Nature at It's Best

Nature is alive with song. 

Just as we go about our busy day, nature has its own daily agenda.            

Outdoors is just as busy as our own indoors.

The only difference is we can rest all day and be lazy, if we like

Nature is on a automatic timer of events that enfolds, one right after the other.

In this fall season, take a peak at nature in all its vibrancy, ever changing and ever displaying its beauty.

Nature is at its best!

It's Magic

Here's a well known song showing that part of everyday life can be magic, especially when you are in love.

You sigh, the song begins;
You speak, and I hear violins --
It's magic.
The stars desert the skies,
And rush to nestle in your eyes --
It's magic.
Without a golden wand
Or mystic charms,
Fantastic things begin
When I am in your arms.
When we walk hand-in-hand,
The world becomes a wonderland --
It's magic.
How else can I explain
Those raindrops when there is no rain?
It's magic.
Why do I tell myself
These things that happen are all really true?
When, in my heart, I know the magic is
My love for you.
It's magic...
It's magic...
Why do I tell myself
These things that happen are all really true?
When, in my heart I know, the magic is
My love for you.

Sung by Doris Day - Song Writers:  Sammy Cahn and Jules Styne

Shades of Reincarnation

This beautiful song's lyrics has always intrigued me

VERSE

Sometimes you think you've lived before All that you live today Things you do come back to you As though they knew the way Oh, the tricks your mind can play!

REFRAIN

It seem we stood and talked like this before we looked at each other in the same way then, But I canÍt remenber where or when. The clothes youÍre wearing are the clothes you wore. The smile you are smiling you were smilimg then, But i canÍt remember where or when. Some things that happend for the first time, Seem to be happenig again. Amd so it seems that we have met before and laughted before and loved before, But who knows where or when.

SONGWRITERS;  LORENZ HART, RICHARD RODGERS


 

Older, But Wiser

Older, but wiser... Does living longer maker us understand what life is all about now that we are older? In my young adult days I tried to analyze life and came up with some answers, that suited me at the time.  I was eager to learn what I could by daydreaming of a perfect place, with perfect people and a perfect life was far from what I encountered in reality.

Life is tough.  Only the "strong in spirit" can still stand like an older home, being weathered through the years by life's elements, scarred, but victorious in the end.

It is a life of learning and refining us to become sages to what is truly real.  We begin to see what truth is and what  our search has been about. Instead of going against the flow of life, we must join with the flow to be pushed gently along our way. When we realize we are all part of a common thread that carries us to a place of understanding as "older but wiser. 

Is That All There Is?

The following lyrics of this song always left quite an impression on me.

Peggy Lee - Is That All There Is? Lyrics

I remember when I was a very little girl, our house caught on fire.
I'll never forget the look on my father's face as he gathered me up
in his arms and raced through the burning building out to the pavement.
I stood there shivering in my pajamas and watched the whole world go up in flames.
And when it was all over I said to myself, "Is that all there is to a fire?"

Is that all there is, is that all there is
If that's all there is my friends, then let's keep dancing
Let's break out the booze and have a ball
If that's all there is

And when I was 12 years old, my father took me to the circus, the greatest show on earth.
There were clowns and elephants and dancing bears
And a beautiful lady in pink tights flew high above our heads.
And as I sat there watching the marvelous spectacle
I had the feeling that something was missing.
I don't know what, but when it was over,
I said to myself, "Is that all there is to a circus?"

Is that all there is, is that all there is
If that's all there is my friends, then let's keep dancing
Let's break out the booze and have a ball
If that's all there is

Then I fell in love, with the most wonderful boy in the world.
We would take long walks by the river or just sit for hours gazing into each other's eyes.
We were so very much in love.
Then one day, he went away. And I thought I'd die -- but I didn't.
And when I didn't I said to myself, "Is that all there is to love?"

Is that all there is, is that all there is
If that's all there is my friends, then let's keep dancing

I know what you must be saying to yourselves.
If that's the way she feels about it why doesn't she just end it all?
Oh, no. Not me. I'm in no hurry for that final disappointment.
For I know just as well as I'm standing here talking to you,
when that final moment comes and I'm breathing my lst breath, I'll be saying to myself,

Is that all there is, is that all there is
If that's all there is my friends, then let's keep dancing
Let's break out the booze and have a ball
If that's all there is

 

 

Only The Essentials, Part I

If you had to make a choice in your life for only the essentials, what would you choose?  Could you do without all the frills and extras?  What do you really need?  Would less of everything you now have satisfy you?

Let's take food.  How much is enough?  I noticed when you eat more than you need you always want more, even though you may have stuffed yourself.  What are you trying to feed?  Certainly its not more food to satisfy your hunger?  This is a food craving, a desire for more. Apparently, our desires can become so overwhelming that it is on our mind's constantly. How can we turn off the desire for more? The body and mind are suffering because of our desire. It has overruled us, and becomes an attachment.  We are clinging to an attachment.

Thinking Beyond The Physical Box

Since I am interested in lifetime learning, I wondering, is there more to life than just our physical bodies?  Is it possible to go beyond our everyday thinking.  Can our imaginations create a world of higher imaginations?
Is it time to look into what lies beyond our physical realm?