The Legend of the Seeker

I've been watching the first season of "Legend of the Seeker" and think it's a really well-written tale.

No wonder a very good friend of mine recommended me the book by Terry Goodkind.

Of the things I have noticed so far is the moral question of the "common good vs. the individual good" that is frequently interwoven in the plot.

Indeed the Seeker deals with difficult choices in the series and to arrive at them, specifically as regards the question above - he seems to choose to neither choose between the two goods nor weigh the two against each other.

Rather, he seems to place them carefully - if not at times, to the chagrin of his companions, recklessly - in their proper context.

For the individual good must exist within the context of the common good and Justice serves which ever one is in imminent danger of an impending evil.

This is more often than not, except in times of war, calamity and wherever and whenever the government of the people is either misguided or corrupt, the individual good and so it is a good thing to see this Seeker inherently gifted to see this choice clearly even in times of great duress.

Cool series - a must see!

Our Father

Starshine,
our true Father
is the One we choose to obey;
the One Whose will we seek to follow;
the One Whose counsels and commandments
we freely and wholly submit
our body and soul unto.

Ours

The Best Time

The best gifts of recovery often come last.



The best time
of my every working day
is right at the end...

At the end of the day,
when I know I've done my best
to do a good job!

At the end of every day,
where all the choices I've made
during my working hours
- come together -
to become the realities
I'll live by at last.

At the end of every moment,
where I feel profoundly thankful
to the LORD, my only God,
and to the universe -
all living creatures who love me
and who I love back forever.

Yes, right at the end -
where everything that counts
really begins...

Wanna cheat?

For the lessons of life
are only those that add to life.



What's
the secret to success
at the University of Life,
commonly known as
the School of Hard Knocks?

Cheating. 

Yes, cheating.

All exams taken here
are better taken - together -
with other students of the universe
and with open notes.

Because by listening
to some of each of our own life's lessons,
we can learn - together - to grow and surpass
those phases in our lives that keep our spirits
stagnant and non-responsive to the drive
that inexorably drive all living beings
toward peace and ultimate happiness.

Wanna cheat?
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Far Shores

When love is near to us,
everything in our love draws close
to our hearts: Far shores become near.



Life lived in their moments
are more precious than life lived
in their seconds.

For all moments in life
are but natural to our living,
they have no count...
being by God
blessed.

But seconds can be counted,
even by its fractions, even by its sums,
being a thing of man-made measure
and are therefore,
fleeting.

For all things without count
are all the things that truly matter
to the heart of Man.

Starshine,
which one contains the other?
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Recovery Cat

Recovery cat enjoying the gifts of recovery...
ordinary cat life is so freakin' awesome!

'Tis bettre than drugges, savvy?

---<--@

Love that thou might live

Starshine, may we always be in love.



Life is all too beautiful,
all too precious, and all too short
to be wasted on hatred and all those species of un-love
that leads one's soul unto ignorance of what matters
the most... here in our time, Now in this life.

Those who live for anger
know that the alienation of hatred
is permanent.

For theirs are those whose spirits move
from wilderness to wilderness
finding neither company
nor safe abode.

But those who live for love
know that, through one may become angry
and restless for a day,
one may always return to love
and find peace.

- selah -

Fugitive to thy own heart!
Exile to thy own longing to return,
live no more for hatred and find safety -
love Now that thou might live.
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