ALICE SAID LOVE!!!! WHAT A BEAUTIFUL WORD!

PAIN IS PART OF LIFE.TO LIVE A MASCULINE SPIRITUAL LIFE,WE NEED A WAY TO UNDERSTAND THE SUFFERING WE SOMETIMES ENDURE.LOOKING BACK AT OTHER DIFFICULT TIMES CAN GIVE US A BETTER PERSPECTIVE OF THE PAIN WE FEEL TODAY.ALL OF US CAN RECALL A LOSE OR A SUDDEN DIFFICULT CHANGE THAT WE NEVER WOULD HAVE CHOSEN FOR OURSELVES.PERHAPS IT BROUGHT US FACE-TO-FACE WITH INSECURITIES OR DOUBTS ABOUT OUR SURVIVAL.NOW,AFTER THE SUFFERING HAS ENDED,WE SEE HOW MUCH WE GREW.WE CHANGED;WE WERE STRENGTHENED AND,PERHAPS, WERE LIBERATED BY WHAT HAPPENED TO US.THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY’S SUFFERING MAY NOT BE CLEAR AS TO WHAT GOOD IT HOLDS FOR US.BUT WE ARE ON A JOURNEY,AND IT CAN ONLY HAPPEN ONE STEP AT A TIME.WE KNOW THAT JOURNEYS TEACH US GREAT LESSONS AND THEY DO HAVE ENDING.OUR PAIN TODAY AFFIRMS THAT WE ARE VITAL AND ALIVE PEOPLE.WE KNOW OTHERS SUFFER AS WE DO,AND WE CAN TURN TO EACH OTHER TO GIVE AND RECEIVE COMFORT WHILE WE ARE ON THE JOURNEY.WELL GIRL SUFFERING IS A JOURNEY WHICH HAS AN END!WELL ALL IN ALL SCOTT,MY PAIN WILL TEACH ME SOMETHING I NEED TO KNOW,AND IT WILL HAVE AN END.I WILL PAY ATTENTION TO ITS LESSONS.ALICE ,YOU ARE SUCH A FAST LEARNING.NOW LETS GO TRY TO FIND THE WHITE QUEEN.SHE E-MAILED US,SOMETHING ABOUT A BAD DRAGON.NEVER A SLOW WEEK END WITH YOU GIRL.YA IS IT NOT FUN!!!1GODBLESS EVERYONE, AND HAVE A GREAT WEEK END!!  GODSPEED  ! WE LOVE YOU ALL……….

ALICE SAID IF WE COULD ONLY GO BACK FOR JUST ONE DAY!!!

MATERIAL POSSESSIONS HAVE GREAT SIGNIFICANCE IN OUR WORLD.NOT ONLY DO WE STRIVE TO OWN A SPECIAL CAR,ELECTRONIC GEAR,AND FAR MORE CLOTHES THAN WE NEED,BUT WE ALSO THINK IN TERMS OF POSSESSING A GIRLFRIEND,OR OUR HEALTH,OR HAPPINESS,OR THINGS THAT CANNOT BE OWNED.SOME OF US HAVE BECOME ADDICTED TO BUYING AND OWNING THINGS.THIS GIMME-GIMME MENTALITY AFFECTS US ALL AND,RATHER THAN ENRICHING US,IT IMPOVERISHES US.TANGIBLE THINGS ENRICH US ONLY WHEN WE USE THEM AND SHARE THEM TO IMPROVE OUR LIVES AND THE LIVES OF OTHERS.WE DON’T NEED TO BE WEALTHY TO SHARE WHAT WE HAVE WITH OTHERS. IT S THE SHARING THAT NOURISHES US AND BUILDS BRIDGES BETWEEN US.                                   WISE MEN HAVE KNOWN FOR THOUSAND OF YEARS THAT A MAN’S SPIRITUALITY IS DEEPLY AFFECTED BY HIS RELATIONSHIP TO HIS POSSESSIONS.WHEN WE RESPECT WHAT WE OWN AS A GIFT FROM GOD AND SHARE IT WITH OTHERS, WE GROW RICHER SPIRITUALLY.BUT SCOTT,IN THE SPHERE OF MATERIAL THINGS, GIVING MEANS BEING RICH.NOT HE WHO HAS MUCH IS RICH,BUT HE WHO GIVES MUCH.YOU GOT IT GIRL!!!SO ALICE I WOULD HOLD MY POSSESSIONS LOOSELY AND WITH RESPECT SO THEY CAN BE USED WELL AND SHARED..I WOULD EVEN GO BACK DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE, FIND THE HATTER AND LET HIM KNOW WHAT YOU KNOW NOW.HELPING PEOPLE IS WHAT IS ALL ABOUT.I WOULDN’T KNOW THIS IF IT WASN’T FOR MY SUPER FRIENDS.ALICE SAID “ITS LIKE YOU HAVE YOUR OWN OZ”WHAT DO YOU MEAN? WELL YOU HAVE ERIK ,LITTLE BROTHER FOR HIS WISDOM.MARTINA FOR HER LOVE FOR LIFE,AND JO-ANN FOR HER COURAGE.YOU HAVE WHAT PEOPLE CAN’T BUY,IT IS PRICELESS.I GUESS YOUR SO RIGHT!!!!I AM A VERY LUCKY MAN.WELL ,EVERYONE HAVE A SUPER WEEK END.GODSPEED!!!

