"It's easier to hide immodesty than reveal modesty."

(following seen at Gnome-girl)

Exposed

If I posed nude would that enable you to truly see me?
If I write the words that plague my heart in blood
would that convince you of my sincerity?
If I speak the things in my heart and my head
with tears, screams and heart ripping pain
would that warrent your understanding?
exposed am I
cut to the rawness that only I can feel
destroying layers of a past that I did not create
only maintained
slowly peeling away things that aren't me
revealing even more of things that don't make sense
I'll speak truth
I'll speak passion
I'll speak things that contradict but somehow seem to fit
I'll share fears, hopes, dreams, tears, happiness and love
few will get even a fraction of it
most will stare with confused glazed eyes and over
tea or coffee or even a drink they'll whisper how I'm
a mess and will always be a train wreck
they'll sigh with relief that their lives aren't as trashed
as mine and they'll smile with that smugness that
says they deserve the good life and how sad it is to be me
i'll pretend to not notice the whispers
but underneath i smile to myself
because as this train goes speeding down the track
at speeds faster than my thoughts
i'm living it for once
i'm letting this train ride the track and i'm looking through
a window that lets me see the world as a place to
experience for all that it is
scars and bruises mar my soul
from this speeding locomotion
but they only mark the progress
the lessons and the experiences
that have taught me to feel and grow
my soul hurts more than it heals right now
but the tunnel doesn't last forever
the sun will be there on the other side
to greet me with it's warmth
exposed in nudity is the easy part
exposing my soul is much harder

Hinn-dered?

(from The Door Magazine (formerly The Wittenburg Door)

Questions about Benny Hinn? See this article or this video!

(seen at the beyond magazine's blog)

Everything the Power of the World
does is done in a circle.
The sky is round, and I have heard
that the Earth is round like a ball,
and so are all the stars. The wind,
in its greatest power, whirls.
Birds make their nests in circles,
for theirs is the same religion as ours.
The sun comes forth and goes down again
in a circle. The moon does the same,
and both are round. Even the seasons
form a great circle in their changing,
and always come back again to where
they were. The life of a man is a circle
from childhood to childhood, and so it is
in everything where power moves.
Our teepees were round
like the nests of birds,
and these were always set in a circle,
the nation's hoop, a nest of many nests,
where the Great Spirit meant for us
to hatch our children.

Black Elk, "Black Elk Speaks"

[en]Lighten...
Text: top- from The Heresy, bottom- from Gnome-girl

As long as we see the primary evil in this world as a label whether it be neo-conservative, neo-liberal, fundamentalist or libertarian we will have conveniently ignored our own role in the world’s problems. I wonder how many people are wearing themselves out continually getting stirred up over every single issue of injustice or declining moral trend that appears in society.

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I gave up the resolution gig a long time ago because it only would add to my frustration at never getting accomplished what I had planned but today I sat there and thought I'm ok without planning the next 20 years of my life. I want this life to be exciting, challenging and completely knock me off my feet with random surprises and if I calculate every day for the next gazillion years where does that leave any room for anything new?

Renewal

Text: Trewlife in this post

Dreams are sometimes crushed for our best interest.

The process of healing can indeed be a much longer path than the few simple words"I forgive them". Indeed, if we have no reason to forgive we might find no reason to do so(even with the residue and hurt that is left behind which is so obvious to those who speak to you on such subjects of the things you refused to forgive). We are a people who can choose to forgive or not and it unfortunately can take some thorough thought before we may choose to do so.

Turn the Page

Resolved: To begin again when life is a wilderness


(image from Mars Exploration Rover Mission, referred by The Invisible Sun)

"Adversity is the best book on my bookshelf." -- Martin Luther
(text seen at Been There...Still There)

In Hindsight...

(seen at bloggedy blog from Our Daily Blog)

The more you know and the better you understand, the more severely will you be judged, unless your life is also the more holy. Do not be proud, therefore, because of your learning or skill. Rather, fear because of the talent given you. If you think you know many things and understand them well enough, realize at the same time that there is much you do not know. Hence, do not affect wisdom, but admit your ignorance.

from The Imitation of Christ by Thomas a Kempis

The future feels cold, but necessary.

Image: from listening after dark

Why must things fade from view?

Image: from Cathy Johnson's fotopage

Our past should only ground us, not blind us...

Text: Far Away from Clay.Humanclay.ca

Long far away
in a land with skies of grey
is a place that calls my name
this call must I answer

Eerily calm
and in my heart is a song
words to fill my life
this land must I run to

Hope for tomorrow
no room for lost sorrow
with faith to fill my heart
this test must I take

Adventure to come
a high risk may think some
a journey into the unknown
this path must I walk through