Happy Birthday, Grandma!
07 Feb 2015 2 Comments
My Grandmother was born on February 7, 1910…and she departed this planet on October 29, 2007. If God allowed and grandma decided to stay, she would have been 105 today! It was a blessing that grandma decided to go home after 97 years on this earth, because I don’t think she would have liked where this world is headed.
After coming from a place in time where she had to sit at the back of the bus, drink and eat and use public restroom facilities in segregation when out and about in public places…not have the right to vote, and be denied all other rights and equality under the U.S. Constitution, she would have been fit to be tied at finding out how the children of her only daughter, robbed her of her constitutional rights, along with the states of California and New Hampshire, by forcing her to live in a state she no longer wished to live in, denied her openly documented requests and wishes, to satisfy egos, greed and put her in the “control” of mentally ill and severely dysfunctional family members!
Had grandma still been alive, her grandchildren would not have dared to betray her daughter in the egregious and unforgiveable manner in which they did…filing a fraudulent, deceitful and lie riddled petition to gain control over her home and pension!
Grandma would have beat them within an inch of their lives, for betraying and destroying a family so callously and without any concern as to what they were teaching and showing the next generation about honoring the commandment of “Honor Thy Father and Thy Mother…and the age old creed of “respecting your elders.”
I remembered…and after some concerns about my mentally dysfunctional family, I stepped up to the plate to honor my mother’s wishes when she came to me, and asked me to move in with her and take care of her finances and assist her with her daily routine… That was on April 3, 2009…family jealousies, envy and strife began once mom was diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment in September of 2009, with a successive diagnosis of early onset Alzheimer’s in 2010. The diabolical youngest daughter started her bid at trying to get mom declared mentally incompetent, a year before her first diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment, which was the beginning of 2008!
Mom said she chose me because she knew she could depend on me… Grandma, I tried my best to protect her and grant her wishes…the world has changed, grandma…the world has lost its faith and most of its humanity…love is just a four letter word in many people’s vocabulary…compassion? Where is it? And God?! Grandma, you would turn over and jump up from your grave!
The absence of God and faith? May He have mercy on our souls…for those of us who lack courage to stand up for truth and justice…and for those who have replaced Him for false idols in the forms of other people, and materialism.
Grandma, your birthday gift from me will be that I will continue my quest to attain justice for mom, and punishment for all of those who broke the laws in order to gain their own self interests at her expense!
That quest will extend itself to include all of those like mom who find themselves victims of their own families and our dysfunctional bevy of individuals who bring their dysfunctionality and corruption to deceive and disgrace systems created to uphold integrity and insure the best of ourselves…
You see, grandma, it isn’t the systems that are broken, it is the people running the systems who are broken…the systems themselves are fine, but systems can’t run systems…people are needed to carry out the ideology of the systems…and if people are corrupt, the systems will be carried out in their corruption. What is broken must be removed and replaced with people of integrity and purpose to uphold the integrity of the systems.
It isn’t idealistic…many things which took place in grandma’s time and were accepted by many were changed by those who fought for Civil Rights and equality in this nation… We can never rest on the laurels of any victories won in the fight for human and civil rights and liberties…until man’s inhumanity to man can be overcome and replaced with true freedom in every sense of the word, we have a long road to trudge….
Do You Have A Dream?
19 Jan 2015 Leave a comment
in Daily Tags: I have a dream, love, Martin Luther King Jr., peace, vision
Today, we honor a man who had a dream of peace for all…He saw a future where diversity was respected, honored and celebrated…where all people were created equal and treated as equals…where love was the glue that bound everyone and everything that was good, together.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
He honored his dream and vision by giving his life…
Do you have a dream? Is it selfless…is it universal…does it bring together humanity in a humbling of hearts and a passion for peace? Can your dream be realized in your lifetime? Do you have purpose? Are you willing to sacrifice, even give your life for your dream?
Imagine…if you lived inside a box with no hope of ever realizing and envisioning a world of love…peace…freedom…liberty…justice…for all.
Imagine…a world without hope…a world without compassion…a world without a clue…open your eyes, is this the world you imagined?
Martin had a dream…
I have a dream…
Do you have a dream?
Let us join in Martin’s dream…let us dream the dream of a nation and a world…at peace.
January 1, 2015…The Key to the Future….
01 Jan 2015 Leave a comment
in Food For Thought Tags: January, New Year, promise
The first day of the rest of your life has arrived…January 1, 2015. We begin with a New Year…fresh…new…with hope and direction to be “born again.” Each new day of the New Year, offers promise and deliverance into a future of abundance in all things positive, and all things immersed in love…
Imagine how you can be an architect of enlightenment to enrich and empower the human spirit! You…and only you, hold the key to change!
How will you use it? What will your contributions do to enrich and shape the future of humanity? Will you unlock a Pandora’s Box, or will you open the door to untold riches of human spirit in the forms of Love…Compassion…and the Art of Forgiveness?
You hold a powerful tool…The Key to the Future…Wield it well!
The Last Day Of 2014…
31 Dec 2014 Leave a comment
What can we say about the last day of the year? Can we say, “Good riddance! I’m happy to see you go?!” Or do we mourn in silence for the horrible truths revealed about human evolution, advancing negative zero, on a scale of one to ten? Or do we applaud those who did good deeds in rushing to the aid of supporting what is good and just about people standing together for causes that promote the best of humanity…such as the Market Basket Strike in New England, and the Marches against Racism, still running rampant in city and county entities, that solicit public trust as public servants? Or shall we honor those victimized because of those “bad apples,” who overshadow the good in the groups who are targeted?
