The rest of your life is a long time.

And the rest of your life starts right now.

 If you could go back and change one thing about your life, would you?

And if you did, would that change make your life better?
Or would that change ultimately break your heart?
Or break the heart of another?

Or would you choose an entirely different path?
Or would you change just one thing, just one moment?

One moment, that you've always wanted back.

 Have you ever wondered what marks our timing?

If one life can really make an impact on the world?
Or if the choices we make matter?

I believe they do.

And I believe that one person can change many lives.

For better, or worse.

 

There is a common emotion we all recognize and have not yet named

 - the happy anticipation of being able to feel contempt.

 when you find yourself lost in the darkness and despair, remember it’s only in the black of night you see the stars. 

 Paulo Coelho's blog 

 somebody asked him

"Best piece of advice you have ever been given?".

Paulo's reply was simple:

"Don’t follow advices. Try it yourself."

I myself made this reply:

"So the best piece of advice you’ve ever given is not to follow advice 

 I’m certainly going to follow that advice! "

 All psychopaths are narcissists

They love to read about themselves

 

maybe we were all circus mice, 

running around with only the dimmest awareness that God and all His heavenly host were watching us in our  houses through our ivy-glass windows

 

I dreamed of you. 

I dreamed you were wandering in the dark, and so was I. 

We found each other.

 

They found this guy in Maine who had been living completely alone in the woods for 30 years.

 They called him the last true hermit. 

30 years without the warmth of human touch, without conversation. 

The hermit felt more lonely when he was out in the world, than he ever felt in the woods by himself. Surrounded by people, but drowning in solitude. 

That kind of loneliness can swallow you whole. 

The last true hermit was found and dragged out of hiding and into the world. Most might find his existence sad, but the hermit knew something we didn't. He knew that when it comes down to it, even when you're with someone, or in the noisy rush of people, it's just you. 

The one you can count on, and lean on, and depend on. It has to be you. 

And once you figure that out, that's when being alone becomes a choice.

 

When exposed to trauma, the body deploys its own defense system. 

From the first second the brain receives the signal that a catastrophe has happened, the blood rushes to the organs that need help the most. Blood floods into the muscles, the lungs, the heart, the brain. 

The brain makes a decision for the rest of the body. Either face the danger or run away. It's a mechanism designed to protect the body from harm. 

From knowing that what has happened might be irreparable, we call it 'shock'.

 When shock wears off, when the body can accept that a trauma has happened, when it can let down its defences, it's a scary moment. It's vulnerable. 

The shock response had protected us, and it just might have saved us.

still alive

 

Being alive, it's everything. 

Time to celebrate.

 And yes, time for pain. 

Time to change. To grow. To love. 

And time to give.

 

Sometimes, the things we fight hardest to achieve end up costing us the most. 

But it doesn't mean the effort was a waste. 

Every experience can teach us something if we choose to receive the lesson. 

But what we learn may completely surprise us.

 

There will be no shortage of times when you feel like giving up, but you can't let that fear or desperation stop you. 

Even when you feel trapped. Even when it feels like there is no end in sight. Even when things are moving faster than you can comprehend. 

Even when every part of you is certain that all is lost.

 

Researchers have theorized that nightmares are the brain's way of processing unsettling events of the past. 

Others believe nightmares are how our subconscious mind prepares us to do deal with our real-life fears. 

Either way, they agree that nightmares are most commonly brought on by one thing: stress.

 Sometimes, your worst nightmare comes true but you find it's really nothing to worry about.

 Occasionally, you discover that what you most dread is really a blessing and your life is better because you persevered despite your fears. 

But sometimes your worst nightmare is truly scary and it feels like it's never going to end. 

That's when support from friends and family is vital. 

You wanna surround yourself with people who will wake you up from your nightmare and help you live your wildest dreams.

 

for some reason, someone decided a long time ago that naming pain is impolite, that hiding it and hiding from it makes more sense. 

It doesn't. It's a lie. 

A lie that both comforts and destroys us.

