Thursday, December 31, 2015

1321 A NEW YEAR'S WISH: MAY CONFLICT RESOLUTION, OFFERING PURE JOY BE YOURS

Please muster patience, my friend ...
Upon awakening, today
Intuitive thought drew my conscious mind back
To post 1319, yet again, to simplify intuitive trains of  thought, which
Are still filtering into my conscious mind in such a state of
Complexity as to feel too confusing for me to
Express so clearly as to pen a post that you can
Readily understand and absorb
(You can believe me when I say that
Clarifying the mental process whereby
I can 'feel' intuitive thought tapping into insight, which
Highlights deeper truth, which directs my sense of self trust to
Focus on the path where positive focus encourages me to
Replace the apprehension of inner conflict with
A courageous attitude, which maintains a cautious
Step by step approach toward satisfying an unmet need until
My sense of readiness directs self trust to take each
Next leap of faith into the great unknown, has developed
And just as I continue to tap into my brain's potential to
Clarify complexity by mastering these mental powers (each
Of which demands a whale of concentration to develop)
The same can be true for you if you choose to free your
Subconscious of guilt ridden inner conflict that blocks your
Sense of awareness from tuning into intuitive thought, which
Directs your intelligence to carve a path that ventures, step by step, 
Toward meeting a soulful need, which apprehension has denied)

Since the innermost intellectual portion of my brain chose to
Work at simplifying mental complexity, again, while
My conscious mind slept peacefully through the night
Hopefully, you'll choose to review post 1319 in order to
Absorb insights, which had originally
Required mental gymnastics to understand
And with that said, my mind turns to thoughts that inspire
My heart to dance with joy and my spirit to soar, because
Today, Ravi and I have planned a play date, and tonight,
Will and I plan to celebrate New Year's Eve with four dear friends
Then, tomorrow, we plan to breakfast with
Treasured extended family before driving to the airport to
Fetch treasured friends from college, and
As my cup runneth over with
Treasured family
Treasured friends
Good health
A corny sense of humor and
Insight into deeper truths, which, step by step
Inspire personal growth to resolve inner conflicts
In such a logical manner that emotional combustion
Melts away and peace of mind is, once again, mine
You'd think that, having worked, mindfully, to
Acquire such a cornucopia of emotional and
Mental treasures, my ability to fill my mind with
Positively focused attitudes would be as easy as
Reciting my ABC's, right?
If you replied 'yes' please think, again ... this time
More deeply than ever before, for this reason:
Whereas apprehensive attitudes are innate to
The natural state of the human condition, each
Leap of faith taken has depended upon
Challenging self trust to muster the courage necessary
To free my intuitive smarts to think more insightfully
(clearly) than conventional thought patterns allow
And as setting fear aside precedes tapping into
Intuitive thought, here is why
My conscious mind must conjure up
Patience, self trust and positive focus whenever
Emotional complexity creates inner conflict that drives me crazy:
Each time I consciously remind my sense of self trust to
Employ patience to reduce frustration, my brain's tightly knotted tension
Relaxes, and once relaxed, I am more likely to
Tune into intuitive thought, which taps into
Insight into deeper truth, and thus does a self empowering
Sense of self trust employ my Line of Control to consciously calm
Apprehensive attitudes and place them in time out, knowing
That the strength of this mental attitude enhances
My ability to tap into deeper truth to grow ever more
Readily assessable, day by day

As my sense of self trust strengthens
My conscious mind feels encouraged to identify negative attitudes in need of
Positively focused change for the better, and though
Practice does not make perfect, I continue to grow more likely to
Meet with success, today, than been possible as
Recently as yesterday, and each time success is mine
My emotional comfort zones have reason to expand, little
By little, day by day, until eventually, having tunneled
Successfully, toward deeper truth, repeatedly, my comfort zone
Concerning self trust, feels so naturally relaxed as to
Diminish emotionally combustible tension, which had tied my
Logical problem solving skills into knots, and
Once my intelligence feels relaxed, a
Simple plan formulates within my mind's creative center
And, whether that plan bears fruit or not
All is not lost, because I realize that peace of mind is mine
And thus must acquired traits, like courage and patience, be
Consciously cultivated, well practiced, strengthened and valued if
My brain, working as a well balanced whole is to grow
Ever more capable of tapping into intuitive trains of thought that
Shine spotlights of insight on moments of clarity, so as to
Create mindsets, which prove so positively self empowering as to
Calm emotional combustion by way of employing simplicity to
Conjure up heartfelt plans, based in logic, which
Enrich my life and the lives of my loved ones with straight shots of joy

Need an example of how I empower self trust to
Offer my well trained brain free rein to set an intuitive plan in motion?
Since my conscious mind had no clue as to
What I was about to write, today
Can you guess which portion of my brain wrote this post?
Yep!  Intuitive thought, processing more freely and deeply into
My intelligence than conventional thought would allow

If reflection suggests that you had once harbored
An unmet need that inspired your think tank to
Free your intelligence of conventional thought in order to
Pen intuitive emotion, running too deep to
Express verbally with clarity intact, then
You, too, have proof of intuitive trains of thought breaking
Free of conventional thought patterns, which limit
Your brain's innate ability to work as a well balanced whole, thus
Inviting insight into deeper truth to ignite ...

In other words, intuitive thought
Brightens your conscious view of what your
Deepest self truly feels need to do ... However, if apprehension
Causes your think tank to tense up then in the absence of
Self trust, intuition and creativity get sucked back behind
Your defensive wall of denial, and as soon as that happens
Fearful attitudes reconnect with conventional thought patterns that
Focus the conscious portion of your brain toward
Mistakenly thinking that you dare not take the next step ...
Until an existential sense of readiness, steadied by
Consciously strengthening self trust, instructs your
Sense of logic to set fear in time out, releasing your
Intelligence to re-organize your brain in a
Step by step fashion until, one day
You awaken to find that the time feels ripe to
Take that ultimate leap of faith, at long last

Life is either a great adventure or else it is nothing
I didn't write that
Helen Keller did

As to post 1319 ...
As always, the choice to review those editing
Changes for the better or not is yours
As for me, it is now later in the day, and
Ravi can be seen napping, nestled sweetly against me, and
As I, too, plan to enjoy a peaceful afternoon slumber
It's time to express my hope that leadership throughout
Our world learns to create infinitesimal changes for the better
Day by day, and as I can feel today's train of intuitive thought
Pulling into the station, you can imagine
This next thought igniting my smile:
I'm wishing you the happiest, healthiest, most peaceful New Year's ...
Ever ...

Wednesday, December 30, 2015

1320 HINDSIGHT PLUS INSIGHT TRANSFORM DREAMS INTO CHANGE FOR THE BETTER

While my conscious mind slept peacefully, through the night
Intuitive thought was busily injecting additional
Strings of insight into Post 1319, and
Upon awakening, this morning, intuition compelled my conscious mind to plug in those thoughts in hopes of sharing them with you

BTW: My computer update has, thankfully
'Remembered' how to transfer photos to my blog
So once I have time to do that very thing
You'll see a pictorial of heartfelt dreams, which have, magically
(Patiently) transformed into joyful realities, over time

Tuesday, December 29, 2015

1319 TWO VALUES, WHICH PROVE INDIVISIBLE

Experience has taught me why carving a truly existential path toward inner peace (cautiously rather than rebelliously) is not an easy feat:  Whereas frustration levels rise as naturally as is true of fear, here is why patience requires tons of mental training.  Insight into deeper truth suggests that frustration and patience are opposites, just as is true of fear and courage.

