ON DEATH AND DYING

ON DEATH AND DYING

It seems that a lot of us are experiencing the loss of family, friends and loved ones lately so it feels appropriate to discuss it here today.

I ask you to look at the Universal truth that “All is One”. What this means is that EVERYTHING is made from the creative energy of Source, God, Unity Consciousness; whatever your paradigm chooses to call it. We, they, it are made from the same 'stuff'. We feel it, we eat it, we breath it, we move through it, we absorb it all our lives. We are biology animated by a SOUL, a part of the Divine, a piece of God Energy so that when we pass form this incarnation, we leave the biology behind (we no longer need it) and the living part of us goes back into the Divine Stuff from which all things are created and we become Divine Stuff again. In this way we become more a part of life and its cycles.

While in the process of passing on to our next plane of existence the Soul is learning what it needs to know, learning the last lessons of this life and coming to peace with whatever that person needs to become at peace with. At this point in the journey prayers for the healing of the biology are not always in the best interest of the soul. Prayers for the “best interest of the soul” are more to the point and less manipulative (more about what we want than about what our loved one requires) and disrupting to the person who is on this journey. We are told that there are two journeys that must be taken alone (from the perspective of the living) birth and death. The truth of the matter is that we are well escorted in both directions by our guidance and the love of the Divine. So by allowing a gentle fearless passing we are giving one of our greatest gifts and by accepting that God knows what It is doing we receive one of our greatest gifts.

One of tenants of the Evolution of Self ; Journey into Body, Mind, Spirit Balance program as well as other philosophies tell us "As we are essentially all one, we really never leave. As we pass from our old incarnation toward our new one we are more a part of our loved ones than ever before. As those who loved us remember us, we are forever in their hearts. Then, when it is our turn to walk the same path, we have it paved by those who went before as we pave it for those who come after us. Grief on this plane is in our biology and must be felt and dealt with. Knowing in your heart that no one is ever truly ever lost to us can help our biological self get through the grief better.”{Chessie Roberts}

A wise woman once said to me, “ As your journey through life changes just remember the only thing constant in life is change. Learn from those changes and embrace the life you have been given. Celebrate everyday you have with a smile on your face and a smile in your heart. A Universal Prayer (from the Yoga tradition) to remember throughout the day, "May the Universe be filled with joy, love and light.” Remember the universe starts with you and the finding your own peace, joy, love and light! Namaste”

"The Wise Souls of Tich Nat Han, Ekhardt Tolle, and the Dhali Lama, said; “You can be no closer to God than when you are helping someone transition from this life to the next, it is true grace. Be present to the miracle my friend.

Bright Blessings, Gentle Passings and Strength to let go and remember in love. Chessie

© Chessie Roberts 2011, all rights reserved.

THE SEASON OF WHAT???

THE SEASON OF WHAT???

“Please accept without obligation, express or implied, these best wishes for an
environmentally safe, socially responsible, low stress, non addictive, and gender neutral celebration of the winter solstice holiday as practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice (but with respect for the religious or secular persuasions and/or traditions of others, or for...... their choice not to practice religious or secular traditions at all) and further for a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling, and medically uncomplicated onset of the generally accepted calendar year (including, but not limited to, the Christian calendar, but not without due respect for the calendars of choice of other cultures). The preceding wishes are extended without regard to the race, creed, color, age, physical ability, religious faith, choice of computer platform, or sexual preference of the wishes.”

I saw this posted on FaceBook the other day and had to ask myself what in the world is going on in the minds and hearts of people these days. Everyone is so hell bent on having their way with this season it makes my head spin and my soul ache. The whole mess started as a SEASONAL celebration. It had nothing to do who was born when or what religion should take credit for it. It was the realization that the darkest and coldest half of the year had arrived and was a celebration of light to coax the warmth and heat of the sun back into dominance. This celebration was done with closeness of family, friend and community. It was done with feasting, sharing, hope, closeness of people for support against the cold and dark comradeship and love. It was a communal affair. It brought people TOGETHER!

