1373 48H's IN CELEBRATION OF PLEASURE

No matter our age, seeing life through the eyes of a child

Who feels worthy of love, offers a riot of laughs

OUR HISTORY EXISTS IN MEMORY

And this is my beloved ...

Love and the miracle of new life

High School Daze

Senior Year Book

 

Future Teachers of Anerica - College bound

Sisters

And this is my beloved

Blessed with miracles from generation to generation

We are family—cousins 

Clean up time—Cookies in the oven—YUM!

The blendship of friendship

Blessed with the miracle of new life in my arms—one more time!

Ain't life grand!

 

Never a dull (or quiet) moment!

Brotherly love!

Each picture is worth a thousand words of heartfelt delight

Free spirited love leans in naturally

Monopoly at the cabin—My magic place

At thirteen it's time for fun and brand new games

At seventy five it's time for surprise parties!

Anytime is time for Disneyland with cousins

Time flies - A college man about town

 

Pooped out after another rollicking Bar Mitzvah weekend

If it's Sunday morning, it's chocolate chip pancake time

Followed by backyard basketball with Dad

If it's Fall it's Football Mania!

 

Time flies - And this is my beloved

Never too old to play 'let's pretend' at the drop of a hat!

See what I mean?

Costumes aren't even necessary!

But they sure do add to the fun!

Mom and Dad get into the act

A vision of beauty!

A vision of hilarity!

The name of the game is Work Hard, Play Hard

Children who grow up feeling loved, unconditionally, grow to be men, unafraid to lean in ...

Fifty years and this is my beloved

Our trio surprise their Dad on his seventieth with a guys trip to

The Football Hall of Fame

Take me out to the ballgame on my 99th birthday


OUR PRESENT (THOUGH FLEETING) IS NOW

And this is my beloved

Life's little miracles keep multipying!

A day at the beach with Tony and Ray

Giggles with Papa

We feel blessed as miracles multiply, again ...

Ravi dressed in the outfit her Gramma crocheted forty years ago

So much to feel thankful for

Like father like daughter

So that's how insight works!  Two pairs of eyes!

Just Goofying around

Free spirited happiness of children, who feel deeply loved, beams from the inside out

The faces of brotherhood

When life and love shower a child with one delight after another, it shows!

IN HOPES OF ENJOYING A LIFE THAT REMAINS SPIRITUALLY YOUNGER THAN SPRINGTIME, INSIGHT, CONCERNING CHANGE FOR THE BETTER

SUGGESTS THAT WE EACH MUSTER THE COURAGE TO EXPOSE

SUBCONSCIOUS POCKETS OF NEGATIVITY FOR THIS REASON:

YOUR FUTURE WAITS TO BE WRITTEN, AS IS TRUE OF MINE ...

 

Here is Barry's favorite photo of his parents, which

He copied and framed for each person in our family

Once we grow up, some things are in need of change for the better
While other things (like not growing too old to free your spirit's
Sense of wholeness from inner conflict by creating a balance between
Every pleasure that life provides) must not change for
The worse, suggesting each person's existential need to consider
The insight-driven validity of these inter-related truths:

A brain that harbors subconscious fear of emotionality may lean
So far toward logic as to miss leaning, openly, toward love

A balanced state of mind (between logic and emotion) provides
Our thought processors with a measure of expansion that's necessary
If intuition is to enter the solution-seeking arena while
The rest of the brain is at rest, suggestive of
The universal validity of this next classic truth—

Balance in all things depends upon learning to quiet your
Take-action think tank by taming the control freak within, who
Standing guard over your brain's tool box, denies
Your smart heart access to rummaging around inside your head until
Your conscious awareness gets a firm grasp on your trusty but
Rusty tweaker, which has been waiting impatiently (thus anxiously) for
You to summon the humility to lift the heavy burden of
Impossible perfection from the shoulders of the deeply perplexed
Over-achieving children we once were so that the 'Human doing', whom
We grew up to be, feels intuitively tweaked to relax just enough
To free our hearts to enjoy every aspect of love that life provides by
Embracing the imperfect 'Human being' whom
Each of us to be, and though imperfect we'll always be, creative thinking
Offers every individual a myriad of ways to conjure up solutions to
Inner conflicts that had seemed impossible to resolve until we gain
The wisdom to walk the path of positivity, which leads hopelessness
To switch tracks toward hopefulness by refocusing
Our stymied think tanks toward not ever saying never ...
Why not?  Because the mantra of 'never give up' suggests that we have no clue
As to what brand new, bright idea tomorrow's brainstorming session may bring ...

