Wondering why  I do not enjoy mornings…

Never hate…

to let the ones you love/care about – know it – one never really knows when something can happen. Say what you mean and mean what you say. Keep Walkin’ your talk – Be safe.<b>Never forget – always remember they are all still there in our hearts…

20 years ago today my brother grabbed a diet coke went down to the garage to watch the johnny carson show – before he sat down to watch he turned on the car – then he sat down, drank his coke and gradually left us here… My brother was bi-poler and an alcoholic he was not taking his meds… he was 49 and did not make it to 50. You can only do what you can do – sometimes just being there is not enough…

“If you can master the anger in you – you can give rise to understanding and love.”

To me Ramadan is a a spiritual journey special to Muslims – I honour and respect their days as I do all others – Buddhists – Christians – Jews – Hindus – et al.

I am not religious- my journey is a spiritual one. I have chosen to learn about other religions – the more we learn we can respect the paths of other – it is not about agreeing – just understanding their hearts. It is amazing how similar they are.

My prayers for these days is unconditional love and unconditional compassion with unconditional forgiveness for yourself and others – with peace and healing for ALL people… Namaste!

… if it is not going on in my backyard – I can’t/won’t do anything because I cannot do anything about it – that is just so much bullshit…

The truth is we are so damn busy blaming the republicans or the democrats or someone other than ourselves that we are failing to see that we have DO our own personal power to make a difference in the world. Do we tolerate racism? – do we tolerate gay bashing? – on some level – yes – by way of not DOING what we should be doing.

["All I know is that first you've got to get mad. You've got to say: 'I'm a human being, goddammit. My life has value.' So I want you to get up now. I want all of you to get up out of your chairs. I want you to get up right now and go to the window, open it, and stick your head out and yell, 'I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take this anymore! from 'Network' (screenplay by Paddy Chayefsky ]

In other words get of our complacent asses and do something – even if it seems insignificant – DO it – In my home I do what I call a Maya Angelou – I do not allow gossip at all – Goldi Hawn has a sign that states that this is a gossip free zone – gossip is what the so called powers want us to be focused on…

Don’t compromise yourself. You are all you’ve got.

It is this belief in a power larger than myself and other than myself, which allows me to venture into the unknown and even the unknowable.

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single

moment before starting to improve the world.

- Anne Frank

You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.

You are able to say to yourself, “I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.

You must do the thing you think you cannot do.

At the center of your being you have the answer;

you know who you are and you know what you want.

Dona Nobis Pacem…

Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive.

“As for a person who stirs up division, after warning him once and then twice, have nothing more to do with him…

Prejudices are what fools use for reason…

Beloveds, now we know that we know nothing

Now that our bright and shining star can slip away from our fingertips like a puff of summer wind

Without notice, our dear love can escape our doting embrace

Sing our songs among the stars and and walk our dances across the face of the moon

In the instant we learn that Michael is gone we know nothing

No clocks can tell our time and no oceans can rush our tides

With the abrupt absence of our treasure

Though we our many, each of us is achingly alone

Piercingly alone

Only when we confess our confusion can we remember that he was a gift to us and we did have him

He came to us from the Creator, trailing creativity in abundance

Despite the anguish of life he was sheathed in mother love and family love and survived and did not more than that

He thrived with passion and compassion, humor and style

We had him

Whether we knew who he was or did not know, he was ours and we were his

We had him

Beautiful, delighting our eyes

He raked his hat slant over his brow and took a pose on his toes for all of us and we laughed and stomped our feet for him

We were enchanted with his passion because he held nothing

He gave us all he had been given

Today in Tokyo, beneath the Eiffel Tower, in Ghana’s Blackstar Square, in

Johannesburg, in Pittsburgh, in Birmingham, Alabama and Birmingham England, we are 
missing Michael Jackson

But we do know that we had him

And we are the world.

With dedication to his mom who loved him unconditionally and appreciated his love and warm snuggles and willingness to pose when a photo op presented itself …

“Some people come into our lives and quickly go.
Some people move our souls to dance.
They awaken us to new understanding
With the passing whisper of their wisdom.
Some people make the sky
More beautiful to gaze upon.
They stay in our lives for awhile,
Leave footprints on our hearts
And we are never, ever the same.”

30 June 2009

“Michael Jackson was an exceptional Human Being. He was gifted, deeply compassionate and brought joy to the lives of so many. He loved his family dearly, and above all, his beautiful children.

In addition to being my employer over the past 17 years and entrusting the care of his beloved children to me, he was my dear friend. While our friendship had challenges, as do all friendships, he was loyal to the end. I cherish and honor his memory.

I am shocked, hurt and deeply saddened by recent statements the press has attributed to me, in particular, the outrageous and patently false claim that I “routinely pumped his stomach after he had ingested a dangerous combination of drugs”. I don’t even know how to pump a stomach!! In addition, I have never spoken to the Times Online, the original source of the story that has now been picked up worldwide. The statements attributed to me confirm the worst in human tendencies to sensationalize tragedy and smear reputations for profit.

I convey my heartfelt and deepest condolences to Prince, Paris, Blanket and the entire Jackson family. The pain and sorrow I feel over the loss of Michael pales in comparison to what has been taken from them forever.”

- Grace Rwaramba