of him is dead! Is George Zimmerman a racist? He might be, but that is not what this case was about. The only two people who know exactly what happened that night are the two involved in the fight, and sadly, one cannot testify! Incredibly, there are people who believe that most whites and white Puerto Ricans do hate blacks, but this is untrue!
  Are there racist whites? You betcha! But did you know that by percentage of race, white people who hate blacks, and black people who hate whites, that black people by far are the most racist? It's funny the things you can learn from music? Lately, I have been listening again to Bob Marley. Because of this, I became interested in the Rastafarian religion, and that led to a better understanding of what type of people the slaves were, and how it was that they became so complacent? I figured that they wer mostly uneducated, not much more then simple dirt farmers? Obviously, most were a simple people, but many were from royal families with rich heritage, and traditions that went back thousands of years! How is it that once proud people like these came to accept their captors, and adapt to that slave mentality? Surely, the physical aspects in the form of abuse had somthing to do with it. So they would work the fields, and do what was needed to survive, but how was it that they came to embrace their lives? It was the plantation mentalty that said, As bad as things are, at least we have food and a warm place to sleep oncold winter nights! They became dependent on their taskmasters.
  Sadly, today, there is a different kind of slavery in place?      

Tested Truths: Reflections,going to the birds

Tested Truths: Reflections,going to the birds:   I thought I would try a new place to play but I got bamboozled by Microsoft, and here I thought they loved me? They enticed me to start a ...

Reflections,going to the birds

  I thought I would try a new place to play but I got bamboozled by Microsoft, and here I thought they loved me? They enticed me to start a blog over at their cohorts place, and they gave me pretty pictures? Anyway, I fell for it, and all they wanted was to generate a few more sites? All having the name
'Reflections' in it somewhere? Oh well, at least they haven't lost their capitalistic spirit! Anyway, this part is in the way of an explanation, so that the post makes sense? The blog was to be called Reflections, a catchy name wouldn't you say?
  It was nice and cool outside earlier, winds blowing lightly, rain clouds on the horizon. So I started thinking about the name Reflections, and started to think about flat lakes with concentric circles caused by the rain drops. Naturally I thought of mirrors, and mirrored images, stuff like that!
  But then came the birds, putting on fantastic flying displays! They flew both singling, and in groups. Three different times, small flocks of birds took off together, leaving from the ground in front of me, already in formation! Now all of this was amazing in and of itself, but that wasn't what got me? It was the recognition that not only had displays like this happened before, but they had happened more often then not!
  So it was at this point that I knew that shiny lakes would have to wait, because this one was for the birds! I am running out of room on my yellow pad, so far, one story per page? But I will tell you of other bird like things while space allows? Because I live near a lake, there are a lot of different water foul. Geese often walk along side me, and when they enter the water, or if they are flying, it is rare when there is less then five, and they move always in formation. Two times, the two swans that are in the lake have approached me, and once, the male came within three feet of me, and spread his powerful wings as if to show me, and this with his back turned to me, and he showed no fear? Then there are many assorted tweety birds of different colors and shapes, and lately, wherever I go, there is this one bird who is always there? A black bird the size of a robin, who has what looks like a Sgt.. Patch of red and gold in the middle of his wings. No matter where I go, if I'm on foot, he is never far off!

Tested Truths: One Source

Tested Truths: One Source:   Sometimes things just won't go right, The best laid plans and all? The musical post I put up, Bob Marleys Exodus was not the right one...

One Source

  Sometimes things just won't go right, The best laid plans and all? The musical post I put up, Bob Marleys Exodus was not the right one? In case you didn't notice, it was just the background singers and the melody? Without the actual lyrics, that little story doesn't make much sense? I'll have to talk to my production team?
  After that debacle, I headed out for the evenings walk. Now I was prepared, or so I thought, in that I had sprayed mosquito repellant all over, and I went out greasy and smelling of chemicals! I have been told that I smell like a cross between old cigars and a fresh shower? I don't know if that is a good smell or a bad one, but given my drothers, I'd drother smell like old smoke!
  But the little bastards got me anyway, they found holes in my defenses? In truth, it wasn't much of a battle before they had me running for cover! Also, if the mosquitoes weren't enough, I had some biting beetles attack from under my shirt? Man I hate bugs! I'm still itchin!
  But as I hustled back to the house, I thought to myself, At least there will be no mosquitoes in Heaven! There will be no need for them there, in fact, no parasites of any kind are welcome there, as no life will live off another! Then I thought about the people of heaven, and how they will be? Interconnected is the word that came to mind, in that, there we will all be connected to the same source! Intermingled personalities, with no two people alike. You might say, Intermingled personalities interconnected to the One!
  Now this small point about how heaven will be is just common sense. Why, if there is to be a new heaven and a new earth, why would we need life sucking insects? Think about it, everything will be better then what this world has to offer, so no bugs! You know I'm right, and it would be silly of you to argue the point?

