We Can Make It Happen

I have always loved the band, Chicago
& this past weekend, my peeps and I spent a lovely Summer's evening experiencing the power of their music
& if you've never had the joy of seeing them in concert, put it on your Bucket List !
You will not be disappointed

& you know when you get a song stuck in your head ?
Well, Dialogue Parts 1 and 2 has been hunkered in mine since they sang it on Friday
and I'm absolutely loving it !

The song is AWESOME.
& even though it was written and recorded way back in 1971, right smack dab in the middle of everything 1971 had to offer, it fits in perfectly with my feelings of today.

Here are the lyrics but, do me a favor and listen when you have a minute ...

 

Play "Dialogue (parts 1 A…" on Amazon Music

Listen while you read!

Part I

Terry
Are you optimistic
'bout the way things are going?

Peter
No, I never ever think of it at all

Terry
Don't you ever worry
When you see what's going down?

Peter
No, I try to mind my business,
that is, no business at all

Terry
When it's time to function
as a feeling human being, will your
Bachelor of Arts help you get by?

Peter
I hope to study further,
a few more years or so. I also hope
to keep a steady high

Terry
Will you try to change
things, use the power that you have,
the power of a million new ideas?

Peter
What is this power you
speak of and this need for things to
change? I always thought
that everything was fine

Terry
Don't you feel repression just
closing in around?

Peter
No, the campus here is very, very free

Terry
Does it make you angry
the way war is dragging on?

Peter
Well, I hope the President
knows what he's into, I don't know

Terry
Don't you ever see the starvation
in the city where you live, all the
needless hunger all the
needless pain?

Peter
I haven't been there lately,
the country is so fine, but my
neighbors don't seem hungry 'cause
they haven't got the time

Terry
Thank you for the talk,
you know you really eased my mind
I was troubled by the shapes
of things to come.

Peter
Well, if you had my
outlook your feelings would be
numb, you'd always think
that everything was fine

Part II

Group
We can make it happen
We can change the world now
We can save the children
We can make it better
We can make it happen
We can save the children
We can make it happen


What's my POINT ?? you so patiently wonder.

Mad. Trouble. Distress. Unhappiness.
Someone, somewhere.
Forever.
For always.

People fighting.
People hating.
People hurting.

Since the beginning of time, seems Ugly is unavoidable.

But, just like this song proposes ...
WE can make it happen
WE can change the world now
We can save the children ...

WE.

It's all in the way you look at it, friends.
If we choose to see negative we will continue to see negative but, if we choose positive ?

WoW.

Imagine the domino effect of Only. Positive.

Today, tomorrow, the next day and next and next ...
will you try, please ?
Please try.
I'm pretty darn certain you will enjoy and stay in the positive vibe.

& hey ! many thanks, Chicago !
You guys are truly talented musicians and amazing souls
& I have a feeling your wonderful words will continue to be hunkered in my head for a very, VERY long time.

YaY.

:)

I Am My Feelings

   

Quiet Confidence

What. A. Weekend.

& I mean that with every little sense of delightful sincerity that this ol heart can hold.
Filled with music and friends and family and love
& perfect.

It truly was PERFECT

& I don't know if you've noticed, but I have been riding a tidal wave of questions lately.
What and where and how and why ???
and and and ... ??!?
about this and that and that and this.
andandandandand

Yep.
I've been questioning.
I've been doubting.

AGAIN.

& HOW many times have you heard that one out of me ?!?

Seriously.
gaaaaaa.

Sometimes I just want to knock myself upside the head when I get this way
ESPECIALLY when those answers suddenly, quietly and oh so confidently !! appear
& they always, always, ALWAYS appear.

poof
just like that.

When I seek, I find.
There is absolutely no better way to phrase it
& it honestly is as easy as that.

I know you're busy so I won't get into all the teeny, tiny, finely chopped details of my Weekend Journey of Wonderful.
But.
I do need you to know this ....

The answers are there.
The comfort is there.
The everything you need to calm that inner unsteadiness is RIGHT THERE.

Sometimes the eyeballs have to be pried wide open to notice
& as Vanessa Williams so beautifully sings,
'sometimes the very thing you're looking for is the one thing you can't see'
but I promise, the answers you seek are there.

