These Truths we hold self evident

      What responsibility do we have to each other ? When we look up at another while we are just being ourselves , out and about we see that more and more people do not engage, most of the time unless in very small quarters , people don't even look up at one another. A nod or smile has gone out the window and if asked it is due to the Pandemic. I call , Bull Shit on that. It seems the reason is veried and most complicated, and the Pandemic plays a very little part in this. We have been driven apart by our own Truths, that we , inside of ourselves hold self evident. WE are afraid. If you will excuse my thoughts about Truths , I will say that is where some want us. Being afraid make us not see the whole picture , we only see what it does to us, as individuals, not as neighbors or countrymen or human who live on the same planet. When we see only a small part of anything we can not see Truth. That works perfect for those who wish to control the situation, any situation.                                                                                                            So my responsibility to others is to be as much of myself as I have found to be true through self examination to find my Truths. What I have found is that many of my self truths correspond  to others as well. At my core , our very core the Truths we hold self evident ( if you will excuse the use of that phrase) are connected with everyone else. Family , friends, antiquates , people we will never meet or just pass us by all hold Truths that wee brought by time and what we have seen and heard from others . What is needed is to look at those truths we find when we seek self knowledge through our distractions. Each distraction we see when thinking about self truths are a clue as to how true are Truths are, if we did deep enough into these distractions we will find out for ourselves what we hold most dear, those are our self truths. If after we have examined these Truths for our self and we can bring them out and share them with out shame when looking back on them , then they are self Truths. 

Youth found in Memories , Remembered Sound and the Music of my Life and How it Imitated Art

       As a Youth, I'd often wonder why Music made the Spirit in me , move. As with Art , so to Life. Such certain circumstances , all having things in common, a thread perhaps, a Story more likely. When a story is narrated , the speaker sets the decorations and creates Life. With Art , you must use an imagination to fill those empty shelves with the decorative things of life, if you will forgive the way I refer to , Earthly possessions , saying , Earth, Wind, Fire and Water are mere possessions, an Abstract to be used as a comparison, but seeing as the Earth is finite, we will use Music, because it has an Esoteric life all its own , it is , in itself , Divine and Other Worldly.                                               Now, as I remember, there are certain moments in life that when Music plays, it effects us, it highlights in such an authentic originality that it amplifies each and every tiny moment of said moments. Any situation you place yourself or just plain came by and joined in will be experienced with such a quality of Life, that not only does it Imitate it , it Absorbs it , emulates it, goes beyond the veil of Earthly existence and walks the Corridors of the Astral Divine.                                                                                                          Each sound evokes an Emotion or response of equal perpotion. I have been told that the L.P. , you know a Vinyl Record that plays all your favorites from a particular Band. This particular Band had an Album , Dark Side of the Moon, by Pink Floyd. Now as I was told , you play that Album , Dark Side of the Moon and at the same time you play the movie , Wizard of Oz. Now as I said , each sound evokes an Emotion and most every one has seen the movie and heard at least a small part of the Album ( if not the whole album , more than once LOL ) and they each bring such different memories coming from different places , like where you were m what you were doing, that is a thing that has a fixed point to each separate thing. The fixed point is your own thoughts, so when you hear or see a thing that has brought you such pleasure through sight and sound and bring them together for a first time you have created a synchronicity and that is a wonderful exploration of a mind that was fixed in one point and now brought together with another fixed point.                                                                                                                    I have been visiting that point lately. No, not with the Dark Side of the Moon and the Wizard of Oz ( that might just blow , whats left to this poor mind ! ) At certain times the noises in my head retreat and only one remains. When that happens I can go into the TV room and turn the Surround Sound all the way up and experience what until now has been , me watching the closed caption and missing the show, but at least I know the plot , if not the characters. The memories are as real as the sound that I can hear. You haven't heard Music until you have no hearing except for the brain music you can remember, then all at once , it comes back like a flood , both the experience of hearing what I knew I had heard so long ago and now hearing it again , that Music, and once again going to that fixed point in space and time , like in a blink of an eye and not even high , but I will try and suffice it to say that Music Hath Charms to Sooth a Savage Breast , Entice a wandering eye, exhibit strange and beautiful behavior and turn a Cold Stone Heart into a Melted Ore. 

