Month: June 2014

Fearsomethan Beardington Seagull

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Do you ever notice things that just keep showing up?

I read this book when I was probably about 12. I remember I liked it. I remember that I fantasized about the daring flights that Jonathan took. I remember that I empathized with his feelings about being outcast. I didn’t really comprehend the full message of the book, but it somehow touched me enough and I knew it was ok to be an outcast and that somehow I would survive and hopefully thrive. The story gave me some comfort. I always had a good feeling inside when I heard the name Jonathan Livingston Seagull from that point on.

Well, as the universe would have it, recently the title if this book has been regularly resurfacing in my life. Just over and over I would see the title, heard the title and it even showed up in a dream. I kept thinking to myself….”I should pop over to Amazon and buy a copy, there must be a reason that this just keeps coming up”.

I guess I did not act fast enough so the powers that be put it in my life. A friend was moving into a condo I own down near San Diego Bay in the Little Italy neighborhood Monday and I was helping her carry her belongings in. As I was about to leave she was unpacking and laid this book on the kitchen counter right in front of me. I commented that it was strange how it kept surfacing over and over. She said a friend had just given it to her before she made the move west from her home in New England. She then handed it to me and said you take it and read it as I will be busy the next couple of days unpacking.

It’s a short and powerful story. It can be read in an hour. So I read it. I am in awe that the story I read at 12 years of age has so much meaning to me right now. In this reading I saw the limiting power of thought. I saw the freeing power of thought. I also deepened my understanding of the freedom created when we combine love and thought. From the whole experience I learned that when something is popping up, when you feel an intuition….follow it. There is something there to learn, to understand.

I will be contemplating what I read yesterday for a long while. I am so thankful that this short story of wisdom showed itself to me again.Image

Beard Beg

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Fearsome ain’t too proud to beg….

Beard pics….. If you are reading this and you are bearded, why don’t you e mail a pic to fearsomebeard@gmail.com and we can feature your beard in an upcoming Beard of the Day. Or if you know someone….why not get their pic and invite them to stop by and check out their beard as a feature?

We thank you in advance for your participation and support!

WOOF!

Jimmy Somerville 2014 reprise of Smalltown Boy

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Beautiful….. Jimmy Sommerville just released this wonderful Smalltown Boy Reprise .
Today marks 30 years since the release of the original which you can also watch at this link:

I was 20 years old in 1984 when this was originally released. I so felt this song deep in my soul. While  a lot of it rings true to my own experience, I was always thankful I was not that Smalltown Boy in the lyrics. While I received my share of  rejection in my youth it was never quite what this boy did, but it could still empathize and feel his pain. Many of my dear friends did get this same rejection that this boy in the lyrics does. I loved those friends and could feel their pain. Listening today to the reprise I cried. The original still brings tears too. But they are tears of strength, tears of hope, tears of gratitude and yet still tears of empathy. We used to dance to the original, yes it’s a disco tune. I still dance to it today, and shed tears at the same time. If I could just hold that young boy from back then, the young boy I was and the young boy my friends were, and tell him what I know today……if only I could. But had I not been through it, some myself and worse through others, I would not be the man I am today.

We have come a long way in the past 30 years. A very long way. But we still have ground to cover as there are still Smalltown Boys (and girls) among us in small towns and in big cities all over the globe. Take a moment, listen to both the original and the reprise. Let it give you strength, let it give you hope…..let it give all of us inspiration to keep moving forward to help lessen the pain and lessen the numbers of the Smalltown boy in these beautiful lyrics.

And yes please, let it move us to dance, cry a little and dance hope!

Fearsome dogs

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This is Gilda, she is 3rd in line at 10 years. She stepped out onto the street in front of my car about 8 years ago and sat down and just stared at me (chewed through rope still attached to her shock collar). I thought to myself as she looked into my eyes “oh no, I’ve got another one”. I got out opened the back door and she walked around and got in the back seat. I called the owner’s number on her collar and thank god that owner no longer wanted her. She’s a Belgian Sheepdog and only weighed 35 lbs at the time. She’s now perfect at about 55 lbs and that shock collar went in the trash her first day in her new home. She’s a wonderful girl.Image

Beards Dream

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We grow by dreams.