So, YaY.
I am back on my path.
AGAIN
& I feel FABULOUS !!!

hey, um, the next time I become unglued with my why why WHY-s ??!?
Do me a favor and remind me, please.

Seek + Find = Happy.

& feel free to hand over that knock upside the head too.

weeeeeee.

:)

I Am My Feelings

 

Sing A Song

My older brother was born with Polish music in his veins.
I swear he knows every Polka song ever written, word for word
& although he and I have enjoyed a few twirls around the dance floor, I can't say it is my cup of tea.
But, Brother #1 loves a good Polka
& I love him.
That's really all that matters.

My younger sister.
Oh, she's Led Zeppelin.
Always has been, always will be.
Robert Plant is definitely THE man.
He touches something deep down in her soul
& although I've listened to her Zep many times and she's tried to explain her joy, I've never felt it like she feels it.
But, that's fine.
This is who she is and what she loves
& I love her
That's really all that matters.

Me ?
Barry Manilow.
It's no secret. I have adored that man since the beginning of time.
His songs are my Heaven.
It's that simple.

Throw my three other siblings in and we've got ourselves quite a musical mix.
Sister #1 brings Rod Stewart.
Brother #2 entertains with 80's tunes and trivia.
Youngest Sister is all about Duran Duran
& even though I might not enjoy these tunes as much as they enjoy these tunes,
I love these people
& that's really all that matters.

My siblings and I grew up in the same house with the same parents.
We had the same schooling, same environment.
Pretty much the same everything.
Yet we are all so different.
In our musical tastes, in our opinions and in our other life stuff.
Bottom line is that we love each other
& we respect our differences in opinion.
It makes us who we are
& it's quite wonderful, if you ask me.

Ohhhhhh
Human beings.

We are so unique but, so very much alike
& we share this big, ol ball in the sky for such a brief moment in time.

I have my opinions and tastes.
You have your opinions and tastes.
How's about we all just respect these opinions, these differences.
How's about we all just bring ourselves, our music, our uniqueness, our everything to this great big, wonderful table of life
& enjoy.

Just enjoy.

:)

I Am My Feelings

! LOOK !

So I'm standing on my porch yesterday evening, just staring at the sky.
Why ?
Because I can't stop.
It's amazing is what it is and I'm obsessed is what I am.
Completely, totally, wholeheartedly obsessed.

Look up.

Look around.

Ain't it all just so incredibly wonderful ??
& don't tell me it's cloudy
or raining
or you're much too busy ...
Step yourself outside right this very minute and look at that infinite sky.

! LOOK ! 

It is absolutely awesome
& THIS is indescribably invigorating.

This Planet.
This Life.
This Today.

This. Gift.

Another good morning has broken, my friends.
Enjoy it.
Live it.
LOVE IT
&
feel free to become completely, totally, wholeheartedly obsessed.

:)

I Am My Feelings

Feeling Small

I see them almost every day
& I'm positive they are onto the fact that they scare the living daylights out of me.
I call them 'thugs' in my head because an arrogance of bully surrounds them
& I often think my presence annoys them just as much as theirs bothers me.

'oh jeez. here comes THAT one again. let's intimidate'

THEY are a gaggle of geese
& when I see I cringe, I fear, I cower.
I turn very, very small.

& if the other walkers, riders, runners, big, bold, brave human beings on the trail are equally bothered by them ?? I will never know.
They hold their cards well and seem extremely aloof to the fact that these meanies are blocking their path.

It's me
& I know it's me.
Because I allow.

I've invited that dread to take hold of me.
I have turned on the distress signal.
I am the one who has made these simple creatures terrifying.

Terrifying because I saw a video once about a random goose attack.
Terrifying because uh, ya know, it happens ALL THE TIME.
Terrifying because I believe what THEY say because they are ALWAYS right.

errrr.
No. They're not.
THEY have been known to get things wrong too
 & seriously, WHAT am I so quivery, jittery, dreadfully apprehensive about ??

Fear.
What a powerfully mighty force
& what a web it weaves when I ALLOW it to have it's way with me.

I read a quote recently that has really stuck in my brain.

" ...  faith is taking that first step before God reveals the second step."

Yeah.

That.

I really need to do a whole lot more of THAT.

