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Mon, 31 Mar 2008 21:12:25 -0700

THE JOY OF BEING LOVED

As though the air surrounding me is charged
by the love given me
Light, shining through it with prismatic clarity
obscurity banished

Refreshing my soul and renewing my resolve to fight
the demons of my doubts
They cast their spells, clouding my perceptions
until all I see is warped in the mirrors of my mind

I am challenged to be
All that I see when I look into the eyes that love me
Illuminating from within a heart that holds no dubious motives

Reflecting without judgment or conditions
a perfect image
of what was ever present in my soul

Lifting me up, buoying my spirit
Lightening my step, quickening my pulse,
A smile worn out on my sleeve

Bringing out laughter of the purest form
from the joy of simply knowing
And the singularly undeniable benediction that has been bestowed on this life
In the form of those who love me

Peace,

~me

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Mon, 24 Mar 2008 21:44:52 -0700

Osho - In the Moment
Posted on March 24, 2008 by Shiny Things at http://www.fencepostings.wordpress.com

I love reading Osho. I never realized how much I do, until I started reading through my "saves" in my "Quips and Quotes" folder! So many of the concepts and statements that made me think or caused me to jump inside and say "YES! That's exactly what I mean!" have been written by him. I visit the site often (though to be honest, its not nearly as much as I used to!) and go to the "No thought of the day", among other links.

What starts out playfully and simply, takes you on a journey through unexpected depths. You never can be sure what you've got on the end of your fishing line. A little nibble can lead to a big rumpus. Are you ready to get drenched in emotion and come out the other side shining?

"All that you have to understand is: be authentically in the present, because there is no other reality anywhere. This small moment, this silence -- and suddenly you will feel something arising from the very depths of your being. It has always been there; you never gave it a chance. You have been wandering everywhere, but you have not allowed your innermost core just a little space, a little time".

Osho, excerpted from From Bondage to Freedom

Peace,
~me

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Sun, 23 Mar 2008 21:24:45 -0700

Thought for the Day~Success
Posted on March 23, 2008 by Shiny Things at Fence Postings

One of my favorite quotes on:

What is Success?

To laugh often and much

to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children

to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends

to appreciate beauty

to find the best in others

to leave the world a bit better ... whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition

to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived.

This is to have succeeded.

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Peace,

~me

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Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:11:41 -0800

Here's a slideshow of some of the sights around here...click on "View Show"

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Sun, 30 Sep 2007 10:54:55 -0700

OFFLINE
To those of you Stumblers who have left me messages in my online absence:
My sincere apologies for my virtual absence - my ability to be present online for the past couple of months was curtailed by unexpected and time-consuming things and situations!
�I appreciate your kind words of concern and I'm sorry if I havent responded to you...for what it's worth, I'd rather have been here and on my other online places, broadening my world through your eyes and sharing my world with you.

For the sake of� balance, I hope to be able to be more present now and just really wanted to say that when I was able to log on, the messages in my inbox and stumbles that you guys sent me meant alot to me, even when I didnt reply. Thanx!

~Shiny Things
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Wed, 01 Aug 2007 21:20:03 -0700

WOW! ... Venice ... music from Mr. Mraz ... Closer to perfect than this stumbler has seen ... yeahhhhh ...
Give it listen :)
SUE
Watch The Original

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Thu, 19 Jul 2007 22:40:32 -0700

New Album up from 4th of July! Check it out....

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Sat, 14 Jul 2007 11:46:45 -0700

I'm a SUCKER for quizzes...when I have time! *linked to it from RADIATING's pages...

Your Aura is Violet

Idealistic and thoughtful, you have the mind and ideas to change the world.

And you have the charisma of a great leader, even if you don't always use it!

The purpose of your life: saying truths that other people dare not say

Famous purples include: Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., Susan B. Anthony

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Sat, 14 Jul 2007 11:46:33 -0700

You Are 4: The Individualist
You are sensitive and intuitive, with others and yourself.
You are creative and dreamy... plus dramatic and unpredictable.

You're emotionally honest, real, and easily hurt.
Totally expressive, others always know exactly how you feel.

At Your Best: You are inspired, artistic, and introspective. You know what you're thinking, and you can communicate it well.
At Your Worst: You are melancholy, alienated, and withdrawn.
Your Fixation: Envy
Your Primary Fear: To have no identity
Your Primary Desire: To find yourself

Other Number 4's: Alanis Morisette, Johnny Depp, J.D. Salinger, Jim Morrison, and Anne Rice.What Number Are You?

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Mon, 09 Jul 2007 11:59:40 -0700

Found this and thought it was extraordinarily fun!
God! I LOVE words!....
(#19 & #20 are my favorites)

English teachers from across the USA can submit their collections of actual
analogies and metaphors found in high school essays. These excerpts are
published each year to the amusement of teachers across the country. Here
are last year's winners.

1. Her face was a perfect oval, like a circle that had its two sides gently
compressed by a Thigh Master.

2. His thoughts tumbled in his head, making and breaking alliances like
underpants in a dryer without Cling Free.

3. He spoke with the wisdom that can only come from experience, like a guy
who went blind because he looked at a solar eclipse without one of those
boxes with a pinhole in it and now goes around the country speaking at high
schools about the dangers of looking at a solar eclipse without one of those
boxes with a pinhole in it.

4. She grew on him like she was a colony of E. coli, and he was room
temperature Canadian beef.

5. She had a deep, throaty, genuine laugh, like that sound a dog makes just
before it throws up.

6. Her vocabulary was as bad as, like, whatever.

7. He was as tall as a six-foot, three-inch tree.

8. The revelation that his marriage of 30 years had disintegrated because of
his wife's infidelity came as a rude shock, like a surcharge at a formerly
surcharge-free ATM machine.

9. The little boat gently drifted across the pond exactly the way a bowling
ball wouldn't.

10. McBride fell 12 stories, hitting the pavement like a Hefty bag filled
with vegetable soup.

11. From the attic came an unearthly howl. The whole scene had an eerie,
surreal quality, like when you're on vacation in another city and Jeopardy
comes on at 7:00 p.m. instead of 7:30

12. Her hair glistened in the rain like a nose hair after a sneeze.

13. The hailstones leaped from the pavement, just like maggots when you fry
them in hot grease.

14. Long separated by cruel fate, the star-crossed lovers raced across the
grassy field toward each other like two freight trains, one having left
Cleveland at 6:36 p.m. traveling at 55 mph, the other from Topeka at 4:19
p.m. at a speed of 35 mph.

15. They lived in a typical suburban neighborhood with picket fences that
resembled Nancy Kerrigan's teeth.

16. John and Mary had never met. They were like two hummingbirds who had
also never met.

17. He fell for her like his heart was a mob informant, and she was the East
River.

18. Even in his last years, Granddad had a mind like a steel trap, only one
that had been left out so long, it had rusted shut.

19. Shots rang out, as shots are wont to do.

20. The plan was simple, like my brother-in-law Phil. But unlike Phil, this
plan just might work.

21. The young fighter had a hungry look, the kind you get from not eating
for a while.

22. He was as lame as a duck. Not the metaphorical lame duck, either, but a
real duck that was actually lame, maybe from stepping on a land mine or
something.

23. The ballerina rose gracefully en Pointe and extended one slender leg
behind her, like a dog at a fire hydrant.

24. It was an American tradition, like fathers chasing kids around with
power tools.

25. He was deeply in love. When she spoke, he thought he heard bells, as if
she were a garbage truck backing up.