Our Sun Going Nova Is the Least of Our Problems

Fear, Questor knew, was a useless exercise in controlling the outcomes of anything – it just plain doesn’t work! But the opposite of fear is not ignoring the problem that has caused you fear! The opposite of fear is compassionate action! It seems a good idea for humans to show compassionate action for the next generation of all beings on this blue and green Earth, by repairing the damage already done. But that’s just his opinion – his, and the opinion of many worlds who made the same error in judgement. Not every exploding star is a star – many, in fact, were planets, alas. Remember that the next time you see a so-called super-nova – it might actually just be a stupid-nova!

Moving Snow Moon Peace

For over three years now, I’ve been writing dailies. In each successive year, I’ve become more and more aware how much the grounding in a principle, in a community, in nature deepens my ability both to observe what is and to notice possibilities.

I wonder sometimes, if the writing of the daily musings didn’t grow from my twice daily visits to my mom. Every day, at lunch and at dinner for at least a couple years, I drove to the nursing home to feed mom. Every day, twice a day, at the same time, the same route.

I watched the seasons build and fade into the next. I watched the light and the darkness fall across the sky. I saw the Moon wax and wane. I saw this happen on the same stretch of road. And then I watched the life in the houses, because some of it you couldn’t miss. Kids played in yards, people landscaped. One house burned down and a person died.

But still the seasons changed and life continued inexorably and Peacefully on as Nature insists. Even the scene of the awful fire has been reclaimed by grass and small trees and deliberately changed and renewed by clearing, rebuilding and planting… Life insists. Nature smooths what it can.

It’s up to us to translate the Peace. Up to us to identify it, name it and then extrapolate it into the way we live into what we offer the world. Peace. it’s our task to see and to do.

We Ain’t Got Much, But What We Got…

It can be hard to know when you have it good. But so many have it much harder, their grip on gravity tenuous at best. Lean against each other with hope, lend your hand to keep the planet from drifting off course. Chances are you’ll make a friend in the bargain! And who doesn’t need more friends!

The Other Side of Moon Peace

I don’t know about you, but sometimes I’m amazed about what never crosses my mind.

So, wow… the dark side of the moon waxes and wanes.

NASA has gone to the trouble of putting together a time-lapsed video. It’s pretty cool.

Just as I never thought of the oh-not-so-dark side of the Moon, there are huge pieces of Peace I never considered either. The good news is that this means there are more steps we can take, there are more ways we can begin to make a difference.

There’s more value than I ever dreamed possible in seeing the other side… I’ve never had huge urges to do things (climb mountains for instance) just because they were there. But perhaps Peace cares more about what is needed than what I want… or you want. It simply wants to manifest — and it needs our help. So come on, my fellow bears and chickens… let us go over the mountains and cross the roads… Peace awaits. And NASA just blew the I’m too lazy, I don’t wanna excuse outta the sky… Strength of resolve, strength of character, strength of purpose are needed to be about this hard and delicate work. And Love. I think it needs Love.

You Don’t Need a Plan… You Need Some Fun!

Questor usually ended up someplace no matter what. But doing it without a plan just provided more surprises! And who doesn’t need a few surprises to keep everything interesting?!

Icy Snow Moon Sabbath Peace

The first weekend of every February ice sculptures show up on the streets of my little town. (for a good cause, but I have to think of it as odd, folk also submerge themselves in a 35˚ Susquehanna, go figure!)

If the weather cooperates, they hang around. I missed some of them yesterday, so I’ll have to rush off to see them tomorrow before the rain starts.

It’s a lovely strolling day and a wonderful way to spend the day, out and about. For some amount of money, people can purchase tickets that entitles them to chocolate at a whole bunch o places… it’s a good thing.

So today, i wish you more strolling, more visiting with friends and family, more just having a good time. Quick, before the winter rains wash the beautiful ice away… Have a beautiful icy sabbath…

Peace is in the gathering of ice sculptures from different poles to seek detente and plot about how best to deal with the global climate change…

The Lunacy of Peace

Peace, ridiculous, outrageous, elusive Peace.

I’ve never heard of anything more worthy of our efforts.

When people talk about what appeals to them about this year’s series, aside from the call to watch the Moon, it’s remembering that we’re all having the same beautiful Moon too wonder at. Your friend across the world, my friend across the world, the people we don’t know, all are stunned by the Beauty.

We ought to be able to use that unity to deepen possibility… shouldn’t we?

Peace may be crazy, but violence is killing us — it not only kills individuals, it kills our souls.

So what if there were Peace under the Moon? Do we have the strength to pull it off? Are we crazy enough? We need to be…

New Ideas on Peace

It’s funny how one comment can change the way you think. There it is— something you’d never thought of before.

And now, because of that, all the possibilities are different.

Ideas sneak their way in, and then boom, there they are — little boxes filled with different colors and shades. One little thing and your life is revolutionized.

And then you need to weave it in. It’s not always easy; it can have implications for the way you see the past as well as the present… It’s not a huge idea in the way the world works. It’s just a huge idea for the way my life might work.

I happened to be “present” when this one wandered by me. You wonder how often you’re not present and other wonderful life changing events slither by…

But I’ll take this one, and widen my notion of Peace… Keep your eyes and ears out for wonder to shake your life… Because Peace is where we’re headed… (even I couldn’t work snow or the Moon into this… but whew, that full Moon pulled all the heat away from this little corner of the earth. Winter is indeed in full sway, and yet, the season like the Moon, changes…)

It Is Everywhere, Even In Between!

In all the Universes he visited, he never lost that feeling of surprise! Even the most fleeting moment contained more Universes than he could count! He could never understand how anyone could be bored – I mean, he would ask them – have you ever seen the inside of an atom!? How cool is that???!!

Singing Snow Peace

I’d never participated in a large acapella sing before.

But there I was at a funeral with some friends, and I realized there was no piano and no organ. When it came time to sing a gentleman came to the front and started the hymns. Next thing you know there was vigorous singing. People sang parts. It was quite wonderful.

I believe in community singing. I believe that singing together brings us together. It’s true in this case I had to strike an agreement with myself that i would pay no attention to the words in the hymns (oh! the words in the hymns!) and listen for the harmony. What was joyful for me was that many of these hymns were ones I’d grown up singing, so I could join in where I was needed. On all the hymns but one, I knew all the parts but the bass.

So I got to play around, because some of them were too high for the song leader. It’s good for me to sing soprano!

What was also sweet, even though this was this church’s tradition, is that the man who had died sang barbershop. His wife is my voice teacher. So it was good that there was music…

But it renews my determination to have community sings. once a quarter — once a month, i don’t know… some… and invite the world. and sing. Sing across boundaries. Sing across traditions. Let us bring our hearts and bodies into rhythm together. Let us sing for Peace.

I’m only sorry there’s not more time in this snowy weather to get together and sing, something joyous about gathering in the cold and warming up our voices and our hearts. But we’ll start when we can and we’ll keep singing…

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