A Wondrous Universe

There is a saying, "Time will tell".  It told.  Now here I am, in Greensboro, my two dogs and a cat, living life to the best of my ability.  Some things just don't work out, some do.  Time will tell. I have been enjoying my swims.  I can tell that my right shoulder is taxed because swimming upsets it.  I have to find balance and stretch it. Always the right side of my body: right foot, right shoulder, right forearm.  I think I need to adjust my thinking?  After all the left brain governs the right side of the body.  But its not all about the brain.  The brain is an organ.  The mind is consciousness.  What is my mind telling me I need to do?  How does the shoulder equate to my minds' telling?  Ease up.  Work out.  Stretch.  Be at peace.   It is hard to be at peace when you miss someone because your heart longs.  I guess I will just have to let it long so it has its way.  I wouldn't want to interrupt.  Here again, time will tell.   Love is a cure, a way of life.  Wh

Today was a fun day.  The date went well and there are plans for a second.  Lyft went well too.  I made money and hit several "streaks".  I feel pretty well wiped out.  I've been up since 4:30 am.  I rested midday but didn't really get a good nap in.  I considered going back out but now that I am in, and having nearly made my goal with only two dollars shy, I think I will call it a day.  I am shooting for my biggest week ever- $1000.  I may allow a woman to interrupt those plans but a guy can only do his best.  The foot feels better but it is still uncomfortable to sit in this chair and even driving and sitting can be annoying with the pain in my groin from a previous injury.  It has been acting up a bit since the foot mishap.   Things are going pretty well.  There is the inquiry/the idea of maybe seeking out a community college to teach at.  I do have a Master's degree.  We shall see.  I do this healing work and weddings too but there has been some measure of int

Greetings.   Today is another day.  That sounds a little depressing, but actually it was a pretty good day.   I am meeting a friend for lunch tomorrow.   I met some folks today while driving.  Some people like to complain to me about their work.  It was an interesting complaint though.  This fellow I Lyfted works at the Greensboro Urban Ministry.  He was complaining about people who come to the center for lunch and complain about the lunch.  He seems to know that some of the big time complainers are people who have a house and a car and maybe a job, I do not know, and come to get a free lunch.  Whereas the people who are actually homeless and need the meal do not complain.  I said that maybe the meal should only be open to people who actually need it but that maybe that would be hard to police but still, seems like a free lunch for people who are homeless and really need it should be just for them, not the complainers.  But people like to complain because it is like a load off the shou

I have three angels around me all the time when I am at home, four if I include myself.  Four more if I include my neighbors that I regularly talk to.  Many more if I include all of my family and acquaintances.  In other words, so much love, joy, and support surrounds me, and is within me.   I think of going to the bar to meet people but I hesitate.  A wing-man would be nice.   I have not drawn in a while nor have I worked with the kids drawing.  Working for Lyft seems to be, is, my primary mode of being.  Nights seem to be a bit more chill, so to speak, when driving.  People are more willing to chat.  There is money to be made, especially on the weekends.  Something to keep in mind as I continue working full-time. Weddings have been coming in since I committed to a paid account with Wedding Wire.  A lot more.  I get inquiries everyday now, just about.   The hunt for partnership continues.  A woman.  I just watched a Star Trek episode about "the hunt".  It was about hunting p

We'll.  It rained today.  A lot.  I wanted to drive more than I did but I still made my "quota".  It's the foot/ankle/toe thing going on, hurting like a throbbing, dull, aching.  That's what driving does after a while when you have a fractured foot.     It was nice today because I texted some friends.  Tomorrow I may see my brother and nephew again, the little tyke.  I will be on crutches still but, hey, it will be fun to hang out and get kicked by nephew a lot. That is what he did last time while we were sitting down at the table in the restaurant.   In The Shade of The Night Tree I'm going to allow some rest in the shade of the night tree where rest is allowed and the cool wind beckons warmth under the pillows of stars; comets remind me that we are not alone. Earth time, Greensboro, NC.  At night. https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting-Night-Tree/850521/4413789/view

 It is quiet out.  Let's back up.  It is Earth date 9.24.2020.  I'm in Greensboro, NC.  It's night out.   It is not quite quiet out but it really is pretty quiet.  It never gets real quiet or, rather, silent.  There is always the hum of the fridge and the crickets cricketing out the open window.  Even in meditation when those sounds filter out and you are with your mind or with Spirit or on a Journey there is not silence.  I wonder what complete silence might feel like.  Deafening.  Like when you are in the mountains and you get quiet but then you start to feel and hear the vibration of the mountain.  I imagine being in outer space and experiencing the silence there.  Does space have sound?  I have been driving for Lyft.  They offer these streaks at certain times where, if you give three rides in a row, you get a bonus.  That is where I am at now; working on bonuses.  It is pretty good driving aside from my broken foot.  I feel it is getting better a bit.  The swelling is n

The moon is a slit tonight; a crescent sliver hanging in the night, illuminating the clouds.  Rays of moonshine shine through like the sun shining through; so bright ! , yet, so cooling and alive.   Today was a drive, and a friend, and some friends in the pictures and on the text, and the brother and nephew smiling and being nephew.   It is time for bed and the day that comes will be my day to become, to be me, and remembering to see you and all the things as they are which are emanations of our individual realities, our collective consciousness and the mystery unfolding with each breath breathing light, love, presence and joy.  Thank you friends, family, and neighbors.   Within the great wondrous universe lies a place within waiting to be awoken that is simply part of All That Is.  And just what may that bring upon awakening realization? https://lovehaswonangelnumbers.org/new-moon-in-gemini-may-22nd-2020-heart-awakening/ 

