Mother

Mother, the greatest person..

Yarn in the hands of a loving mother

Firm and close she sets the stitches

Knitting into the sweater of her departing boy

Boy grows and mother becomes old

Before he can repay the love of his mother, but she has gone

Making brave men ever since shed tears..

Turning Corners

Expectation is our faith for the following, but life has corners for us all to turn. Each at a different place or city in the mind of life. At times we are uncertain about whats around each corner,but that's what makes it interesting and scary at the same time. We can all take steps to promote an awareness so that we can at least have a goal or an idea to whats to come and what we are looking at facing when turning those corners. It could be sticking up for yourself or starting that course or book you keep putting off. It may be to call it a day on a relationship or begin a new one?

It also can be the unexpected and see what comes your way. The good thing is that there will be corners coming along through your life and it is..your life. Eating better, taking exercises or just working on a better you for yourself, friends and family. Just don't turn the same corner to many times as you will have to come back and turn it over and over again and then you, this post and the corners of life would serve no purpose ;)

Across The Water..Under The Moon

'Gliding freely I travel scanning all that is to be surveyed. Time holds no place for I feel free, the moon is guiding me as I reflect off the waters surface. It's frightening but delightful to experience..a paradox. I wish not to follow blindly only lead the way that I am discovering. I learn as I progress and it feels elating. I will refrain from dropping below this surface as I can see what type of predators wait, and I will refuse to go into the sun..altering my course. All I feel is warmth, the love for life, the hug of compassion from within. I am aware of that chill that continues to track me for it won't catch me..can't catch me. My thoughts progress at a faster speed than light accelerating external space, they manifest a nest for the very best. Lock me in a room and I will create a freedom that only I can enter, where the best doormen are dead hard. Always creating in and for life and never against it. Those who are welcomed in are protected and loved in heaps..limitless love..warm all around and inside. Idea's, thoughts and actions..a better place, a better person than yesterday, last week..last hour. I love it here.'

Lost Little Boy

I used to watch this lost little boy grow through school carrying fear and lacking confidence.

He made friends well but always felt alone..he was never popular and felt almost invisible to the naked eye.

He dreaded going home from school every day to a drunken mother who was the victim of her own energies..through the violence he'd learned to hate her,fear her..but love her.

I witnessed this lost little boy with a pale complexion rise from his own darkness and educate his own creativity.

He would write his own stories after his homework and relish in the reward of what his own mind was capable of.

I seen him mould his skinny body into one that was more useful and could be used to defend his self and loved ones.

I felt he was finding his way, his spirituality in a deeper void of the one he felt trapped in.

I stood back along the way as he found his own courage, and surrounded by good people learned how to control his darkness and turn the energy into positiveness as easy as he was built for negativeness.

Others did not see..'him' they failed to detect the powerful force that this simple not so flashy boy possessed.

As he grew stronger he lost a lot of his fears, his torture.

I could feel his pain of losing a parent but gaining a whole universe surrounding the other.

He has become a man now and although he still has demons, he knows that it's a part of being human and being alive.

Now he lives to serve others, to be the best for himself and the world.

He knows himself better than anything, yet he is still a mystery to himself.

I feel at ease knowing he has found a steady place.

That lost little boy still visits me from time to time...

The World Watches Back

I watched the birds communicating in their own way, the bee's buzzing playfully while working hard on plants. Then the sun began to set, it began it's quest for rest as it's heat marathon had come to an end..for now. I turn to notice the clouds gathering, almost like I had not noticed them before now but I think they was there most of the evening. They move very slightly as the earth turns in orbit fashion, freely as if protecting the roofs of the houses below. The sun seems so much brighter as it is connected to the bottom of the cloud above. For a moment I feel like I am being watched, like I am watching.

A friend taps me on the shoulder. 'You were in a world of your own.'

I turn and smile a thought enters my mind but I fail to share...

'I'm in a world.'

We've got the whole world in our hands

Someone close to me recently was taken ill into hospital. As I sat there rethinking over previous losses in my family I didn't want to be here, nobody does. I took a good look at all the poorly people in the wards and the lack of NHS support nowadays, me like many was frightened and anxious for a loved one. (Spend the lottery on that instead?) As a spiritual type of guy I got thinking about how happy I am to have started training in the martial arts and even though I still get flu's etc I know I'm doing myself more good than harm. I thought about the human body and about how if you treat it right it will bring you many pleasures. If you mistreat it, it can bring you pain. Pain is what I was witnessing in this place, pain. The only lift of relief is knowing that your loved one is more comfortable and you can finally go home and try to rest yourself. Pain. Do you really like to know what else I noticed too? Young men, maybe teens been brought in after fighting, my guess after a drunken brawl or a vendetta which just brings hate to the world. Pain. So, in between trips to the toilet and tea machine,I wrote in my mind blog for you all to share. And I could only come away with four words ping ponging about...

