My experiences, thoughts and their expression: mi vida

As the times seem to make it harder to not be on the same page with those around oneself...every little comment seems to drive in a wedge in relationships - I was looking forward to reading something not divisive in energy: not politics, sports, competitions, religion (sorry! - not referring to spirituality but toi 'sectarianism', ok?), no shooter:massacre commentaries, etc., ...I reached out for Toko-Pa's book, a gift from my beloved middle child, and opened it at 'random', almost saying: "Ok Universe, your time to speak to me!". So I picked "Belonging - Remembering ourselves home", by Toko-Pa Turner. And the opening paragraph of those pages was...tadá!..." Leaving well ". What? Leaving...? A group within my HS Class of '62 was reminiscing...the good old times...the many that passed on this year, no longer with us...asking how many of us were still around, where and how to contact them...and I'm confronted with this..."Lea...

 I recently came across this author whose last name is "Leloup". While I haven't read much of his work, the little I have read has had a profound impression in me.  The name was in a reference by another author and her huge deep work - Cynthia Bourgeault - on the subject of Mary Magdalene I was interested in, and with this book, it was my 2nd. or 3rd. major reference I was onto, reading attentively, silently, letting each word penetrate the noise of my disorderly 'mind' and my ever-present tinnitus (OMG!), and hopefully, not be filtered out by those enmeshing voices and sounds! Bourgeault is 'talking' about the scene at the Resurrection site, and in developing a context talks about Jesus' life, short years before this moment. Now, as a friend recently reminded me, this 'Jesus' " was a 33 year-old young man " - " un muchachito " - an image that came to my friend as she was looking at a large crucifix that ended up residing wi...

 A beautiful 'send off', a "blessing"? A friend was referring to the Beatitudes, reflecting a couple of present life events, of these days happenings, back to the 'wisdom' of these phrases by Jesus.   The Beatitudes   This link is from the Kink James Bible ( https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/beatitudes_bible/ ), Matthew 5:1-12 KJV. There are multiple websites and beautiful expressions when one makes a search, and here follows one which is a 'keeper', for its softness and delicate expression, yet, it makes itself present, it doesn't 'melt' away easily from sight. Ref: https://i.etsystatic.com/10563916/r/il/e2934f/2297466129/il_794xN.2297466129_5fmr.jpg And definitely, these words are impactful. They impel a nobility, a sense of being gifted something special. The behaviors - and nature - they point to are 'nothing easy', even in those that point to one having the possibility of action, of active stance, and not that of a passive, ...