A World Without AIDS. WORLD AIDS DAY 2006.

Here we are 25 years later, the pandemic continues. In fact, AIDS has gone on to become the number three cause of death worldwide.

I ask you to take a moment to think of those gone from the disease. For those continuing to live with the virus. For the countless orphans in Africa, Asia, here in America, who will never know their parents.

We are extremely blessed in this country. We all have legitimate gripes and annoyances, but for the most part, we are bathed in an embarrassment of riches compared to the majority of our fellow men & women.

I ask that you follow this link to light a candle. For each click, Bristol-Myers Squibb will donate a dollar to the National AIDS Fund. There is no form to fill out, no email to input, just a click. And from that, grows hope.

https://www.lighttounite.org/

Thank you, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and thank you, my friends and family, for doing what you can to ease the pain and suffering caused by the pandemic. Just a click away.

Namaste/Peace

Craig

Hey- why not forward it to your friends as well? We are powerful beyond measure in numbers.

The Birds of Rhiannon to Sing Away Your Pain.

"Rhiannon was a queen in a world far above us called the bright world, where all the colors were brighter, and everyone had a special sort of glow around them. It was a beautiful world, and she loved her world, but she fell in love with a mortal king from OUR world...and she left her world to come to ours to be with him. Rhiannon had three birds, one white, one emerald green, and one golden. It is said that in time of war, or strife, or pain, that her song can be heard.

"And down the glorious pathway, came the three singing birds, straight into the middle of the trouble and hardship ..." but that when you heard her song, your eyes would softly close and you would slip away. When you awoke the trouble would be gone, the sky would be the most wondrous blue, and far in the back of your mind you would hear that little song,, like a delicate little music box. If you were lucky, you might even see the three beautiful birds slowly flying away from you, and if you were very very lucky, you might even see Rhiannon .... slowly turning around to you to say, everything is fine,- She is smiling, and you see her disappear into the fine white clouds.

It is said that the legend is true...so I send you the energy from my golden cross and the three singing birds of Rhiannon to comfort you and to keep you safe. .." ~Stevie Nicks, in a letter to the Gulf War Troops, Stars & Stripes, 1991
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Funny, how I'm a chaos magnet. I've always held that I'm not a drama queen--maybe my perception of my Self is way off. Striving for equanimity...
just when it seems really bleak and unfocused, you look out at a color and flash, with laser sharpness, a cardinal, a reminder that the beauty is always there...

how poetic! I just typed that with a peacock quill.

Within the Gaze of The Gemini, The Path, Retrograde.

The Dark Twin stands alone in the crowd, wondering when the logic will appear.

Words Beyond Wisdom from St. Homer to the Springfieldians.

"Trying is the first step towards failure." ~Homer Simpson

Let us pray.

Amen.

Saddest. Thing. Ever.

My poor pooch, Queen Elizabeth. Fugee has developed a cyst on his eye which will require surgery. Hey, at least nothing is going well!
Think happy thoughts for the boy in the lampshade.
He doesn't deserve to be in pain like this...