Fire

Campfire, bonfire, fireplace.  Any type that lets me sit there and watch the flames dance.  I really need to sit by a fire when life gets a little rough.  Watching the flames is like watching every stress burn up.  It is so relaxing.  Clears the mind.  We have a fire ring in our front yard.  We have a fire almost every night during the summer.  Now that doesn't mean life is that stressful, just is relaxing.

Everything is not bad

Everything that happens to us is not bad.  It is the way it is perceived.  We have been taught since we were "knee high to a grasshopper" that we are being punished by God for what is happening to us.  What if we're not?  What if it is a kick in the pants to get us to look at a situation differently?  What if it is just a matter of looking at it from a different angle?  Maybe it is not trying to find the answer because the answer might be staring you in the face and we are so blocked by thinking, we can't see it.  There are times that pulling back is what we need to do.  Extract ourselves from the situation.  Take a step back to look at it.  Answers may not come.  Maybe we just needed the breather.  Maybe the step away needs to be more permanent.  We may not be able to physically remove ourselves.  Our minds are beautiful things.  If we limit our minds, we lose our greatest gift.  Imagination can take us anywhere we need to be.

Families

The saying goes you can pick your friends not your family.  Who is to say your family wasn't picked for you.  We think we are so evolved.  The human emotion hasn't evolved compared to technology.  We still let old hurts get to us.  New hurts are just the old hurts regurgitated.  When do we start letting go and move on?  I have started to let go.  I am tired of the same old shit delivered to me in different ways.  I choose how I react to this invasion of my space and my integrity.  I CHOOSE!

Lots of Thoughts

I have an active mind. I come up with the strangest perceptions or comments. I plan on voicing these thoughts a lot more here in this blog. I will struggle with titles and how to put my thoughts into words. It is a challenge to myself to be able to express myself in writing. I will not always be popular for my way of thinking. Most comments or questions won't have answers. Just a means of making our minds think.

Nuke Me!

Nuclear energy is safe! Radiation leaking from the reactors and into our bodies is safe! We would tell no lies! Coal is bad! Yet coal can be burned efficiently and fairly clean. But radiation is good for you! At what level? Any type of radiation that is shot through your body has the potential to do damage. I'm not saying coal is completely safe, it's just I would trust coal more than being radiated. Japan should be our biggest clue about how unsafe nuclear reactors are. An earthquake or tsunami hits, coal mining will not emit dangerous levels of radiation all over the world. Wind towers won't make the world's population sick. Our choices affect everyone on this planet. Our thinking affects everyone on this planet.

The World Needs Us

Whatever you wish to call it - conscious thinking, prayer, talking out loud or advancing your will. Just the effort of thinking about the world affects change. Positive or Negative. Positive is the best way, even if you think negative about something. Let's say you have a negative situation, the way you choose to think greatly affects it. Changing the way you think and feel is challenging and freeing. You think this is a lot of hooey. Try it a few times. Put a positive spin on a negative situation. See what happens. It might not work every time but what difference does it make. You have change your attitude toward situations you might not have had control over.

Right to Free Speech?

Really? I get upset hearing about the protests at military funerals. Yes, I know you disagree with gays in the military. Yes, you believe that you have every right to voice your opinion about it. At a funeral? Where has your humanity gone? On vacation? Do you realize their family is hurting? They have lost someone they LOVE! How would you feel if your funeral was protested because you were against someone. Imagine your family, in their time of grief putting up with yelling and name calling, because it was their right to do so. Have we lost our compassion, our being human and kind to another? Yes we all have rights. Using them properly and compassionately is the human way to care.