Can you come out and play??

There is a mystic in every one of us, yearning to play again in the
universe.
— Matthew Fox in Wrestling with the Prophets

Bobby is coming to see me at Penn State!!!

We got tickets!!!

across the universe

Picture by Macy and Lyrics below by two of my favorite singers.
tickets go on sale at 11:55 for the dead reunion....gonna be right here on the computer.
hope you enjoy the lyrics....have a blessed day!!!
Namaste,
Michele


ps... meaning of
Jai guru deva (om) =I give thanks (victory) (salutation) to Guru Dev (or heavenly teacher), om".





Words are flowing out like
endless rain into a paper cup
They slither while they pass
They slip away across the universe
Pools of sorrow waves of joy
are drifting through my open mind
Possessing and caressing me

Jai guru deva om
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world

Images of broken light which
dance before me like a million eyes
That call me on and on across the universe
Thoughts meander like a
restless wind inside a letter box
they tumble blindly as they make their way
across the universe

Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world

Jai guru deva (om)
Jai guru deva (om)
Jai guru deva (om)


lyrics by Lennon/McCartney

Letting Go

Mira made this and took the picture....I thought it was a nice power word for the day.




Hello!!
I was just reading over my notes from when I saw Carolyn Myss a few weeks ago.
I found this point she made during the lecture that kinda sums up the whole experience for me.
I think I needed to read this today or be reminded of it.
I know so much of this on an intellectual level....but to act on it everyday and feel it from my heart is another story.
So here is what I took from Carolyn's talk....it is rather simple really, but for sure the truth of why we are all here!!!

Healing really means releasing old wounds and resentments so they don't have any power over me. I can say that.....but I really have to feel that from my heart....means letting go of needing things/people to be different from how they are.
It means waking up to being consciously loving to the people who are walking this life with me......instead of wanting them to be different or believe a certain way that I believe.
Healing really means falling in love with this single day. and realizing that I will never have this day again. Things will never be exactly the way my ego wants them to be, so I make the race that I can make and do the best that I can.
and I will try to look through new eyes at the people that I am with and see the true miracle that we all are.

have a great day!!
Namaste,
Michele

A parents' prayer

When you look at me
by Debbie Milam

Remember how small I really am
Remember how I make you feel when I hug you
Remember how I can melt your heart with love

When you lose your patience

Remember, my hands need to explore
Remember, my mind needs to ask questions
Remember, my soul needs your attention

When the world seems overwhelming

Remember to teach me about God's love
Remember to teach about kindness to others
Remember to teach me that I can make a difference in this world

When we are together

Remember to laugh with me
Remember to cry with me
Remember to celebrate life with me

When we disagree

Remember, I have lessons to learn
Remember, you have lessons to learn also
Remember, I am a blessing

But most importantly at every moment
Remember how very much I love you.

love begins with a smile

Have you read Left to tell?
It is one of my favorite books in the whole world.
It is about how Imacule Ilibagiza survived the Rwandan Genocide.
Anyway, she has a new book out called Led by Faith.
I must get it.
Below is something from her new book that I just got today from Wayne Dyer ......I hope you like it. It is kinda what I needed to read this morning....maybe you will need it to??

Namaste,
Michele

After the genocide, how could Immaculée find peace in a world changed forever? Immaculée not only found her own miraculous peace but reached out to help others who were suffering. She discovered that love was the key to healing both her own heart and that of her people. The loss of her family left her wondering how she could ever begin to love again, when a friend shared these words:
"Go back into the world and find someone to bless with that same type of love. Give it to someone who has no love at all, such as the homeless, the sick, or the orphaned. Look for the beauty of God in the eyes of a little boy or girl. Find a child whose heart has been shattered, and give him or her some happiness. Remember, all love begins with a smile."

beauty

I took this picture of our vw camper a few weekends ago.
I hope you enjoy the quote below......about finding the beauty in all things.
have a great day.
Namaste,
Michele



"What depths of the human spirit are revealed in these places of darkness!
And that seems to suggest that the beauty is what lasts. And somehow, even in the
grossest of places, beauty reveals itself to humanity and if we can attune ourselves to that beauty we may find our way through."
-James O'Dea