This time of the year has been called many things by many people over the millennia and they are all correct. Because of the diversity of people, there have be a diversity of traditions (each one borrowed and built on from those before and around it) and each tradition speaks to its celebrants in it own unique way and this is good. One does NOT need to take precedence over the other. The Creator did not intend us to act in such a domineering manner about this (or any other holiday) that we strip all the joy of celebration from it. We are all here on this planet, in this life to learn how to love each other not to see how many we can kill or brow-beat into our way of thinking. Statements like the one quoted above should not be required. We should be Spiritually Mature enough by now to understand that though there is but one Truth, there are many paths to it. We should be able to allow the other person to find their way without guilt, condemnation, sermons and snarky barbs to herd them into our personal belief mold.

Wake up Dear people and learn to allow each person (including you) their own relationship with their own personal path to the truth. If you feel that you need to intercede I must ask you if your faith is so small that you don't trust the Creator to handle these things? Are you so presumptuous as to believe that if you don't instruct them they will wander, lost in the dark? The author J.R.R. Tolkien said that “All who wander are not lost.” and this is true. If you tend to your business, your spirituality and your true responsibilities you will find that your reason for the season is clearer... to you; is more meaningful..to you; is happier, more joy and love filled as well as stress free..for you and is much more sane and sacred for EVERYONE!

I wish you all the love, kindness and joy or your seasonal path and Bright Blessings, Chessie

© Chessie Roberts 2011, all rights reserved

LIVING BY SURRENDER VS LIVING BY COMMITTEE

LIVING BY SURRENDER VS LIVING BY COMMITTEE

“You have been brought up to believe that your life has to be a certain way, where in truth and reality it does not have to be any way.” {Robert Adams}

Lets start with the way most of us do things, by committee. You have an idea for what you want do this weekend. How many people do you ask for their opinion of what you should do? All the while you know what you want to do but because you are worried about what others in your circles, you ask their advice. Now here is the kicker, you decide that because a majority of your committee says that they “love the wine tour and you should go” that is what you do. You find that while it's nice, it is unfulfilling to you and you wonder why. After a few days of questioning your ability to have fun you realize that you would have much rather gone rafting on the river, in the quiet, alone but, you didn't because your committee would think you’re weird. Here is what you have done; sacrificed your true happiness to the opinion of those around you, your committee. These are those people that you have surrounded yourself with that tell you what to do so that you don't have to take responsibility for your choices. You can blame them for not having a good time, after all you only did what they suggested, right? You have put your self in to a master slave type of relationship and, if you look around you will find that you are in several different ones.

This committee thing is done anytime we want our friends to be excited, angry, vindictive, or even happy with us. It is a way of garnering support for our drama. With backing we don't have to take any responsibility for any unpleasant outcome that may happen. Your committee will shield your connection to your surrender point and as long as you continue to rely on them the longer you keep your drama high and your growth from manifesting. When you submit to authority of any group; the church, parents and bosses, friends, doctors, teachers, any committee; you are putting yourself into the master-slave relationship rather than in spiritual partnership with the part of you that has your best outcome in mind.

As you begin to grow into your higher power and understanding of all that entails and you start to get back in touch with your self; you begin to learn how to listen to your guidance; the little voice/feeling inside that tells you what is really in your best interests, and, by surrendering to your guidance, your Higher Self, what you actually surrender is your ego (that is the part that keeps you limited and small) This process is much like a drop of water surrendering/merging with the ocean or a seed surrendering to the earth. When the drop surrenders to the ocean, the drop becomes the ocean. When the seed surrenders to the earth, it becomes the plant. Seeds that do not surrender do not grow, they die and go to dust, they waste their potential. If people don't surrender they don't grow, they wither and die.