Experience has taught me that apprehensive attitudes, which are defensively innate, are negatively focused while courage (to be true to one's innermost self) must be consciously cultivated by developing the ability to redirect negativity toward attitudes based in an inquisitive sense of positive focus, and resultant of this step by step process, whereby negatively charged energy is consciously identified and transformed into positively charged energy, eventually, inner strengths, such as patience, courage and positive focus tap into your sixth sense, where intuitive trains of thought shine spotlights on insight, thereby highlighting deeper truths to which your fear based mindsets had been blind.

As deeper truths simplify emotional complexity (clearing your mind of mental confusion, which exacerbates apprehension), your new found conscious sense of mental clarity stimulates a mindful sense of readiness to take a leap of faith away from the beaten track in favor of choosing to carve a path, which is based in such a deep sense of self trust as to feel so adventurously focused (rather than apprehensively focused) as to truly be your very own. (WHEW!)

Experience has taught me that apprehension's persistent resistance to diving toward deeper truth drives the conscious mind to cycle in maddening circles, which is why (in the absence of insight) inner conflict remains restlessly unresolved.

Experience has taught me to seek insight into pinpointing a heartfelt value that seems to be clashing with another, and thus, in the absence of insight into deeper truth, confusion fuels inner conflict, which, upon tearing into my mind, duels itself, relentlessly, to death.  Each time a heartfelt value seems to duel with another, my spirit languishes at the gravesite of joy, which could have been shared with a loved one had my conscious mind learned to grow attentively tuned into intuition, questing toward strings of insight to which conventional thought patterns remain blind.  (Just as apprehensive attitudes are innate, so is the brain's potential to tune into intuitive thought, and once your brain is attuned to tapping into deeper truth, clarity suggests that much that you were taught to fear is ready to change for the better.  Needless to say, tons of patience must be mustered, because this step by step process of mental metamorphosis proves as great a feat as leaping from 1+1=2 to x+y=z )

Though often times, 'be true to others' seems to oppose 'be true to yourself', insight into deeper truth suggests that these values are actually indivisible ... More about simplifying that mental complexity later, because intuitive thought directed most of today's writing time toward editing mental complexity out of yesterday's post, which is why need for patience must be mustered, again.

BTW:  While insight was shining its spotlight of deeper truth upon the pair of values named above, another value came to mind, which, when misinterpreted, exacerbates inner conflict:  Do un to others as you would have others do un to you.  More about that revelation, later, too.

Thank goodness, at this stage of life, my conscious mind has lots of time to listen attentively when intuition feels need to talk my ear off until a string of insights, simplifying a state of mental complexity concerning dueling values, emerges.  Believe me ... Straightening out apprehension that ties my intelligence into tight knots of negatively charged tension is far from easy.  I mean, the opposite of tension is relaxation, and that's where self trust comes in, because tension can not tap into intuitive trains of thought.  As self trust deepens, my thought processes do, too.

Thank goodness, a lifetime of well practiced listening skills offers my sense of clarity second chances to work through inner conflicts in such a logical manner as to free my think tank of mental confusion,
 based in emotional complexity) which, stressing me out, had blocked my sense of courage from carving a path, where positive focus musters the patience to create one joyful change for the better after another, and what could feel more spiritually rejuvenating than partnering intuitive thought with a conscious awareness of my brain's ability to transform a lifetime of heartfelt dreams into a series of realities, step by step!
WHEW!

Monday, December 28, 2015

1318 CAN YOU NAME TWO VALUES, WHICH RISING ABOVE ALL OTHERS, SEEM TO CRASH HEAD ON?

In times past, when my two most heartfelt values clashed, overlong
My intelligence felt so painfully conflicted as to have
Confounded my conscious mind's sense of logic

When my conscious mind felt conflicted, causing
My sense of logic to feel confounded
My spirit, carrying such heavy weights
Failed to thrive for this reason:
I, who had been schooled in the importance of choices
Had mistakenly believed that the only way to
Regain inner peace was to choose
One value over the other, and not until
I had reason to place my faith in intuitive thought giving
Birth to insight, which sheds light on deeper truth (to which
My conscious mind had been blind), did
My decision-making process learn to
Muster the patience necessary to simplify
Emotional complexity, which in the absence of clarity
Had torn my mind in two

Today, my faith in intuitive thought musters
Such a high level of patience as to calm frustration until
The emergence of one insight igniting another opens my eyes to
Deeper truth, which expands a narrow mindset, which had been
Taught to accept black or white so that in the absence of
Intuitive thought, communicating deeper truth to which
My conscious sense of awareness had been blind my ense of
Right vs wrong could not re-adjust until such time as
My intelligence began to redirect the course of my path to
Make conscious gains in personal growth, which
Surprised no one as much as me, and if you asked how
That change for the better happened for me, I'd reply ...
I'm not yet clear about that, but I believe that once
My sense of readiness releases the story telling portion of
My mind, intuitive thought will tap into insight, which will
Shine a spotlight on the answer to that question, so
Once again, patience must be yours and mine

If at this point in time you ask:
Annie, how does insight help you to strengthen your ability to
Simplify emotional complexity, I'd call upon intuitive thought to reply:
Time and again, life's darkest hardships have offered
My intelligence reason to call forth creativity, thus
Brightening days, darkened by excruciating levels of pain
(both emotional and physical) by designing a technicolored
Inner life, which, over these past two decades, has come to feel
So natural that as a result of having identified my need to tolerate
Elevated levels of pain without casting undeserved guilt on anyone else
My spirit's need to thrive (rather than survive) was preserved, and
Now that I stop to think about it, I can see how, during those deeply
Troubling times, hindsight offered me the foresight to make that
Intuitive decision:  You see, subconsciously, I remembered my
Grandma, who could not tolerate her pain,  casting
Undeserved guilt onto my grieving mother after Janet's tragic death, and
Thus is the human brain amazing when the sum of its interactive parts
Work together before our conscious minds have even learned to
Embrace this reality:
Once the human brain has become well-practiced at functioning as
A well-balanced whole, you and I grow to feel fully capable of
Conceiving of plans that draw from the best of two worlds, suggesting
That two heads are better than one as long as both minds
Prove so inquisitive, concerning tapping into a wide variety of
Mental powers as to carve out a path of personal growth where
Two individuals can freely experience an existential awakening that catalyzes
Like minds to reach beyond conventional thought patterns in order to
Create a safe haven where soul mates can contemplate their growing sense of
Mindfulness until eventually, both individuals, who take turns encouraging
Each other's mental processes to simplify emotional confusion, evolve
To embrace an expanded view of this path of their own creation, which offers
Their interconnected sense of leadership the ability to absorb
Srings of insights that enhance their ability to resolve conflicts, which
Had previously seemed unsolvable to both

If you ask, Annie, how do you know this path exists?  I'd reply:
As an instructor of family communications
I've actually led countless participants to open their minds to
Believe that sparks of insight await discovery within
The intuitive portion of their minds
Then, I'd add: Once insight into your brain's innate potential to
Carve an existential path (without leaving any loved one behind)
Brightens your conscious mind, your readiness to
Tap into intuitive thought will ignite strings of insight, and once
Insights into deeper truths start popping like popcorn your
Sense of personal growth will be at a standstill no more
And once the varied parts of your brain have been
Stimulated to react to solution-seeking, as a well balanced whole
You, too, can expect to keep your sights focused on
Carving a path where patience, positive focus and
A growing sense of intuitive clarity resolve
Classic conflicts, resulting in
Your spirit experiencing sheer delight

And now, having summarized all of that, I wonder if
Your memory can name the pair of values, which
Need to thrive, side by side, before
Your spirit's comfort zone can cast off
The heavy mental weight of undeserved guilt
(Carried forth since childhood) thus
Freeing your adult thought processor to function with
Such a sense of wholesome pleasure, concerning
Your future, as to sweep a self defeating sense of
Negatively focused defensiveness away, opening mind space to
Create a change for the better, concerning values, which
Had seemed to clash when you were a guilt-ridden child whose
Sense of personal safety could not possibly have made sense of
The emotional madness caused by over-reactive adults

As for now, Steven and Ravi are due, momentarily, to
Grace my heart with their precious presence, so
Here is why I'll leave your think tank to contemplate
The answer to the lengthy question asked above:
Once your existential quest adjusts your life's path toward
Reconciling this mysterious pair of values, your mind will
Experience such mental relief from daily stress as to
Offer your restless spirit sound reason to relax, and
Once mind and spirit are on the same page, we sleep so
Peacefully throughout each night as to
Find your truest self and mine awakening, each
Morning, feeling fully alive and eager to reach out for each other ...

