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Sarah Trudeau's avatar

I listened to this while laying in the sun as my kids played. Beautiful afternoon meditation 🙏

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Rusty Eyeball's avatar

Love it❤️

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Linda Kliewer's avatar

I do happen to look at a blue cloudless sky in awe and imagine all that is out there. I have never taken life for granted and knew from my childhood that "you" could cease to exist at any time. Yet, we need to have goals to move us through life. And yes, we are already doing what we are here to do (if there even ever was a plan for us). So, I am 70 yrs old with multiple chronic disabling conditions. They are progressing slowly, but it seems every couple of months something else quits working properly. That has truly been a wake up call that my time here is winding down and now I REALLY pay attention. Every beautiful sunset, the smell of duff on a warm day, blue clear skies, summer and fall which I both love equally, and my children and grandchildren. Every word and hope for their future. What I am finding is that it is never enough. I want more for as long as it is given.

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Pump's avatar

You awesome beautiful wave

You’re so swell

Beautiful rivulets

love emanating

Thank you young warrior

Love love love

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Rusty Eyeball's avatar

❤️🙌🏼❤️

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Daniel Kramer's avatar

Really, I could meditate to this. Great job

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Lesa Spravka's avatar

Love your common sense poetry.

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Daniel Kramer's avatar

You have the best eyebrows, lol

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Maggie O's avatar

I am trying to find a way to approach my 24 year old to let them know that it’s ok to be the “them” they are now, because they are so fearful of…everything! I suspect age and experience is a huge part of acceptance of the “is-ness” of it all, but because you also have kids in this age-range, and what Maisie and your family is experiencing, do you have a catch phrase that you use with the kids to remind them that their thoughts are the cage?

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Rusty Eyeball's avatar

Hi Maggie, not really. The frontal lobe is just about finished cooking in our early 20s, prior to that it’s a shitshow. The things parents say to their kids aren’t really heard in the same way as when it comes from somewhere else. The best transmission we can give our kids is action born of the realization that thoughts are the cage. If you yourself have realized that then just live it and act in accordance with it and later on the kid will think about how you “were” more than what you “said”. If you haven’t fully realized it then put effort into it and you can then talk about your efforts. The best utilization of this being when we screw up. To be able to own it and apologize and then talk about your efforts to grow beyond thought are more impactful because they include an action. ❤️

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Michael in Boston's avatar

Maggie, this Rusty Eyeball dude has taken eastern religion and the course of miracles and a number of other philosophies and wrapped it up in a tiny ball and hands it to you. I’d suggest handing the ball to your kid, tell him to listen to “Rusty”.

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