Extraordinarily Ordinary
Every day of our lives we have example of how extraordinary we can be. One of the first example that can to me was how a mighty oak tree grows from a little acorn. Every thing this majestic being needs is in side one little acorn. Just add sunshine and water and what do you have? Shade, oxygen, and food It asks for nothing. It expects nothing. It just takes in what it needs and grows how ever it needs to grow and when it dies it just dies and returns to the earth to be used as nutrition for the next generation to come.
How extraordinary is that? It happen everyday and for eons it has been going on by billions of Oak trees.
Next there is this being that lives on this earth that averages about 7lbs. It eats, sleeps and have bowel movements. That’s it. Yet it can command the attention of the entire universe in just one simple smile or a few cries. When one passes you by all around them stopping to get a look and marvel at the a creation that had been duplicated by the millions for eons and yet not a sing one is the same. They don’t come into this life demand to be taken care of we teach them to expect it. These extraordinary beings grow up and they have everything they need to have an extraordinary life.
Pa’Ris’Ha’ my Elder keeps telling me that I am an extraordinary being. I kept trying to see what she sees. I am just like everyone else. Today I got closer to the extraordinary being Pa’Ris’Ha is always seeing. I step out of the box and looked around and saw that everyone is extraordinary and began to giggle as the realization that being extraordinary is quite ordinary and I AM both!!
On a resent drive back to Tampa Zilima and I where having a conversation. What is our passion in life? During the conversation we realized that we keep looking at what every one else is doing and how their passion shows up in their lives. We where comparing ourselves to another. We realized that this does not matter. There are extraordinary example of passionate being walking the planet Earth, but not a one of them can live this life as the extraordinarily ordinary way Marylois or Zilima can.
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Every Moment of every day is a new beginning
Every moment of every day is a new beginning.
I am studying the Tao. To do this I am reading and listening to Wayne Dyers book: “Change your thought change your mind”. I listen and read it every day some time several times. It is never the same. Even if in the recording, the words, do not change how I am listening does.
In quantum physics this is an example of how when we observe something it changes what we are observing. While walking around with the Ipod stuck in my ear I could be doing many different things and this changes my listening. A new being in how I am hearing the same words. Even after listening to this book 100’s of times I can still marvel at how I hear a verse or a phrase for what seams the first time. The observer self is changing how I am listening and this is my new beginning with the same material.
When I apply this to my day I see this happening all the time, with what I eat, who I am talking to, what clothes I wear, or the tree in the front yard. Even, celebrating this Mothers day, same holiday it’s been since I was a child but every year it is completely different. When I was small we celebrated with my grandmother, then with my mother to day their physical being is not present but their spirit is. Today, I celebrate all woman everyday not just on this holiday. A new celebration that expands and is what ever I observe it to be.
Some of the woman who have giving the gifts of new beginning: Mary Goodell, Virgina Kelsey, Lois Kelsey, Doris Ahl, June Grice, Betty Kelsey, Rhea Jones, Mary Schott, Berience Andrew, Deniss Taylor. Sonom, Pa'Ris'Ha Taylor, Evelyn Yallanda, Zilima Hosien, Rose Wagner, Doris Meditz, And I could go on for days. Thank you one and all!
Be well
“We are one together”
I am studying the Tao. To do this I am reading and listening to Wayne Dyers book: “Change your thought change your mind”. I listen and read it every day some time several times. It is never the same. Even if in the recording, the words, do not change how I am listening does.
In quantum physics this is an example of how when we observe something it changes what we are observing. While walking around with the Ipod stuck in my ear I could be doing many different things and this changes my listening. A new being in how I am hearing the same words. Even after listening to this book 100’s of times I can still marvel at how I hear a verse or a phrase for what seams the first time. The observer self is changing how I am listening and this is my new beginning with the same material.