PS ... Need a hint to encourage your memory bank to
Reveal this pair of values to your conscious mind?
This is not the first post penned concerning
Our need to expand the narrowness of the mindset that
Makes us feel like this pair of values crash head on until
Our brain patterns brighten to insight so naturally as to
Highlight and absorb one deeper truth after another until
Clarity stimulates readiness to declare that two heads, working
Heartfully together to create change for the better, are better than one ...

Saturday, December 26, 2015

1317 INTELLIGENCE SUGGESTS THAT GENEROSITY PARTNERS UP WITH ...

Just want to make one thing clear about generosity of spirit, which defines unconditional love:
The human spirit, energized by hope and nothing but hope, can, eventually, run itself, blindly, into the ground, again and again, unless your unmet needs (crashing into undeserved guilt carried forth subconsciously), have reason to signal your intelligence to quest toward personal growth in self awareness, thus providing your personal sense of freedom with clarity, concerning inner strengths that free your mind to expand your comfort zone to embrace choices which, in the absence of insight into deeper truth, had once felt forbidden.  And though this quest may feel arduous, the pain of unmet needs crashing through (rather than into) your own defensive wall is well worth the gain of personal strength, which, over time, frees your intelligence to specify which social convention has been pinning your innermost (intuitive) self to the mat, over long.  And once intuitive thought feels free to brighten your intelligence by spotlighting insight into deeper truth, your sense of clarity, concerning energy expended while suppressing your unmet needs, expands your comfort zone so naturally as to open your mind to embracing choices, which the narrow confines of societal restriction had bamboozled you to believe were forbidden fruit.   And once your intelligence calls upon creativity to devise a plan that clears your mind of emotional complexity, your sense of joy will fuel your spirit to feel so reenergized as to clearly revive your lost sense of youth, no matter your age.  And thus do I employ my intelligence to enhance my sense of positive focus in order to strengthen my connection to generosity of spirit most especially at those times when emotional reaactiveness wants to tear off another person's head.

As I've experienced stretching denial so far as to have blindly stumbled into a black hole, twice, I've vowed to focus my intelligence upon my spirit's need to feel fed, no matter how much my heart longs to connect, generously, with someone I love ...

So, here comes the insight that today's train of intuitive thought has been directing my intelligence to clarify, not just for you but for my conscious self, as well:

Loving unconditionally does not suggest that we give so much while asking for so little that the recipient takes our heartfelt spirit of generosity so for granted as to expect more of the same until the source of our energy feels sucked so dry of fuel as to stumble blindly into a bottomless, black hole, where the dark side waits to swallow up whatever little is left of our inner strengths.  You see, once an utterly exhausted spirit has been caught within the grip of the dark side, the very last drop of our positive focus falls through a trap door, where it remains locked away from the bright light of clarity until a confounding sense of exhaustion feels rested enough for the resilient nature of intuitive thought to revive, and each time intuition taps into insight, deeper truth reveals an unmet need, which had been repressed behind a wall of denial ...

As the depth of my belief in NGU has led my spirit to stumble, blindly, into the dark side of mental confusion, twice, my intelligence has learned to watch for exhaustion's trap door with a vigilance, born of experience, and with each conscious step I've taken along this path of personal growth, my conscious mind becomes ever more sensitive to identifying those times when generosity is beckoning my spirit to stretch so far as to serve the needs of another while denying the existence of my own.

Now that this holiday season is nearing the new year, I can see why intuitive thought felt compelled to imprint this summary of my most recent growth spurt as deeply into the conscious portion of my mind as possible in hopes of insuring that this next insight has been thoroughly absorbed:  My newfound sense of clarity is charged to apprise my conscious mind of those times when my spirit of generosity, which knows no bounds, is, once again, pushing my energy source beyond its ability to replenish itself by attending to (rather than denying) my needs, and to this end have I learned to seek a quiet, private, safe haven, where intuitive thought feels free to brainstorm until creativity contemplates a plan, based in common sense, which simplifies whatever had, at first, felt overwhelmingly complex.  And as this mindful approach considers needs all around, inclusive of mine, your friend, Annie, has freed my intelligence of social convention, which misguidedly dictates that good people consider the needs of others by denying their own.  And now that I've come to understand why courage must be mustered before we can truly think clearly for ourselves, I feel thankful for believing that intuitive thought would guide me from one string of insights to the next until my conscious mind felt so bright as to know my traits from the inside out, and as knowledge is self empowerment, I've begun to respect my needs without feeling selfish, and now that my sense of generosity falls in line with common sense, guess whose spirit is truly enjoying each day feeling naturally free of every heavy drop of undeserved guilt, at last!

Now that my brain has grown to its present level of emotional maturity, suggesting that the sum of its parts have learned to work as a well-balancd whole, I no longer worry that inner conflict will undermine my spirit's need to thrive by stretching my energy source so far as to stumble into yet another black hole, and in this way does personal growth prove vital to insuring that my youthful vitality does not exhaust, most especially as I age.

Oh BTW ... Today's post does not suggest that, by focusing on self awareness, the depth of my love for others dims, weakens or withers in any way ... All I'm saying is that my sense of intelligence has clearly been empowered by injecting generosity of spirit with self respect, thus insuring that my path does not circle blindly toward the dark side, where my conscious mind feels so confounded as to stumble into that bottomless pit, ever again.  In short, I can now hold my intelligence accountable for opening my eyes to those whose minds appear ready to receive the gift of my love and friendship, as wholeheartedly (rather than fearfully) as I am ready to receive theirs.  As to others, who prove unready?  That's where patience (buoyed by generosity) comes in.  Why that change?

Experience has taught me that as we age, the vibrancy of the human spirit depends upon generosity of spirit holding hands with self respect and patience, both of which rely on strong shots of common sense.

When next we meet, I'll describe the holiday surprise, planned to offer three hearts so much unexpected delight  as to have caused tears of happiness to spring from their eyes ... and mine ...

Friday, December 25, 2015

1316 MERRY CHRISMACHAH FROM MY HEART TO YOURS

Like most parents, we encouraged our sons to marry within our faith
We practiced what we taught by assuming roles of religious leadership
When public schools failed to keep up with urban sprawl
Causing our neighborhood school to go on split session until
Voters approved funding for new schools to be built
We shocked our extended families by choosing to send
Our sons to religious day school for this reason:
Though several secular private schools had been recommended
None visited had offered the joyous learning environment that proved true of
This particular school, and having been a teacher of children, myself
The creative center of my brain took note of the fact that
This establishment of learning had mirrored
The high spirited, motivational techniques, which
Had been my own, suggesting why this specific school offered
My spirit reason to smile as intuitive thought sensed
That the expansion of my decision-making process
Had grown mindful of offering our sons experiences so enriching as to
Have provided the independent nature of their spirits with reason to
Smile and thrive, both at home and in school

As Will and I grew to consciously model our values
Our children adopted an open minded sense of respect for
A wide variety of choices, suggesting why each one
Had freely, naturally, and eagerly extended
A heartfelt welcome to a United Nations of friends into our home, and
Throughout all of those busy-till-midnight, child-rearing years
This next fact escaped out attention until
Sons began dating in high school:
Throughout their boyhood, while each was developing into
A clear thinking, independent young man, two of our family's
Most vital values (penned within this post)
Began to clash head on ... And when parents are blind to
The fact that two of their most vital values are crashing, head on
Mental confusion, naturally results
And though I have much more to say on this subject
Today's not the day to pull the sincerity of this train of thought into
The station, because, just as Marie, Tony and Ray celebrated
Eight days of Chanukah with Barry, it's our turn to
Naturally, joyously, generously and with all sincerity enjoy
The spirit of Christmas with three precious individuals, each of
Whom has won a place called home within the most nurturing part of
Our hearts, where a loving sense of mutual respect, which comes with
Maturation, lasts forever and ever ...
And maybe even longer than that ...