" What If " Just Imagine If It All Turns Out To Be A " HIGH TRUTH "

      What If ?  Think on this. Just imagine , a tiny little stretch of the imagination , less than if you go see a Science Fiction Movie. What if it turns out to be a High Truth ? The All Everything , never created , never ending , Omnipotent , ever was , always will be, God of us all and all of everything.                                          It takes 250 million years for one complete Revolution of the Galaxy we live in and the Earth we live on is purported to be severely older than that. How much older, 100 revolutions ?  More ? Time & Space & Light created all by this Gods , " Word " Absolutely Unbelievable ... Not !  Truly Believable... Of Course !                                                                                                                                                                    Let us believe this is so , for now , and I will tell you what I know of this " What If " , and you can decide what is True and what You Believe.                                                                                                            What do we know of thousands of years, we can read about it, we can go to School for it and be personally involved in finding things that are from 1000 years ago or even 100,000 years ago but think about a 1,000,000 years ago or 1,000,000,000  years ago. Nothing can come close , even believing that 1,000,000,000 years ago things lived , well, long before that , God set forth and Created all from nothing . A  " Word " from God and all was set in motion. Beautiful Perfected Chaotic Balance of Everything. Planets, Stars, Suns and Moons, think of something , anything and it was in that " Word " which held all of everything. Gods plan was so simple and elegant that Poets have spent Millennia trying to imagine the right words to describe it, even the smallest of details  can be written about and need yards of paper to describe what is told in those few words.                                                                                                                 In the beginning , life was simple, single celled life forms and God knew from billions of Planets and even more Galaxies in an ever expanding Universe, life will happen and expand on itself and grow expotentially and have results only God could know and watch for. Fast forward 1,000,000,000,000 years and here we are. We look at ourselves as the Pinnacle of Human Knowledge and Advancement, Marvel and Execution and yet we have trouble with a simple concept of Loving others as we Love our self. We look at others and see a reflection of someone different from us because they live on the other side of the Planet. They live all the way over there and they look funny to us, get real they think we look as funny to them as we think they look. Reality check we all look funny to another, unless we are so stuck up and think of our self as so pretty and you be so ugly that it makes others want to walk away , shaking their head in disgust. All of this is a really fine example of how , as a group of humans have matured over the ages. We just can't be honest with our self , so why should we be honest with others.                                            Despite Geography , Sociology , Politics , and Religion , there are so many people who really try to do what is right , not only for those around us or those with whom we want to be like but for the sake of being good and wanting those things for our children. If you were to ask any person on this Earth what do they wish for , the majority of those asked would say, a better future for their children , more chances at happiness for them and then their children. When you get right down to it and speak of these four things I mentioned, Geography, Sociology, Politics and Religion , each one has its roots that it made by those in power. When each started they had a grand idea , that it might join together the people so that those , " In The Know " could control those who needed , not to know. Each person , was once said to not be an Island. That simple put is that each and every one of us needs each other . Not only is it easier when instead of one person striving , two people can live, or so it seems. Nothing is easy but with another you have someone to tell your worries to and share each day and Love each other, you have an awful hard time knowing Love without another.                                                                                                                               Three of the four things I mentioned has to do with Earthly things. Land and how it should be divided. Who is strong and who is weak and how should we use this to select people , so we can know who is good and who is bad. Then with Politics its almost the same as Sociology , we don't want to do anything about what is going on around us , whether its cleaning streets or regulating the size of a building lot , so all around the world we have Politicians to do that type of work for us, but little do we know its all a big sham , we give up the right to know whats going on right in front of us as well as the next block and then the rest of the way around the World. Most of what is done is done behind closed doors in what some might say is , " To Closed For Comfort " but Politicians will just say its for the good of the whole, when its the people who are the whole, but I digress. Religion is the only one of the four that is the people, still hidden by those who need secrecy to hold us in a grip of Religious fever. When it all comes down to one thing. Every Religion , known to man and still being practiced and those Religions that have been dead for centuries held the belief that their is at its Core, there is the " Unknown " the One , Father, Most High and the list goes on but the meaning is the same. All over the world for as long as Human beings looked up at the Stars and wondered , How, Why and most important... Who !  Who is behind all this and further still , all from different times, different places and different Peoples. All meaning the same thing but as I just said with differences in Time and Space but the same idea of an all knowing, all Intense, all things in one God.                                                                                                                                                                          So, God set forth in motion, " HIS " simply perfect plan to let life flow and flourish where it will, with Free Will , with Love available along with every other emotion that can be thought of , good , bad, evil or good thrown into the mix to see what comes from allowing Beings , ( I say beings , because I am including Civilization's that are millions of years ahead of use and of course, also , maybe , behind us ) . to be shown a path with every kind of pleasure, pain , Love and Hate, disease and every situation imaginable to find out what would be done if left alone to their own devises for perhaps millions of years or more then come and take a look at what we have done with all that was given us. Starting with the Cavemen and women , up to and then including all the years in between so the strong can be strong and Good or Vile, Bad or Forgiving , until the methods change because we grew, for Good and Bad we grew into Technology . Now there are whole new ways to treat people . Easier to Subjugate , Torture , Disenfranchise all those who say , No. No to War, No to taking children and turning them into Killing Machines, Little Girls into Women over night and against their will, and to Balance things out so good has the same chance as Bad. The Technology and people behind it to create systems to save all these people who are , The Minus People who have no one to see after their happiness and only Prayer to nourish them.                                                                                                                                                                        Now the scene is set and all things that have been put into motion have been played and the answer is in front of us. GOD awakens ! How long has GOD been asleep, if we can call what a GOD does , as sleep. From a slumber , Universe Deep and Wide, Millions of years, allowing us to be what we will be , not caring because , th Iought caught up with us and said if there is a GOD why would the World be this way , when it was us with our Free Will and assumption that we are the top of the Food Chain, the Apex of everything out there. GOD the willing Parent to Worlds of Beings let loose and choosing what will be , trying hard and not knowing that a Balance was put into place for our own good . Take a very close look around , at the Chaos that is all around, because we have no time to look at one another in the eyes and say, you are my Brother and I am yours, no matter where and what your circumstances are , I am there for you as I know you will be there for me. You will defend me , as I you , you hold my life as dear as your own, I will not succumb to Earthly Reality because I know there is a GOD out there watching us with Love for all , if only to ask and be .                                                                                                                          I see for myself the very small people we are, and at times, I worry. Then I see young men and young women who have made a place in this World where the Weak and undefended have Shelter. Where Powerful Money Interest's have hold, I see  Courageous young and old taking each others hands and Marching forward for a better Future... and I worry , just a bit less.                                                                                 GOD in what is know as Infinite Wisdom sees all and knows of those who have lead this fight , with Honor , Love and Courage. There may be hope , there may be Love , but always there is God and maybe in one more 250 Million year Revolution , we will be closer to the " ONE " God than we seem to be , Today.  with