Tested Truths: Thank You

Tested Truths: Thank You:   The truth of it all, is that I'm bored. I mean, going on about a thought that had not yet been a thought, and what it feels like? What...

Thank You

  The truth of it all, is that I'm bored. I mean, going on about a thought that had not yet been a thought, and what it feels like? What was that?
  I'm good with words, I can spin them as I please, spin yarns, spin tales, persuade people to see what I want them to see. Those of you who are from this neck of the woods will understand me when I say, I could sell you the Brooklyn Bridge, if I thought that it needed selling?
  Now that is a power, it is a bona fide gift from God, and I have only begun to skim the surface of that power! I know one thing for sure, it wasn't so I could entertain you with word games! I know that there is something very specific that I must do with this power, and it might be nothing more then to write invitations, RSVP of course?
  But I am growing impatient while I wait, I am eager to get on with it all! I'm tired of just sitting around, my world has become entirely too cushy? Too predictable, too routine, I am looking to break out! But break out of what, I still have no idea, but I do have suspicions! In fact, if you read my Blog, you know as much as I do? I do however, have strong opinions, and which ever of these is correct, doesn't matter to me as much as by they're happening, I will finally come to know who I am?
  Now for a bit of unpleasant business? If I knew how to do it, I would do it myself, but I am willing to make this public humiliation, and ask of you computer people a favor? I want go get a group out of my circles, as I'd rather not see their posts. It is an atheist group who has cleverly used the Intel Inside insignia as their logo, and how that isn't copyright infringement, I don't know what is? That is unless, it is the actual company?  Anyway, I would appreciate guidance on how to rid my threads of these clowns. Because even though they are the tiniest of minorities, they make a whole lot of noise!
  I really would appreciate any and all help with this matter! Thank You.

Tested Truths: On the tip of your tongue?

Tested Truths: On the tip of your tongue?:   Are you familiar with the feeling of thinking that there is something on your mind, but you don't know what it is? Not a point that ha...

On the tip of your tongue?

  Are you familiar with the feeling of thinking that there is something on your mind, but you don't know what it is? Not a point that had anything to do with something prior, but similar to the feeling you have when you are trying to remember a name or a phrase, and though it is on the tip of your tongue, you just can't bring it into focus? It is a frustrating feeling, that is similar to the one that I am trying to relate to you. Similar, but different!
  Different in that this one has no subject matter at all? Nothing to which you could say, Ah, there it is! These are the kind of thoughts that would be more accurate to call non thoughts, because they have yet to be thought? These are rare thank God, but nonetheless frustrating!
  These are similiar of the ear mark type feelings you have when trying to bring a memory into a clearer focus, that try as you might, you cannot! But this thought, whatever it is, certainly could not be called a memory, because this is a thought that has yet to be thunk? In fact, this would be a totally new thought, if only you could bring it to mind so that you can think of it? Damn it, what is it, where is it, and what is it that refuses to come into mind?

Tested Truths: Unfettered Pride

Tested Truths: Unfettered Pride:   None of us is immune to it, it is a malady common to humankind. Human suffering cannot be avoided, it is part of the curse you see?   Whe...

Unfettered Pride

  None of us is immune to it, it is a malady common to humankind. Human suffering cannot be avoided, it is part of the curse you see?
  When the decision was made that day in the garden, to go against what they knew to be true, it was pride that made them disobey! Pride can be a good thing. Pride in country, pride in others, but pride in self is a dangerous thing! Just as the two reacted in the garden, they could not have known the repercussions that their actions would bring about, so too do we not understand? Nothing has really changed from then until now, it was pride that was birthed back there in the garden, and it is pride that brings about all of the calamity today!
  Take pride in yourself as to your appearance and your demeanor, but recognize that there are two types of pride, one of which is a good thing, and the other which breeds an arrogance, is a bad thing! Be careful that you know the difference between the two.  
  Unfettered pride is at the heart of every evil, no matter what that evil might be, and no matter the severity, pride is at the heart of all evil! Pride stems from one thing, because there is one source for all pride? What pride really says, is that I have no need of God, I am my own god? This is the real reason why people doubt the existence of God, and it is always why they reject him.
  It has been that way from the beginnings back in that garden, on up to our primitive attempts to reach God at the Tower of Babel, and has been so from that time right up until now. Beware of pride!

Tested Truths: In the Logic

Tested Truths: In the Logic: It is in the logic that we decipher what is true, and what is not? Logic is important in finding the truth, because without it, our natural ...

