I had a delightful dream last night which I need to share as it is directly connected to some of you and is certainly a story worth telling. The dream takes place in a variety of places, there are several different scenes, and there are a number of different people featured. The places are not important but the people are. The vast majority of the people in the dream are men that I know or men that I have known and who have passed over.
There wasn't a whole lot of dialog in the dream, and in some cases we just seemed to be walking together. The stand out feature though is that all the men that featured have a very similar quality but it is not a quality that is universally held or displayed by the majority of men. There is no single word to describe the quality these men hold so I'll have to describe their characteristics further. These men are the men who have mastered temporal life, their lives are stable, they have or had good jobs that they did well, they don't have emotional up and downs, they are sensible, reliable and trustworthy. These are the men you know you can 100% rely on if you need them; they are generous, kind and caring to those they know and even those they do not know. I will mention a few people who appeared in the dream - my father in law Tony was one of the first to appear near the beginning of the dream as were Nigel and Noel from Rockhampton. Jim from Bundaberg featured near the end but these few names only represent some of the men I know who have these qualities. Another man who springs to mind is Frank, not me but another Frank described by others as 'the gentleman of Bundamba railway station' or 'the elder statesman at Bundamba station - his quality was and still is certainly felt by myself and others. There are other men who didn't feature in the dream and I haven't named but certainly have this quality - some of you reading this will know who you are. I woke up this morning with a strong feeling of appreciation for these men, and the reflections they have provided for me over the years. They reflect to me the qualities of a true man, qualities that matter, qualities that make a difference..!!
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Continuing from Life Lessons (1) this is my second realisation of things I wish I had known earlier or perhaps more truthfully, something I did actually know but wish I had put into practice earlier in life and consistently through all aspects of life. If you are looking at the image below, some of you may recognise the actors as Benedict Cumberbatch (left) and Martin Freeman (right) and the address of 221B Baker Street. The TV show is Sherlock which is based on the popular stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. I hear you saying - what does a TV show have to do with a Life Lesson..? Well the character of Sherlock Holmes is perhaps the best person or character to try to illustrate my point. For those that do not know, Sherlock Holmes has an uncanny ability to see absolute detail in just about everything. He uses that skill to solve the unusual mysteries by examining some very subtle clues others do not see, puts it all together, and seeing the big picture discovers the truth and catches the criminals. You could say that he takes nothing on face value, even what appears to be obvious is given a very discerning look before he makes any decision, comment or action. So to relate this to Life Lesson (2) that same level of discernment in all things, at all times, and in all places is something we should all do. It is very easy to read something in a newspaper, see something on the news, hear a story from someone and take it as 100% factual.
Mainstream media is renowned for presenting a particular angle or perspective which may suit their own agenda or that of another person or organisation. A person telling a story may without even knowing it, distort the facts or leave out a key piece of information which means you will only receive a percentage of the whole story, or their version of the truth. It seems the only way to be sure you know the truth of any matter is to examine several sources, cross check information, be open to the possibility that what you are being told or presented isn't the complete truth before making up your own mind. Or, to make it simpler, just feel what is true and what is not true - follow and trust our own inner knowingness. I am talking about other things too, far beyond just media, true personal discernment in food choices, food sources, clothing, purchases of any kind - in fact anything we purchase or any activity we partake in. We need to be far more discerning about our choices across the board. |
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