Howard McQueen's Blog – February 2012 Archive (6)

Words by Howard McQueen; Inspiration by Fred Lansford

I am slip-sliding, ever-shifting perspective and awareness,

 collapsing and expanding

 entirely outside of my control.

I am sometimes a tiny sliver,

 weak, frail, sometimes feeling desperately incomplete

 and sometimes connected to such a wholeness

 and profundity as to see

 mother earth as a pearl in the great Ocean.

I seek sometimes the reunion…

© 2012 Howard McQueen

We seem to always be offered the same two choices when we encounter conflict:

            To enter into judgment

            <or>

            To enter into inquiry

One choice leads us on the journey towards a peaceful understanding.

The other choice continues to blind and bind us to our ignorance. 

© 2012 Howard McQueen

If something is not quite right with this moment;

Perhaps,

 you have yet to bring your full self into the moment.

Perhaps,

 You are remembering that its not all about what you think

 AND it is all about how you choose to interpret and respond.

© 2012 Howard McQueen

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To practice your artistry, your mission, your […],

i.e. your own unique vision for a richer, connected humanity.

Encourage yourself to be more and more fearlessly

 comfortable and alive within your own skin.

 And then, 

 go forth and occupy the richness of this imperfect,

 often conflicted, external world.

A nod of appreciation for the contributions of William…

© 2012 Howard McQueen

Our mind,

when faced with not knowing,

wants to fill in [ … ] for us.

What it tends to fill in, depends,

to a great extent,

upon what it chooses to fetch

dust off

and then make up.

If the mind expects a fearful future,

it may manufacture caution, avoidance

or [ ... ]

If the mind expects a pleasurable future,

it may throw…

© 2012 Howard McQueen

We are always full,

however, not always full of life-sustaining beliefs.

What we are filled with   

determines whether life bounces off  us

or penetrates deeply,

infusing us,  

radically altering us.

It may be a mid-life crisis,

or a broken partnership,

or a loss of income,

or the ending of a career,

or the untimely death of someone snatched away from…