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Love Lives Long After  (A Re-blog from 2011)  by Dewaine Wakeman Well, its finally over: Valentine’s day 2011 draws to a close. Chocolate candies and candles have been cleared off, cards and packages are tucked well away,  hugs and kisses have subsided, the gourmet meals have all been served - and the day, in its totality,  even those intimate moments, (forgive the mention)  are now finished for everyone. And what about the day of love itself?  Why do we celebrate it? Why do we confine it to the celebration of a single day, and a predictable day at that? Would the saints and the poets view this day with any more or any less skepticism? I’m thinking of my father. A few years ago, he made a personal wedding gift for my mother. I was awe struck by his thoughtful gift,  as any reflective person would have been.  He delivered it to her perfectly on the day without fan fare of their anniversary, coming home from work,  with no big speeches at all, or
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"Lifestyles of the Poor and Broke" by Dewaine Wakeman   Thrift – its amazing what you can do. Internet? (We all can do that.) Exercise? (We all can do that too. Who needs a health club membership?) Transportation (We all can do that - several ways) Shelter (We all can find our means I suppose if we are smart about it.) We can have everything a responsible adult can have or a homeless person could enjoy if we are careful, this is still America after all. So who am I? I’m many of you. I’m your neighbor. Won’t you be my neighbor?  I’m really good at getting by. Let’s start with exercise: Bicycle or walk? ( no gasoline or auto insurance needed) Cutting firewood (no fuel bills – fire up the wood stove, campfires work too if you live in the deep south). Entertainment? There’s digital televison, you either get the signal or you won't. Btw it’s crystal clear nowadays should you be lucky enough to
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“Fear” by Dewaine Wakeman Unfortunately for many of us, myself included, Fear makes our decisions for us. We wallow in it. We ponder in it, we bring miseries and dysfunctions into our lives by giving fear power over us. I’m reminded of a line from my childhood, a hymn, 'What a friend we have in Jesus': “Oh what peace we often forfeit, oh, what NEEDLESS PAIN we bear.” . i.e., we don't live in the freedom of the fear that seems to grip our lives. The truth is the mind stores the ideas that we focus on. We worry too much about the information we receive, not knowing the source upon which that information is received to us. A curious mystery from the New Testament reveals our problem (which is an issue of life itself) “Don’t let thy right hand, know what thy left hand is up to." There are two entities (negative and positive energy - Devil or God, creation or destruction, as they are sometimes called) It totally makes sense not t
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Habits by Dewaine Wakeman New thoughts do not come from old habits. Yet it is habits that lead us to where we need to go. The old sayin’ goes, “wherever you go there you are!” Or as confucius would say, whereever you go, go with all your heart. Or Lao Tzu would say, “The crooked will be made straight.” Our habits can get us into trouble, but over time, good habits, even new habits, are our saving grace. So, What habits do we need to break? Thinking? Worrying? Belief system(s) Activities? Over-all feelings toward others on a daily basis? Self consciousness toward others? Many things get us into trouble – they all come from our thoughts and habits. Napoleon Hill reminds us, “You don’t have to be great to get started, but you do have to get started to be great.” Habits make our world. According to American Pyschologist William James, habits take twenty
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Friends vs. Aloneness  by Dewaine Wakeman Friends: Are they actually real and can we trust them? Maybe you’ve faced these questions too after being hurt. If you need to love people, try loving them from a distance. Don’t feel guilty, take your time in learning people. Christ would say, “Guard yourself against the WORLD” Notice, he did not say guard yourself against a ‘few people you don’t trust, he said guard yourself against the entire world. The friends you come into this world with, are not necessarily the friends you will leave with. We live in a less than perfect world that is often filled with jealousy, greed, hate and backstabbing. You are always your best friend, regardless of the circumstances on which you happen to find yourself in. Friends are only worthy of your time IF they are worthy of your friendship, your respect, and your trust. Be comfortable on occasion to be alone as well, if the relationship does not work out. Don't feel guilty. I
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(O.K.Cupid, Match, Plenty Of Fish, eHarmony) Satisfaction? Is there such a thing in relationships? I think most people keep singing the same song: "I can't get no satisfaction" ... (yeah I know there is a double negative in the grammar, but you get the point still!) I think loading new pictures is an effective tool in attracting new people. But what about the previous acquaintances? The old saying: the more things change the more they stay the same, still holds true: in truth the relationship begin with us, not in the next partner to be had. We must nurture that partner and manifest in him or her the loving qualities we desire, or we will never have a partner to desire, ever! New is not only seldom better, but it is a step back, a set back. like having to rebuild a house, after a storm tears the last one down. More partners to satisfy until we die is our motto! Satisfaction is a hard thing for most people. But it should
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Peace What is it? Why do we take it for granted? Or, do we take it for granted? Whatever the case may be, war is steady Peace is fragile. Does the human race have some lesson to learn here? We never seem to ‘get it right’. Could this possibly be BECAUSE OF US? The cycle goes on, like a trip around the moon We discover our own dune buggy but it is on a different side, the same side from whence we started. How is it that we see things differently in time and space? Things really aren't different, but we ‘think’ we have progress, we think we see things differently, ‘now’ or ‘this time around’. I’m reminded of what Wayne Dyer said of  human nature i.e. the human race, “When you live on a round planet, there is no choosing sides. Christ said something similar in the Gnostic Gospels, “Where the end is, there will the beginning be.” Consciousness may ‘be’ the secret to bringing the human race closer together, if there is such a thing. Beg
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