AN ORDINARY DAY

I am done with my chores, my dishes are soaking. Its time to write. Yesterday, I took my camera out with me when I got the eggs; because, I wanted to take some pictures of our broilers, which are called, Freedom Rangers. Jamie told our niece that we would send some pictures. On the way, I snapped, what I thought would be significant art pictures: fluffy head of dandelion gone to seed, perhaps, the last of the season; a cluster of wonderful red crab apples; a display of goldenrod etc. Then I took several pictures of the chickens, going about their chickeny things.

Last night, before I went to bed, I decided to download my pictures into the computer. I got all set; I opened the camera and the memory card was not there. I neglected to put the card back in, after taking the last pictures. I wasn't as anguished as you might think. Its like the fish that got away; those pictures may have been the greatest I have ever taken.

I learned along time ago to look through a person's craziness {their ego} to see the beauty of their spirit. Interestingly enough, this is easier to do with people you don't know very well. With people you are intimate, your ego's overlap in such a way, that engagement of them [the egos] is always on the threshold. People in successful relationships learn to see their egospeak as static and disregard it; they focus on the brightness that shines from within the person. You learn to have a relationship with the real person and disregard the crap. In a growing relationship, the people are always helping each other "see" without the encumbrance of the ego.

We need to learn compassion for each others 'stuckness'. Not pity, that is a judgement that is diminishing. Pity puts a person in a box and defines them as lesser. Compassion is understanding their stuckness and acknowledging there greatness.

We need to see everybody's greatness. Don't get waylaid by a quirky personality trait or body configuration. Everybody has a bright shining light, even though circumstances may have dimmed it, in some. Let your own light shine brightly and you will better perceive it in others. That's what we are here for, to shine our light on each other. That's love.

Well my dish water must be cool enough to plunge my hands in. Will to "see".

Love and Peace,  Gregg