Here we are, together again.  Who said that?  I think Han Solo said it to Luke Skywalker, no, it was the other way around.  Star Trek Voyager has been playing recently from my Netflix account.  First it was Star Trek Deep Space Nine .  There are seven seasons and about twenty six episodes in each series that are keeping me entertained and company, that and Robert B. Parker who wrote the Spenser detective novels. Today rained a whole fucking lot, pardon my French.  Pardon my English.  Please don't pardon me, it is what it is.  I guess I am feeling a bit giddy.  So I will take a few more breaths and ground this giddiness.   The piano jazz tintinnabulates in the background from my Spotify app on my phone.  It is almost like I am back at Tate's Coffee House on Tate ave. abutting UNCG.  The kids are back but most of the classes are online.  Mostly people are being "safe" behavior wise in regards to the coronavirus.  We can't go long without being reminded of it, no?  

A breath will do a person good.  It is late for some, past 11 o' clock.  I have watched Netflix, read, ate (twice this evening), played some Words With Friends, made a chess move or two on the Chess app, and sleep is still not available. He, or she, is out to lunch as the great Douglas Adams would say.  What a saga he wrote.   I remember when I was working on a saga, so to speak, and in it there was an elusive enemy called the Xyla.  It reminds me of the Coronavirus today.  It is there, you can't see it, it's deadly and causing mayhem on the news where, so far, is the only place I have experienced it.  Yes, from others on the Facebook or from accounts from friends but not first hand.  So far I have managed to keep the Xyla at bay, as far as I know anyways as I have not been tested.   In this "saga" I was working on, a boy goes on a journey and encounters all kinds of cool things.  It was kind of like The Hobbit.  I had fun writing it.  I have the recollection of i

 Hello friends.  I think of all the great writers from the past encouraging me on.   I have this foot problem again.  A weak ankle; an ankle that is sore from driving which has finally succumbed to the ultimate slow down- broke, fractured.  Can't put weight on- we'll, it has only been two days and I can actually put a little weight on it. It happened when I was on a beam about 18 inches off the ground.  I was looking for my dogs and I kind-of tilted to one side, lost my balance, jumped and landed with my right foot twisting.  It hurt and I was down for the count.  It took about 1000 counts for me to actually get up and make my way to the car.   So my planned hiking trip turned into a camping trip which was really quite nice!   Fortunately, I can drive and still make money.  There is an interesting thing about making money and competitors.  Often my neighbor will kind-of brag about his day driving for Uber.  I drive for Lyft and he makes it seem like he's making more money t

I'm sitting in a North Carolina' McDonald's, close to Little Switzerland.  I've never been to Little Switzerland but it sounds interesting.   I was up on Roan Mountain last night.  I had a fire which helped to cook my mac and cheese and keep me warm.  It was a beast of a fire in that I got warm just keeping it going.  But once it was well underway it turned into a nice, slow-burning bed of coals. Yes, it was a cold night.  Fortunately I had my goose-down leaking bag from my 2003 AT thru-hike.  I do not think it is as warm as it used to be but with a double upper layer on and a single lower layer I stayed pretty warm.  My pillow which was a bag filled with rain pants and a quick drying towel was inadequate; so was my sleeping pad- a eighth of an inch pad that is only meant to go under a blow-up pad to keep from popping (My blow up popped a long time ago.)  I tossed and turned but finally fell into a long sleep.  The morning sun coming through my tarp tent woke me up.  I

It's 4:35 in the morning.  The insects drone.  Cars roll by.  The moon is on the wane.  There was a nice view here up in the Blue Ridge Parkway, where I'm sitting in my car, but the trees have grown up and blocked it.   The main issue for me is trust.  We've got to start trusting each other.  I guess I could trust more too.   The cool mountain air is so nice.  I trust it. People, me, I, have to trust... I... that things will work out because I am working them out. Words mean a lot.  What we say means a lot.  What we think, what we do, how we choose to believe, all mean a lot. When I rest in my heart, all is well.  I am going to practice listening.   There are always these nudges that tell us how things are.  Often our thoughts come in and tell us how we want them to be and so we ignore the former. But that is how we create.  Imagining how we would like things to be.

Good morning friends.   I still feel groggy but during meditation this morning writing is one of the things that came up to do, not that I need more things to do.  Writing is a nice practice to clarify ones' thoughts.  Also, it is enjoyable.   It's been 3 plus days since AmeriCorps ended.  I have already signed up for swimming at the aquatic Center and swam once.  Today will be another swim day then I leave town headed to Tennessee for a visit and a wedding.  It is a wedding that I will officiate.   Swimming is an incredible workout.  It is gentle in that it is not rough on the body yet you definitely feel the workout afterwards.  It's kind of like when people drink those mixed cocktails, all loaded with alcohol, but you can't taste the alcohol because of the strong fruity mix.   I am prepared today for the swim.  I went to Walmart and bought some goggles and ear plugs; I couldn't seem to find my old ones.  I now have some nice new blue goggles.  I just need them to