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Unresolved Issues Feb. 10 08
As anyone who's read a lot of reports knows, there are times you
just get overloaded and it seems you can't absorb another blurb
of information. Contrary to that, there's those moments of perfect
clarity where every tidbit of information just seems to blend
together and even if you can't quite remember or distinguish the
complete details, the excitement of discovery begins to evolve
into an enlightened sequence of understanding.
It's sort of like adding spices that become finely disguised in a
perfectly proportioned concoction that culminates in the most
incredible soup or sauce.
In several reports I've read, certain personality traits are common
amongst many people who, in proportionally high percentages,
exhibit and manifest certain degenerative diseases.
Characteristically common amongst those who are diagnosed
with cancer or with an auto immune disease is a tendency to have
lingering Unresolved Issues in their lives.
From observation, it appears that in most instances where an
individual is burdened with Unresolved Issues, it, for the most
part, is about Unresolved Love. Weather it's love denied, love
lost, love suffocated, love suppressed, love sought and love so on
and so forth, many people just have a hard time moving past or
accepting the limits or limitlessness of Love.
I'm no Psychologists and I'm certainly not an expert on love and
the affairs of heart. It is however plain that we all derive our
greatest joy and experience our greatest sadnessess and
biterness from the love or absense of it in our lives.
It's interesting to note the connection between the word "love" and
"bitterness" in the Spanish language. The verb "to love" in
Spanish is written as "amar". The word "amar" therefore is the
root of many subsequent forms or acts of love, one of them being
the word "amargo" meaning bitterness. In the Spanis language
therefore, "Love" is the root, or precursor of "bitterness".
I wish love could be broken down like math or language with rules
and formulas and could be relied upon to determine an outcome
of any equation or situation involving it.
I wish it could be taught in elementary school along with reading
writing and arithmetic. But then we wouldn't be Human, because
after all, being Human is the intrinsic essence of love, loving and
being loved.
Maybe there is something to the phrase: "All you need is love. . ."
Sounds good until you're the one in need of it. Love is one of the
most powerful healing forces ever administered. If we could only
get the "need" part of the phrase changed to "have" so it would go
something more like this: "All you have is Love . . ."
We all need to learn more about love, what it really is and how to
channel it for positive purpose. For one, remember the reaction
to an act or expression of love can be more significant than the
act or expression itself. The astounding thing you learn about
love, if you're lucky enough to grow older and to have had the good
fortune to have learned to love many people, is the incredible
capacity that we have to love one another.
This is where so many of us get messed up, especially in our
early courtship rituals. People are so jealous of each others love
that they often impose the notion that love is a very limited thing;
that it can only be between two people, excepting of course
immediate family members, and that's just because they happen
to be family, not because its a "true love". The thing is we do love
them. We love a lot of other people too and they aren't always
people we would consider as our lovers.
One thing I've come to understand is that there are different
degrees of love. Where was my third grade teacher before I met
Sarah Barnes to tell me what love, or at least puppy love, was? Or
that allowing yourself to be loved was just as important, if not
more important, than loving someone else.
For the most part it's natural for people to want to please other
people. This wanting to please others often enables jealousies
to interfere with our ability to understand, to have compassion and
to accept what love is and results in inhibiting our capacity to love
others. This is where "Unresolved Issues" take root.
For those of us who struggle with Unresolved Issues, we
somehow need to resolve them. Love is eternal. It doesn't have
to lead to bitterness and we don't have to have someone love
us back for us to love them. We can go on. We can love again,
love more, love better. That is what we, in our purest form are,
love. Yes, we are love. Go ahead! "Resolve Your Issues".
STAY , or get HEALTHY. Love and allow yourself to be loved.
God Bless
As anyone who's read a lot of reports knows, there are times you
just get overloaded and it seems you can't absorb another blurb
of information. Contrary to that, there's those moments of perfect
clarity where every tidbit of information just seems to blend
together and even if you can't quite remember or distinguish the
complete details, the excitement of discovery begins to evolve
into an enlightened sequence of understanding.
It's sort of like adding spices that become finely disguised in a
perfectly proportioned concoction that culminates in the most
incredible soup or sauce.
In several reports I've read, certain personality traits are common
amongst many people who, in proportionally high percentages,
exhibit and manifest certain degenerative diseases.
Characteristically common amongst those who are diagnosed
with cancer or with an auto immune disease is a tendency to have
lingering Unresolved Issues in their lives.
From observation, it appears that in most instances where an
individual is burdened with Unresolved Issues, it, for the most
part, is about Unresolved Love. Weather it's love denied, love
lost, love suffocated, love suppressed, love sought and love so on
and so forth, many people just have a hard time moving past or
accepting the limits or limitlessness of Love.
