Peter, lovest thou me?

 ... Feed My Sheep!


Sometime this weekend, take a moment to be grateful for what little time you actually get to spend with the people you love ... too soon it shall have passed.

I just had a wonderful meal and a visit with my family ....   It is good to get in some face time as rare as it is.   I take it for granted that they are out there but  as I explained to someone this evening, there once were 7 of us (members of my immediate family) and now there are 6.    There is one person that I took for granted who I will never see or talk to ever again.   How soon until that number changes again?

Now, in all fairness, I have a nephew and 2 nieces  that I didn't have in 1975 ...  My eldest niece has a new nephew ...  so my extended family continues to be in a state of flux .... As the older (and sometimes not so old)  pass away new blood  comes into the world  .. the clan/tribe grows here and fades there  ... the cycle of life at its best ....   But eventually, we all die and then we have no more time to tell each other how much we mean ... how important they/we are ... and how we feel.    If I keep that in mind ...  maybe  I should tell you how much you mean to me today.   MAybe I should accept you as you are  ...  the sweet & the sour ... the wheat & the chaff  ... the desirable & the less desirable ...because someday I  may not be here any more.   Or worse  YOU may not be here ...

Peter, lovest thou me?          

 ... Feed My Sheep!.

Time ... linear time ... the kind of time we experience here on the planet earth ... is fleeting [ ... Madness takes its toll ...]  and the shadow-play of light & dark is like scents on the wind ... and we are like dogs (or Wolves)   we experience them  in passing ....  Some are intense and enjoyable, others are intense and almost painful to experience.   Some are faint and often go unnoticed in the maelstrom of or day to day struggle for existence.  But they are there  ... the people  and places and things that make up the collective experiences of any given lifetime ... are there.  And each  are only ever experienced one single time ...  Some are best experienced in the instant and then forgotten ....  Others are savored and should be cherished ...  Peter, lovest thou me ... Feed My Sheep!   And you mission, whether you choose to accept it or not, is to experience them all regardless ....


As you pass through this existence ... maybe try to remember that  and remember that you create ripples in the universal truth ... try to think twice before you act ... those ripples wash across many shores ...