Expressing Unconditional Love

[Talker]

May I be so bold, as to add a few words to an already meaningful set :

 " importantly.... 'Work like you are going to live forever,

don't need the money, love like you've never ever been

hurt, and dance like you do when nobody's watching,

and pray, as if you are on the final breath.'

Be Well

[juliainkc]

HELLO Talker!!

May I be so bold, as to add a few words to an already meaningful set :

Permission Granted ( aka; as you wish.... (movie quote: Wesley in "Princess Bride").

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Posted on: Today at 19:29:51Posted by: Talker 
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May I be so bold, as to add a few words to an already meaningful set :

 " importantly.... 'Work like you are going to live forever,

don't needthe money, love like you've never ever been

hurt, and dance like you do when nobody's watching,

and pray, as if you are on the final breath.'

Be Well

All is Well, Welcome 
Sending Loving Thoughts your way,

Many Blessings, Be Well and InJoy Now,

Julia
 

[juliainkc]

Good Morning Everyone,

I trust everyone is enjoying a relaxing day at home or wherever you may be. I do not watch tv and rarely if ever movies but my daughter Sommer asked me to view Prime Time this week and it featured this video by a Carnegie Mellon College Professor named Randy Pausch.
It is over an hour but it keeps you captivated by his beautiful and uplifting message titled "The Last Lecture." I believe he did this for his children to remember him by and it touched so many people in the process.

Thank you Randy. We were deeply blessed by your message.

If you have a moment. InJoy.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5700431505846055184

Love to All,

Julia

[Cameron]

That's a lovely video, he mixes comedy and some deeply profound insights very nicely!

Good find 

[Talker]

Warm Welcome Julia and All,
Thank you for the reminder of this man and his lecture. Had seen parts of it awhile ago, but did not watch in it's entirety. Took the time at this point to do so. Was moved enough by the life energy flowing to do a post on it.
Some times one does need a whack across the shins to awaken to what needs to be done.
Be Well

[HareOm]

thank you so much!

[Trisha]

Having just joined this forum i want to say thank you for the 5 great lessons, i would like to copy and print these to look at as a daily reminder of what it is to be a child of God, to have God within, and to show the utmost kindness to others whom we meet along the way

[Mina-Laura]

Hi Trisha

Thanks to you I also read them. So, thank you!

I like this very much: "love like you've never ever been hurt..." this is a very powerful in the 'now' and the more I think the more I can see this is the only one that we need - the rest is covered, when this is ON

love - Laura

[juliainkc]

Hello HareOm and Trisha and Laura~

A very warm welcome to the forums Hareom and Trisha!! I enjoy sharing these and reading others wonderful reminders of who we are and I am equally blessed when it blesses another. Thank you for sharing your appreciation with me as well.

InJoy this day,

Sending Love your way,

Julia

[DH]

Hi Julia,

Good stuff.  This is one of my favorite stories in the same light from Rabbi Krohn, quoted by Wayne Dyer:

      In Brooklyn, New York, Chush is a school that caters to learning-disabled children. Some children remain in Chush for their entire school career, while others can be mainstreamed into conventional Jewish schools. At a Chush fundraising dinner, the father of a Chush child delivered a speech that would never be forgotten by all who attended. After extolling the school and its dedicated staff, he cried out, "Where is the perfection in my son Shaya? Everything God does is done with perfection. But my child cannot understand things as other children do. My child cannot remember facts and figures as other children do. Where is God's perfection?" The audience was shocked by the question, pained by the father's anguish and stilled by the piercing query. I believe," the father answered, "that when God brings a child like this into the world, the perfection that He seeks is in the way people react to this child."

      He then told the following story about his son Shaya: One afternoon Shaya and his father walked past a park where some boys Shaya knew were playing baseball. Shaya asked, "Do you think they will let me play?" Shaya's father knew that his son was not at all athletic and that most boys would not want him on their team. But Shaya's father understood that if his son were chosen to play it would give him a comfortable sense of belonging.

      Shaya's father approached one of the boys in the field and asked if Shaya could play. The boy looked around for guidance from his teammates. Getting none, he took matters into his own hands and said, "We are losing by six runs and the game is in the eighth inning. I guess he can be on our team and we'll try to put him up to bat in the ninth inning." Shaya's father was ecstatic as Shaya smiled broadly. Shaya was told to put on a glove and go out to play short center field. In the bottom of the eighth inning, Shaya's team scored a few runs but was still behind by three. In the bottom of the ninth inning, Shaya's team scored again and now with two outs and the bases loaded with the potential winning run on base, Shaya was scheduled to be up. Would the team actually let Shaya bat at this juncture and give away their chance to win the game?

      Surprisingly, Shaya was given the bat. Everyone knew that it was all but impossible because Shaya didn't even know how to hold the bat properly, let alone hit with it. However, as Shaya stepped up to the plate, the pitcher moved a few steps to lob the ball in softly so Shaya should at least be able to make contact. The first pitch came in and Shaya swung clumsily and missed. One of Shaya's teammates came up to Shaya and together they held the bat and faced the pitcher waiting for the next pitch. The pitcher again took a few steps forward to toss the ball softly toward Shaya.

      As the pitch came in, Shaya and his teammate swung the bat and together they hit a slow ground ball to the pitcher. The pitcher picked up the soft grounder and could easily have thrown the ball to the first baseman. Shaya would have been out and that would have ended the game. Instead, the pitcher took the ball and threw it on a high arc to right field, far beyond reach of the first baseman.     

      Everyone started yelling, "Shaya, run to first. Run to first!" Never in his life had Shaya run to first. He scampered down the baseline wide eyed and startled. By the time he reached first base, the right fielder had the ball. He could have thrown the ball to the second baseman that would tag out Shaya, who was still running. But, the right fielder understood what the pitcher's intentions were, so he threw the ball high and far over the third baseman's head. Everyone yelled, "Run to second, run to second." Shaya ran towards second base as the runners ahead of him deliriously circled the bases towards home. As Shaya reached second base, the opposing shortstop ran to him, turned him in the direction of third base and shouted, "Run to third." As Shaya rounded third, the boys from both teams ran behind him screaming, "Shaya run home!" Shaya ran home, stepped on home plate and all 18 boys lifted him on their shoulders and made him the hero, as he had just hit a "grandslam" and won the game for his team.

      "That day," said the father softly with tears now rolling down his face, "those 18 boys reached their level of God's perfection."

[juliainkc]

Hi DH ~

A big warm hug for you, it's always wonderful to see you here.

Thank you so much for sharing this heart warming reminder with all of us. I loved this one too.

I trust All is Well.

Many Blessings, Be Well,

Love in Divine Spirit,

Julia

[Gretch87]

"Live as if there is no tomorrow.  Learn as if you'll live forever."  - Forgot who said it.

[Spooney]

That was truly inspiring.

[juliainkc]

Good Morning Gretch87 and Spooney~

A very warm welcome to the forums. Thank you both for sharing!

Looking forward to your contributions here.

InJoy this day,

Love in Divine Spirit,

Julia

[Gretch87]

Thankyou.