When I apply this to my day I see this happening all the time, with what I eat, who I am talking to, what clothes I wear, or the tree in the front yard. Even, celebrating this Mothers day, same holiday it’s been since I was a child but every year it is completely different. When I was small we celebrated with my grandmother, then with my mother to day their physical being is not present but their spirit is. Today, I celebrate all woman everyday not just on this holiday. A new celebration that expands and is what ever I observe it to be.
Some of the woman who have giving the gifts of new beginning: Mary Goodell, Virgina Kelsey, Lois Kelsey, Doris Ahl, June Grice, Betty Kelsey, Rhea Jones, Mary Schott, Berience Andrew, Deniss Taylor. Sonom, Pa'Ris'Ha Taylor, Evelyn Yallanda, Zilima Hosien, Rose Wagner, Doris Meditz, And I could go on for days. Thank you one and all!
Be well
“We are one together”
Monday, May 2, 2011
Have you read a good book
Have you read any good books lately?
Well for me I pre-read at the book story before I bring home a book so there is an affinity to the book and writer before I spend money or bring it home. Then I collect my high litter, book markers, dictionary, and time clock. (Oh ya a time clock is a necessity with a very loud alarm or time goes by and it’s the next day). Next I find a comfortable place and the lessons begins. All of this preparation is so that I can get the very most out of what I am reading. (My personal book collect stretches around me in my small little room. But years ago it filled a room and took three truck loads to move).
When I am reading is important to me that I understand the words that are written. One of the techniques that I have been taught was if I get distracted from what I am read or start yawning there is something I missed and I go back and re-read or look up words, You would be surprised how many words I thought I knew that have a different meaning. Once a word is clear it is easier to move on. I enjoy the book much more too.
Sometimes I get a book I do not enjoy so much but it has information that I did not know so I read it and pass it along to someone who may enjoy it more.
One of the things I enjoy the most now is to get the book on CD or download it off line and listen to it as I read.
With our studies with Grandmother Pa’Ris’Ha she has encouraged us to read several books this way. While studying the Toe this has been especially helpful. There are a great many words that I do not know how to pronounce. When I can not pronounce a word that means I don’t know it or I don’t know it in the context it is being used in. So to hear the word and then look it up opens up the path to a new world of words. Making the book I am studying a joy instead of a torture to go though.
Today we say have you read a good book and not only does this mean with your eyes but it could mean with your ears. So, have you read a good book lately?
Be Well
“We are one together”
Rev Marylois
Well for me I pre-read at the book story before I bring home a book so there is an affinity to the book and writer before I spend money or bring it home. Then I collect my high litter, book markers, dictionary, and time clock. (Oh ya a time clock is a necessity with a very loud alarm or time goes by and it’s the next day). Next I find a comfortable place and the lessons begins. All of this preparation is so that I can get the very most out of what I am reading. (My personal book collect stretches around me in my small little room. But years ago it filled a room and took three truck loads to move).
When I am reading is important to me that I understand the words that are written. One of the techniques that I have been taught was if I get distracted from what I am read or start yawning there is something I missed and I go back and re-read or look up words, You would be surprised how many words I thought I knew that have a different meaning. Once a word is clear it is easier to move on. I enjoy the book much more too.
Sometimes I get a book I do not enjoy so much but it has information that I did not know so I read it and pass it along to someone who may enjoy it more.
One of the things I enjoy the most now is to get the book on CD or download it off line and listen to it as I read.
With our studies with Grandmother Pa’Ris’Ha she has encouraged us to read several books this way. While studying the Toe this has been especially helpful. There are a great many words that I do not know how to pronounce. When I can not pronounce a word that means I don’t know it or I don’t know it in the context it is being used in. So to hear the word and then look it up opens up the path to a new world of words. Making the book I am studying a joy instead of a torture to go though.
Today we say have you read a good book and not only does this mean with your eyes but it could mean with your ears. So, have you read a good book lately?
Be Well
“We are one together”
Rev Marylois
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