STORMY WEATHER

STORMY WEATHER.

I sit here on the last day of February 2014. We are under STORM WATCH here in LA.

It is always so funny to me how the weather is reported here.

It has been raining for the past 24 hours on and off.

I  LOVE THE RAIN. I always have. As a child I would love to sit on my front porch to enjoy a good rain storm. Over the past two years I have had the good fortune to live two houses off the ocean.
I love a storm at the ocean.......Got to experience and live through both HURRICANE IRENE & SANDY.

I have weathered my fair share of storms. Both PERSONALLY AND WEATHER WISE.

Some storms have been more intense than others. I am sure in my life there will be more STORMS to be had.

I am learning to just enjoy the journey.......That includes the storms, Without them there is no growth.

We need to EMBRACE whatever we may be going through in life. WHY? Because we are exactly we we are suppose to be at any given moment.

MOTHER NATURE IS AMAZING.
IT IS FASCINATING TO WATCH MOTHER NATURE AT WORK.

Last night and most of the day today I have had the pleasure of working from home and using the rain as the SOUND TRACK for my day.

The sound of rain is very SOOTHING to me.

To me listening and being caught in the rain and feeling it on my body is a form of cleansing.
It has the power to wash away all of the ugliness and dirt of the world. After the rain everything seems a little BRIGHTER.

Los Angeles fr example has been in the middle of a long dry spell and experiencing a draught.

Without the rain this city and our lives build up TOXINS that can stop us dead in our tracks and can actually kill us physically, emotionally, spiritually and figuratively.

Without the rain we become malnourished. The RAIN BRINGS US THE NOURISHMENT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO GROW IN TO THE BEST WE CAN BE.

Many of us walk through life MALNOURISHED and severely DEHYDRATED.

We need to learn to dance in the rain and understand that hardships are a part of what makes us into the wonderful human beings that we are, as we move along the HIGHWAY OF LIFE ON OUR JOURNEY.

Wishing everyone a journey full of growth and love.

REMEMBER THERE IS ALWAYS BEAUTY AFTER A STORM.

The reading this month was

Forgiveness - Iyanla Vanzant

Warrior of the Light -Paulo Coelho

DIS EASE

DIS   EASE

Another light dimmed this week do to his disease.

When I heard the news of the tragisc loss of Philip Seymour Hoffman. I was deeply saddened for his friends , family and for everyone  who are out there stuggling and suffering  EVERYDAY.

What my first thought was upon hearing the news, is here is a man SEEMINGLY at the top of his game who had pretty much gained the status of being able to write his own ticket.

A brilliant career and future ahead of him, one would think.  NOT THE CASE.

White, Black,Rich, Poor, Man ,Woman.

DIS  EASE  DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE.

We never know what BATTLES someone is fighting or DEMONS they are struggling with.

I was speaking with a friend last night and we were discussing the tragedy of it all.
She said, she did not think that only sad and depressed people become addicts.

I said that I totally agree with you, but by the time someone is battling a full fledged adiction, Happy and Carefree are taken out of the equation.

Becoming an addict depletes the person of the simple joys in life. Everything becomes a challenge.

We really need to be kind to one another. We have no idea what sort of private hell another person is living.

Life is challenging on the best of days.  WE NEED TO BE MORE COMPASSIONATE.

Putting this into practice one/we should start immediately and our first subject should be OURSELVES.

SELF LOVE, SELF ACCEPTANCE is really difficult for many.

It is a practice that one/we really should learn to master which would allow us to serve ourselves and the world better.

It seems like every six months to one year we are losing some high profile celebrity to the addiction of his/her DIS  EASE.

This month marks the 2 year anniversary of the loss of Whitney Houston.  
Daily the world loses countless beautiful people who get lost in some sort of ADDICTION. They wind up struggling. Some for a very short period of time and some for a lifetime. Eventually if they do not seek help the outcome winds up be the same........DEATH.

I persoanlly know of 5 people last year lost to their ADDICTIONS.

ALL VERY SCARY.

To all those lost to their DIS  EASE. May you finally be resting easy and at peace.

To everyone still struggling. I wish you all a successful road back to a drug/alcohol/sex/food/gambling/shopping or whatever other  DIS   EASE you may be suffering from FREE LIFE.

Remeber in life's darkest moments one can still find light......You just need to be will to look for it. WISHING LIGHT AND LOVE TO ALL.......MAY THE LIGHT SHINE BRIGHT.


R.I.P Philip Seymour Hofffman
Thank you for sharing your gifts with all of us. May you be bathed in light as you have embarked on a new journey.