I'm no Psychologists and I'm certainly not an expert on love and
the affairs of heart. It is however plain that we all derive our
greatest joy and experience our greatest sadnessess and
biterness from the love or absense of it in our lives.
It's interesting to note the connection between the word "love" and
"bitterness" in the Spanish language. The verb "to love" in
Spanish is written as "amar". The word "amar" therefore is the
root of many subsequent forms or acts of love, one of them being
the word "amargo" meaning bitterness. In the Spanis language
therefore, "Love" is the root, or precursor of "bitterness".
I wish love could be broken down like math or language with rules
and formulas and could be relied upon to determine an outcome
of any equation or situation involving it.
I wish it could be taught in elementary school along with reading
writing and arithmetic. But then we wouldn't be Human, because
after all, being Human is the intrinsic essence of love, loving and
being loved.
Maybe there is something to the phrase: "All you need is love. . ."
Sounds good until you're the one in need of it. Love is one of the
most powerful healing forces ever administered. If we could only
get the "need" part of the phrase changed to "have" so it would go
something more like this: "All you have is Love . . ."
We all need to learn more about love, what it really is and how to
channel it for positive purpose. For one, remember the reaction
to an act or expression of love can be more significant than the
act or expression itself. The astounding thing you learn about
love, if you're lucky enough to grow older and to have had the good
fortune to have learned to love many people, is the incredible
capacity that we have to love one another.
This is where so many of us get messed up, especially in our
early courtship rituals. People are so jealous of each others love
that they often impose the notion that love is a very limited thing;
that it can only be between two people, excepting of course
immediate family members, and that's just because they happen
to be family, not because its a "true love". The thing is we do love
them. We love a lot of other people too and they aren't always
people we would consider as our lovers.
One thing I've come to understand is that there are different
degrees of love. Where was my third grade teacher before I met
Sarah Barnes to tell me what love, or at least puppy love, was? Or
that allowing yourself to be loved was just as important, if not
more important, than loving someone else.
For the most part it's natural for people to want to please other
people. This wanting to please others often enables jealousies
to interfere with our ability to understand, to have compassion and
to accept what love is and results in inhibiting our capacity to love
others. This is where "Unresolved Issues" take root.
For those of us who struggle with Unresolved Issues, we
somehow need to resolve them. Love is eternal. It doesn't have
to lead to bitterness and we don't have to have someone love
us back for us to love them. We can go on. We can love again,
love more, love better. That is what we, in our purest form are,
love. Yes, we are love. Go ahead! "Resolve Your Issues".
STAY , or get HEALTHY. Love and allow yourself to be loved.
God Bless
and then there was light . . .
understanding . . . truth . . . love
. . . godliness . . . eternity . . .
. Patagonia Argentina
understanding . . . truth . . . love
. . . godliness . . . eternity . . .
. Patagonia Argentina
Theresa has diabetes. .She doesn't
understand the concept of healthy
eating. There is no money for
medication. Barely enough for rice,
beans and of course, sugar . . . but
she will never be alone. . .
understand the concept of healthy
eating. There is no money for
medication. Barely enough for rice,
beans and of course, sugar . . . but
she will never be alone. . .
. . . but It's okay to walk alone . . .
with a direction in mind . . .
Colonia, Uruguay
with a direction in mind . . .
Colonia, Uruguay
Let this moment remain like this
photo, forever fixed in emotion as a
point to return to . . . should some
misunderstanding cause joy to
diminish . . .
Rivas, Nicaragua
photo, forever fixed in emotion as a
point to return to . . . should some
misunderstanding cause joy to
diminish . . .
Rivas, Nicaragua
Archive to past ramblings
It's all so exciting and fun . . . without
any baggage , , ,
Nairobi, Kenya
any baggage , , ,
Nairobi, Kenya
. . . for Love can reach you in
unknown ways . . .
Leboulaye, Argentina
unknown ways . . .
Leboulaye, Argentina
. . . like a new hat . . .
Laboulaye, Argentina
Laboulaye, Argentina
. . . a drift down a remote river . . .
Rio Chabut, Patagonia
Rio Chabut, Patagonia
. . . or in the signature on the
masters daily work . . .
Rio Chabut, Patagonia
masters daily work . . .
Rio Chabut, Patagonia
it's just the two of us . . . wouldn't
want it any other way . . .
Encinal, La Pampa
want it any other way . . .
Encinal, La Pampa
Okay Alexi, let em go . . . it's good ,
it's all good, it's all incredible . . .
Rio Chabut, Patagonia
it's all good, it's all incredible . . .
Rio Chabut, Patagonia
. . . bright spots remain . . . the
positive side of memory and hope . .
Sacramento River Slough
positive side of memory and hope . .
Sacramento River Slough
When you are guided by compassion and loving
kindness, you are able to look deeply into
the heart of reality and see the truth.
Thich Nhat Hanh,