In the Logic

It is in the logic that we decipher what is true, and what is not? Logic is important in finding the truth, because without it, our natural tendency is to hold that we are right? Certainly if you are to defend your point of view, it is logic that will win the day. Of course, with logic comes the truth, because only in truth does correct understanding occur.
  But what then with doubt, can doubt be a good thing? It is from doubt that questions are asked, and certainly questions are a good thing! More often then not, the truth cannot be found without questions?
Truth does not fear any question, and the truth must most often stand alone! Lies however, will wilt like cut flowers.
  So what then, question authority? Absolutely! Question God? This too is a yes, for lies have no place in the truth! God does not get angry when you question him, in fact, he will usually enjoy the conversation? That is of course, if you show a proper reverence, and never loose sight of who it is that you speak to, and He will answer every honest question! But if you come in arrogance, filled only with the wisdom of this world, and a pride that says to you that you are worthy, then no answer will come. In fact, You will leave more confused then ever, because you will not accept the truth!
  The truth comes in the simplicity of life, because truth is basic! Only those who refuse the truth will say that it is difficult, because it is by this, that they justify their intellect, convincing themselves that only they understand, and so, they worship themselves, and their arrogance knows no bounds!
These are the type who tell lies most convincingly, because for them, they cannot understand the truth, and for them, the lie is the truth?
  But always remember, that the truth is not difficult to find, and it is always there in plain sight. Again, truth can be found within the simple things, and only lies are found in confusion! Seek the truth always, and stay clear of confusion, because in confusion, is only lies!    

Nichole Grimshaw's Happiness Secrets : Letting go of Judgement

Nichole Grimshaw's Happiness Secrets : Letting go of Judgement: Judgement is something as people we can not seem to escape as people. All of our lives we have been taught to judge everyone and everyt...

Tested Truths: Thank You Ladies

Tested Truths: Thank You Ladies:   There is a line in a song which says, You talk about your woman, I wish you could see mine. I have known a lot of women, and from each of ...

Thank You Ladies

  There is a line in a song which says, You talk about your woman, I wish you could see mine. I have known a lot of women, and from each of them, I have learned something. Thank you ladies!
  But there is one who is better then all the rest, and it is her call that I cannot forget, for she is the loveliest of them all! She whispers in my ear, quaint sayings and simple profundities, and I whisper sweet nothings to her? She can take me away like none other, I am happiest when I am with her.
  Tonight she spoke to me, and she reminded me about music! Within the mathmatics of it, is the technical side, and in that, is how it does what it does. Music swims in math, and it is always right on time! But it is not the technical reasons that draws us, but rather the rhythms it provides, and it is the rhythm that sweeps us away! The better the music, the better the scenes it conjures up in our mind, because great music makes you think! Even when the lyrics are lacking in insight, it is the rhythm that gives the song its weight. Music is universal, and it has a language all its own, but it is also extremely personal! Each of us hears the same sounds, but we process them differently.
  So what is it that draws you to music, what is it that you hear? Can you focus on one instrument and listen to what it says? Doesn't your mind move from sound to sound, and don't you then give into the rhythm as it blends the many players? Do the voices of the singers blend with the voices of the instruments until you find yourself lost within its sound? Let yourself go, and let the music wash over you, for music will do you no harm!
  You cannot listen to music, and have it not affect you in some way. So how about you, how is it that music affects you? Because music can make you feel happy and bring you to dance, or music can lead you to a place of quiet contemplation? Because music has truly got its own language, and it is a language that we all speak!

Tested Truths: Stay Tuned

Tested Truths: Stay Tuned:   In all honesty, this just feels right, writing at this blog that is? It's like an old friend, and it feels like comfortable shoes. If ...

Stay Tuned

  In all honesty, this just feels right, writing at this blog that is? It's like an old friend, and it feels like comfortable shoes. If I'm not mistaken, today is July first, so I figured, why not?
  I will tell you that it was easier then, easier when I would just drop a line whenever I felt like it. But now, things are out of sync, and I can't seem to pick up the beat? My foot taps out of time, I am out of kilter?
  It feels as if I have been away from home for a long time, I just couldn't find that easy feeling that only home can bring! I have had trouble with order, I have had trouble prioritizing things? Presently, I am left without, it seems that I have been left behind? But I have been missing her most of all, because I have not felt her presence for some time now? I have been missing her, Wisdom that is, I miss her because she is mine! I love her because she is always there for me, she alone knows how to soothe my nerves!
  To add to all this discomfort, came a tradgedy in the making, for even my music has been disrupted, it's a volume thing you see? But whatever man, you have to deal with it as it comes. Perhaps their right, maybe I do complain too much? Stay tuned!