Thursday, December 24, 2015

1315 THE MELTING POT

Though our nation has been called a melting pot
The truth of the matter is this:
From its very inception,The USA has been
Peopled by nationalities and ethnic groups, who, having sought
Asylum from tyranny, settled into poverty stricken neighborhoods
Only to find their unfulfilled expectations crashing into
So many devastating disappointments as to have
Dashed their dreams of bettering their lives to smithereens, and
When the human spirit clashes with harsh reality, repeatedly
Parents of children, who go to bed hungry, experience
Hopeful expectations slide into disillusionment, which
Over time, transitions from frustration to anger to rage, which
Released in the form of negatively charged energy, zings
Back and forth, between groups of hard scrabbling immigrants
Who, competing to climb out of poverty
Rub each other's hot spots so raw as to increase
Each other's fear of failure, suggesting why
Our nation, which has been boiling with
Resentment for more than two hundred years, is
Still developing into a melting pot, and
Upon glancing back over the time line
We can clearly understand why negatively charged energy
Will continue to wrestle common sense to the mat as long as
The establishment continues to insult the intelligence of
Each immigrant group so prejudiciously as to feed
Newcomers reason to feel too disillusioned, rageful and
Competitive to grow attentive to our national need to
Unite and take note of each other's strengths, graciously. ...

On the other hand, change for the better is in the air
And here is how I know that to be a realistic expectation:
Increasingly, numbers of sons and daughters, hailing from
Different cultures, continue to be bitten by the love bug
(Think West Side Story) and due to their coupling
Adorable grandchildren, born of these unlikely unions
Prove to be the common denominator that brings prejudicial
Grandparents to their senses, at last, and each time
The birth of an innocent child connects the hearts of
Warring generations, we become ever more deeply aware of
The ways in which the power of love naturally
Rejuvenates the human spirit, which
Feeling re-energized, draws forth a host of
Inner strengths that prove necessary to
Defeat the dark side from swallowing everyone, whole
And so before the dark side can bamboozle
Your sense of positive focus into feeling
Sucked so deeply into the black hole of disillusionment
Please keep your intelligence tuned into my blog in hopes of
Absorbing insight into common sense, which
Guided me away from empowering unprocessed guilt to
Repress my unmet needs ...

Each time THE FORCE of LOVE
(flowing free of fear of failure) succeeds in defeating
Negatively charged energy, zinging, thoughtlessly, back and forth
A closed mindset opens to absorb these next two facts more
Deeply than ever before:
People are people (with strengths and vulnerabilities) wherever we go
And ... People who love people, freely, are the happiest people of all

As historically, the pursuit of happiness beckons to
Both genders of all ages throughout our war torn world
I hope to educate as many minds as possible by
Enticing my readership to hunger for more information about
Our need to deepen our understanding of mutual respect, and thus
Do I encourage you, from time to time, to help me to
Expand this grassroots movement, which enhances
Change for the better by challenging oneself to
Declare war on fear based attitudes, which, when unidentified
Block our narrow mindsets from absorbing
Two facts, penned above with this caveat:
People are people wherever we go; however
People who learn to treat the needs all of the people we love with
A deepening sense of respect are the happiest people of all
And having penned those insights, concerning the inclusion
Of our own needs, more than once ...
Enough is enough, till the sun comes out, tomorrow

Tuesday, December 22, 2015

1314ZZZ LET'S ENVISION GENEROSITY OF SPIRIT EXTENDING OVER FOUR SEASONS

Today, I'm enjoying a sense of joyful expectation
Why?  Because the imaginative center of my mind is creating
A surprise that's sure to delight
Three people, who have won my love

Unquestionably, my positive perspective, concerning
Loving naturally, and thus transparently, was adopted from
My dad, whose sparkling blue eyes conveyed his
High spirited enjoyment of life, which
Proved so contagious as to have seduced family and friends to
Join in the fun as our Pied Piper led us from
One heartfelt adventure into the next, and
Just like Dad, whose spirit created
Unexpected moments of pleasure for loved ones utterly free of
Expecting anything in return, my heart runneth over with
Happiness whenever the creative center of my brain
Thinks to offer the gift of my love with no strings attached
And now that today's post has aptly described
Generosity of spirit in its purest state of being
Tis time to pull today's train of thought, concerning
The open transmission of love from heart to heart
Into the station where my mind plans to attend to
Finishing touches, which await completion, thus
Insuring that every detail, leading toward the success of
Today's delightful surprise, goes off without a hitch!

Monday, December 21, 2015

1314ZZ HEY! WHAT IF HOLLYWOOD GOT WIND OF AN IDEA LIKE THIS:

Imagine the entertainment industry creating a film in which
Moses, Jesus, Spartacus, Socrates, Patrick Henry, Malala, Katniss, Yoda, Ray and the well-educated, magical powers of Harry Potter and his pals unite as a band of super heroes, who school poverty stricken children to aspire to grow up to be a brotherhood of Jedi Warriors so empowered by The Force that vulnerable young minds, throughout the world, will prove utterly resistant to being brainwashed by the dark side, thus eliminating the terrorizing army of storm troopers, necessary to bring world leaders to their knees.  Undeniably, a film such as that would be worthy of earning $100,000,000 in one day without arousing my ire, at all!

What a wonderful world this would be if parents persistently prodded educational systems, world wide, to add speaking and listening skills (which prove so effective at resolving conflicts that they can't be beat) to the daily curriculum, beginning in pre school, when thirsty young minds prove as absorptive as sponges.


Now, let's imagine what children's minds would absorb if The Donald's political attitudes were to assume the role of leadeship during times of crises concerning:
Poverty
Education
Obama care
Medicare
Mental health
The melting pot
The contagious nature of warlike attitudes in the Middle East 
American youth, so disillusioned at to be won over by ISIS

If something's broke, astute leadership must hold itself accountable for gaining insight into fixing that which has become dysfunctional before our nation's heartfelt principles have been extinguished, one by one.

Remember how quiet The Donald's ego became when foreign policy was debated?  Somehow, his promise to restore our nation to greatness by providing for financial security grew utterly silent each time questions, relating to national security were raised for discussion.

Then, when The Donald finally voiced his opinions, concerning critical issues at home and abroad, we were aghast to witness political diplomacy cast to the winds as his attitudes demonstrated a second grade level of comprehension each time the subject was current events.  Can the voice of this potential presidential candidate lead us toward achieving world peace or will The Donald's attitudes lead our nation into a nightmare where diplomatic relations are certain to sink ever more deeply into mental quicksand, framed in gold leaf?

I mean, seriously!  If elected leadership is to be effective, voters need to absorb time-tested plans for conflict resolution, which are based in common sense!

And in keeping with today's train of thought, let's hope that The Story-telling Force within me will reawaken once this mind swirl of holiday festivities, celebrated, joyfully, with family and friends, has rung out the old year and welcomed the new ...