Dreamers … See things

In the soft haze of a spring day,

Or in the red fire of a long winter’s evening.

Some of us let these great dreams die,

But others nourish and protect them,

Nurse them through the bad days

Till they bring them to the sunshine and light

Which comes always to those

Who sincerely hope that

Their dreams will come true.

— Woodrow Wilson

Think about this one…. Nothing that we use in our lives that is man made was made without a thought or a dream first. Everything man has made to live our lives started as a dream. Then that dreamer took the next step. That dreamer had bumps in the road, trails, mistakes, naysayers, failures. But with each one of those the dreamer overcame it and moved a step closer until one day the dream came into being. The computer, pad or phone that you are reading this with was but a dream at one time. The painting on your wall. The car in your driveway. The house or building in which you live. What are you dreaming? Is there a dream that you let die? Is there a dream of yours you would like to make come into being? Dream it, do it, take the next indicated step…….

 

 

 

Solitude

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http://lasvegasweekly.com/as-we-see-it/2014/jun/10/man-uses-mccarran-layover-film-celine-dion-music-v/

Traveling I find myself alone yet surrounded by many strangers. I have yet to find myself all alone in an airport like the man in this video. He made the best of it through his making of this video and being very creative. The song I never cared for, this video is pretty amazing.

I’m taking the opportunity to contemplate being alone and what I do. Can I spend that time in a better way? Am I comfortable when alone?

What do you do when you find yourself alone? Can you spend that time more constructively? Are you comfortable with being alone?

Check out the link, it’s well worth watching.

http://lasvegasweekly.com/as-we-see-it/2014/jun/10/man-uses-mccarran-layover-film-celine-dion-music-v/

Beard of the day

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The beard that proposed…..image

 

This is Isaac, he proposed to my niece Kathy yesterday evening. A simple picnic on San Diego bay and his great grandmother’s ring. He is a classic gentleman. Fearsome welcomes him not only to the blog, but to the family!

beards grow, souls grow, love grows, family grows………..

Love

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My nephew was married yesterday. He is an amazing man, and his bride is an amazing woman. High school sweet hearts who found themselves with a beautiful son. Through many trials, much work and two very loving families they have stayed together and that son is now 4 1/2 years old. You see my nephew just graduated from Roanoke college with his Bachelor of Business Administration. He has worked, gone to school and raised his son all with his new wife by his side, lots of family support and self determination, they have grown up, grown together and become a wonderful family. He has a new career and they are now married and saving to buy their first house. When reciting their vows yesterday that they each wrote on their own, they each accepted the other for good and bad and vowed to LOVE unconditionally. That’s growth, understanding and maturity. At 22 they have grown up quickly and are learning and growing more and more.

So what is unconditional love?

My take is loving without restrictions, limitations, expectations. It’s a love that a parent can have for a child, a person can have for a friend, and a lover for another. It’s a love that does not bind, it’s a love that frees the other to be just that, free. It allows the other to grow, discover, change and mature. Yet the love will always be there to nurture and support. It’s a love that does not require return. It’s a love that understands. It’s a love that deepens but does no wane. It’s a love that when you feel it deep in your core, you are grateful for it being there. It liberates. When you can truly liberate the one you love to grow, do and be who they are…..that’s love, real love, unconditional love. It doesn’t require return. It’s truly a gift, to both involved. So treasure it, feel it, give it, respect it!

I want to wish everyone who stumbles upon this little written thought of mine, love. May you find it, feel it, experience it. Don’t put requirements on it. Don’t put expectations on it. Let it liberate the object of your love and let it liberate you. To find love, you first must love yourself, allow yourself to do that….to love yourself and be secure in yourself…you deserve it. Then you must give, give love….feel it, feel love. I love you right now for reading this, contemplating it and giving love.

In closing I wish the new bride and groom all the love they can imagine. Love for each other, their son, their families, their friends and for themselves.

Fearsome loves!