Long Train Runnin' Page 2
By Anthony Douglas Gere
Now question, have you ever asked for something and actually got it? Now
before you answer that too quickly, I am not just talking about anything small or
something really extravagant, but something a bit special and or something
you felt would improve your life? Think about it, have you really asked for
something and actually got what you were asking for? Now, before answering
that, which might be a little bit too late, answer this; how long did it take for you
to believe what you asked for, was what it was when it came to you or you to
it? What did you expect it to be, and was it what you thought, or what you now
think it is and represents now, thinking back to when you first wanted or
needed it? Think about it on each end of the spectrum, what did you put it
through to prove its self? How many times did you doubt it when it presented
its self, and how many times, did it not see you for who you had turned into
when it seen you. How much damage may you have done to it, before it had a
fair chance to even show you who or what it is or could be, what you asked for
and always wanted or needed? How many validating test were required, issued
and thought about even after it passed the initial test, did you want to send this
thing through? Did you know that the majority of us, will believe things that are
dramatically negative without knowing anything about it, than to accept the
things we know the facts on that are positive? Now don’t get defensive and
start nervously laughing, just stay with me here, and lets at least be honest
with ourselves in a humble and unconditional way, and firmly look into the
mirror on this one, and nod your head if you feel me, or shake it to yourself if it
needs to be touched up a bit, to a different drummer. Yeah, I had another one of
those days, where it seems that every single person I needed, needed me, or
those that I didn’t, didn’t want me either. In many ways if I were a psychologist
or someone that wants to title or label this syndrome I am feeling and in, I
would call this "GII" or my, "Gilligan’s Island Illness". Yeah, I would call it that
because it is moments like this, where it must really feel good to have that
someone included in your life, that you asked and prayed for. I mean yeah,
along the way you will meet and greet some odd balls, loonies and totally out of
touch people, but when you actually find what you were seeking, how do you
define or explain it to a person that was like you before you found yourself?
And I am not talking about just anyone or thing, but, the one, that loves you,
loving you in ways you can’t or don’t even know you need and needed to feel
when you realized how numb you were before it. I am not saying you nor I do or
don’t have it right now in our lives. What I am saying is that this is one of those
moments where a person feels all alone on island, and there is no visible
means of help coming your way, which is, euphoric when the very thing you
need, needs you. Its kinda scary and fun all rolled up into one, and this is when
and where the rubber meets the proverbial road, in determining a person
growth or descend, or where roads are either paved or torn the fuck up. Its not
to the degree of making or breaking a person, but it can either delay you or
place you on a freeway where you bypass the traffic like you were the only car
smart and lucky enough to car pool at the right time and moment. But you don’t
know if you were smart or just lucky. You see to me, some things are meant to
be seen, and some are not, for the view of something greater than we can
handle at the time. We may know in our soul or heart, but some things, are not
ready when we think we are ready to accept them. Another thing I have
seriously learned very early in my life, is that there is a significant difference in
looking ahead and going forward. There is a difference on what people see,
feel and more, that makes the Ying and Yang proverb, that much more. For
every hater, there is a lover. For every friend, there is a foe and that balance
can not be balanced if each part doesn’t play its part in the world. You see
things will happen, and you can’t stop that. But as they happen, if you prepare
yourself in ways you normally wouldn’t by doing things you normally do, you will
be fully open to change and adaptation, that can result in, positive results, in
any situation.
By Anthony Douglas Gere
Now question, have you ever asked for something and actually got it? Now
before you answer that too quickly, I am not just talking about anything small or
something really extravagant, but something a bit special and or something
you felt would improve your life? Think about it, have you really asked for
something and actually got what you were asking for? Now, before answering
that, which might be a little bit too late, answer this; how long did it take for you
to believe what you asked for, was what it was when it came to you or you to
it? What did you expect it to be, and was it what you thought, or what you now
think it is and represents now, thinking back to when you first wanted or
needed it? Think about it on each end of the spectrum, what did you put it
through to prove its self? How many times did you doubt it when it presented
its self, and how many times, did it not see you for who you had turned into
when it seen you. How much damage may you have done to it, before it had a
fair chance to even show you who or what it is or could be, what you asked for
and always wanted or needed? How many validating test were required, issued
and thought about even after it passed the initial test, did you want to send this
thing through? Did you know that the majority of us, will believe things that are
dramatically negative without knowing anything about it, than to accept the
things we know the facts on that are positive? Now don’t get defensive and
start nervously laughing, just stay with me here, and lets at least be honest
with ourselves in a humble and unconditional way, and firmly look into the
mirror on this one, and nod your head if you feel me, or shake it to yourself if it
needs to be touched up a bit, to a different drummer. Yeah, I had another one of
those days, where it seems that every single person I needed, needed me, or
those that I didn’t, didn’t want me either. In many ways if I were a psychologist
or someone that wants to title or label this syndrome I am feeling and in, I
would call this "GII" or my, "Gilligan’s Island Illness". Yeah, I would call it that
because it is moments like this, where it must really feel good to have that
someone included in your life, that you asked and prayed for. I mean yeah,
along the way you will meet and greet some odd balls, loonies and totally out of
touch people, but when you actually find what you were seeking, how do you
define or explain it to a person that was like you before you found yourself?
And I am not talking about just anyone or thing, but, the one, that loves you,
loving you in ways you can’t or don’t even know you need and needed to feel
when you realized how numb you were before it. I am not saying you nor I do or
don’t have it right now in our lives. What I am saying is that this is one of those
moments where a person feels all alone on island, and there is no visible
means of help coming your way, which is, euphoric when the very thing you
need, needs you. Its kinda scary and fun all rolled up into one, and this is when
and where the rubber meets the proverbial road, in determining a person
growth or descend, or where roads are either paved or torn the fuck up. Its not
to the degree of making or breaking a person, but it can either delay you or
place you on a freeway where you bypass the traffic like you were the only car
smart and lucky enough to car pool at the right time and moment. But you don’t
know if you were smart or just lucky. You see to me, some things are meant to
be seen, and some are not, for the view of something greater than we can
handle at the time. We may know in our soul or heart, but some things, are not
ready when we think we are ready to accept them. Another thing I have
seriously learned very early in my life, is that there is a significant difference in
looking ahead and going forward. There is a difference on what people see,
feel and more, that makes the Ying and Yang proverb, that much more. For
every hater, there is a lover. For every friend, there is a foe and that balance
can not be balanced if each part doesn’t play its part in the world. You see
things will happen, and you can’t stop that. But as they happen, if you prepare
yourself in ways you normally wouldn’t by doing things you normally do, you will
be fully open to change and adaptation, that can result in, positive results, in
any situation.
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