Saturday, December 19, 2015

1314Z QUOTING MALALA, WHOSE ATTITUDE PROVES WORTHY OF WORLDWIDE CONSIDERATION

  1. "One child, one teacher, one book, and one pen, can change the world." --From a speech given to the UN Youth Assembly, just nine months after her attempted assassination.
  2. "When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful." --From a speech at Harvard in September 2013.
  3. "Let us make our future now, and let us make our dreams tomorrow's reality." --From a speech at Harvard in September 2013.
  4. "I believe it's a woman's right to decide what she wants to wear, and if a woman can go to the beach and wear nothing then why can't she also wear everything?" --From an exclusive interview with The Guardian's Kamila Shamsie. Yousafzai opened up about her thoughts regarding the burqa conversation in the UK.
  5. "If he [the Talib] comes, what would you do Malala?"  "…If you hit a Talib with your shoe then there will be no difference between you and the Talib. You must not treat others…with cruelty...you must fight others but through peace, through dialogue and through education…then I'll tell him [the Talib] how important education is and that I even want education for your children as well… that's what I want to tell you, now do what you want."--In a Daily Show interview. Yousafzai's comments left Jon Stewart speechless and prompted him to ask if he could adopt her.
  6. "I do not tell my story because it is uncommon
    I tell my story because it is not."

    2015
    All along the historical time line from biblical times to life as we know it, today, the dark side has given each generation reason to give voice to the independent nature of the human spirit.  Off the top of my head, we've looked to leaders like Moses, David,  Judah Maccabee, Spartacus, Kunta Kinte (whose fictionalized story 'spoke' volumes to millions of readers and TV viewers), Harriet Tubman, Mahatma Gandhi, Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Yoda (whose fictionized presence was felt this weekend when the most recent episode of the STAR WARS phenonomen earned $100,000,000, on its opening day!  And though It makes me crazy to know that the entertainment industry rakes in billions while millions face poverty, I hold on to my sanity by telling myself that with every ticket sold, theaters fill with active young, minds, which are influenced, while munching on popcorn, to picture themselves growing up to become Jedi Warriors rather than Storm Troopers.).

    Each time the sorry state of our world comes to mind, I choose to rechannel my thoughts in hopes of reducing my frustration by envisioning rabbis, who shepartheir flocks to work toward creating a future where men, women and children are educated to do more than give lip service to resolving conflicts with mutual respect intact.  With positive focus orchestrating my trains of thought, I believe that, some day, a majority of worshippers, who congregate round the teachings of Jesus, will consciously absorb his lessons so deeply as to integrate his words of wisdom into their daily lives rather than reciting biblical psalms, robotically, before going home to feud with family.  And now, we have Malala, whose courageous young voice  brings to mind:  A child shall lead us from dark to light.

    I hope that, rather than worshipping words of wisdom in a segregated fashion, the day will dawn when the voice of leadership will encourage one and all to flock, together, and actually instill the concept of mutual respect into home after home, so that each next generation of children will mimic the effective manner with which their parents have learned to resolve conflicts, which are sure to arise when two or more independent spirits live under one roof. 

    Just as I look to the spirit of Socrates to whisper pearls of wisdom into my ear, common sense suggests that we'd all be wise to quest toward clarity, concerning education's slow-as-molasses progression toward leading the masses away from the dark side of human nature in favor of maturing toward the lightness of being, which is ours each time we muster the courage and humility to grow ever more self aware of narrow minded attitudes, which prove immature.  I mean, seriously, it's been quite disconcerting to note that, during each presidential debate, I've not yet heard anyone, who aspires to to this office of leadership, say anything that proves so remarkably intelligent as to have won my confidence, which precedes winning my vote ... And as many agree with the depth of my frustration, that fact leads me to ask you to ponder this question which I ask of myself :  If the divisive nature of our current political situation proves as grave as clarity, concerning reality, suggests, then what deeper truth must our next president identify before lasting change for the better proves possible?

    For many years, congress has turned a deaf ear no matter how often voters voice their unmet needs.  Makes me wonder if the name of The Force, which will lead our nation out of this confounding period of darkness is LISTENING SKILLS.

    Alas, I see no sign of a rest station welcoming this restless train of thought to relax, any time soon, and thus does my wearied sense of positive focus sincerely hope that you (like a young Muslim girl, named, Malala) will freely choose to make good use of your powers of interpersonal communications to brainstorm with family and friends until the moral majority actually learns to make such good use of mutually respectful plans of action that conflicting complexities, which have mystified intelligent minds throughout thousands of years of history, will simplify and resolve, bringing darkly divisive force of GREED to its knees, at last.

    I mean, clearly, a peaceful world community will serve the betterment of mankind as a whole.  Why?  Because deeper truth suggests that Walt was right on the mark when he corralled a choir of children to chant:  It's a small, small world, after all.  And by the way—I'm not suggesting that you create and present a plan for world peace to the U.N.  I'm suggesting that each of us can consciously brainstorm through growth spurts, concerning self awareness, until our minds open to absorb simple plans, designed to resolve conflicts, effectively, at home with our families.  And once my storyteller revives, I plan to make myself and my family examples of the change that I hope for the world. (In case you've forgotten or are new to my blog, I'm looking to connect with millions throughout the world in hopes of establishing a grass roots movement, which, over time, will provide our communal voice with a platform that will, one day, prove as widespread as has the voice of a courageous Muslim, teen-aged girl, who, having adopted her father's impassioned attitude about education, proudly bears the name of the ancient warrior, Malala ...)

    All along the historical time line from biblical times onward, every generation has had reason to breathe life into leadership to muster the courage to influence (educate) as many minds as proves possible to pull the weight of the bell shaped curve out of mental quicksand as mankind takes each next arduous step forward on the historical timeline, until hopefully, one day in the far distant future, Brainstormers and Stormtroopers (aka terrorists) will have learned to share our planet, living, side by side, after having learned to resolve conflicts in a well educated, peaceable manner, and in the meantime, it's my hope that you and I, like Malala, can influence (educate) as many children as possible to embrace a positively focused attitude so that our next generation of leaders will give much more than lip service to this trinity of high principled, long range goals:  Liberty.  Equality.  Justice for ALL .

    PS
    Can you guess whose spirit must be whispering into Malala's courageous ear?
    Sounds like Patrick Henry to me ...

    Interesting to note that mutually respectful attitudes, filtering through our society, have influenced the entertainment industry to offer women courageous leadership roles, which had once been reserved only for men:

    I mean can't you see Katniss (reel fiction) and Malala (real non fiction) becoming fast friends with Spartacus? ...

Friday, December 18, 2015

1314Y DO YOU KNOW OF MALALA?

