Be Human

Ever been perplexed by this who superhero craze that makes you think: "Like, Hey! Wait a minute!  What has that guy/girl got that I don't got?" Yah-- Me neither.  When you look at a superhero, who they are is more about the human qualities they exemplify.  So, in actual fact, it is their own humanity that makes them so super.  Rather than looking for the 'what's missing' or 'why can't I be like' could we ever be fulfilled in being human first and foremost?  It's like we're born into this world and we are trained to live a virtual inferiority complex where SOME DAY (hopefully soon) we are going to have everything that we hoped and dreamed of but don't have right now because we haven't worked hard enough to have it already.  Wake up to yourself!  You have everything you need to succeed in yourself!  Honest!

No... you don't have to have a life-altering near0death experience to arrive at this conclusion... it just speeds up the process but a couple decades.  When you get that right now is where your power lives, you give up the struggle of 'SOME DAY.'  Things can be better right now!  You just have to stop looking at your glass as half empty.  Humanity if bounty.  Abundance is continual and ever-present.  Sure, it might not feel like it at times, but it's still there.  With every heartbeat, we are closer and closer to our own mortality.  No. I'm not trying to be all depressing and/or negative and/or foreboding.  I'm just talking from REALITY here for a moment.  We are all gonna die someday... Life if a gift that our parents gave to us. And with that gift, we have the power to affect others and change the world we live in for the better.  You can save the world one person at a time.  Find your medium and spread your message of hope and prosperity for the coming year.  Live and be merry and above all else: Be human!

*** Mastering the art of being superly human while saving the world in the process. MDB

Getting up close and personal? Why not!

So, when was the last time you had a really good conversation? You know, the kind that stays with you and you can replay moments from for days and weeks and years to come. What ever happened to the ever fleeting art of conversation. Maybe it could be because it's becoming far too easy to keep a distance between our inner selves and the outside world! What? Keeping in touch with people is a whole lot easier nowadays? Well, yeah: but that's not what I am talking about at all! I am talking about talking for the sake of listening and sharing.

There's that moment, a pause or shifting of the eyes, that punctuates the flow of words and feelings and ideas. It's what happens when you're not quite sure where the conversation is going but you are definitely enjoying the ride. Now, contrast that with those hasty, pesky phone calls you get with your ex or some other particular person who shall remain nameless. You know the type: they sit on the other end of the line in silence most of the time and you feel like you have to poke and prod them to get anything more than a one word answer out of them. My particular favorite happens to be when they ask you "How is everything?" repeatedly by adding the requisite "else" at the end of that clause.

Why does it seem so hard for people to relate to eachother? Seems like there is a generic awkwardness ascribed to any attempt at conversation when you really, truly have nothing more to say to eachother. Moving on to some other topic doesn't always do the trick either.

*** Mastering the art of being superly human while saving the world in the process. MDB