Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance

"There will come a time when everybody
Who is lonely will be free...
To sing & dance & love

There will come a time when every evil
That we know will be an evil...
That we can rise above

Who cares if hair is long or short
Or sprayed or partly grayed...
We know that hair ain't where it's at
(there will come a time when you won't
Even be ashamed if you are fat!)
Wah wah-wah wah
There will come a time when everybody
Who is lonely will be free...
To sing & dance & love (dance and love)
There will come a time when every evil
That we know will be an evil...
That we can rise above (rise above)
Who cares if you're so poor you can't afford
To buy a pair of mod a go-go stretch-elastic pants...
There will come a time when you can even
Take your clothes off when you dance"
Frank Zappa

Faithful, Isolate, Scrutinize...

Faithful, Isolate and Scrutinize

Faithful...what does that mean? Do I love you from afar with a world 

of ocean and land keeping our physical orbits separate? Do I remain 

steadfast, loyal, consistent and ever understanding? How do I explain 

our situation to friends and family who scrutinize our love? People

who ask "well how do you remain together if you only see each other 

once every 8 months?" Each word they utter seems to isolate me. Leaves 

me feeling as if I must rationalize, explain, convince and prove 

we are faithful to each other. Faithful not just in sex but in the 

mindset. Love isn't something one can just toss over. The heart 

loves as it will and no intellectual process is going to undermine 

that love. Scrutinize, look, investigate, check, followup...none 

of these are options I have. For if love would have proof it no longer 

remains love. And so I remain alone. I isolate myself as well as feel

isolated from those I love. Not anxious to explain something that perhaps 

may not be understandable, I Isolate myself from those that might judge. 

And even with my own doubts which I sweep aside like yesterday's news - I 

know all the reasons for our separation and so therefore, I must accept how 

we are now and how our situation may remain.  

     I know life is unfair. I know we are both lucky at this point to be alive. 

And when I dreamed of being in love it wasn't a dream of isolation,

it wasn't a dream of being scrutinized. Love is its own master. Love isn't 

in existence to fulfill dreams. Love is more than what we want. So here I

stay...and you are over there. I remain faithful. I sit, and I wait and I hope.

The Pathway Finally Opened

When my heart came to rule 

in the world of love, 

it was freed

from both belief 

and from disbelief.

On this journey, 

I found the problem

to be myself.

When I went beyond myself 

the pathway finally opened.

Mahsati Ganjavi 

12th Century

English version by David and Sabrineh Fideler 

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"What the World Needs Now, Is Love Sweet Love"

What the world needs now is love, sweet love
It's the only thing that there's just too little of
What the world needs now is love, sweet love,
No not just for some but for everyone.

Lord, we don't need another mountain,
There are mountains and hillsides enough to climb
There are oceans and rivers enough to cross,
Enough to last till the end of time.

What the world needs now is love, sweet love
It's the only thing that there's just too little of
What the world needs now is love, sweet love,
No, not just for some but for everyone.

Lord, we don't need another meadow
There are cornfields and wheat fields enough to grow
There are sunbeams and moonbeams enough to shine
Oh listen, lord, if you want to know.

What the world needs now is love, sweet love
It's the only thing that there's just too little of
What the world needs now is love, sweet love,
No, not just for some but for everyone.

No, not just for some, oh, but just for everyone.

Hal David ~ Burt Bacharach

"So Deep Inside My Soul"

This is my beloved friend David Troy.
A true and beautiful light on this planet.
He glowed just a bit brighter than the rest of us...
The second set of lyrics read
'Never to fall from balance
or from Grace
or to leave this Sacred Place,'  
but actually should be
'Never to fall from balance
or from Grace
or to leave this Sacred Space,'
I apologize for this rather amateurish attempt.
I didn't have the time I needed to create a perfect upload.
They lyrics are so beautiful it is wrong not to share them.
Listening to the song, transcribing, then creating three Word documents was just
the beginning. Using screen capture I was able to convert those word docs,  to .jpeg format.
Unfortunately, the .JPEG docs/lyrics didn't turn out as clearly as I'd like...
Still, they serve their purpose. That purpose is to share these lyrics and the beauty of this song with you.
I don't want any more time slip by.
It is too beautiful of a song not to share.
I have waited too long!
Was a dear friend and I were honored to have been serenaded with this song,
it was enchanting and magical. A truly special moment...

David Troy,
your memory is Forever...

Beyond Immortality

When Leonard Bernstein describes Beethoven's

  "Ode to Joy" he offers it as a 

"A Universality of Thought, of Human Brotherhood, Freedom and Love..." but how does Beethoven move beyond what  Shakespeare describes as Life? How does Beethoven remove the rope of what Mr. Shakespeare calls a "Mortal Coil?"

"Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer

The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,"

Or to take arms against a sea of troubles
And, by opposing, end them. To die, to sleep
To sleep, perchance to dream. Ay, there's the rub,
 

For in that sleep of death what dreams may come, When we have shuffled off this mortal coil..."

"For who would bear the whips and scorns of time,
Th' oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely,
The pangs of disprized love, the law's delay,
and yet Mr. Shakespeare offers...

"Must give us pause. There's the respect
That makes calamity of so long life."

"Just like every night has it's dawn
Just like every cowboy sings his sad, sad song
Every rose has it's thorn"

 

That's the MAGIC that Beethoven shares with us. 

He gives us "Hope" and "Innocence" 

gives us back our "Grace" and 

our "Trust"  because when you really "HEAR" 

the "Ode to Joy" what Leonard Bernstein says rings true...Beethoven's

9th symphony has a "Purity and Directness" that reminds us 

of what The Honor of being Human really means!

Homer said it best...

  “The Gods envy us. They envy us because we’re mortal, because any moment might be our last. Everything is more beautiful because we’re doomed. You will never be lovelier than you are now. We will never be here again.”— The Illiad

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