THE REAL WORLD

 

Another amazingly beautiful Morning on Planet Earth. I know there is more to Planet Earth than I can view from my window and I would hope everybody's experience is similar. The portion of the Earth, where Laughing Water Farm resides, has been more lush and beautiful this year, than I have ever experienced.

Jamie and I don't get very far afield in our travels. We generally travel in an area that doesn't exceed 25 miles in any direction. Going any further is a trip. So I don't know what it is like outside our bubble. However, we have never seen a world more lush. Everything is exploding with energy. Has it ever been greener!? And the flowers, earlier the lilacs showed a splendor I haven't seen before. The shrub roses were and continue to bloom with abandon. The peonies have been outstanding. Oh, I don't want to forget the magnificence of the flowering trees, this year, they were just loaded with bloom. Now, I notice the Catalpas are exploding. We go for a little ride almost every day and we are almost overcome with the beauty of the world.

It is not just the flora. The animals seem to be showing themselves. We have seen baby turkeys, pheasants, many flocks of baby geese and we see fawns frequently. Thursday, on our way to Mora, about a mile from home, we encountered three fawns standing in the road. We had to stop as they wouldn't move. I doubt if they were more than a week old. Mommy must have been the woods nearby. We didn't mind waiting while they made up their minds which way they were going to go.

I don't know if it was perfectly timed rain and the right temperatures; something seems to be different. How could the world, I experience personally, so differ from the world seen in the media?

I am not immune to the anguish of the world. The anguish of the world, as seen by the media, is not the real world. It can't be. The people I meet everyday are sane. Most are happy and pursue their lives joyfully. It is true if you go beyond the outside layers, we discover folks are troubled. Most the folks, I know, have some anguish, hidden or not so hidden.

The unreal world [the world of conflict, divisiveness, inequality] generates a negativity that sometimes floods our minds. It acts as a magnifier and makes what are usually small problems seem huge. My life is about as perfect as a life can be. I live in a beautiful house, in beautiful surroundings {actually paradise}. I have enough money, I have great food. I am in good health for an old codger. I couldn't ask for a better life. Yet, I can suffer the anguish of the world. At the best of times, it seems, like there is a waiting, for the other shoe to drop. And we don't know what the other shoe might be.

I know, I am not helping myself or helping the world, by letting the unreal world, create any anguish in my being. I can generally find a place of peace and love inside and I do retreat to it daily. I know it is very important to stay grounded in the real world [the one of love and peace].

I know it is hard to keep our noses out of the idiot box, I, too, am curious how this strange sci-fi flick is going to turn out, and when it is not horrible, it is amusing.

Remember, we are creators and we grow what we give our attention [with feelings] to.

Actually we cannot fail to bring in a loving world. We are more love than fear. Even when we are most miserable, we are more love than fear. We can, however, delay our awareness of the real world. The more we can give up our anguish and embrace love the sooner we will experience the real world of love, peace and joy.

Happy Friday everyone! Let's celebrate!

Love and Peace, Gregg