Another Dangerous Habit

Writing While Hungry

It is one week before autumn's calendar entry. She has already begun spritzing color and turning down temperatures.
The evenings are unusually silent. My sparrows have moved out. Their melodies missed. The robin family left much earlier after field days foraging in the backyard and literally outgrowing their space.
The grapes are peaking while the main garden is slowing. The August harvest explosion seems an understated event compared to the newly discovered smell of fresh peppers. It is the smell of molecules actively formulating flavor. The aroma yet another proof that this connection must never be broken. A pepper eaten by itself is a delight. The energy transforming.
The grapes are a bonus. The vine started from just a twig last year, bears mammoths compared to those from spring. Nature gives so much more than our efforts justify.
I cup the grapes gently like babies as I wash them. Spitting grape seeds at various angles is my kind of entertainment. There is no simpler pleasure other than skipping rocks in moving water, the soft sweetness of just pulled baby carrots and perhaps sausage cooked over a wood fire topped with some Sweet Baby Ray's, yellow peppers, tomatoes and cheese. I can already taste next summer.

Humanity, Spirituality & Creativity

Inspired by discussions regarding life-altering experiences. First posted 7/18/07 to CRPS/RSD taking control,

There is a universalness in human challenge, human conquering and human creativity that is spirit-revealing. Our ability to make public our experiences and ponder the experiences of others, keeps us linked through this universal nature of our humanity. This is the true human condition, this connectedness to each other through the same source.

This condition of being connected allows us to tap into a rich reservoir of lessons. Lessons that help us know things and navigate a customized course with a better understanding of the signs of how weaknesses and obstacles viewed with the inner true light can expose unknown strengths and obscured openings. This is a testament to the evolving and expansive nature of our spirit that cannot be contained or cornered. If our temporary physical selves can sometimes adapt to changes in circumstance and environment, the everlasting spirit, the constant force and presence throughout ages, always can.

One thing is certain: Magnificence is composed of minutia. We already believe the essence of this statement from truisms such as “day by day” and “step by step.” Now all we need to do is connect the rest. Can greatness come from one grain at a time, one portion, one person? The answer is in the fields and granaries of time and in the perseverance of single souls drawing upon the common silo of strength and single souls who understand entire energy is the consummation of working through processes and praying that unleashes sacred energy into our endeavors.

When we acknowledge the spirit self, we can comprehend any circumstance, in part, in terms of our own existence because every experience is tied to one or more basic truths. Stated concisely, these truths are equality of life and its liberties. Stated in more detail, Maslow’s hierarchy of needs explains these truths which apply throughout the realm and range of creation. Since we all have the same needs and share a commonality in the core of our existence (which is our basic, most powerful, spiritual state) what we succeed at or succumb to individually, affects the momentum and magnificence of the world. If we want to understand the state of the world we must seek to understand ourselves, each other and reflect on the state of individuals over time.

Bottom Lines:

All things have not been accomplished, but all tests and triumphs of the spirit have occurred. Once we tap into the spiritual element of our human nature, unleash the unlimited within and connect this power to understanding gained through our collective experiences, we can recreate Planet Earth, one small world at a time.

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