OK...So we FOUND WALDO......(a Metaphor)

BIG WHOOOOP.....

What now ???

We spent SO much of our time, energy, and resources looking for that Freaking WALDO,

that we lost site of all the OTHERS who still needed FINDING ....

And they are out there my friends...

fully and deeply LOST....

in their own maze of happenstance and recreational hazing...

Should we TRY to find them too ??

Or are they just casualties of the "BIGGER PICTURE" ??

And WHAT, prey tell, IS the Bigger Picture ?

We seem to be moving from one exercise in futility to yet ANOTHER of the same....

And if we stop this madness, what then ?
What will be left for us REALLY,,,,,
after a lifetime of LOOKING FOR WALDO ???

The lady in Elizabeth...

"Fake it 'til ya make it...", said the Lady Wizard .....
"Be THAT girl.......not THAT girl..."
Wise and profound words....
Not even words really...
Just an obstinate, nonnegotiable stance ....
hurled at me from atop her magical perch.....
resonating LOUDLY.... CLEARLY.....
I felt in that moment .......
as if someone had just removed a thick, debilitating, vinyl covering...
which had been suffocating me beneath its full-blown density...
for FAR too long....
FARRRR too long...
"Don't be THAT girl...."
DAMN...Why hadn't I thought of that ???
And just like that, the lights in the dark, damp room
WENT BACK ON....
in a blaze of DEFIANT, LEONINE glory...
And the rest of the story...
Well.....
That has yet to reveal itself...
All I know for sure is that
 "It's gonna have some serious SWAG...."

Over and Over...

What do they say about the "definition of insanity" ?
Doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results ?
Uh....Ya think ???
WHY do we ALL do this ?
We go around and around in circles made of "fluff and turpentine"...
We are the HAMSTERS of the Millennium....
Making the wheel turn and turn and...
 reaching ONLY and forever....
the result of EXHAUSTION and BATTERED FEET...
Perhaps we need a new pair of velveteen slippers with which to try the wheel again ....in comfort ???
Or would that just be another "exercise in futility" ....
lending credence, yet again,
 to the hypothesis  of the "INSANITY thing" ???
So...
What REAL alternative does one have when faced with essential HUMAN FOIBLE ???

Fear and Trust...

We experience FEAR perpetually...
Perhaps not the "conspicuous" kind of fear...
(Although there is certainly an ample stage set for that at the moment!)
But also the insidious kind of fear...
Fear of not being "loved"....
Fear of not being "attractive" enough...
Fear of potential betrayals....
Fear of crowds..
Fear of heights...
Fear even of the "unknowing" future....

How does TRUST enter into this equation ?
Can Trust help us in eschewing and eradicating our fears ?
Trust in WHAT ?
Trust in WHOM ?
Trust in Humanity ?
Trust in GOD ?
Can we trust ONLY on the basis of our faith ?
without empirical evidence to support that trust ?
Can we trust so ardently , so all-encompassingly ,
 that the fear simply dissolves and melts away under the HEAT of that TRUST ?

Fear and Trust....
Mutually exclusive ?

Waiting...

There is nothing quite as disconcerting .....as FORCED....as "WAITING"....
For waiting is only and always just a state of LIMBO...of UN-KNOWING....
And here's the thing....We can NEVER circumvent it....
There's no way around it...
For God's sake, they've created WHOLE ROOMS,,,
 designed SPECIFICALLY for WAITING....
And so....
We wait...
for RESULTS....
for VISITORS...
for DECISIONS...
for PROPOSALS...
for BIRTHS...
for DEATHS...
for COOK TIMES...
for HEALING....
When you think about it ....
WE SPEND OUR ENTIRE LIVES.....................WAITING !!!
And what happens during these blocks of "inevitable segue " time ?
Do our expectations GROW INORDINATELY ??
Unrealistically ??
or....
Do we lose ENTIRE site of the essential goal we had set BEFORE the wait began ?
For that matter, how does PATIENCE, or lack thereof,
actually factor into the WAITING EQUATION ??
Is it a GOOD thing to be patient ?
or...
Is it only a mechanism designed to usurp the process from the get-go ?

Explosions.....

FIRE and TORN LIMBS and HYSTERIA
continue to make their unrelenting marks upon innocent people....
Today it was the MARATHON RUNNERS....
Running for their Health...Running for their Liberty ....Running for their Country...
People who had prepared for months and years actually
to participate in the ultimate challenge
of COMPLETION ....of SATIATION....of HUMAN CAPABILITY...
And let's not forget the Spectators...
Those glorious friends and relatives who stood at the FINISH LINE,,,
cheering the runners on....APPLAUDING....PRAISING.....
holding water bottles and blankets with which to greet their exhausted heroes....
But alas....
there was no cheering today...
There was CARNAGE....
BLOOD,,,, TEARS,,,FEAR,,,,AGONY,,,,,SHOCK....
And guess what ???
SOMEONE out there was PLANNING this CATASTROPHIC EVENT....
Some heinous animal out there is running FREE tonight....
probably celebrating the SHEER TERROR he's created,,,,
Do you think he knows that it's Israel's Birthday TONIGHT ????
Ya think ?

The Dreamer...a Metaphor...

He sits right there in plain view...
 atop that enormous mountain...
(his own, personal, Ivory Tower)..
in
   Sukhasana
(simple, cross legged, yoga pose)
His open palms face Heaven....as if they are awaiting God's bountiful gifts somehow...
His eyes are closed delicately....loosely.....
His heart is wide open....or so he THINKS...
And he has decided...FINALLY... to let go....
to capitulate...
For the real value he seeks can never be found in a Cemented Position...
in HIS cemented position...
And so...
He sits.....cemented, as it were...
perched to receive...
a RECEIVER....
And into this quiet and seemingly "innocuous" scenario comes a SNAKE...
A RED SNAKE....
with teeth....gleaming in the Indian sun....
The snake hisses as it approaches...
a LOUD sound...
a WARNING sound....
Yet the man is so deeply committed to his "Emptiness",
that he is completely unaware of the dangerous creature lurking so closely....
He gives it NO ENERGY whatsoever...
The RED SNAKE is dumbfounded by the man's nonplussed demeanor...
so much so that it loses interest in this potential victim....
For if there exists NO FEAR,,,,,there exists NO DANGER....
It slithers away to find a REAL VICTIM....