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Bellakarmen is an insightful linguist.  She has the natural fluency of a writer and the visual talents of an artist.  She also has a creative and expressive mind. "There is a difference between Knowing the path and Walking the path." Movie line from "White Squall" "A big wind comes up, lower the mast and hang on." "You can't run from the wind. You trim your sails, face the music and keep going."

Eternity by Bellakarmen The stars will always be there, Your soul will too. Now is the time for you to find your way On this beautiful planet, Mother Earth. When you feel you are losing your way, Raise your eyes upward at midnight Know you are not lost, Know that you are not alone. Millions of souls are out there; Their footsteps have already tread The same Earth as you. They will sustain you if you listen In the quietude of the night.

Thoughts regarding "the senior years" Your life is not happening to someone else! by Karen Meyer I can because I can!  by Karen Meyer "Sometimes all you need to live one more day is a good reason to stick around." by Jodi Picoult "If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast." by E. Hemingway

       Dying! Dying in the night! Won't somebody bring the light So I can see which way to go Into the everlasting snow?                                                   by Emily Dickinson   and                                       Painting by Beth Sistrunk of Naples, FL

  Out of the vortex of the cosmos comes a rogue wind from which no one can turn away.  This is your destiny; it cannot be changed, for it is unseeable, imperceptible, unknowable, a chaos of events steering your life.  Your future is never a straight line; it is jerked up like the reins of an unruly horse to be dominated by an unknown force . Ergo, you have very little control.  Life is intractable.    How can you scrutinize your way through the seemingly treacherous waters of th is abyss?  You could grasp a hand hold on the sleek granite face of life by sheer force of will, or approach it by happenstance.  Can sheer willpower really work against the vagaries of life?  The capriciousness of events that influence your life is staggering.  However lofty your intentions are or how determined and energetic, fate will inevitably obstruct your path.    Should you then try to counteract all these har bing ers of doom and se...

From the Tang Song Period   Traveled to the end of the river, Sat and watched the beginning of a cloud. Occa sional ly I met the old man from ne xt door, We talked and laughed as if there were no tomorrow. The trans iency of time , the moment of here and now. The most important theme about Zen is to live the  moment as it is to the fullest.   "Be in love with you life,  Every minute of it."  Jack Kerouac 

An Irish Blessing May the road rise up to meet you, May the wind be always at your back, May the sun shine warm upon your face, And the rains fall soft upon your fields, And until we meet again, May God hold you in the palm of His hand.  Happy St. Patrick's Day 2013