 A survey showed the typical adult says "I'm fine" 14 times a week. But less than one in five of them means it. 

Our default is to put on a brave face.

 But sometimes it's braver to admit something's wrong.

Because pretending everything's fine eventually catches up to you.

 And when it does, you better hope you can repair the damage that's already done.

 

It's a natural progression in any profession for the student to become the teacher, the mentee to become the mentor. 

It's not that much different from parenting.

 We learn from our ancestors how to make the perfect soup, how to soothe an aching head or heart. We measure milestones in percentiles and first steps to try and gain insight into the person they'll grow into. 

As if knowing a bunch of numbers on charts is any true measure of what we might make of ourselves

. No one said it was easy, becoming the person you're meant to be

 It takes bravery to step into the power you found and earned and deserve. 

The trick is, to take the people who were there for you, with you, to remind you you're not alone.

 You have an entire legacy behind you as you create your own.

 

It's been said that a house divided against itself cannot stand. 

But conflict on the road to progress is inevitable. And at least some division is always a certainty. 

Because we all want what we think is best for everyone. And when we can trust at least that much to be true, it's simply not realistic for any house to avoid some division.

 But how much division can any house withstand before it finally falls?

 

nothing is more opaque

than absolute transparency

 

The music smells like foxes,
crisp as heated metal
searing the nostrils

or humid as August,

 hazy and languorous
as a looted city the day after,
when all the rape's been done already, 

and the killing,
and the survivors wander around
looking for garbage
to eat, 

and there's only a bleak exhaustion.

Monday August 19: Sturgeon Moon - Supermoon

 

• Sunday July 21: Deer Moon
• Monday August 19: Sturgeon Moon - Supermoon 
• Tuesday September 17: Harvest Moon
• Wednesday, September 18, 2024 - Supermoon 
• Thursday October 17: Hunter's Moon - Supermoon 
• Friday November 15: Beaver Moon  - Supermoon 
• Sunday December 15: Cold Moon

Full moon happens when the moon is on the opposite side of Earth from the sun.

Perigee –  is the moon’s closest point to Earth in a month 

So  full moon closely coincides with perigee several times each year. 

When that happens, we have a supermoon 

Under The Cherry Moon

 How can I stand 2 stay where I am?

Poor butterfly who don't understand
Why can't I fly away in a special sky?
If I don't find my destiny soon,
I'll die in your arms under the cherry moon

I want to live life to the ultimate high
Maybe I'll die young like heroes die
Maybe I'll kiss u some wild special way
If nobody kills me or thrills me soon,
I'll die in your arms under the cherry moon

If that's alright

Lovers like us dear are born 2 die
If they don't find us what will we do?
I guess we'll make love under the cherry moon
I'll die in your arms under the cherry moon

Moon

 

Sunday July 21 2024

Full Moon 

 Deer Moon 

Monday August 19 2024 

Supermoon 

Sturgeon Moon 

Wednesday September 18 2024 

Supermoon 

Harvest Moon 

partial lunar eclipse 

Thursday October 17 2024 

Super Moon 

Hunters Moon 

closest supermoon for 2024 

Friday November 15 2024 

Supermoon 

Beaver Moon 

"Love Rescue Me"

Love rescue me
Come forth and speak to me
Raise me up
And don't let me fall
No man is my enemy
My own hands imprison me
Love rescue me

Many strangers have I met
On the road to my regret
Many lost who seek to find themselves in me
They ask me to reveal
The very thoughts they would conceal
Love, rescue me

And the sun in the sky
Makes a shadow of you and I
Stretching out as the sun sinks in the sea
I'm here without a name
In the palace of my shame
I said, love, rescue me

In the cold mirror of a glass
I see my reflection pass
I see the dark shades of what I used to be
I see the purple of her eyes
The scarlet of my lies
Love, rescue me

Yeah, though I walk
In the valley of the shadow
Yet, I will fear no evil
I have cursed thy rod and staff
They no longer comfort me
Love, rescue me

Sha la la la
I said love, love, rescue me

Yeah, I'm here without a name
In the palace of my shame
I said love, rescue me

I've conquered my past
The future is here at last
I stand at the entrance to a new world I can see
The ruins to the right of me
Will soon have lost sight of me
Love, rescue me

Jesus Superman

 

Jor El is Jehovah 

Martha Kent is Mary 

Jonathan Kent is Joseph 

Lois Lane is Mary Magdelene 

Perry White is John The Baptist  

Jimmy Olsen is John or Peter 

Lex Luthor is Judas 

 

(its 

the 

exact 

same 

story 

...