Today, I've decided to pen thoughts which speak to me, concerning
The power of one, influencing world leadership to
Set their sights on  brainstorming toward creating
Change for the better on a global scope

And with reverence for her courageous stance
I write, today, of Malala
A child , whose courage shall
Lead the way from darkness to light

Malala Yousafzai is a young woman who, as a pre-teen
Began to speak courageously in favor of education in Pakistan, and
Once her stance was made known, publicly and
Her popularity grew, her voice inflamed the attention and fury of theTaliban

Malala was born on July 12, 1997 in Mingora, Paskistan and named after
Malala, a Pashtun heroine, by her beloved father, Ziauddin Yousafzai, whose
Love of learning compelled him
To open a school

As Malala's attitude, concerning education, was influenced by
Her father's leadership, this young girl did not hesitate to
Voice her opposition to
Taliban restrictions against education

At the age of eleven, Malala, sharing her father's passion for learning
Began to write a blog for the BBC Urdu service, using a pseudonym
Though, over the next several years, schools were bombed by the Taliban
Malala's courage did not falter

Malala's blog became so well-spread that in 2011
She was awarded Pakistan's first National Youth Peace Prize
As the Taliban had reason to fear her influence
Malala was identified and targeted for death

On October 9, 2012, a masked gunman boarded Malala's school bus, and
The Taliban's bullet penetrated her brain, neck and shoulder, leaving
Her in critical condition ... thank God, she survived and was moved to
The United Kingdom, where she remained hospitalized until January of 2013—

Rather than fearfully withdrawing her voice
This severely injured child continued to muster the courage to
Heal both physically and emotionally by walking out on the world stage to
Speak her truth, aloud

Last year, this courageous young leader published her first book:
I AM MALALA:
The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
(in collaboration with British journalist, Christina Lamb)

Last year, Malala spoke at the UN, demanding
Worldwide education for boys and girls
And as this child felt compelled to voice her heartfelt attitude
World leaders listened to deeper truth spoken courageously aloud

Last year, Malala was the youngest recipient of The Nobel Peace Prize
And, tomorrow, with the greatest of respect, rising to awe
I plan to quote the essence of Malala's
Positively frocused stance, concerning 'The Power of One' with you ...

Thursday, December 17, 2015

1314X OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF BABES ...

Post 1314W had reason to double between Tuesday and today ...

I've been waiting for readiness to signal me to pen a post about a modern day Anne Frank, and as intuitive thought kept adding insight to Tuesday's post, twinges of readiness beckoned to me to introduce this teen-aged heroine to you as soon as my conscious mind has researched that which seems most poinient to pen, concerning an attitude that compelled this courageous young mind to focus on the positive after Goliath tried (but failed, thank God!) to silence her voice ... So after you've scrolled down to see why my sense of readiness has signaled that the time is ripe to introduce you to a young woman, whose courage will prove self evident, please stay tuned to see that which intuitive thought, coupled with research, decides to pen, tomorrow ...

Tuesday, December 15, 2015

1314W A WORLD IN CONSTANT TRANSITION DEMANDS PATIENCE

Want to know why our world is such a mess?
See insight added, this morning, to paragraph three of  post 1314V ...

As hindsight offers insight into that which we are experiencing, today, let's take a fast glance over the historical time line in order to more deeply clarify this fact:  Man's brutality against mankind has extended over thousands of years.

Once that fact of man's brutality has been so deeply absorbed as not to be forgot, common sense suggests that the adoption on a worldwide basis of principles, such as equality, liberty, the pursuit of happiness and justice for all, is likely to take at least another hundred years to achieve, suggesting why each arduous step, which world leadership must take toward accomplishing that long range goal demands conscious recognition of our need to educate the masses, indicating why clarity, patience, courage and positive focus on the part of leadership must outweigh mental confusion, frustration and fear-based negative focus as we brainstorm, together, to do whatever proves necessary to insure the betterment and safekeeping of the lives of children, not yet conceived ... throughout the world.

Once I was a child, whose sense of safety was provided by my parents
Once I was a teacher of children, who provided youth with a safe place to learn
Once I focused on providing each of my offspring with an existential sense of clarity
Once I taught parents and teachers to discipline young minds and strengthen spirits
Once I brainstormed to exhume dark secrets, which haunted my sense of safety
Once I made sound use of hindsight to gain insight into undeserved guilt
Once I learned how undeserved guilt had limited my choices, I embraced change

Today I quest toward deeper truths, concerning equality and freedom for all
Today I give voice to the teacher who feels need to educate on a worldwide stage
Today I make my voice heard by penning a blog
Today I hope that you, too, will choose to quest toward deeper truth
Today I hope that you, too, will choose to adopt positively focused attitudes
Today, I hope that you, too, will actively partake in creating change for the better
Today I invest my time in bettering the world for children, whom I shall never meet
Today I post the on-going development of my leadership skills throughout the world

When I am asked:  How have people in 78 nations found your blog?
I reply:  I have no more clue as to how to answer that question than
I have a clue as to which train of thought intuition will direct
My conscious mind to write, tomorrow ...
In fact, all I can think to say, right now, with clarity intact is this:
'Seek and ye, too, shall find buried treasure within thy mind
And for some reason, that was thought brought Gandhi to mind
And whenever Gandhi's spirit hovers nearby
I say to myself:  Annie ... "Be the change you hope for the world."
And with that said, please tune in tomorrow, when
I'll take you half way around the world to meet a person, who
Cares so deeply about education as to have put her life on the line ...

Monday, December 14, 2015

1314V MENTAL QUICKSAND

I can't help but wonder why anyone other than me would try to make their way through the brain maze that exists inside my head while intuitive thought is actively transitioning toward conscious awareness, as seen in many of the posts that I feel need to edit, again and again, until insight into clarity is mine.

For example, let's consider post 1314U:
You have no clue how long my conscious mind felt compelled to rework that train of thought, this morning, until my sense of clarity felt reasonably ready to push publish with this caveat in mind:  At some point, after offering my thought processor time to rest, my instinctive need to review that train of thought, yet again, will revive ... Why?  Just to make certain that every insight, which emerged from within my subconscious, has been clearly absorbed by my conscious mind.  And not until each mental exercise, which deepens my sense of clarity, feels complete, does my brain, functioning as a well balanced whole, free my sense of readiness to pen a new post.

Want to know why our world is a mess?
Figuring out what causes one's mental attitude to wander into negatively focused quicksand is far from easy.  Figuring out how to pull one's sense of clarity out of mental quicksand proves next to impossible unless someone, whose train of thought proves positively focused, cares enough to throw you a rope ...  However, your present state of mind must feel ready to open at least enough to hold out your hand and catch it ...

Today's train of thought suggests that human life on our planet will remain exceptionally messy until world leadership has become so well educated about both sides of human nature (which leans most naturally toward the formation of defensive, closed minded attitudes) as to encourage tomorrow's youth to tune into positive focused attitudes more readily than proves possible, today, and if you ask how I know this will come true, with time, I'd reply:
Insight into farsightedness depends upon hindsight's ability to see that world leadership has actually been pulling the bell shaped curve in a positively focused direction, ever so slowly, over these past several thousand years, and if you ask why monumental changes in defensive attitudes demand more time and patience than mortal minds can easily fathom, I'd reply:  Moving the entire bell shaped curve forward on the time line proves such a mind boggling, monumental challenge as to indicate why each of us must hold oneself accountable for modeling behaviors that will lead tomorrow's youth to focus on creating change for the better by focusing positive attitudes toward pulling the closed minded establishment out of mental auicksand by expanding societal comfort zones to embrace a rainbow of choices rather than concentrating all of our grey matter on two:  Right or Wrong...

Sunday, December 13, 2015

1314U PATIENCE PROVES ROOTED IN POSITIVITY

During a discussion, concerning SELF DISCOVERY, a deeply treasured friend offered this astute definition of patience to me, which I'd like to pass forward to you:

A patient mind is one that has learned to tolerate ambiguity.

My interpretation of that statement:  When a conflict remains unresolved, a patient mind need not know which attitude (agree or disagree) resides within the mind of another to determine its own.

Since my attitudes are consciously rooted in positivity, the focus of my stance remains self empowered for this reason:  Shifting winds, which had once ruffled my feathers, no longer change the direction of my course of action.  You see, just like Jonathan Livingston Seagull, who had need to assert a self confident stance, thus empowering his independent spirit to decide when to fly with the flock and when to fly solo, I , too, had need to free my mind of inner conflict whenever my needs had reason to clash with the needs of those I love.