Let’s take this last day to reflect on how we can best honor others, in honoring the best of ourselves… by being the person God meant us to be…it is not too late to be the example of what you would like to see reflected in the world, to uplift and enlighten the human spirit…
It is not too late to realize…that you are the change that will make the difference in 2015, and hopefully, the years to follow.
Good bye, and good riddance to 2014…God speed 2015…God speed you…to become a light in the world…a beacon of the best of humanity, in restoring what is good…and what made God choose His son…to restore Man’s Salvation.
HAPPY NEW YEAR…HAPPY NEW LIFE!!!
Give Love On Christmas Day….
25 Dec 2014 Leave a comment
Say, “I love you” to a stranger…and mean it! Rescue your enemy from the destruction you initiate…be kind…give love!
Forgive those you would never ever think of forgiving…and welcome more love into the world. Find a way to “turn the other cheek” so a seed of love is planted…
Kiss a child…any child…and receive love… Embrace the aged…and experience the wisdom of love… Open your heart to receive the love that is meant to nourish your spirit…and make you brand new…every time you receive and pass it on, beyond you…
Love is the key…love is the savior…Love is you…It is the magic that makes all that is impossible…possible!
Love heals…love redeems…love creates…love transforms…love gives life…love saves…love is all there is…
All you need is love….When every soul believes it, the riddle of life will complete itself… Give love on Christmas Day, and let the miracles begin!
I love you, Mom! Love will always be our portal….
Christmas 2014…So…This is Christmas!
25 Dec 2014 Leave a comment
Christmas…2014…
Today in America…Families are together…Love in droves…everyone appreciating one another…comfy and cozy…happy to be alive…happy to just be! No hunger anywhere…Everyone has shelter from the cold…everyone is at peace…everyone is thankful for the life that is theirs…everyone is happy with the hands they’ve been dealt…Hands across the globe… So much love! So much to be thankful for…
Travon Martin…Michael Brown…Eric Garner…What have we done? Where did we fail?! So much love gone wrong…so much life lost…so much pain! So much sorrow…so much unrest…so many tears! So many broken hearts…broken families…broken dreams…hope lost!
Homeless…helpless…desolation…hunger…Land of the Free…Home of the Brave…From Sea to Shining Sea!
So this is Christmas…2014….
Freedom…
13 Dec 2014 Leave a comment
in Uncategorized Tags: Gerlene, happiness, liberty, life, michael, Travon
Freedom…what does it mean to you? To me, it’s just another seven letter word. What did it mean to Michael Brown? Travon Martin? Gerlene Bangs? These were people with lives…and someone decided that they did not deserve their constitutional right to freedom! Who are these people who took away Michael, Travon, and Gerlene’s freedom? If we stand and do nothing to preserve the right to freedom for those like Michael, Travon and Gerlene, soon we will be joining them….as faceless, inconsequential nobodies whose existence can be extinguished by the pull of a trigger, or a swipe of a pen!
Freedom…freedom…freedom! Let freedom ring! Let it resonate from the mountaintops! Let it reverberate through the heavens! Let NO ONE take your freedom!!! Stand up, DO NOT STAND DOWN! Take them down with freedom! Everyday in America, someone wins…and someone loses… Let those who lose be those who take away the freedom of others…
FREEDOM…it is more than a seven letter word…it is life…it is liberty…it is the pursuit of happiness…guard it…protect it…rise up for it…freedom is…your life!
A Journey…
11 Dec 2014 Leave a comment
in Food For Thought Tags: Atlas, bandini, child of the universe, claim your right, crude, journey, mother, path, stars, task
I woke up in the wee hours of the morning very distressed. I thought about my ongoing dilemma on how to help my mother be free of her present circumstances, and the flood gates opened! Everything imaginable from my life rose up to remind me how my concerns as a child and an adult, have always been on saving the world…The world is a chameleon of unpleasantries…most of which will probably never be disengaged from their “reign of terror” upon this globe we call Earth. Suddenly, I felt small and worthless. ‘How can I, a “nobody,” attain such a task?” Then I heard a voice say, “It’s a journey…with a few farts along the way.” That voice belonged to my guy. He always had such a way of putting things in their perspective…even if it was a little crude! Lol… Yet he was right…Life isn’t the perfect orb behind those rose-colored glasses. Get rid of them, and put on your industrial boots and gloves! There’s going to be a lot of wading through the bandini in the process of clearing and cleaning up those paths through your journey of life…Oh yeah, don’t forget to hold your nose!!!
We must remember that we aren’t “Atlas.” It isn’t the expectation or the given that we take the world upon our shoulders. We are here for such a small speck of a moment in time…and we must make the most of that moment. “You are a child of the Universe…no less than the trees and the stars…you have a right to be here…” Claim your right…define your presence in your moment…and know when it passes, your moment becomes a historical thread in the tapestry of this planet’s history…forever your “footprint” in time….
A Day It Was!
09 Dec 2014 Leave a comment
in Food For Thought Tags: freedom, humanity, savage beast, self, someone loses
It was a day today! Yes it was…I wonder if we will every get back to a space and place in time when the spirit is calm and the heart is willing. We have lost the real meaning of self. It is not to be “selfish” it is to be “selfless.”
How can we preserve what is good about humanity if the savage beast continues to rage within? What a day it was, when freedom meant something more than seven letters in a word.
Everyday in America someone wins…and someone loses…and it is usually the person who cares the most and has the most to lose…it isn’t money or possessions…it’s “self.”
Can we save the “soul of self?”
A day it was when we could sleep without a care….
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