Where I'm From

Where I’m From
By Mira Kuhar

I am from dance shoes,
from Ben & Jerry’s and flip-flops.
I am from the bright colors of tie-dye.
(Bold, flashy, and in every room of our house)
I am from the berry bushes out back,
the patchouli my mom always wore.
I’m from Omega and blue eyes,
from Mark and Michele.
I’m from the she-did-it and its-not-my-fault,
from say what’s on your mind and think for yourself.
I’m from ‘the world is my church, and my religion is to do good’,
as my parents always told us.
I’m from Medina and Holland,
daddy’s toast and oval-tine shakes
From the time long ago, when I was mad at dad,
and told him to ‘go to his work’,
and grandpas unforgettable major baseball obsession.
But the memory box on the top shelf of the closet,
will forever hold memories of my childhood,
good and bad,
to look back upon and smile at.

Exuding love

Do you have people in your life that exude love or have a certain peace about them......someone that you somehow feel better just being in their presence?
That is how I feel about my friend Sue.
This is her picture that I took at a pink ribbon showcase that Mira and Macy danced in last March with their dance company.
They did dedicated their dance, "Amazing Grace"...a Swahili version to Sue.
Please keep her in your prayers as she is going through a very rough period right now with her cancer and she is experiencing a lot of pain.
read the quote below....it kinda describes that love or peace she exudes.
It is a beautiful quote.

The Navaho word hozho, translated into English as “beauty,” also means harmony, wholeness, goodness. One story that suggests the dynamic way that beauty comes alive between us concerns a contemporary Navajo weaver. “A man ordered a rug of an especially complex pattern on two separate occasions from the same weaver. Both rugs came out perfectly and the weaver remarked to her brother that there must have been something special about the owner. It was understood that the outcome of the rugs was dependent not on the weaver’s skill and ability but upon the hozho in the owners life. The hozho of his life evoked the beauty in the rugs. In the Navaho world view, beauty exists not simply in the object, or in the artist who made the object; it is expressed in relationships. - J. Ruth Gendler, Notes on the Need for Beauty

This quote was on my starbucks coffee cup today

"It is amazing how some of these folks can endure the same boring position for years."



My coffee cup quote for today:

By the time executives get married,
take on a mortgage, raise kids, cope with the crabgrass,
climb the corporate ladder, do their best to manage career pressures,
build their net worth and get into their 40's, they've lost touch with what they believe in and care about most deeply.
-Allan Cox

going out of your comfort zone

Macy took the above picture near the sanctuary at Omega Institute.

I really like the quote below......I asked Mira this summer before she started high school to try to do something out of her comfort zone weekly....then I started think that to myself today...what have I done out of my own comfort zone???.
I did go into a forearm stand last night....(well the wall was there in case I needed it for safety)
this is what one looks like:

but somehow...I know I did not look so graceful.....I think I was all red in the face.
but that was for sure out of my comfort zone.....so now I am going to make that a goal.....since I encouraged Mira to go out of her comfort zone weekly...I will do the same....this poem reminds me to do that too.



Come to the edge.”
“We can’t. We're afraid.”
“Come to the edge.”
“We can’t. We will fall!”
Come to the edge.”
And they came.
And he pushed them.
And they flew.
Christopher Logue

our new home

it even has a fireplace and a back porch.
How do you like it?

love....what else is there?

picture of Buddha by Macy




Yesterday I went with my two dear friends, Pat and Michele, to see Carolyn Myss speak here in the Cleveland area. She was amazing. Her books and CDs always seem to talk to me.
Such a beautiful day with some beautiful people.
hope you like some of Caroline Myss's quotes below.
and here is the link to her website.....I tell you she is amazing!!
http://www.myss.com/


below are some quotes by Caroline Myss:

• To be unable to forgive is to live in hell, burdened, miserable, angry
• Get in present time and forgive the people who have hurt you
• There is no such thing as an insignificant act of love
• Being of service is not an option, it is a biological necessity
• A congruent person can afford to empower others

there is only the dance

Except for the point, the stillpoint,
There would be no dance,
And there is only the dance.
-T.S. Elliott