First you must realize that you have a committee that you go to, who they are and which of your dramas they each support (you may find you have more than one committee.) Second you must decide whether you want to die or grow. Then act on your decision and choose to change your thoughts and actions. To alter your internal climate to calmer climes and thought patterns. Ask your self what is really going on inside your mind. Why are you calling this person or that one, what is your payoff. Then choose to realize the you have all your answers already, you do not need backup. Friendship is one thing but drama support is quite another, one that you can do better without.

First, you learn to truly love yourself, that will spread to the ability to truly love others and then to the connection that allows total surrender to (don't get bogged down in semantics here) Love, God Consciousness, Source, Creation; whatever you wish to call it. You will begin act in the best interest of both yourself and those around you. the This will happen spontaneously and effortlessly. The higher you vibrate, the easier this is. You will start to experience a Divine detachment from drama of all kinds and the need for the opinions of your committees. The Love of which I am speaking is an all inclusive and beautiful thing. It sees the Divine play of consciousness in all things; Love for what love truly is rather than what you have thought it was in the past. This will create in you the desire to be the best person you can be and to create the best outcomes in all that you do whether it is washing dishes or writing a masterpiece; it will be an effort worthy of you. All of this will start an upward spiral of higher vibrations, love, more worthy actions, higher vibrations, love, more worthy actions etc. Soon the committees and concern over what others think will be a thing of the past and not worth your recall. This conscious choice to lift yourself out of the mundane and into the Love of the Universe is a huge step into your goal of wholeness.

Bright Blessings, Light, Love and Laughter, Chessie

© Chessie Roberts 2011, all rights reserved.

Today we have a Guest Blogger, Marriah Star. He is a Lecturer at Northeastern UniversiyStudied Political science at CUNY Graduate Center,Lives in Brookline, Massachusetts isFrom Tucson, Arizona and has graciously allowed us to feature one of his writings here today. 

10 LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS

by Marriah Star on Friday, September 23, 2011 at 12:31am

There are 10 levels of consciousness between identifying with (internalizing) your environment or choosing to transform from within by heart

 

At the first level of consciousness you identify completely with your environment whether rich or poor, peaceful or warlike, cruel or loving

 

At the 1st level of consciousness you accept your social and physical environments as they are: You internalize their values and become them

 

At 1st level of consciousness if you are wealthy you define yourself in terms of your salary, your net worth, your property and rich friends

 

At 1st level of consciousness, if you are poor you accept that you'll always be poor. You believe all efforts to become successful will fail

 

At the 1st level of consciousness, if you live in a peaceful environment you believe that everyone you know lives among peace and prosperity

 

At the first level of consciousness, if you live in a war zone, you believe you must constantly fight other people for survival or else die!

 

At the 1st level of consciousness, if you grow up with parents who physically, sexually, and emotionally abuse you, you in turn abuse others

 

At 1st level of consciousness if you grow up with parents/friends who give you love, support, and affection, you give lots of love to others

 

At 1st level of consciousness you have no original thoughts or creativity inside you because you are a complete reflection of your community

 

At first level of consciousness you cannot adapt to changing environments that operate under different principles. Thus, you become limited!

 

At first level of consciousness you think dreamers and idealists, advocates and change-makers, are fools who have lost their grip on reality

 

You make your transition from the 1st level of consciousness to the second level of consciousness when you become disillusioned with reality

 

You begin to enter the second level of consciousness when you realize that the physical and social reality you have internalized is not real

 

 

When you enter 2nd level of consciousness you're surprised by your attraction to being alone so you can think instead of being around people

 

 

 

At the 2nd level of consciousness you identify with your physical environment 90% and become aware that you have an internal environment too

 

At 2nd level of consciousness you define yourself by your family, your friends, your job, and your property, but you glimpse your creativity

 

At 2nd level of consciousness you are surprised by the fact that money and shopping no longer make you happy but that giving now thrills you

 

At 2nd level of consciousness you find yourself attracted to books about people instead of books about things: You want to learn about Self!

 

At the second level of consciousness you are shocked to realize that if you lose your job today and the money that goes with it, that is OK!