ALICE SAID THE JOURNEY DOESN’T END AT EIGHTEEN!!!

WHO WOULD EVER THINK AFTER SIX DECADES I WOULD BE STILL LEARNING!ONE MORE OF THOSE LATE NIGHT TALKS WITH MS ALICE.THE SON WHO HAD ALL THE ANSWERS,IS NOW BACK HOME WITH  MORE QUESTIONS.YOU GOT TO LOVE IT!!!I TRIED TO TELL HIM ,HE WHO IS OUTSIDE THE DOOR HAS ALREADY A GOOD PART OF HIS JOURNEY BEHIND HIM.IT WAS LIKE THE DAY HE WAS BORN,A YEAR LATER I PUT HIS PICTURE ON THE MILK CARTON,JUST IN CASE.BUT I NEW HE WAS THE CHILD TO ALWAYS RETURN. THANK GOD FOR ME!!!!HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY WORLD.WHEN WE SEE HOW FAR WE STRAYED FROM THE KIND OF FATHERS WE WANTED TO BE,WE ARE OVERWHELMED BY HOW FAR WE HAVE TO GO TO GET BACK ON THE TRACK.PERHAPS WE SEE CLEARLY FOR THE FIRST TIME HOW UNFAIR WE WERE OR HOW MUCH WE HURT THOSE WE LOVE.MAYBE WE SEE HOW PERVASIVE OUR COMPULSIONS ARE IN OUR LIVES AND HOW MUCH WE MISSED.AS LONG AS WE LIVE, WE NEVER REACH A POINT WHERE WE CAN STOP GROWING.WELL I SAID IT IS LATE AND THE SUN WILL COME UP.SHE SAID,I WILL REMEMBER IT IS THE REWARD OF THE JOURNEY ITSELF, NOT THE DESTINATION,THAT I SEEK.I WILL RACE YOU TO THE ROOM OLD MAN!!!!HAHAHAH!     GOD BLESS  ALL ARE SUPER FRIENDS AND HAVE A SUPER WEEK COMING!!   GOD SPEED!!1 MANY THANKS FOR MA PREM USHA  AND HIS WISDOM.

WHY!WHY! WHY! ARE THE GREAT ONES TAKEN FROM FROM US SO SOON???

ALICE ASKED ME WHY I WAS SO DOWN TODAY.I TOLD HER THE WORLD LOST A GREAT PERSON LAST NIGHT.A REAL FIGHTER AND A SUPER DAD!I SAID A PAINFUL LOSS CAN SEEM LIKE THE END OF HOPE FOR US.IT IS TRUE THAT THE PLACE A LOVED ONE HAD IN OUR LIVES WILL NEVER BE FILLED.AT LEAST NOT AS WE THOUGHT IT WOULD.THE AGING OF OUR BODIES ENDS PHYSICAL STRENGTH,AND WE LOSE OPTIONS THAT WILL NOT COME AROUND A SECOND TIME.YET,CHANGE IS A BASIC FACT OF LIFE.                                WHEN WE LOOK STRAIGHT AT OUR LOSSES AND ALLOW OURSELVES TO CRY AND GRIEVE OVER THEM,WE ARE SAYING GOOD-BYE AND LETTING GO,BUT NEVER FORGETTING.GRIEF CLEANSES THE SOUL AND FREES US TO MOVE ON.NO TWO PEOPLE ARE THE SAME AND EVERYONE DOES IT DIFFERENT.IN TIME,THE LOSS OF A LOVE HEALS, AND DEEPENS OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR GOD.THE OTHER SIDE OF GRIEF IS FREEDOM,AND WE ARE LEARNING TO HAVE MANY NEW DREAMS IN OUR LIVES.MIKE WOULD WANT IT THAT WAY!ALICE SAID HE SOUNDED LIKE A GREAT GUY.IF YOU ONLY KNEW.PEOPLE, TO MIKE,WERE A MEANS OF MAKING HIM INTO A CHARISMATIC PERSON.HE WAS LIKE A FLAG FLYING ON A COLD GRAY DAY,SENDING ENCOURAGEMENT TO US.GOD MOST ASSUREDLY HAS HIS PLANS FOR SUCH A WONDERFULLY COURAGEOUS PERSON.HIS DAY TO DAY BATTLE AGAINST PAIN AND FRUSTRATION HAS TOUCHED US ALL IN A DEEP PERSONAL WAY.ALWAYS LOOKING INTO THE GREY SKY FOR THAT PATCH OF BLUE.YES,COURAGE,LOVE,CHEERFULNESS,DEDICATION,SPIRITUALITY ARE IN THE MOLD OF MIKE.YOU SEE, THE INNER SPIRITUAL QUALITIES ARE WHAT MAKES US ATTAIN IMMORTALITY.THIS IS THE LORD’S GLORIOUS ANSWER TO DEATH.COME BROTHER,NOW YOU ARE OF MY KINGDOM.YOUR LONG SAD JOURNEY OVER, COME DEAR ONE, YOU HAVE COMPLETELY WON OVER OUR HEARTS.HERE  YOU WILL FIND JOYFULNESS FOREVER, AND THE VOICE SAID”WELL DONE”,MAKING HIS HEART LEAP JOYFULLY AND HE CRIED WITH JOY!!!!!