Hey there, Mr Goose and Company.
Go ahead and bring it.
Because I have had enough of fear playing games with me and my life
& I'm pretty darn tired of feeling small.

D. O. N. E.
I am Done.

So if you happen to hear about a random goose attack on an innocent somebody on a walking trail ?
No worries, my peeps.

 It's not me.

:)

I Am My Feelings

Deactivated

Have you ever had a thought just tap, tap, tap at your brain ?

Continual.
Constant.
There.
Hunkered in the shadows, with it's 'I'm not leaving until we address this issue' humph.

Welp.
That was me with my very dear pal, Facebook.

Until yesterday.

Because yesterday, I addressed that little something
& I followed what my inner voice has been suggesting all along.

I deactivated.
I stepped away.
I stopped.

Are you SURE you want to do this ?? Facebook asked once, twice, again, as it rattled off the people I might be upsetting with my departure.
Are ? You ? SURE ???

Yes, friends.
I am sure.

Why ?
Because my mind keeps taking me back.

It was 2009 and I was on my "I'm 50 !!" Colorado birthday trip, provided by my way too generous children.
Sisters, niece and I were having a hiking, picnicking type of glorious day when someone pondered ...
"Are you on Facebook yet ? You should be on Facebook!"

& so, I did, I was, I liked
& it truly has been a wonderful journey !

The reunions with my long lost peeps.
The sharing of moments and food and songs and selfies and puppies and clouds and trees and stuff.
The checking in-s.
The Happy Birthdays.
Happy Anniversaries.
Happy ! Happy ! :) !
The wish you were here having fun with us too.
The... the ....

ahhhh Facebook.
We have definitely come a long way, baby
& I will forever be thankful to YOU.

You brought me out of my shell, is what you did.
My 'I'll Just Keep These Poems and Stories Tucked Safely Away In This Drawer Forever' fear.
I was scared and timid and I would not allow anyone to enter this very, VERY private part of me
& although it was a slow and I do mean S L O W, extremely tedious and yes ! rather torturous process, I did it.
We did it.

I'm not afraid anymore, Facebook.

YaY

So WHY deactivate, you ask ?

Because my inner voice is quite insistent
& it's telling me to go back.
Go back to that Colorado day before.
Go back to old school.
Go back to quiet 
& shhhhh

Just shhhhh

No worries, my devoted "book" buddies
& please know, it's nothing personal !
I've left you but, my blog words shall remain via the unrelenting loyalty of Brother, Sister, Friends and Husband and I truly hope you continue to read, follow.
My profile picture and I just have to go elsewhere for now,
For awhile.

Forever ?

hmmmm.

I'll keep you posted.
I promise.

:)

I Am My Feelings

What What

So.
I've been thinking lately
& yes, we all know what happens when this brain starts buzzing a bit too much.

oy

But, it keeps pestering and pondering and asking,
what

What if ?
What then ?
What's next ?
What What ??

What if I stop.
Stop writing, that is.
Not writing, writing.
Blog writing.
This every day busy biz.

Would anyone notice ?
Would anyone care ?
& if I did just stop, then what ??
and what then ?

Oy.

& I hate to sound whiny-ish or hey ! somebody hand over a compliment
but, seriously, I really don't know
& I'm very confused.
If there's something else out there ...
where ?
how ?
what ??

OY

So.
I took my troubled mind to where I always take me troubled mind
& I asked please, PLEASE just show me something.
Tell me Some. Thing.
A sign,
I need a sign.

Thank You, Somebody.
You were placed in my path when I needed you most and you've said the words I so needed to hear
& once again, I am reminded of the power of one.
You, my friend, are the fuel, the nudge, the reminder that I so desperately craved.

This blog.
Ooooooh, this blog !!
It energizes me.
It exhausts me
but knowing I am helping your simple, steadfast "one"
Yeah.
I got my sign.

So.
What if ?
&
What's next ?
&
What What ??

I'm pretty positive I will continue because my soul refuses to let me stop.
It reminds me every single minute of every single day that I love to write, that I MUST write.
It tells me to be patient, that I am in a holding pattern of sorts, that I am adjusting.
So patient I shall
& adjust I shall.
I shall, I will, until my what what becomes my done done.

Trust
& the rest is easy.

Thanks for sharing your power, Somebody.
Your awesome power of one.

:)

I Am My Feelings