Spotlight... [check]

All I ask of you is forever to remember me as loving you

Haven't we been here once before? Oh great.. another funeral. 2015 is shaping up to be the year of the funeral.

Today in choir something happened to me that usually only happens to others... and I see it being carried out... by others but NEVER me.

I have never been in that situation before...

I was called upon to sing front of the choir. Sure, I've done this solo stuff.... but never to model something to be sung. I looked around the choir and saw eager eyes watch me. A few glances that where meant to reassure me - oh and rest assure those glances worked.

It was exciting and a little awesome.

Of course, perhaps this is scaffolding? Perhaps this is experience? Perhaps this was logically? Perhaps this was ... just normal.

I attempted to escape back to the safety of my seat, he just called me back. I must say that was a little bit funny.

Sorry for the scattered entry, but I really needed to share.

musochick

The birth of a concept

'He is what teachers should be'

What a stunning statement. He is what teachers SHOULD be. Not what we aspire to be, not what we all want to be... but what we SHOULD be.


Oh and he. I always thought he was modest. Truth is he knows he's good... he just doesn't understand his impact. I mean who would... 'He is what teachers should be.'


Which leads me to a point Q made... we do not acknowledge people enough. I mean sure, we all acknowledge people in our brains 'oh yeah good work' or 'great going! ...but...I guess we don't let people know about their impact until it's too late. I've been to enough funerals to know that the words 'in the last few months of their life' or phrases such as 'they will never know how much they will be missed' WELL WHY NOT?!


We see acknowledging people as inflating their egos. What if that little word of thanks or mention is the thing that this person really needs to hear.


I'm conflicted though, giving thanks in the most simplest ways can sometimes be seen as belittling. How can we find ways to acknowledge more people for things they give or provide to us and what should we be acknowledging?


So, thus was born the concept of 'life long goals' or 'achievements for life'. Q then left me in quite a spot of bother. I need a life long goals list. Oh and come to think of it, a bucket list!


What do I want to achieve in my life. What matters to me?


One of my biggest fears is failure... the last thing I want to do is fail...


Now to come up with a bucket list...and a life long goals list!


Woohoo,


musochick

My Knight in Shining Armour

I lust for his presence
I lust for his glow
I lust for a time when I don't have to say hello.

His thought makes me smile,
His thought makes me grow,
His thought all the while makes me feel all alone.

I patiently wait,
I patiently wonder,
I patiently sit still content with anticipation.

I silently sit,
I silently stare,
I silently look out the window - just there.

I know he will come,
I know he will go,
Surely, but no.

My feelings grow fonder,
My feelings grow nearer,
My feelings are sure as the sunsets and he grows nearer.

As I wait patiently at my window I see him arrive,
I look around and know that night is indeed nigh.

The faceless thieve

They sit in the church and cry like a child,

Remembering all the memories of when she smiled, 

I sat and looked around all the while thinking...

'Oh geez, is this what it's like in the wild?'

He sits in the church and cries like a mother,

and I hear the cries of ever after,

Every mother and every father...

Considering what it might be like to never love 'er.

She sits in the church and cries like a martyr,
Wondering if all of this will matter ever after,
All these details of who was slain,
It makes me wonder... 'Was this all done in vein?'

I sat at the altar and considered my sins, yet I'm left wondering where to begin...
When all is forgotten where will they go?
When we have fallen, will they reap what we have painfully sowed?

I allow the people to consider these notions,
Before presenting them with similar commotions.

What might you leave on this earth, for your child to receive?
Of what will they remind us, while death begins to thieve?

Joseph Campbell: the Power of Myth

So.

I started watching the Power of Myth - Joseph Campbell.

Mythology - I'm not sure about it really. I guess I'm hoping this will give some insight and I will have some ideas!

It is six one hour clips that discuss varied topics.

I feel like I should keep a track of those topics here and note down anything important.

I intend on notating next to the quotes - haha.

Episode One:

'Everything begins with a story' - what a lovely quote!

Heroes sacrifice themselves then there is a spiritual hero who has learned or found a mode of experiencing the supernormal range of spiritual life and comes back and shares this with people.


I never finished this post, maybe I might one day?!

Perception.

I often find myself in a mess. Not physically but more often than not emotionally.

My insecurities run thick and my lack of confidence bleeds from my veins when my skin is cut deep.

My perception of people and honestly their perception of me... means a shedload.

Seize the Vices

We all have our vices,

We all have our deeds,

But all that matters in the end, is what we can seize.

A little bird once told me,

If all you do is buzz like a bee,

People will talk and not listen - you'll see!

Forget all your vices,

Forget all your deeds,

Seize what you can and listen to those bees.