During this time of the year that portends the best of times. . .a season of Peace, Hope, Love and Good Will, this is my gift to all my Boo Trib Friends and Family
A journey
There Is Nothing But Love
~Shirl~
A Very real journey. . .come with me
Standing atop a windswept mountain, I turn slowly to gather in a full circle of unobstructed view. In every direction I can see into eternity and beyond. The clouds sweep softly against the stunning blue cheeks of the sky. The wind kisses my face with a thousand, thousand touches of angel lips. My feet lift gently up off of the mother earth and I stand on the unseen rock of All That Is, mid air, wrapped in light, infused with love.
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My hair blows back away from my face as the wind becomes the very breath of me. My arms are thrown wide open to encompass all of creation from the endless reservoir that it is. Here above the mountain top, here aloft in the winds of change I stand to gather up all that is good and all that is love from this place called earth.
The wind blows through me as if I am a multi-portaled bit of porous cloth. It begins then as the acts of kindness and love of every moment, of every being everywhere, as they are gently gathered up and brought into the circle of my arms and circulated throughout the vessel that I AM in waves of overwhelming love. Small, tender, untold acts of child to elder, elder to child, stranger to stranger, family to family, friend to friend, and friend to foe. So many unknown actions except to the few, acts that have made all the difference in another’s life, that have lifted the burdens for a brief moment, that have turned whole lives around, that have made one very small ripple in a life troubled by a multitude of pains.
No earthly vessel can hold this love, this magnitude of amazing love, from each human on this planet. It circles through my arms and clear through me and back out into the ethers clearing and marking a path to the stars.
I AM become a piece of everyone in this moment. I Am everyone in this moment. Love disassembles me into a million million molecules that scatter from atop the mountain to every spot within creation and beyond into every space within the stars and planets and galaxies and beyond. . . .indeed, I am become the “dust” of love scattered everywhere. . .beyond. . . and beyond, beyond. In between the molecules you will find me and you will remember the greater purpose and the smaller purposes of why I came. And I will leave with you this love gathered up, infused and dispersed back out into the timeless, immeasurable aeons. And you will know. Beyond any doubts, ever, you will know.
~ All that I AM ~ All That IS ~ is within YOU ~ Shirl
Art by artist Rassouli at www.rassouli.com
May you find in this season a celebration of Joy and Love no matter how or what you celebrate.
Hugs
Shirl
Oh Shils…you are such a light and breath of fresh air. May you be surrounded by love always.
Merry Happy Everything!
Thank you so much Leezy. . .and a very Merry Happy everything to you and yours as well!
Loves
Shirl
Awesome stuff, Shirl! Joyful Holiday Festivities to all, and to all a good general day segment appropriate to your time zone!
And to you dear heart. . .Blessing most abundant
Hugs
Shirl
Excellent diary Shirl, you are quite the spirit. A poem to all:
I asked for Strength,
And God gave me Difficulties to make me strong.
I asked for Wisdom,
And God gave me Problems to solve.
I asked for Prosperity,
And God gave me Brain and Brawn to work.
I asked for Courage,
And God gave me Danger to overcome.
I asked for Love,
And God gave me Troubled people to help.
I asked for Favors,
And God gave me Opportunities.
I received nothing I wanted
I received everything I needed.
Anonymous
My favorite part:
“I asked for Love,
And God gave me Troubled people to help.”
All one must do, is pay attention, to understand what a wonderful life this is.
Absolutely perfect! Thanks for sharing
Hugs and more
Shirl
you could almost touch it when my dying Vietnam veteran friend reunited with his three children. Words have no power to express the joy of this love. Though it’s not always flower-strewn paths, love is all that matters.
Thank you, Shirl, for this joyful post; Booman, for this wonderful blog; and everyone who reads and writes here.
Thank you cotter, it is from all of you that I gather the love that fills me that I in turn can send out to everyone. . .and no, things are not always easy or path ways flower strewn, but it is so that there IS nothing but love.
Blessings and hugs
Shirl
Thank you, Shirl. Many, many blessings!
Ahhh, my favorite wilderness wench. . .Multitudes of blessing and joy to you as well.
Hugs
Shirl
and explanation of why people everywhere, of all faiths, celebrate the Winter Solstice in such a rainbow of ways.
(Even if they think they are celebrating something else and are unaware of the Pagan conspiracy to take over the world)
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Thank you Ductape. . .I am all for any reason any time to celebrate anything. So However we do it and for whatever reasons, Mozel Tov!
Hah, I wish. Especially since Paganism (or at least, most varieties that I know of) seem to be much “friendlier” and more comforting than Christianity. Sure, they don’t tend to have an ultimate heaven, but they also don’t tend to have an ultimate hell, either.
Unfortunately, changing my beliefs would feel too weird, and probably end up making me uneasy. Ah, well.
Hi Sweetie…
How apropos…Thank you so much for this… Really and sincerely…
Really and sincerely thank you for the love and joy that you share.
Hugs
Shirl
Since my arrival here my “family” has grown exponentially,
You are at the center of my new family here.
The best part is that I can see you on that mountaintop.
Michael
Then your vision is very clear, and it would seem you are about ready to begin your flying lessons. ;o)
You are certainly at the center of my family experience as well.
Love you too Michael,
Hugs
Shirl
‘All things we do come back to us threefold’ – such is one of the teachings of my faith.
Shirl – you give so much love and joy that I can feel you as the dust of love coming of that mountain top. Your love reaches so many places of the heart.
May you always be thrice blessed from the love that you give.
And the teachings of three fold are beautifully true, and even more. . .in extraordinary times such as these, the threefold seems to be a thousand fold.
Thank you so much for all that you add to my life Ms Sally, my beautiful sister, indeed.
If we continue to give forth what we receive, the circle of love is truly eternal.
Blessings to you beyond all your imagining
Hugs and Loves
Shirl
Count on you to spread so much beauty and joy with your captivating images.
For some time now, I’ve wanted to reiterate a heartfelt sentiment that SuperMichael shared with you awhile back:
“Shirl. I. Just. Love. You.”
Thank you for sharing the Radiance of Shirl.
That which I am is enhanced and made light by that which I receive from each of you. . .we are eternally ONE.
I. Just. Love. You too. . .
Thank you for adding to and sharing your own very bright radiance.
Blessings and love
Shirl