In the desert the dream was of water.
Water reflecting light
calm and flat in the morning it was our first mirror.

Very hungry and delirious.
Raining with heavy drops that hit with cold lead certainty on shoulders We moved on.
That is when I heard the rain; the water laughing.
I heard the forest singing. The joy of life drinking the water of life filled my soul.
I laughed with talking rain.
What a joy to hear the forest singing. A blessing.

On patrol he was always so ready to draw his weapon. At base he talked constantly spouting about his prowess with a weapon. He openly antagonized everyone except the OD.
Anger and blaming with no solution. Bravado and arrogance were so thick we usually left. God help us if he saw us eating and an sat down with us. I tried to explain as carefully as I could how we were seeing him. Why we seemed to always leave when he came up to us. Nope, we were the problem, we would proclaim.
Weeks went by and finally he got what he wanted. Action. He was slow to the call and failed to follow protocol. He fired his weapon sending richocets god know where but luckily no one was killed. In his eagerness he got in the way of a vehicle and was hit in the back of the leg with a vehicle door. ( It is not like the movies, gang!) It destroyed his achilles tendon. Yeah, he is disabled for life. But who's fault? Not his! No accountability.
I get a call from him even though he knows I really prefer not to talk to him; he knows I will listen because he knows my faith.
He is depressed. I suggest he get out and do some volunteer work.
No, he says, he can't do that.
That's for the "little people"
So, wretched as he is, he still sees himself like a Hawk circling above the world. Always above but never part of us; Not one of the regular folks who get up work, clean the toilet, fix meals, love our kids and let God be the judge.
It is always the coward who screams the loudest in a lynch mob for a hanging or the sacrifice of a human life.
God bless the day to day heros.

Violence is never the cure for violence.
When tragedy strikes we all feel the powerlessness of loss. We feel anger and we feel the hollow power of anger.
It is to hide our helplessness.
What makes us strong is action. Positive action.
People die and are murdered all over the world. Children are dying as I write this..Real children. Hundreds of them.
But we aren't angry about that..No, we wait for the television or the radio to tell us of a HORRIFIC TRAGEDY..
No, Brothers and Sisters, people are dying right now..
What are you going to do about it?
Like the Hawk to you can stare from high above act superior or you get active in your community, organize a group for buildling a better community..
Like doing community watch. Working with the shutins.
Just turning off the television and getting out in you community making friends, volunteering in the community, your local schools, the hospital, the library, the homeless shelter, little league.
We are all on the earth together. Our power is in our social connections. Let's take charge.
Remember. "We the People" That's us folks!

Get out of bed and into the waking world/
Moving on/
Got a plan for the morning/
Moving on/
Forget the plan and
Move on!
Seems like getting in a rut is all about doing the same bloody thing, the same way, each and every day.
It is change that is needed and then we just move on.
Moving on is about change and moving on is what life does.
When we sit in a chair watching a glowing box we are in a rut/
Time to
move on

change is constant.

A couple argued. They argued over money..But that really wasn't it. They are argued about going somewhere one of them didn't want to go to. They argued about each other's driving, how the other shopped, and how they talked in social functions. They argued but it was about none of those things.
They argued. It was a dance gone bad.
How do we dance. The general agreement is one leads; the other follows.
We make an agreement to work as a team. So what is the problem?
When ask ourselves why are we argue what is our answer?
Do we argue because we disagree? Or is it something else like control?
Why argue? Why not just say "NO". Don't argue unless it is more important to be "right".
Saying "NO" doesn't entitle anyone to any other explanation...unless..of course...you wish to argue. AND that is NO fun.

A couple planned a vacation. Each time one of them suggested a place the other said "NO" until they finally both said "YES"...they agreed and then Had a WONDERFUL TIME! together. lots of Love there!