MOONDANCE

OCTOBER SKIES

MOONDANCE

WELL IT'S A MARVELOUS NIGHT FOR A MOONDANCE
WITH THE STARS UP ABOVE IN YOUR EYES
A FANTABULOUS NIGHT TO MAKE ROMANCE
'NEATH THE COVER OF OCTOBER SKIES
AND ALL THE LEAVES ON THE TREES ARE FALLING
TO THE SOUND OF THE BREEZES THAT BLOW
AND I'M TRYING TO PLEASE TO THE CALLING
OF YOUR HEART STRINGS THAT PLAY SOFT AND LOW
 AND ALL THE NIGHT'S MAGIC SEEMS TO WHISPER AND HUSH
AND ALL THE SOFT MOONLIGHT SEEMS TO SHINE IN YOUR BLUSH

CAN I JUST HAVE ONE MORE MOONDANCE WITH YOU, MY LOVE?
CAN I JUST MAKE SOME MORE ROMANCE WITH YOU, MY LOVE?

WELL, I WANNA MAKE LOVE TO YOU TONIGHT
I CAN'T WAIT 'TIL THE MORNING HAS COME
AND I KNOW NOW THE TIME IS JUST RIGHT
AND STRAIGHT INTO MY ARMS YOU WILL RUN
AND WHEN YOU COME MY HEART WILL BE WAITING 
TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE NEVER ALONE
THERE AND THEN ALL MY DREAMS WILL COME TRUE, DEAR
THERE AND THEN I WILL MAKE YOU MY OWN

AND EVERY TIME I TOUCH, YOU JUST TREMBLE INSIDE
AND I KNOW HOW MUCH YOU WANT ME THAT YOU CAN'T HIDE
CAN I JUST HAVE ONE MORE MOONDANCE WITH YOU, MY LOVE?
CAN I JUST MAKE SOME MORE ROMANCE WITH YOU, MY LOVE?
ONE MORE MOONDANCE WITH YOU IN THE MOONLIGHT
ON A MAGIC NIGHT
LA LA LA LA LA IN THE MOONLIGHT
ON A MAGIC NIGHT
CAN I JUST HAVE ONE MORE MOONDANCE WITH YOU, MY LOVE?

written by Van Morrison   

Live It Up

"We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us." 

(Charles Bukowski)

A dear friend recently told me that the bumps in the road, the hardships and heartaches in life are inevitable. That the scars we suffer, give us character.  It's how we are molded. They in turn provide us with knowledge and courage and ultimately make us stronger.  They make us who we are.  Chalk it up to "experience".

Someone else told me just yesterday, that any day you wake up, is a good day. You're alive, you're above ground.  Very profound with so many obstacles out there to challenge our very existence.  Health being number one on that list, I'd say.  Not to mention all the negative outside influences that can present themselves on a daily basis without so much as a warning.  

Yes, the ultimate goal of every human being on any good day in which we are blessed enough to wake up above ground, is just that...LIFE!

• "He who has a why to live can bear almost any how."                        (Friedrich Nietzsche)

Now everybody has advice to give based on personal experiences and lessons learned along the way in their own pursuit of "life".  (see earlier post on my advice and Lessons Learned) We can choose to heed the advice given to us or not, based on the relationship we have with the person dishing it out.  The "trust" factor comes into play here to tap you on the shoulder in order to wake up the gut instinct.  It is in each of us to help steer us in the right direction and help decipher the message that is not always clear in the advice thrown at us.  For there are people out there who purposely give you bad advice in order to take advantage of you or a particular situation you may find yourself in.

• "Trust your hunches. They're usually based on facts filed away just below the conscious level."   (Joyce Brothers)
   

Normally, we tend to listen to the advice of teachers and doctors, for isn't that their business?  And we can all learn something from the elderly.  Those genuine souls who have lived earnestly and productively could shed more light on just about any situation which requires not only common sense, but the lessons learned from the school of hard knocks.  Learning from the experiences of others, doled out as "advice", generally serves as a guide on how NOT to do something.  Come on now, we all have those tidbits of information tucked away and will draw on them automatically if the need arises. Hopefully before an occurrence that will give us pause, and make us shake our head, just before someone else slaps us upside it...with a quip about how dumb that was or worse, that phrase that we all dread hearing..."I TOLD YOU SO"!

However, there is no better way to learn than to have the experience for yourself. The endeavor itself should focus on the objective to attain the goal of success for the effort.
  

• "The reason I am more successful than most is because I have failed more than most!"  (Robert Kyosaki)

Depending on how you define success, the experience you will have gained in order to meet the goal is LIFE itself!  You are living it...and isn't that the ultimate goal to LIFE...LIVING???

