Shot a rabbit two days ago, it was a good shot taken at distance from height. The rabbit died instantly, it had been digging holes in my lawns, it had to go.

I watched it die and I had cause to ponder the death from a religious angle, where believers say we go to another place when we die?

I know where this rabbit went, he went into my vegetable garden, buried deep with all the other varmints and critters that have crossed my path.

Over the years we, (my wife and I), have turned that patch of barren volcanic ash into a wondrous source of lettuce, potatoes, onions, rhubarb, tomatoes and leek..by adding the carbonaceous remnants of not only these creatures but of composted vegetation, seaweed and selected fertilizers. We also grow the most beautiful roses and deliahs and crysanthemums you will ever come across.

And do you know...in the dark of night other little rabbits and bugs and things come out and nibble those very creations...unaware that they are completing the circle of being.

This is the true spirit of creation, as I see it, where deep in the garden, the motes of nutrition transmogrify beneficially from one entity to another, eventually, for the common good of all.

This is the basis of my belief. Feet on the ground...
What is....most definately is!

M.
Taranaki NZ

Love's burning desire**

Life passes by much too quickly. More often than not, we lack an appreciation for the true value of time. Almost like in the blink of an eye another day has past. Then, another week. Then, another month. Then, another year. When we finally come to our senses reality starts to settle in. We are now left with that ever recurring question of, where has the time gone? Ergo, why not come to this appreciation for life while we are still young. At a time, perhaps, when we still have most of our basic faculties intact and an ability to use them more beneficially and productively while "age" is still somewhat on our side.

Below is a poem I wrote in an attempt to get this point across in a more creative way. Here we can see the development of that passing time. Here we see the changes time necessarily impacts on us. The message is clear, don't let human frailties and shortcomings from stopping you from enjoying, accomplishing, living, experiencing, etc. Don't let things like fear, laziness, depression, unhappiness, or anything similar restrict you from appreciating everything that life has to offer and for you to experience. So mush exists in this our beautiful world. So much awaits us to experience and to grow. Why squander away that precious time that so often steals away everything we have from right under our noses. The real tragedy is when we finally see how precious time is. We see why it is thus so precious. It CANNOT be replaced. Appreciate Life! Enjoy Life! Don't even stop to turn around.


The sun will shine, and the clouds will rain
these winds will blow, and love will yet feign
the eye will see, and the heart will crave
the body will sin, and sin will enslave

The baby will crawl, and the boy will walk
the man will run, and love will soon talk
love's burning desire, but a fleeting fire
age overcomes, desires quickly retire

The old man now stooped over
memories have but faded away
that life once full of living, alas
sitting in solitude, nothing but decay

So in youth, don't ever miss the chance
never stop dreaming, a time for romance
the days are shadows, years will soon disappear
don't miss these opportunities when you're young
just because of this word called fear

Look me in my eyes so deeply.
Yes, so deeply.
Listen to my words.
Yes, my words so immensely.

Things, I should have said long ago.
I'm telling you now.
You have been so beneficially to me.

That other women upon this earth.
Doesn't stand a chance to getting next to me.
You're simply the earth's angel to me.

It's you I have built my world around.
Now, tell me.
Have I let you down?

If you request it.
It's instantly given to you.
If you command it.
I go out of my way to achieve that too.
Now, tell me.
What didn't I do?

So, look me in the face.
Try to deny you don't hold a special place in my heart.
Just listen to my words.
They were meant to be heard.

I love you



Always, and in all ways

Neither selfishly nor beneficially

Great--it's good, but better

Emanate-- my love comes from a source and that is you

Labyrinth, like the maze of my soul that you, only you, have mastered

Ice cream-- the way it calms you on a hot day is the way I can calm you

Quite exuberant, when you shower me with attention that I know is only for me

Ultimate, as it is the most extreme I have ever felt

Encapsulate, as in completely covering me with your love that I may not be touched by anyone else

Look me in my eyes so deeply.
Yes, so deeply.
Listen to my words.
Yes, my words so immensely.

Things, I should have said long ago.
I'm telling you now.
You have been so beneficially to me.

That other women upon this earth.
Doesn't stand a chance to getting next to me.
You're simply the earth's angel to me.

It's you I have built my world around.
Now, tell me.
Have I let you down?

If you request it.
It's instantly given to you.
If you command it.
I go out of my way to achieve that too.
Now, tell me.
What didn't I do?

So, look me in the face.
Try to deny you don't hold a special place in my heart.
Just listen to my words.
They were meant to be heard.

Imbalanced and unequal are many times the uncertain paths we mistakenly travel in this life.
Cutting us down at different junctions, it appears as with a jagged edged knife.

Which way will I next swerve, so as to forge straight ahead?
And will my sleep once more be lost as I swim in my sweat soaked bed?

Decisions, decisions at every turn.
Which way has the best lesson, that I may beneficially learn?

From where will I get the answers to this lopsided existence?
It seems whats right is wrong, and what’s wrong is right, with each day comes another 24 hours of dizzying persistence.

Up is down, and down is up.
They say it’s always better when you see things not as half empty, but a half full cup.

The fatal maneuver is to fool yourself into thinking that all is too far gone.
Because things sometimes do not change for their brightest, right up until the very end of dawn.

A crooked line will be made straight only if we use a good measure of faith.
Sometimes our prayers ascending will not be answered till we are at
10 to the power of the eighty eighth…

Life’s asymmetry is a battle of fact.
Compounded by a world that is utterly abstract.
Best we all read his words of wisdom, so as to stay on track.


12/22
J.I.F.


Proverbs 2:6
6 For Jehovah himself gives wisdom; From his mouth come knowledge and discernment.

2 Timothy 3:16,17
16 All Scripture is inspired of God and beneficial for teaching, for reproving, for setting things straight, for disciplining in righteousness,  17 so that the man of God may be fully competent, completely equipped for every good work.

Isaiah 41:10
10 Do not be afraid, for I am with you. Do not be anxious, for I am your God. I will fortify you, yes, I will help you, I will really hold on to you with my right hand of righteousness.