I See You...

Seen...heard...known...loved...

Fearfully and wonderfully created for purpose, for life lived abundantly; joyfully, peacefully, gladly.

You've given us a common language once again...we've had it for years...decades, centuries... praise...worship...lifting hands to a universal creator...Allah, Buddha, and on and on...all one creator worshipped under different names...

No more Tower of Babel...no more confusion, just common interest, common passion...

COMING TOGETHER AS ONE, AS OF OLD...

I sat playing tug'o'war with the moose living in my house and observed a youtube video of a massive crowd worshipping with such joy, dancing where they stood...hands and voices raised to One Creator...every colour of skin standing together...every race, every creed, every sexual orientation, every religion standing side by side, faith lighting their faces and energizing the very air.

Oh my friends...I thought back to comments from one who believes in Fire & Brimstone, hellfire and sins never bought, never taken from the backs of humanity by one who loved more than we will ever know...a Father who gave His sons life, a Son who willingly gave His life for each one...Queens...Kings...our birthright leading us to calmer shores, to peace that passes all damn understanding, to love that knows no boundaries, nor reservations nor holdbacks...just pure, beautiful and given freely.

I thought back as I watched and thought out loud...'what could be better than this much love, this much joy in one place?' So many faces filled with wonder, with belief, with a knowing that they are LOVED...loved, cherished, accepted as they ARE, right there and then, down to the bone.

Oh yes, we are seen and heard...He sees, He knows, and He grieves for each one, wishes abundance in all things for each one...it is there for us my friends...all right here waiting for our coming together as one, supporting each other, lifting each other up instead of pulling each other down, yanking heart and soul from mind and body.

He sees the evil perpetrated upon the earth...knows all things...like a father with his children, saddened and sorrowful to witness the lowering of character, the insidious possible nature of the human beast created by His hands...He knew before we were born what path we would choose, the infinite array of variables pushing each one to the brink testing honour, testing goodness, testing humanity...

We shake fists at God and blame the parent for the abuses pushed upon our young and old bodies...we lift our faces in anger for what we observe, for horrible acts seen and turned from in disgust...is this not narcissistic in nature?

To question is human, is exactly how and what we were created to do...to seek and find, to delve into and reveal...this is healthy and wise...the crucible of the matter is this; we must find a reason, an explanation for those examples of monsters & demons walking among us.

Somehow the creator not even believed in or accepted is used as a handy scapegoat when truly, the fault lies in us...responsibility lays upon our own shoulders...

Do we not look the other way in crises?

Do we not avoid eye contact with the infirm, the homeless?

Do we not ignore the yelling, smashing and screaming emanating from the neighbours window? Ignore the bruises or accept the ridiculous reason given for them appearing overnight on the face of a loved one?

Do we not tell our sibling...'just let it go,' 'move on with your life,' instead of being angry for that victim, indignant at the treatment of their family member?

Do we not express the idea that 'we would NEVER let anyone treat us that way?'

Oh my friends...we perpetuate the harm, the abuse, the trauma settling like a dark cloud upon the shoulders of the victim by denying them love, compassion, understanding...listening without judgement, without doubt and cynicism, without censure and disbelief.

Instead of looking up, up, up to the heavens with our blame, with our fists raised in frustration, perhaps we should look within...reflect on the state of humanity and our own place in it.

One can change much...think on what we could do with two, ten, one hundred souls all reaching toward a common goal...of peace, of justice, of humanity at its best.

Let us go today and do what we can individually...standing up against bullying, against abuse in any form, against the harm of children most especially and of women...

In the words of my young crew member...'I work everyday to be better, to do more, to push myself to do, to discipline myself to grow...' After listening to an impassioned speech delivered in a barber chair by Tom Brady, his young picked up on all the facets of humanity in one fell swoop.

Oh...from the mouth of babes wisdom speaks...we have much to learn my friends, from the young and the old and in between...let us take time to listen with ears that hear and understand, that sit in love and grace, dignity and compassion.

Let us look to the creator, however that looks for you, for wisdom, for more love to give, for a heart to comprehend...let us find our comfort and our peace in one who loves with every cell, every atom, across every universe...us.

He loves US that much, that grandly, that majestically...can we do any less dear treasures?