Inventory Two

Break my chains, show the path to make everything fall into place. Wake me from my dreaming, no more deceiving, between the want and waste and all the hunger inside. I can be free from this place, beautiful healer, beautiful grace. I'm just a single voice, what can one do to erase, all this misunderstanding, all this anarchy, six degrees of separation, sometimes it's just so hard to see. We are not really alone in this, and we need to believe we are free. Let me see the morning glory, it winds upon the tree, and it tells the story of how things were meant to be. You saw the universe caught up in desperate dreams, so you came and changed the ending, led the revolution, and left your legacy, embraced the struggle in the face of mortality. No, we are not alone in this, help me believe. Break these chains.

Dinner

If you went to dinner with someone who you really cared about and got the check, would you tell your friend that although you enjoyed their company you just couldn't see spending the money on them for the dinner. You would be choosing your money over the one you invited to dinner. Usually we are driven by our hearts, our urges, our emotions. Sometimes we chose what we perceive to be our wants over what may be affecting others, and grab the world for ourselves. But if you had 24 hours to live, what would you do? If you had 24 hours to breathe what would you say? Isn't it so easy to lose track, one place that's tempting is to look back, fill our hearts with regret. Looking at all we couldn't do, for all we should have done, but didn't take the time to. Obviously it's not too late. To move ahead of the curve, we could give our love without holding back, give our heart without keeping track of who would repay. Is precious time melting away? When its our way we will get sick of our pride, for all the faults leave us trying to hide. Denying what is true and leaving these unopened gifts will cease to exist if they are returned unused. I could take back every single harsh word I've said, spend time listening to your laughter instead. Hold on tight and do the next right things so time couldn't erase them, and this would change what is to come and see us through every step of the way.

Taking Inventory

Everyone and that is everyone has a life of inventory. A glossary of the good and the evil, and isn't it amazing that even if you think your life is an island your actions are still a ripple effect that goes far beyond what you percieve inside and what is far beyond your consciousness. Introspection into what it is that makes you do what you do are contrived, by how you lived, living and will live. The things we grasp for happiness are fleeting until you decide on how you can be the best version of yourself. As you look into what is really the next right thing to do and act upon it you begin a journey like no other. It would be facetious to believe that there is a simple plan, but like the pilgrim it will always be a recollection, a turning point of what is, and building towards what you ultimately can be, never ending in the trail race to nirvana.

Promises to Keep

So once again its bunny season, so Boodini is busy in her dreams chasing them into a nice herd. They promised not to eat much, but keep good company. What reason would you owe this too? Good question, for some reason it goes with the territory, just like chocolate is free game to be eaten again. This is a great day in the neighborhood, we can necessarily run wild, walk around and not worry. Be Happy! Open packages, and things are Great Again, aren't they!

Whipping Post

Down in whole and I don't know if I can be saved
See my heart I decorate it like a grave
Oh, you don't understand who they thought I was supposed to be
Look at me now I'm a man who won't let himself be
I have been guilty of kicking myself in the teeth
Down in hole, feeling so small
Down in a hole losing my soul
I'd like to fly but my wings my will denies

So it goes round and round once again, falling then standing only to fall again. The remorse, the guilt, the affirmation to rise up once again. Thankfully you actually get the chance. So do the next right thing. Whatever the plague you have the cure, so what's in your head?

Which is it Climate or Weather?

President Trump tweeted in reference to the weather in the Eastern US  "In the East, it could be the coldest new years eve on record. Perhaps we could use a little bit of that good old global warming that our country, but not other countries, was going to pay TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS to protect against. Bundle Up!"


The difference between weather and climate is a measure of time. Weather is what conditions of the atmosphere are over a short period of time, and climate is how the atmosphere "behaves" over relatively long periods of time.

When we talk about climate change, we talk about changes in long-term averages of daily weather. Today, children always hear stories from their parents and grandparents about how snow was always piled up to their waists as they trudged off to school. Children today in most areas of the country haven't experienced those kinds of dreadful snow-packed winters, except for the Northeastern U.S. in January 2005. The change in recent winter snows indicate that the climate has changed since their parents were young.

If summers seem hotter lately, then the recent climate may have changed. In various parts of the world, some people have even noticed that springtime comes earlier now than it did 30 years ago. An earlier springtime is indicative of a possible change in the climate.

In addition to long-term climate change, there are shorter term climate variations. This so-called climate variability can be represented by periodic or intermittent changes related to El Niño, La Niña, volcanic eruptions, or other changes in the Earth system.

What Weather Means 
Weather is basically the way the atmosphere is behaving, mainly with respect to its effects upon life and human activities. The difference between weather and climate is that weather consists of the short-term (minutes to months) changes in the atmosphere. Most people think of weather in terms of temperature, humidity, precipitation, cloudiness, brightness, visibility, wind, and atmospheric pressure, as in high and low pressure.

In most places, weather can change from minute-to-minute, hour-to-hour, day-to-day, and season-to-season. Climate, however, is the average of weather over time and space. An easy way to remember the difference is that climate is what you expect, like a very hot summer, and weather is what you get, like a hot day with pop-up thunderstorms.


*****How can one be an Ostrich? "We can stick our heads in the sand, just pretend that all is grand and hope that everything for the kids turns out OK."

On Bended Knee

   We'll call you when your six years old, and drag you to the factory. To train your brain for eighteen years with promise of security. But then you're free and for forty years you waste to chase the dollar sign. So you may die in Florida at the pleasant age of sixty nine.
   The water's getting hard to drink, we've mangled up the countryside. The air will choke you when you breathe, we're all commiting sucide. But it's alright, it's progress folks,  keep pushin' till your body rots. Will strip the earth of all it's green, and then divide her into condos and parking lots.
   Your free to speak your mind my friend, as long as you agree with me. Don't criticize the fatherland
or those who shape your destiny. Cause if you do, you'll lose your job, your mind, and all the friends you knew. We'll send out all our boys in blue, they'll find a way to silence you.
 
   But there's nothing you and I can do, you and I are only two. What's right and wrong is hard to say, forget about it for today.
   We'll stick our heads into the sand.
   Just pretend that all is grand.
   Then hope that everything turns out OK!