                         I hope you have enjoyed this read, I am glad you have read it and even more so , glad I have written it, it is deep in my Heart , and my belief in the Balance of things. I believe in One God that allows us the Freedom , or Free Will if you like to be what we are  , but know that every  we do has a Balance of equal weight.                                                                                                             

Sit Down, Shut Up, and keep those Prayers Coming ! Or how I learned to be Anxious and still keep from hitting someone with a Banana Cream Pie.

 

          So, I am one of those people who abhor the use of Violence. Being Yelled at or much worse, me Yelling at someone ( I have been trying so very hard to become much more Patient and Calm ). I try my very best to be nice to everyone , especially those that have difficulty with me. When I write I take great care to choose my words as carefully as I can and still get my meaning across. Softly, is the word I might use to describe how , when I write the words I use. I know I am just one voice trying to get a message of Love, Patience, Warmth and Caring across through the stories I write. Sometimes a seed that is planted will take hold and grow the most wondrous of Fruits, but something has happened and it makes me thing an outside force is bringing things to a boil. Soft it seems is for weaklings, not a real person would speak soft with thoughts of Love and caring for those other than ourselves. So on that note I will stop ( For Now ) writing soft and will tell it like you think it is ( No , not all of the people I know are thinking this but it needs to be said and those I know the best will know my meaning and know I only want , Love and Understanding ). In writing this I hope I can get my message across , because what I am seeing disturbs me to no end. People are Retreating into themselves , further and further into a safe corner of their own mind and body. When we are driven into a corner , it is never ant good and will end even worse, these are not the problems of just one place , one small corner , No this is something big and it is spreading ( Far Worse than the Corona Virus ) throughout the world, we must not be separated from each  other.                          NOW I SAY !  SIT DOWN, SHUT UP, AND KEEP THOSE  PRAYERS COMING !                              WOW ! Everything in Caps , I must be Yelling !  I am so sorry for that but I must. I am so tired of things being said and done that push us farther apart. I would ask , where has Common Sense gone but that may seem soft, so that is why, Sit Down , Shut Up , and keep those Prayers Coming.                                     With what has been written and what has been taken out of context because it is like the game of phone tag, one person has told the next and by the time it gets to us the message has been forever changed and now no one can believe what is said and being done. I will try to break it down and then let you decide if what I am Yelling is worth all the Yelling !  First, I say, Sit Down. I am really asking not telling, but when you sit down things happen, first you take the burden off of your feet and then start to relax. When you sit , your body knows it is time to take a breath and when you do, it calm's you, when you are calm you can start to see things that maybe you can't when you stand and are erect and stiff. So now you are sitting becoming calm and hopefully open to hear things, because the next thing you hear is, Shut Up ! I know I hate it when someone tells me to Shut Up. So I know it puts up a very big Red Flag even if you are sitting. But you are sitting and by me telling you to Shut Up I am really asking you to take a leap of Faith, yes Faith. I am not your Mother telling you to Shut Up because she can or your teacher in the class where everyone is talking all at once the the last nerve is frayed and breaking so as a last resort , SHUT UP ! No, I am a writer asking you to Stop, you are sitting you are in one place and now I want you to listen , so to that I say Shut Up so maybe you can find a way to help yourself and those with whom you Love and want the best for , which brings me to the very Crux of why I have you sitting and Shutting Up, LOL. Prayer. Yes Prayer !  I am not a Preacher and I hope this being written does not seem to be Preaching but it may so just stay sitting and listen. Prayer works different ways for different people. W@hen you Pray all you are doing is talking and what are you talking about, your fears your difficulties what you want to happen to you and those around you. Yes it is all of those things and much , much more. What you don't know is that Prayer helps and with just a tiny bit of Faith it works even better. Prayer might just be an expression of what is going on in your life and maybe others as well. It is like a Vibration of like thoughts, each person having doubts and fears, it sends out a feeling, like when you are nervous it is relieved somewhat or all together when you talk to someone about it, well it is the same with fear . Fear sends out a signal a Vibration if you will allow that definition , but when you talk it is like a light has been lit and you can see the fear for what it is, the unknown and to Pray is to Light up a path to see our life as it is and mostly it is the need to be wanted or better told, the need to be Loved, Prayer brings that to you only when you Pray with Love in your Heart and thoughts of Peace , Harmony, and the want of those things for others not just yourself. Well now I am all Yelled out and I do hope you can forgive me for being hard instead of soft, but prayer does help and those of us whom pray daily with the thought of others first can tell you that there is peace to be had in Praying. 

