It rains and I slept late. I wake today, though, feeling some shift in "things." It is psychological, but I am not alone in feeling it. It was like a contagion yesterday at the factory. Something has ended, something begun. The cold and flu season, sure. Here in my own hometown the latest version begins with a severely sore throat that works its way into the chest. Five days. But there was a general joy yesterday, and I feel it, too.
To wake to rain. And a new World Series Champion in a series that was historic (so they tell me). And seven billion people (and more coming to your town soon, too). Trick or Treaters are putting together costumes with anticipation of booty. I have no costume, but maybe I have anticipations, too.
This morning, I discovered a cup in the guest bathroom that has probably been there for years. It is a plastic Disney mug with a cartoon picture of Mickey and Goofy surfing into a beach where Minnie lay upon a blanket. I tried to remember what Mickey Mouse cartoons were about. I couldn't. So I went to YouTube to watch one. I chose one from 1936. Lo and behold, it was about the 99%. Sanitized to the point of no meaning. Here it is if you wish to watch it. You probably don't. I don't blame you.
It is late and the day slips past me. I must get out and see if there truly has been a change.
There has indeed been a change! :)
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ReplyDeleteThere is indeed change under way. I have been reading about The Great Shift to Unity Consciousness and the Cosmic Convergence of Sept. 23-26, 2011.
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They say key is to let our lives be influenced by divine guidance rather than our egos and to surrender our right to respond with negativity to negativity in others, with violence to violence in others.
Interesting interview on Blog Talk Radio once you get beyond the obnoxious Geico advertisement:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/belovenow/2011/09/16/dr-carl-calleman-cosmic-convergence-923-2611-interview-1
As Gandhi said: Be the change you want to see in the world.
I enjoyed the cartoon clip - seem to recall that part with the piano from childhood. Has it been colorized from the original black & white?
There is no record that Gandhi ever said that. A bumper sticker with his name on it did, however.
ReplyDeleteWhat he said was:
“If we could change ourselves, the tendencies in the world would also change. As a man changes his own nature, so does the attitude of the world change towards him. … We need not wait to see what others do.”
Very nice! Thank you, Sean Q6.
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