 

SINCE YOUR FUTURE AND MINE IS YET TO BE WRITTEN
LET'S REMIND EACH OTHER THAT AT EVERY STAGE OF LIFE
NOTHING SPEAKS AS NATURALLY, SOULFULLY, AND
THUS INTUITIVELY STRAIGHT FROM OUR HEARTS AS
THE UNCONDITIONAL NATURE OF LOVE

SO MANY STORIES TO TELL ...
(I chose to leave any imperfection you may spy in place)

1373 47H's INSIGHT INTO OPPOSING VALUES INTERTWINING, PEACEABLY, SEEMS TO BE PLAYING GAMES WITH MY CONSCIOUS MIND

When soulful connection with a loved one proves to be
One of my heartfelt desires you'll not see me give up on
Brainstorming until a relaxed sense of readiness to enjoy
Change for the better has been achieved on both sides
And since that has been my M.O., pretty much forever
You may feel inclined to ask:
If you can't control change in anyone but yourself then
How can brainstorming on your own create change for the better?
And thinking your question merits an intelligent answer
I'd respond:  Though I'm still addicted to hope while
Working to achieve any heartfelt desire, I no longer
Lose sight of my spirit's good health, suggesting
That while seeking meaningful connection with another
You'll not see me lose sight of my brain's inner strengths for
This reason:  Upon reflecting over several past experiences, which
Saw me stretching so far to hold a loved one's hand as to accomplish
Nothing other than coming up empty handed after
Falling flat on my face, hindsight has offered my sense of
Clarity 200/20 vision, concerning that which has
Changed for the better at my end:  Retrospectively
I've gained insight into the necessity to muster the patience to
Work toward change for the better with others while
Simultaneously focusing my sights on this bigger picture—
I have grown aware of my existential need to enjoy life in such
An emotionally well balanced manner as to seek to connect (or
Reconnect) with a person who has won my devotion without
Losing sight of my sense of self respect in the process ...
You see, love is known to fly in unbidden while insight into
Deeper truth suggests that respect must be earned

If you wonder how today's intuitive train of thought
Will lead us toward answering the riddle left
Unresolved, concerning opposing values that
Need to intertwine if our minds are to
Unburden themselves of inner conflict, thus freeing
Our spirits (which bear the heavy weight of
Undeserved guilt) to soar while both feet
Are planted on solid ground then please continue to
Muster the patience (as must I) to see
What my power of intuition has up its sleeve, because
As of right now, I have only an inkling of where
My mind (which has a mind of its own) is heading ...
And thus do I thank goodness for the fact that my faith in
Intuitive powers, which prove well practiced, offers
My newfound sense of wholeness sound reason to feel
Confounded and peaceful, all at once ...
In fact, I'm beginning to wonder if the mysterious nature of
Today's train of thought is my brain's creative way of inspiring
My think tank to ready itself to switch tracks from months of
Philosophizing toward gaining insight into resolving
Life's most classic riddles by way of storytelling ... Hmmm ...

1373 46H's I SPOKE IN HASTE

My apologies for having spoken in haste by suggesting that
My sense of readiness to engage in debate would emerge, today

Had my calendar been consulted, a greater sense of clarity concerning

Time to write would have been mine

As today proves very busy, common sense suggests that I delay validating

My stance until free time offers my thought processor reason to relax

As previously stated, relaxation arouses my intuitive powers to sift through
My memory bank until specific insights emerge, as though all on their own

Sooo, guided by common sense, concerning mental relaxation, I'll await
A natural sense of readiness to answer any skepticism with 'spot on' insight

And hopefully, you, too, will choose to muster patience by keeping this thought
In mind:

With patience intact, intuition will summon memory to release yesteryear's insight to
Flash through my conscious awareness, again, and ...

Once this natural phenonemon takes place, I'll pen my thoughts with
A greater sense of clarity than had been possible, several years back

If you ask how I can predict that, given time, this natural phenomenon will unfold
I'd reply:

Ever since the birth of my first child, I've felt blessed by a relaxed sense of
Intuitive thought emerging from the positively focused portion of my mind

And during recent years, my well practiced, intuitive powers have

Experienced reason to expand to include and enhance every aspect of my life

Therefore, my history, which accompanies me everywhere I go, offers sound reason for
My self confidence to grow ever more certain that, with patience, insight will ignite

1373 45H's OPPOSING VALUES NEED NOT FEEL CONFOUNDING

Once my negative self image rebalanced, clarity offered me reason to see why one sensate pleasure need not cancel another as long as each source of joy, which nourishes my soul, remains steadied by my common sensical approach to life, which, guided by insight into deeper truth, spotlighted two values that seemed directly opposed to each other until they proved intertwined:

Do un to others as you would have others do un to you

and

Live life to the fullest by respecting your spirit's need to fly free of constraint

If you're tempted to ask how opposing values can intertwine without
Igniting inner conflict, may I suggest that we debate the answer to
That question after both of us awaken, tomorrow morning, in hopes that
Your power of intuition may kick in, over night ... As for me
Insight into deeper truth resolved that riddle about twenty years back

And with that said, this portends to be a perfect time or me to switch tracks and

Relax my think tank by taking a joyful stroll down memory lane ...