FAMILY

FRIENDS

LOVE

LIFE

We all know these words and live them, but I left A&E that night thinking...we could all do so much more.

STILL WATERS RUN DEEP...

I was placed into this life under the symbol of the Scorpion, I am the eight sign in the Zodiac. I'll clear this make believe view up here and now for the sceptics. I don't follow the planets and I don't go by everything I read. However, along the way I have noticed that certain star signs can be typical of what they are stated as. Now, whoever came to these conclusions I don't know. But it's safe to acknowledge that it stems from methodical times, geek and Latin. I was later to learn though, that there are three types of Scorpio.

Lizard: Is a nasty piece of work, sly cruel and the lowest crook.

Scorpion: Is pure, and travels an even plane.

Eagle: The most noble one who has found spiritual enlightenment, and rises from the ashes like the Phoenix. (My other creature)

Obviously I'm working hard to retain my place an an eagle. But I do have a dark side. I have Pluto which is the planet of mystery, death ,birth, sex and regeneration. And Mars which is the god of war.

POSITIVE TRAITS: Resourceful, caring, advisable, researcher, determined, passionate, hard working, resilient, patient, careful, planner, creative, imagionative, deep thinker, fair.

NEGATIVE TRAITS: Ruthless, cunning, private, shy, vindictive, vengeful, sensitive, views life as black and white, extreme, wreck less, over indulges, misunderstood, self fish, hot tempered.

I know this can be everyone, so I'm only writing what I know and have read. Some of it is true, the rest I'll keep to myself.

Here's some for my fan's.

EARTH SIGNS:

Taurus-leader of the earth signs, practical, earthy , patient, careful, stubborn, loving.

Capricorn-Good sense of humour enjoys activities like rambling etc, hard working

Virgo- Fussy about themselves and can hold a good argument, many footballers are Virgo's.

FIRE SIGNS:

Leo- leader of the fire signs, bold, artistic, generous, warm, fun, shy?

Aries- Impatient, risk taker, quick tempered, warm friend, fun.

Sagittarius- Sporty, fearless, comedian, writer, stubborn

AIR SIGNS:

Aquarius- Leader of the air signs, creative, friendly, individual, honest, comical, opinionated, intelligent.

Gemini- Clever, communicator, puzzle solver, kind, duel taskful, laid back, sensitive temper

Libra- Romantic, creative, fun loving, indecisive, unreliable.

WATER SIGNS:

Scorpio- Leader of the water signs, has Pluto n Mars as planets...

Pieces- Dreamy, imaginative, subtle

Cancer- Homemaker, caring, sensitive, strong.

It's down to you to decide if you want to believe. I know that I only have to look at a Scorpions behaviour to know, that I am peaceful and private until disturbed...

NEVER 29 AGAIN

One month left until the age 29 leaves me forever, it is a sad feeling with a sense of happiness. It is in fact me who leaves this age behind, to banish in the clusters of past years. I metamorphose to the age of 30, regretting things that I haven't achieved yet. What's this? I cease and rotate my intergalactic plane of thought, radaring in on the things that I have fulfilled so far. I'm winning not losing. It takes commitment, drive and focus, I have all this and more. I'm unique, I can only get better and better, you just see if I don't, I can't wait till I'm 30!

TAKE A MOMENT...

In each of our daily lives we live a busy pace of being. So much so, that sometimes we don't even notice. We rush about at work to get this and that done, and then rush about to get our own things done. On top of that, all you marvelous parents out there have to chase after the little ones. Now, this is where it gets comical. Next time you are drying yourself after a shower, take note of how quick you do it or brush your teeth. I was rushing after a result of rushing just so I could get settled to relax! As a result I caught a rare case of towel rash and Wang mouth! How mad's that? But, it is nice when you eventually take that moment and...relax, arr that's better.

APPRECIATE LIFE

How much of life do we as guests of the earth appreciate? We often don't think of air, soil, food, warmth, and friends, not in a survival sense. Now, when we get upset or feel low we complain that we are not happy. When people hurt our feelings we get upset and hate this feeling. We take the bad feelings for granted.

How? I hear you ask.

When we get cold, hungry, or upset it is a good thing. It shows that we are alive, that we are not dead. We tend to judge our lives on the amount of money, friends or possessions we own. But ask yourself this...

If you were drowning, what would you beg for? Would it be your car? No.

It would be air.

The things that matter to us cost nothing, with the exception of food and water.

I thank god every day for the air that I breath, and the friends that I have.

And when some one or some thing upsets me, I feel happy...because it shows that I am alive.

Thank you for reading my blog-Duane.