Each time I think to tune into my intuitive sense of emotional intelligence, my conscious mind is more likely to absorb insight into deeper truth.  For instance, let's consider a train if thought that intuition is directing my conscious mind to contemplate, right now:  If love in its purest form is the greatest equalizer known to mankind and if my spirit's need to thrive depends upon concentrating my conscious awareness on expanding the narrow boundaries of my comfort zone (which had mistakenly been set by a subconscious attitude based in fear, which made me feel as though subservience and safety were indivisible) then it makes sense to surmise that my heartfelt desire to offer and receive love, naturally, freely and deeply has need to resist being suppressed by a defensive state of mind so that each time my heart chooses to embrace another, I can sense the depth of my sincerity with a growing degree of self empowered clarity, and thus do I work to simplify emotional complexity, consistently.

Saturday, December 12, 2015

1314T THE GREATEST EQUALIZER OF ALL

Upon awakening this morning to see
Ravi's sparkling blue eyes smiling at me, I thought:
It's possible for every conflict to be resolved if
We remember that in all of the world
There exists no power greater than love, and
Here's why that's true:
In the absence of defensiveness, born of fear
The human heart is capable of offering
 Compassion and forgiveness so naturally as to
Name love, free of fear, the greatest equalizer known to mankind

Friday, December 11, 2015

1314S IT IS 5:19AM

This awareness, concerning intuitive thought, bears repeating:
Though I'm good with the fact that intuitive thought has come to 'direct' my conscious mind to feel safe (rather than defensive and thus resistant) whenever my sense of courage 'conducts' the sum of my personal strengths to venture ever more deeply into revealing subconscious secrets that I'd kept from myself, it sure would be nice if I could coax my quest for self discovery (which mines my subconscious for additional strings of insight until my sense of emotional maturity develops the readiness to confront yet another unprocessed memory, which had proved so traumatic as to have burdened the terrified mind of an innocent child with a haunting sense of undeserved guilt) to harmonize with my desire to sleep later than 5AM!

As currently, my clock says 5:19AM, and as Ravi's parents are catching a flight to party on the coast with Barry, Marie, David, along with about a hundred of their mutual friends, guess who's about to welcome a sweet, one year old munchkin to enjoy a weekend sleepover at Gramma's and Grampa's ... suggesting sound reason to place my iPad aside, rest my mind and catch up on as many Zzzzz's as possible, thus readying myself to keep up with our little bundle of energetic joy, who plans to appear at our front door before noon ...

And now that intuitive thought has penned what it felt need to say for today, imagine my stylus pushing publish while my mind, body and spirit, smiling in anticipation of enjoying a weekend  overflowing with heartfelt delight, hope to drift into a peaceful slumber for at least another hour or if I'm lucky, maybe one hour will stretch into two ...

Later:
My eyes just opened and upon glancing at the clock
Low and behold, guess what I saw?
I saw - 8:30 - staring back at me so melodically as to have
Drawn forth my smile as naturally as
Proves true whenever the maestro within orchestrates
The sum of my personal strengths until feats of
Mental complexity appear to play out so simply that
All that meets an observer's eye is
A well organized symphony of well practiced musicality, directed by
My conscious awareness, tuning into common sense, which
Alerts my sense of readiness to signal creativity to
Take an extra bow after each simple plan, offering
Change for the better all around, has soloed on center stage

And now that intuitive thought has challenged my
Conscious mind to orchestrate the second part of today's post
It's time to rest my mind while readying
The inner glow of my smile to welcome
My sweet natured, one year old grand daughter, whose
Squeals of delight, each time she's surprised to see me
Infuse my sense of well being with such depths of joy as to
Consciously treasure beyond measure
Every moment of sheer bliss experienced in her company
And with that said, my stylus is ready to push publish, again

Wednesday, December 9, 2015

1314R GEEZ LOUISE! WHAT AM I DOING UP AT 5AM??

Just as an orchestra practices privately, repeatedly, before playing a complex concerto, publicly, my think tank reviews strings of insight, time and again, in hopes of tuning in to deeper truth, concerning how best to harmonize my needs with the needs of others.  And with harmony in mind, guess which maestro chose to review post 1314P, yet again?  Yup.  Yours truly!  So once again, here I am passing the baton, hoping that your intuition will choose to pick it up and practice scaling up and down insights added to post 1314P, and if you've tired of reviewing that post, I understand, because in no way does my thought processor want to consider the merit of additional strings of insights, which, upon filtering into my awareness, awakens me  before the crack of dawn when the rest of me had planned to start my day in a leisurely fashion, many hours later than sunrise!

Though I'm good with the fact that (over recent years) intuitive thought has 'directed' my conscious mind to feel safe (rather than defensively resistant) each time my sense of courage 'conducts' the sum of my personal strengths to venture ever more deeply into revealing subconscious secrets, it sure would be nice if I could coax my quest for self discovery (which, day after day, mines my subconscious for additional strings of insight until my growing sense of emotional maturity develops the readiness to confront yet another unprocessed memory so traumatizing as to have burdened the terrified mind of an innocent child with undeserved guilt) to harmonize with my desire to sleep later than 5AM!

Tuesday, December 8, 2015

1314Q HAPPY CHANUKAH!

In addition to celebrating Chanukah
Today is my birthday
So as my holiday gift to you, I've added
Another string of insights to post 1314P
And if you'd like to offer a birthday gift to me
You can choose to consider that which
Intuitive thought revealed over night
As for now, picture me wishing you
The same, 'easy-peasy' five star day that
I'm planning to enjoy, myself
And when our family gathers to light our menorah
I'll be sure to have a fire extinguisher handy so as not to
Set my house afire while attempting to blow out
All the candles on my cake with one gynormous breath ...

Sunday, December 6, 2015

1314P DEEPER TRUTH AND DISCRETION

Generally speaking, inner conflict disrupts peace of mind when two of my personal values clash, riddling the decision-making portion of my brain with confusion until intuitive thought reveals an insight into deeper truth, which clarifies a detail that had escaped my sense of awareness.

Since insight into deeper truth serves to open my eyes to subconscious fears and personal traits to which I'd been blind, it makes sense to muster the courage and humility necessary to peel away at my wall of denial in order to see the entirety of the person, whom I actually prove to be, presently.

Each time I consciously muster up the personal strength of humility to confront less desirable traits which my defense system had denied as my own, my sense of emotional maturity can save my ego from burning in the fires of humiliation, most especially at those times when my mirror reflects the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, concerning vulnerabilities in need of further strengthening.

Do you know what separates conscious truth from deeper truth?
A wall of denial, which blocks our think tanks from identifying subconscious truths, concerning that which we actually feel but have repressed from awareness.  If you ask:  why did Mother Nature program our defense systems to hide certain traits and feelings from our conscious minds?  I'd reply:  We hide from truths that make us feel so unsafe as to interfere with our thought processor's ability to function on a day to day basis.

If you say:  Annie, I understand why fear is blocked, but what blocked your conscious awareness from identifying your unmet needs, over most of your life?  I'd reply:  My rcpressed fear of abandonment.  As long as, I remained blind to the fact that my subconscious need to receive smiles dominated all of my other needs, my conscious awareness focused solely upon my ability irradiate frowns by satisfying the unmet needs of others.  Why?  Because the mere hint of a frown aroused the main root of my anxiety, and that remained unchanging until intuitive thought sensed my readiness for insight into my repressed fear of emotional abandonment to emerge from within the secret pocket within my subconscious where Mother Nature hid deeper truths, concerning fears, which had scared (scarred) a small child's self esteem half to death.  And as long as that fear remained in its repressed (unprocessed state) my sense of security would suffer from bouts of undiagnosed PTSD.