)

Christopher Reeve as Superman 1978

 

Robert Powell as Jesus Of Nazareth 1977

 

 

Love. 

Neuroscience tells us it activates the same parts of the brain as habit-forming addiction. 

It makes us feel like we can do anything, be anything, achieve anything. 

And once we taste it, we want more. 

The thing about love is, when it's good, it's so very good, and when it's bad, it hurts so much.

 And if you can't find a way to balance all those ups and down, it will make you crazy.

 

Love. 

Neuroscience tells us it activates the same parts of the brain as habit-forming addiction. 

It makes us feel like we can do anything, be anything, achieve anything. 

And once we taste it, we want more. 

The thing about love is, when it's good, it's so very good, and when it's bad, it hurts so much.

 And if you can't find a way to balance all those ups and down, it will make you crazy.

 

I don't like questions without any answers.

 Like, where do we go when we die?

 I mean, I know what happens physiologically speaking, but beyond that, what really happens?

 Anything? 

I never placed much value in wondering about an afterlife. My concern was always this life. What would I do with it? How would I make my mark? I wanted to break new ground. I wanted to leave a legacy. 

I wanted my life, my brain, my existence to mean something. 

The thing I never really thought about though, the thing I never really wrapped my brain around until now was, in order to be remembered, in order to leave something significant behind, you have to leave.

 

Being alive, it's everything. 

Time to celebrate.

 And yes, time for pain. 

Time to change. To grow. To love. 

And time to give.

 

The brightest light casts the darkest shadow.

Moon 2024 Summer

July 21 2024

Full Moon 

 Deer Moon 

August 19 2024 

Supermoon 

Sturgeon Moon 

September 18 2024 

Supermoon 

Harvest Moon 

partial lunar eclipse 

October 17 2024 

Super Moon 

Hunters Moon 

closest supermoon for 2024 

November 15 2024 

Supermoon 

Beaver Moon 

 

Unfortunately, religion often works to shrink and tame the very wild and mysterious forces that first drew our wonder.

 In the process of making the inexplicable safe for the masses, the possibilities for real illusion-piercing insight becomes reduced. 

One might say that they are only available to those who dare to ride the breaking crest of direct life-altering experience

 

 

Everything that comes together falls apart. 

Everything. The chair I’m sitting on. 

It was built, and so it will fall apart.

And you’re gonna fall apart. 

The cells and organs and systems that make you you

—they came together, grew together, and so must fall apart. 

The Buddha knew one thing science didn’t prove for millennia after his death:

Entropy increases. 

Things fall apart.

Gunslinger

 

I do not aim with my hand

He who aims with his hand has forgotten the face of his father 

I aim with my eye 

I do not shoot with my hand 

He who shoots with his hand has forgotten the face of his father 

I shoot with my mind 

I do not kill with my gun 

He who kills with his gun has forgotten the face of his father 

I kill with my heart

 

 the hardest decision in surgery is knowing when to abandon a repair and just remove the whole organ. 

If a spleen is shattered, we'll take it out to protect the rest of the body. Same with a section of colon or small bowel. 

The human body can survive a fair amount of loss. People live without an appendix, a kidney, tonsils, and more. 

The body finds ways to compensate for what it's missing but it will eventually reach a breaking point. 

The body can only give up so much before it no longer works at all. 

Much like with surgery, life is full of calculated risks. We often make sacrifices in hopes of better outcomes.

 Not every gamble pays off the way we hoped. 

So we ask ourselves, 

What are we willing to give up? 

What can we leave behind? 