 

At the second level of consciousness you find yourself wanting to listen to a greater variety of people than just always talk about your job

 

At the second level of consciousness you begin to realize that a big house is just an empty home, lots of awards are just meaningless titles

 

At the second level of consciousness you realize that sex is not love, money and power are not influence, your job is not who you REALLY are

 

At the second level of consciousness you face a choice: Abandon your temporary physical and social illusions, or transform them from within!

 

When people reach the 2nd level of consciousness some of them quit their jobs, sell their houses, divorce their spouses, go search for Truth

 

When people reach the 2nd level of consciousness, some of them embrace their current physical reality and place it on spiritual foundations!

 

You make the transition from the 2nd level of consciousness to the 3rd level when you decide to take time to develop your mind and heart now

 

 

 

At 3rd level of consciousness you identify with your physical environment 80% and start to feel and think for yourself, creating your heart!

 

At third level of consciousness you become very sensitive to the energies in your body, your heart and your mind. You start cultivating them

 

At 3rd level of consciousness you allow yourself to cry, feel joy, experience pain, entertain strange thoughts, and see all of life's beauty

 

At the third level of consciousness you start developing your artistic sensibilities, your empathy, and your need for spiritual connections!

 

At the third level of consciousness you begin to put your time and energy into exploring the different sensations of life: You eat and think

 

At the third level of consciousness you start to explore your physical appetites, your sexual energies, your creativity, and your intuitions

 

At the 3rd level of consciousness you can sense when people are happy and sad: You can console them and relate to them through communication

 

At the 3rd level of consciousness you shift from being merely a colleague at work and a neighbor to being a true friend when people need you

 

At 3rd level of consciousness you shift from being a well-trained employee, living in your mind, to being a human being living in the heart!

 

At the 3rd level of consciousness you stop reacting to people and events around you. Instead you start acting based on your values and ideas

 

You make the transition from the 3rd level of consciousness to the 4th level of consciousness when you begin to see that you influence life!

 

You make the transition to the 4th level of consciousness when you realize that training crushes your personality. You develop unique gifts!

 

 

 

At the 4th level of consciousness you identify with your environment 70% and start focusing more on your unique Spirit, changing who you are

 

At the fourth level of consciousness you decide what kind of person you want to be regardless of the kind of person you have been or are now

 

At fourth level of consciousness you decide what your lifestyle will be, what kind of friends you will have, and what resources you will use

 

At fourth level of consciousness you change your thoughts and emotions to match who you want to be: You practice being mindful and attentive

 

At the fourth level of consciousness you realize that each second of consciousness counts because every thought you have defines who you are

 

At the 4th level of consciousness you systematically examine your own thoughts, emphasizing those that are healthy and eliminating the rest!

 

At the 4th level of consciousness you examine your emotions, feeling in full those that give you joy and eliminating those that make you sad

 

At the 4th level of consciousness you feel your body, choosing to eat only foods that make you healthy, eliminating the rest from your diet!

 

At the 4th level of consciousness you look at your daily routines: You keep the routines that make you happy and change routines that don't!

 

At 4th level of consciousness you study your habits: Keep habits that are good and remove bad habits from your life to avoid self-judgments!

 

You make the transition from the 4th level of consciousness to the 5th level of consciousness by discovering your spiritual self within you!

 

You enter the 5th level of consciousness when you successfully maintain your health + balance. You now have abundant love, energy and ideas!

 

 

 

At the 5th level of consciousness you identify with your physical environment 60% and start spending more time with your true spiritual self

 

At 5th level of consciousness you've entered the 5th dimension: You have expanded from point, to line, to object, to being in time, to being

 

At the 5th level of consciousness you stop living for other people and you start living for yourself: You offer service based on your spirit

 

At 5th level of consciousness we spend most of our leisure time meditating, praying, singing, composing, loving, caring, rejoicing, thanking

 

At 5th level of consciousness you choose to live instead of forcing yourself to live. If you have a job you have a renewed sense of purpose!