As strings of insight highlighted my growing sense of awareness, concerning the unresolved nature of the root of my anxiety, which in the aftermath of Janet's shocking death, had left me (the surviving child) feeling unworthy of my parents' love, my subconscious fear of frowns lost its clout, suggesting the retirement of my life-long need to bend over backward to meet everyone's needs while denying the importance of my own.  And thus did the conscious absorption of deeper truth relieve my innocence of undeserved guilt, which I'd foisted upon myself at the tender age of three, which, universally, proves to be a crucial stage of personality development.

Once intuitive thought, concerning my need for personal growth, identified my readiness to explore my latent fear of combustible, angry confrontation, clarity, concerning the universality of the human condition (meaning that all people could benefit from identifying repressed fears and unmet needs) coaxed me to muster the courage to take one careful step forward (into uncharted territory) after another until a host of personal vulnerabilities, in need of strengthening, showed themselves to me, one after another.  And once insight into my readiness to muster the courage necessary to take conscious steps forward, toward making gains in emotional maturity, the creative portion of my thought processor began to conjure up simple solution seeking plans, each of which led to change for the better, all around. Upon reflection, the creative nature of these plans (each of which was based in personal growth on my part) began when my first child was two, suggesting my being 27 years old.

Today, common sense suggests that there are times within every person's life when questing toward deeper truth (concerning self discovery) makes more sense than remaining confounded about how best to resolve conflicts, which prove complex, universal and timeless.  Having led classes in conflict resolution and problem solving skills for more than forty years, simplifying emotional complexity has become second nature to the creative center of my brain.  And now that I've come to see how unprocessed fear exacerbates inner conflict, thus arousingspikes of latent anxiety, which serves to confounds our decision making process, my readiness to know both sides of myself chooses to identify fears to which my conscious awareness is still blind..

Whereas subconscious denial of deeper truth is born of unprocessed (unidentified, defensive) fear, my conscious sense of need for discretion (to times when solution seeking proves necessary) is born of experiential wisdom.

Today, with self discovery as my guide
My self assured voice is rarely silenced by unidentified fear, over long
Today, when fear clutches my conscious mind, I'm inclined to say:
Let me ponder over the confounding nature of this complexity, and
After I sleep on it (offering intuitive thought to filter into
My conscious mind) I'll get back to you
I say this knowing, full well, that insight into deeper truth may
Need to percolate, over night ... And once a simple solution
To a confounding problem speaks to me, I'll ask you to contemplate
The merits of a plan, which, being grounded in introspective insight, employs
Common sense to simplify complexity, so that
My think tank, no longer feeling confounded, can see why
The unresolved nature of our conflict proves worthy of further discussion

If you ask why my solution seeking success rate proves so high, I'd reply:
I place my faith in the fact that each positively focused train of thought is
Based in common sense, suggesting that intuition guides my self confident stance to
Know when to engage my well practiced listening skills vs when
To open my mouth and listen to deeper truth flowing naturally out of my mind
In other words, during times fraught with conflict
You'll not hear me say a word until I feel confident that
Emotional maturity and discretion are holding hands with kindness, suggesting that
There are times to expose deeper truth, as painful as it may be to hear, and
Times to withhold deeper truth in the privacy of my mind, rather than
Freeing everything I feel or think for public consumption
And thus do I believe that in order to develop the discretion and kindness that
Holds hands with the development of emotional maturity
Each person must advances on life's path toward personal growth by
Taking countless, cautious steps, at one's own pace ...  Thus do I feel
 Deeply appreciative of the fact that
My open-minded, intuitive adventure with
Positively focused, personal growth got off to a creative start when
I was in my twenties, and my children, being tiny tots with
Sponge-like minds, followed this Pied Piper's positive lead, so
Simply and freely, much more often than not, so as to
Suggest why our family relationships' sense of
All-for-one-and-one-for-all is fraught with so little inner conflict, today

Saturday, December 5, 2015

1314 O

Well, it happened, again!
 Post 1314N blossomed into a  bouquet of insights, over night!

Wednesday, December 2, 2015

1413N ALL I CAN SAY IS THANK GOODNESS FOR THE EDITING PROCESS!

2015
Each time intuition compels me to review
A post published, previously, I comply, and
Lo and behold, guess what I find?
I find the most intelligent portion of my mind striking
Gold, yet again, in this way:  Insights, absorbed, yesterday
Have had time to percolate, over night, so that upon
Awakening, today, my intelligence can
Revisit that same hot spot, and
Upon mining ever more deeply than before
Intuitive thought 'picks' up on yet another
Mother load of insights, which my quest for
Self awareness had need to absorb, and since
The prospector in me yearns to share each rich vein of
Unburied treasure with you, I aim to pass the 'pick'
(Which taps ever more deeply into my need to
Grow ever more wise), in hopes of coaxing
Your thirst for personal growth to 'pick' up on
Newly mined insight into deeper truth, As did I

Each time the most intelligent portion of
Your brain chooses to scroll down my blog to
Reread a post published, previously, closed mindsets grow
More apt to open and expand at your own pace as naturally as
Has become true of mine, and if you ask:  Annie, what
Compels you to review insights, which
Emerged from within your own brain, time and again?
I'd reply:  Carving new pathways for positively focused
Attitudes to travel (in hopes of actively creating
Lasting change for the better) depends upon my calling forth
A host of inner strengths (such as
Humility, courage, patience and resilience), every day, and
Though practice does not make perfect, time spent processing and practicing
Positively focused attitudes proves necessary before the narrow confines of
My old comfort zone feels free to expand so much as to encourage the
Self assured portion of my voice to grow so bold as to express
My newly expanded frame of mind, concerning my unmet needs, aloud

Every time I review a post, published previously (in hopes of
Deepening my conscious absorption of each
Next mother load of insights, which seems to emerge, as though
All on its own), my intuitive sense of deeper truth identifies
Yet another narrow minded attitude, which had not served me well

As I know that the conscious absorption of each new mother load of insights
Depends upon the expansion of my comfort zone to grow less resistant to
My spitit's need need to create change for the better in order to
 Meet my needs in a caring way that proves less complex
Less problematic, more creative and simplistic than had
Felt possible at an earlier time when my mindset had been
Confined within a framework, which had proved too narrow to
'Pick' up on this fact:  The restless nature of inner conflict, which just won't quit
Reflects deeper truth prodding our intelligence to grow ever more
Attentive to the human spirit's subconscious need to peel away at
Layers of denial until a door opens inside our minds, and
Upon walking through this door, which our wall of denial had
Blocked our conscious minds from viewing, we see
A path that invites our heartfelt needs to take steps toward
Freely accepting each other's love in such a healthy manner as to
Experience depths of joy, which the narrow focus of
Our self perceptions had forbidden our spirits to
Embrace, wholly and naturally, though
Intuitive thought had implored us to grow
Ever more attentive to unmet needs, coaxing us to
Melt away all sense of inner conflict, which
Being based in undeserved guilt had barred our way from
Welcoming a brand new opportunity to
Nurture each other's hearts by nourishing our souls with
Fruit that need not feel forbidden once personal growth
Offered us reason to unpack subconscious guilt, carried
Forth as excess baggage ever since childhood, when
Toeing the mark (set by our parents) and our sense of
personal safety felt permanently indivisible ...

I've come to see how frequently ntuitive thought
Coaxes me to edit a post, anew, in hopes of my becoming
Ever more aware of my need to reprocess
A misperceived self perception, carried forth, subconsciously, since
Childhood, until, finally, upon astute reflection, I come to see that
My original self assessment had been so flawed as to
Have blinded my sense of clarity from seeing
The character traits of the adult I've grown to be, today, with
An eye trained upon accuracy ...
And once my self worth measures up to the person I
Choose to be, today, yesteryear's guilt
Slides out of my mind, freeing all of me to
Satisfy my heartfelt needs, daringly and
Creatively, without feeling selfish, at all!