THE WRITER 

 

All things are beautiful if looked at through the eyes of a believer !

When we believe , like the simple , unadulterated belief of children , things all around us are beautiful.  Laughter is not only possible but Mandatory !  When crying does erupt , there is always one who will go and hold the crier's hand and wait with them until the crying is all gone and a smile is reaching their heart.Any one who has children or is involved with young children see this happen every day, it is the promise of youth to those who have lost the simple ability to see as a child, the simple beauty  of life and everything that is contained within !   The concept of money owed or borrowed is a page not written yet, yes all to soon it will be an integral part of everyday living but there is no need to snatch that from the Believers of Santa, the Easter Bunny and so much more , when we allow and actually aid in this action we are spreading something Magic that only lasts for an instant in children's lives we are the keepers of that belief and it is up to us to encourage every and all sorts of beliefs that let our children make magic to aid US in our daily lives so that when we look into our child's eyes we can see the magic happening right there on their pretty little faces !   

THE WRITER

Trying to remember how to go from Face Book Posts , cut and Paste then bring them here to my Blog !

I thought my mind was a bit more elastic than that. I know when I read a direction to do something that I have never done before, I must read and do at the same time so I will not forget how to do that specific thing, what ever that specific thing is. Well , now I know that I am leaning over the Old Age post and forgetting to untie my Horse before I try to Gallop off into, the doing of a thing !  I now need to go back and relearn how to cut and paste from one site to another. I had it down pat and used it well. I moved many of my old posts from Face Book , to this site, My Blog, littlepaddle.com. Oh well , it just goes to show that even an old dog who learned a new trick can forget where he buried his Learned Bone !               THE WRITER 

My Silence, Written differently from any other writing I have ever posted ! I ask complete Honesty when Critiquing. 9/26/2020

 My Silence :   The Writer

Silence, not only do I hear it, but I Fear it with equal animosity. There are no Vibrations, still , empty and unable, for even a Whisper to my own Heart.                                                                                                  Unlike Sight  with all its sharp shaded inconsistencies and colored incongruities .

This Silence I Own !  Unlike any Prepared Silences, mine hold my hand, where yours , Flirts and Flits Circuitously and Perpendicular, to any and every Nuance and mine sits and waits for even the smallest of rewards, yet knowing fully well the reward has been paid in full , as to , being New Borne , is as to aged mockery.                                                                                                                                                             Silence is not just a mere physical adaptation, with my Psyche, the open dogeared chapters. Sight and the other senses are of , Tangent, grapple, view & audition , experience new Visual Ques , experience " The Love of the Arts."

My Silence is Deafening , in its completeness .  At  the drop of a hat, it Attacks !  Viscous , Loud and Querulous, Slanted  Slamming, direct and Deathly Dedicated to the Weathers Whim.                                    Nature , in my Silence is the Apex Predator and I am lees than any prey. I can never run away , crawl or walk , these attacks have corrupted my Hard Drive and brought me to my knees !                                          At times , I am the Dark in a World of Light and my Essence calls out for any Hinge, a Lever.          

I am Blessed ... I am Cursed,  you decide !                                                                                                        There are times , or maybe , Spaces in that long series of eye opening and eye closing. I feel a presence in this great empty stillness . Auditory Light, a inspirational Vibration  of Excellence and Expression of Awareness, So To ! .  .  . I AM NOT ALONE ! 

THE WRITER