 

At the 5th level of consciousness you make compromises with people so that you can be your true, Higher Self more and your other selves less

 

At the 5th level of consciousness you stop taking every job that will make you money and start taking only jobs that match your spirituality

 

At the 5th level of consciousness you apply your abundant love and energy to making a concrete difference in other people's lives every day!

 

At the 5th level of consciousness you generate ideas for turning your spiritual being into physical changes and your love into relationships

 

At the 5th level of consciousness you get your greatest joys from being around people who enhance your loving energy and natural creativity!

 

At the 5th level of consciousness you dig into yourself deeply in a never-ending quest to know your true, Higher Self, then manifest reality

 

You make transition from 5th level of consciousness to 6th level when all physical reality starts running parallel to your spiritual reality

 

You enter the 6th level of consciousness when you put all of your energies into spiritual development and physical realities derive from you

 

 

 

At the 6th level of consciousness you identify with your physical environment 50% and start living a double life, in the world but not of it

 

At 6th level of consciousness you are in the world, not of it: You show people the physical realities they know, not the true spirit inside!

 

At 6th level of consciousness you are bridging between spirituality and physical realities: You are a dual ambassador, a great double-agent!

 

At 6th level of consciousness you are constantly translating between spirituality and various social and physical realities, creating fusion

 

At the 6th level of consciousness you spend half the time physically manifesting inspiration, and half the time interpreting spiritual signs

 

At 6th level of consciousness you are a person of many masks, many social roles and identities, but only one true, Higher Self: YOU ARE LOVE

 

At the 6th level of consciousness you play many games, you learn the rules of systems, and you adapt to each one so that spirit lives in you

 

At the 6th level of consciousness you identify the right time, the right place, and the right person to receive a spiritual message from you

 

At the 6th level of consciousness you meditate while working so that you can mediate people's conflicts and help humanity move toward Heaven

 

At the 6th level of consciousness you have parallel thoughts in your mind, parallel emotions in your heart, because you are a spirit bridge!

 

You make transition from 6th level of consciousness to 7th level when you are no longer a spiritual bridge because everyone is now spiritual

 

 

 

You enter the 7th level of consciousness when you create Heaven on Earth with each thought, feeling and action every single day of your life

 

 

 

At 7th level of consciousness you identify with your physical environment 40% and start living from your heart, mind, spirit and soul daily!

 

At 7th level of consciousness you live from your heart, mind, spirit, body and soul, all simultaneously, as a complete, balanced human being

 

At 7th level of consciousness you live from your heart by connecting with people, animals and plants emotionally, communicating with energy!

 

At the 7th level of consciousness you sense what is inside people's hearts, what hurts them the most, what gives them joy, and you heal them

 

At the 7th level of consciousness you live from your mind by connecting with people psychically, reading their minds, knowing their thoughts

 

At 7th level of consciousness you see the thoughts that motivate every action and you help people change those thoughts so they have clarity

 

At 7th level of consciousness you live from your spirit, connecting with people, animals, plants and energies over vast distances and times!

 

At 7th level of consciousness you see people's spiritual paths, their deepest yearnings, and you help them to stay connected to spirituality

 

At 7th level of consciousness you live from your body, hugging people with warm, overwhelming embraces and touching their emotional centers!

 

At the 7th level of consciousness you live from your soul, knowing intuitively how the human race is evolving and taking actions to help it!

 

You make transition from 7th to 8th level of consciousness when you expand your spirit to connect with all energies around you every second!

 

You enter 8th level of consciousness when you become symbiotically connected to every person you meet, animal you touch, and every vibration

 

 

At the 8th level of consciousness you identify with your environment 30% but connect within yourself, with other people, and other energies!

 

At the 8th level of consciousness we realize that all feeling, thought and action is based on greater and lesser degrees of vibrating energy

 

At the 8th level of consciousness you learn how to change your vibrations to match the vibration of each form of energy you communicate with

 

At 8th level of consciousness you are able to sense intense vibrations from very far away: You know when people are in pain or feeling loved

 

At the 8th level of consciousness you communicate with people and other forms of energy through your dreams and spiritual exercises each day

 

At 8th level of consciousness you know immediately when you must stop everything you are doing to send spiritual messages to someone in need

 

At 8th level of consciousness you can influence other people's actions with your vibrations, somewhat like the Jedi mind trick in Star Wars!

