Happy Thanksgiving!

Prayers and thanks go out to all for much we have received all year round and thru the years.

Celebrate with care - eat wisely and in good company. 

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"You could be so much more. But to BE so much more, you have to be wonderfully raw and real. . . .To be who you truly are, will leave everything in you vulnerable and raw. In that alone can you Be Real.” ~ Bernie Prior, evolutionary visionary

In conversation with friends and loved ones, it seems this is what we are each currently challenged with each moment.  Like it or not, it is our destiny. 

Peeling off the layers can be daunting though.  Especially for most of us who have expended much time, effort and resource to civilize and polish ourselves. 

To apply ourselves now with clarity. persistence and discipline to this endeavor. 

Why Obama Now?

An animated short about the big choice in 2012's presidential election - by Simpsons / Family Guy animator Lucas Gray

all of my ancestors

as Spain riots, China continues to be a big bully, the fiasco of Philippine politics continues and election hysteria escalates in the US of A

I reflect on all the bloodlines and heritage that have contributed to my present situation and perspective 

what does any of it have to do with me?  I am more affected with the deaths of immediate friends or their relatives lost 

having to deal with my health and well being daily - where does any of this fit in the proverbial grand scheme of things? 

why should I concern myself with countries and their issues - when I'm working so hard to rid myself of mine personally? 

yet they all pull and tug on my heart strings - far away or up close, personal or not

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=2YH5Hwbshg4

motion, movement, momentum

as I move into yet another place and unpack to create a new home from scratch I am made present to internal and external forces at play

I like simplifying, getting back to basics and being frugal about it - it's a creative process grounded in practical and applicable reality - what works and what does not 

it's exhilirating to find a new place, case out the new neighborhood, work out the logistics of the move, decide what should go and what to keep 

the change is exciting and expanding 

bias vs. balance

With the closing ceremonies up tomorrow, once again the Olympics are on my mind. 

This time it is its coverage and presentation that struck me.  I happened to be in Canada when the games opened and could not help but notice how they went about it compared to over here in the USA. 

Even there I could not help but notice the obvious and blatant overkill sell by the US in their American fervor - making it all about I, me, mine - which swung between extremes of childlike and childish devotion. 

Others like the UK and Canada exhibited their brand of fervor with just as much zeal and delight - minus the vehemence and Holywood-izing - while still celebrating their wins and that of others. 

Where there is no shame in acknowledging or even glorifying these achivements, being able to fully reflect other ongoing global events should remain the priority and be maintained as the perspective. 

After all the rest of the world spins on - though the news and focus remained on the 2012 Summer Olympic Games. 

Global warming, moonsoon floods, mass destruction, heinious crimes, great discoveries and achievements, love and honor, . . . .these went on and too few acknowledged the spectacle even if too many were affected.