What do we need to live? 

What makes life worth living? 

What are we willing to put on the line when a life is at stake?

 How much are we ready to lose if things don't break our way?

 

Research suggests that up to 40% of our day is spent acting out existing habits rather than making new decisions. 

From sleep to personal hygiene to diet and exercise. 

Some of our habits serve us well. Others can be more complicating.

 If you want to change a habit, behavioral scientists suggests starting small. Make one minor adjustment over time, it creates a domino effect that helps us make bigger chances down the line. 

Make a radical change and you've set yourself up for failure. 

The principle of the domino effect is a double-edged sword. 

It can help us build healthy habits but it can lead to destructive tendencies as well. One small misstep becomes one bad habit. 

Of course, none of us is perfect and so much is out of our control. 

All you can do is make the best choices available to you 

and hope they don't come back to bite you.

 

The human brain contains roughly one hundred billion neurons.

 Alone, these neurons would only allow us to retain about as much information as a flash drive.

 Fortunately for us, our neurons connect and combine, creating a web that exponentially increases the brain storage capacity. In fact, this process creates so much space that we can store the equivalent of three million hours of video content. 

So why can't we remember everything we try to commit to memory?

Our brains are constantly adapting to the present moment. 

Our brains can override information we no longer use with newer, more relevant ideas. 

Our brains make these decisions for us, whether we like it or not. 

They help us hold on to the things that matter and make space for whatever the future may hold.

 What does Geronimo shout when he jumps off something ?

 There have been 8 kings of England called Henry 

but can you name them all ?

 Research suggests that we start to recognize our mother's voice from the womb around 31 weeks.

 As soon as we're born, our language skills begin to develop. From birth to six months, we mostly coo, cry, and murmur as the vocal cords mature. Then we advance to babbling, until words start around 18 months.

Eventually, words lead to sentences and soon, we forget the time when we couldn't speak at all. 

Children are less afraid to say what they're feeling than adults. It's only as we get older that we learn to censor ourselves.

 Maybe we do it because we're simply afraid to rock the boat. Or maybe we're terrified that by saying what we feel, or asking for what we need, we will cause more trouble than there is to begin with.

 So we choose over and over again to tamp down our voices, to stuff it so far down it can make us sick, until we can't anymore and we have to let it out. 

Even if it's the hardest thing in the world.

 Genetics, diet, exercise. 

All of these factors have shown to be the key determinants of longevity. 

But researchers discovered another way to predict our life spans: our zip codes.

 In some cities, a few blocks could increase the likelihood of dying 30 years earlier. Where we live determines how we live. And how we live matters more than you might imagine.

 No matter where we live, we all wish for long, healthy lives for our family, for our loved ones, for our children. But even if the odds are in your favor, predictions are only part of the picture. 

We live in a world where everything can change in the blink of an eye. You could be on top of the world one minute but you never know when the rug might be pulled out from under you.

 When that happens, which it inevitably will, all you can do is hold on. 

And hope it won't end you.

 The word "Bible" does not appear in The Bible 

T-Pau

 

Songs written by 

Carole Ann Decker 

Ronald Phillip Rogers 

Just when you thought he couldn't get any more of a cunt 

His middle name is Phillip 

China in Your Hand - full version

It was a theme she had
On a scheme he had
told in a foreign land
To take life on earth
To the second birth
and the man was in
command
It was a flight on the wings
Of a young girls dreams
That flew too far away

And we could make the monster live again
Oh hands move and heart beat on
Now life will return in this electric storm

A prophecy for a fantasy
The curse of a vivid mind

Don't push too far
Your Dreams are china in your hand
Don't wish too hard
Because they may come true
And you can't help them
You don't know what you might
Have set upon yourself
China in your hand

Come from greed
Never born of the seed
Took life from a barren hand
On eyes wide
Like a child in the form of a man

A story told
A mind of his own
An omen for our time
We take a flight on the wings of fantasy
Then you push too far
And make your dreams reality

Yeah! china in your hand

But they're only dreams
And you shouldn't push too far