 

At the 8th level of consciousness you are a servant of Spirit: You use material resources as needed to serve the purpose of awakening others

 

At the 8th level of consciousness you sense the spiritual needs of each energy in your environment: Their energies enter you, you enter them

 

You make transition from 8th to 9th level of consciousness when your thoughts and feelings become so strong that they transform every person

 

You enter the 9th level of consciousness when you walk into rooms and everyone instantly feels pure love, changing their feelings and being!

 

At 9th level of consciousness you identify with your physical environment 20%. You are becoming pure energy within and you transform others!

 

At 9th level of consciousness you transform people you meet and communicate with, improving their lives by raising their spiritual awareness

 

At the 9th level of consciousness you develop a powerful presence that penetrates the being of people you know: You overwhelm them with LOVE

 

At the 9th level of consciousness your mind, heart, body, spirit, and soul are fused together in a constant state of meditation and praying!

 

At 9th level of consciousness you no longer see yourself as mind, heart, body, spirit and soul because you are connected with universal love

 

At 9th level of consciousness you lead social movements, start religions, transform communities, and raise people's energy levels constantly

 

At 9th level of consciousness you are a healer, a mystic, a clairvoyant, a psychic, a seer, a prophet, a magician, a fortune teller. Spirit!

 

At the 9th level of consciousness you generate so much love that people and animals make existence effortless. Work is replaced by pleasure!

 

At 9th level of consciousness you have millions of "children" from thousands of spiritual partners, people you have inspired with pure love!

 

At the 9th level of consciousness you spread love, joy, and peace everywhere, creating peaceful communities wherever you go and ending war!

 

You make transition from 9th to 10th level of consciousness when you no longer have to be in a place for your loving existence to be enjoyed

 

You enter the 10th level of consciousness when you dream and people's lives change; you talk and people act; you write and the world changes

 

At 10th level of consciousness you identify with your physical environment 10%. Your spirit absorbs so much that you feel/act through others

 

At 10th level of consciousness you can perform seemingly amazing feats of physical and mental activities because love makes you super-human!

 

At 10th level of consciousness you live in your own spiritual universe: You move and everyone moves with you. You accelerate your evolution!

 

At the 10th level of consciousness your total being integrates with other people to form a collective spirit: When you act, you act together

 

At the 10th level of consciousness you communicate with all beings, all energies, on all levels of consciousness simultaneously in pure form

 

At the 10th level of consciousness your total being absorbs the universe, focusing infinite divine power on all things around you to create!

 

At the 10th level of consciousness you become God's magnifying glass: Wherever your attention focuses you spread the fire of inner lightning

 

At the 10th level of consciousness you are not only a constant enhanced version of yourself, you enhance other people with your loving mind!

 

At the 10th level of consciousness you project so much energy that the foolish become wise, the poor feel rich, the hungry feel full inside!

 

At the 10th level of consciousness you can share your love with all sentient beings on Earth, from those in poverty to the rich and powerful

 

At 10th level of consciousness you become aware of your spiritual mission on Earth: You focus on completing your mission, then transcending!

 

Once you reach the 10th level of consciousness you can stay connected with the 10% of your physical environment, or you can leave and travel

 

At the 10th level of consciousness you complete your soul's purpose for being in physical form. You confront a choice: Leave Earth, or stay?

 

At 10th level of consciousness, if you decide to leave Earth you enter the 1st level of cosmic being; if you decide to stay you guide Spirit

Subject: 5-Minute Life Management Course; Lessons for Everything

Lesson 1:

A man is getting into the shower just as his wife is finishing up her shower,

when the doorbell rings.

The wife quickly wraps herself in a towel and runs downstairs.