• "For a long time it seemed to me that life was about to begin~real life, but there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid.  At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life.  This perspective has helped me to see there is no way to happiness.  Happiness is the way.  So treasure every moment you have and remember that time waits for no one."  (Souza)

SO LIVE IT UP!!!

Old Friends

Now is the time...

today is the day...

what are you waiting for???

I have recently gone on a journey backwards in time, for I have come to the realization that time is passing me by without so much as a warning.  OK, perhaps I have had some clue; a few gray hairs, a couple wrinkles (laugh lines, I'd like to say, but most are truly worry lines), and I surely don't move as quickly as I used to.  

When I look back to where I came from, I can hardly believe that I am even old enough to have 3 grown children.  I just keep telling myself, "the children are getting older, but I am not".  I remember thinking with my oldest child, Kindergarten is so far off...And then WHAM!!!    Moving up day...High School Graduation...Move away to college...College Graduation...Good Lord...I am soooo not ready to be a grandmother!  Thank goodness, she is not either...

Slow down...you move too fast!  And then of course, there goes child number 2, and here I am with the last child graduating high school and I still haven't figured out what the hell I want to do with my life!!!  Oh, don't get me wrong...getting married to a wonderful man, 25 years ago this month, and having this beautiful family is exactly what I wanted for my life.  I believe I am exactly where I belong.  But, I haven't figured out what the ME part of MOM/ME~MOMMY is supposed to do now!

I still have a job that I love...most of the time.  I have some wonderful friends and I especially love to create things with my hands...outofhand...that's me.  I don't have a particular art skill, but I like to learn new things.  My favorite items with which to create are papers...I am very passionate about old books and vintage papers.  I absolutely love when I buy an old book and find some vintage piece of paper tucked away inside just waiting for me to find it.  If it is an old letter, I envision the writer and the recipient, as I hold it gently between my fingers to keep it safe.

Old books are probably the most intriguing item I can imagine.  My home is full of them.  They have such character and each is unique in a very special way.  Their bindings and covers are intricately designed with such wonderful detail.  Old books have a story that is not written on the pages within.  I wonder where they have been on their journey, who was the first owner, how many people have actually read them.  I am quite fond of books that have been written in by the owner in that lovely script handwriting from the old days, whether it be just to take ownership of the book, or as a way of gifting this special book to a lucky person on the receiving end.  And if it is dated at the same time...ever so sweet, indeed!  

• Books support us in our solitude and keep us from being a burden to ourselves. (Jeremy Collier)

Yes, as I have gone back and re-connected with some old friends from back home and beyond, I find myself comfortably at home with the many, many old friends I have acquired over the years...old books...old friends!!! 

Time to turn the page...

for I guess I have my own tale to tell...

Lessons Learned

"The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool."
  (Stephen King)

 

Turning the page is truly easier said than done.  That is, of course in relation to moving on after experiencing a great disappointment.  For when you are the victim of a breach of trust, the natural instinct of the brain goes into attack mode.  It is an immediate response that must be put in check quickly, so as not to produce a more negative result that will encompass your whole existence.  The mind, heart and soul are connected in a very unique way.  When the mind exercises its great power in rage, the heart and soul are directly affected. And at that point your health is also in jeopardy.  The feeling of a black heart will kill the soul.

Yes, we've all heard the phrase, "revenge is sweet".  And sometimes revenge can be accomplished very easily without much effort at all. But what good is revenge if others who are completely innocent in the whole matter are caught in the crossfire?  For the truth is, no matter how sweet the act of even planning revenge may seem, it makes you equal to the perpetrator. You become a victim, all over again.  And you are left with a feeling of despair and guilt for having acted in the same manner as the one who has wronged you so terribly.  Hatred and revenge are not the answer. 

•  In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior.  (Francis Bacon)

No, the only way to overcome a deep and painful attack on your very existence from a breach of trust, is to acknowledge it for exactly what it is. It may have been done in a vicious manner, so as to harm, and it may have even occurred without specific malicious intent whatsoever.  Perhaps it was just an act of wanton disregard for human feeling.  Whatever the reason, the act itself is done...gone with the wind...and that, too, is how you must condition your mind to see it...done...gone...over!

The brain is powerful.  Your mind has the ability to allow peaceful existence to take over your body...heart and soul...and free you from the inner turmoil and anguish.  You must let it go!  Will yourself to find the lesson from it, because there is always a lesson to be learned when conflict obstructs our version of harmony within.  And finally, as hard as it may be, forgiveness is the way to release the mental torment that has taken hold of your human spirit.

Have faith and remember that patience is a virtue.  For this too, shall pass.  But until it does, here's a quick quip to keep you in check...

• Time wounds all heels.  (Anonymous)