July 10, 2007
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Doing what I can, I am.
What does that mean, “what I can”? Obviously, I’m not doing what I can’t. I’m doing what I’m able, what I think I can get away with, what’s not too odious or strenuous or ridiculous. I’m following instincts, impulses, drives and biological imperatives. I’m not doing much else. I feel like my skull is stuffed with fluff. I remembered to take my meds this morning, and fed the dog and cats. I took the rain cover off the tadpole ranch. I saw some flowers and had an impulse to get the camera and take a picture, but lacked the energy to obey that impulse. I still have not risen to this week’s photo challenge, and that is truly infra dig because this week it is my challenge.
For no discernible reason, I am happy. I believe that no reason is the best reason for happiness. I feel loving and loved. If I were only as wise as Yoda, life would be perfect.
“Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate… leads to suffering. (The Phantom Menace)“The fear of loss is a path to the dark side. Death is a natural
part of life. Rejoice for those around you who transform into the
force. Mourn them, do not. Miss them, do not. Attachment leads to
jealousy. The shadow of greed, that is. Train yourself to let go of
everything you fear to lose” (Revenge of the Sith)“Try not. Do, or do not. There is no try.”
“Difficult to see. Always in motion is future.” (The Empire Strikes Back)
Wait a sec! I know that stuff that Yoda knows. Yoda and I both draw from the same spring. Life is perfect.
Seventeenth Tuesday Topic
Tuesday, 10 July 2007
Are you planning on participating in the upcoming August Challenge at One Million Blogs for Peace?
It will entail making a YouTube video promoting peace in Iraq and One Million Blogs for Peace.
Why will you or will you not be participating?I don’t know at this point whether I will participate or not, so I suppose my answer to the first question is, “No, I am not planning on participating.”
If I do end up participating, it will be because I was inspired to create a five-second video that I felt might be worth the effort. If I don’t, it will have been because the inspiration wasn’t there.
I am limiting my videos to five seconds because anything longer than that takes so long to upload that my internet connection gets reset and I have to start over again. If I figure out a compelling way to convey the idea, “NO MORE WAR!” in five seconds or less, I’ll do it.
Comments (6)
Doing what ya kin meant laying still long enough for a reach around when I was a pup…..
Just dropped in to say I am not always angry……… or even mad always….
Peace………….
mitch
I will not be participating for a variety of reasons. First of all I do not think that pulling out of Iraq en masse is even a feasible idea. Leaving the Iraqis to their own devices will not end up with them becoming a democratic nation, rather it will probably end in civil war and involve the neighboring nations as civilians try to escape the warfare, and probably they will end up with another dictator as bad or worse than the one recently executed. Secondly, I do not have a You
Tube account, do not plan to get an account, do not want an account. Thirdly, I do not have anything that remotely resembles something that would take a video, even if it were only 5 seconds. Let’s see… there’s a fourth thing too, but I just got a phone call and that item has escaped me completely. Senior moment, old-timer’s disease, or just too many things on my mind at the moment, whatever if I grasp it again, I’ll return.
Having watched “Rebels and Redcoats” I can see a parallel in the Revolutionary War and this one. The Rebels never won a battle, but they won the war by wearing down the Brits and using guerilla tactics. Viet Nam saw us on the winning side and one of our generals once remarked to a Vietnamese general, “You never won a battle!” and the general smiled and said, “No, but you gave it up.” This could happen in Iraq and at what a price both monetarily and in human lives. Do you remember the song, “Where Have All the Soldiers Gone”? One line goes, “When will they ever learn, when will they ever learn?”
hey girl
I love to hear/see that there are people around that are loving and feel loved. I don’t know if its strange but when I read or meet someone who truly exudes that the feelings transfer to me and I LOVE that! Same goes for negativity… and Im trying hard to weed that from my life because I don’t love that feeling at all.
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