When she opens the door, there stands Bob , the next-door neighbor..

Before she says a word, Bob says, 'I'll give you $800 to drop that towel.

After thinking for a moment, the woman drops her towel and stands naked

in front of Bob , after a few seconds, Bob hands her $800 and leaves.

The woman wraps back up in the towel and goes back upstairs.

When she gets to the bathroom, her husband asks, 'Who was that?

'It was Bob the next door neighbor,' she replies.

'Great,' the husband says, 'did he say anything about the $800 he owes me?

Moral of the story:

If you share critical information pertaining to what is going on with your finances

with your spouse in time, you may be in a position to prevent avoidable

exposure, embarrassment and hurt feelings.

Lesson 2:

A priest offered a Nun a lift.

She got in and crossed her legs, forcing her gown to reveal a leg.

The priest nearly had an accident.

After controlling the car, he stealthily slid his hand up her leg.

The nun said, 'Father, remember Psalm 129?

The priest removed his hand. But, changing gears, he let his hand slide

up her leg again.

The nun once again said, 'Father, remember Psalm 129?

The priest apologized 'Sorry sister but the flesh is weak.

Arriving at the convent, the nun sighed heavily and went on her way.

On his arrival at the church, the priest rushed to look up Psalm 129. It

said, 'Go forth and seek, further up, you will find glory.'

Moral of the story:

If you are not well informed in your job, you might miss a great opportunity.

Lesson 3:

A man, his wife , and eldest son are walking to lunch

when they find an antique oil lamp.

They rub it and a Genie comes out.

The Genie says, 'I'll give each of you just one wish.

'Me first! Me first!' says the husband 'I want to be in the Bahamas

,
driving a speedboat, without a care in the world.

Puff! He's gone.

'Me next! Me next!' says the son. 'I want to be in Hawaii , relaxing

on the beach with my personal masseuse, an endless supply of Pina

Coladas and the sexiest woman in the world.'

Puff! He's gone.

'OK, you're up,' the Genie says to the husband.

The wife says, 'I want those two back at the yard work after lunch.

Moral of the story:

Always let your spouse have the first say.

Lesson 4

An eagle was sitting on a tree resting, doing nothing.

A small rabbit saw the eagle and asked him, 'Can I also sit like you and

do nothing?

The eagle answered: 'Sure, why not.

So, the rabbit sat on the ground below the eagle and rested. All of a

sudden, a fox appeared, jumped on the rabbit and ate it.

Moral of the story:

To be sitting and doing nothing, you must be sitting very, very high up.

Lesson 5

A turkey was chatting with a bull.

'I would love to be able to get to the top of that tree' sighed the turkey, 'but I

haven't got the energy.

'Well, why don't you nibble on some of my droppings?' replied the bull.

They're packed with nutrients..'

The turkey pecked at a lump of dung, and found it actually gave him

enough strength to reach the lowest branch of the tree.

The next day, after eating some more dung, he reached the second

branch.

Finally after a fourth night, the turkey was proudly perched at the

top of the tree.

He was promptly spotted by a farmer, who shot him out of the tree..

Moral of the story:

B. S. might get you to the top, but it won't keep you there.

Lesson 6

A little bird was flying south for the winter. It was so cold the bird froze and fell to

the ground into a large field.

While he was lying there, a cow came by and dropped some dung

on him.

As the frozen bird lay there in the pile of cow dung, he began to

realize how warm he was.

The dung was actually thawing him out!

He lay there all warm and happy, and soon began to sing for joy.

A passing cat heard the bird singing and came to investigate.

Following the sound, the cat discovered the bird under the pile of cow dung,

and promptly dug him out and ate him.

Moral of the story:

1. Not everyone who craps on you is your enemy.
   
   (2) Not everyone who gets you out of crap is your friend.

(3 ) And when you're in deep crap, it's best to keep your mouth shut! Here endeth the 5 minute life course. Bright Blessings, Light Love and 
Laughter,
Chessie
Chessie Roberts