What's so funny 'bout Peace, Love, and Understanding?

I love that song.  It's so interesting that for years, I've sung along with it, and only recently have I actually HEARD what the words actually ARE!  I mean REALLY - what IS so darn funny about peace, love, and understanding?!  Why does our society laugh and brush off those things so quickly?  We label them "hippie-ish", or "touchy-feely", or "idealistic", or a slew of other words.  No!  Really, peace, love and understanding can improve the whole freakin' world!  Truly.  And that's as serious a topic as we can get.

That's the power of lyrics in songs.  They will NOT be heard every time by every listener... they will only be heard when the listener is ready to hear.  AND, to go even further, the same lyrics can mean totally different things depending on what the listener is feeling, experiencing, expecting, and seeking in the moment of hearing.  So when we say, "I've heard that song" or "I've seen that movie"... I say that's irrelevant!  I can hear the same song over and over and see the same movie over and over, and I CAN have, and have had, completely different experiences of them each time.  Art is alive.  It is received by beings that are continuously in a state of evolution.  How incredible...

So I spent quite a while today putting all of my favorite quotes up on my Zaadz profile!  (Go check 'em out!)  And this one, I've decided, is my all-time ultimate favorite (only in this moment, of course!)

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.  We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous?  Actually, who are you not to be?  You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn't serve the world. There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We are born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.  It's not just in some of us, it's in everyone.  And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."    - Marianne Williamson

Feel free to substitute "Nature" or "Source" or "Allah" or "whatever" in for the word "God" if it makes you more comfortable.  One way or another, I hope everyone reading this will choose to HEAR the message in that quote...

The other thing I want to make absolutely perfectly clear is that when I talk about the crazy things I'm doing, and act happy, and sound excited, and am enjoying life, and am really LIT UP about whatever it is that's going on in my mind at the moment.... I'm doing exactly what this quote is saying.  I'm letting my own light shine as brightly as it can.  I'm not trying to hurt others or make them jealous... I'm trying to inspire people.  I'm not trying to show off or whatever.  I'm trying to call others to live large and have fun and be adventurous too!  Develop YOUR vision for the future, and go out and ACT on it!  The wonderful secret is that *I* can shine brightly *AND* everyone *ELSE* can shine brightly *ALSO*!  There is no shortage of shining...  :-)  Oooh!  That reminds me of another quote that I have NOT added to my Zaadz quote list.... yet!

"A candle loses nothing if it is used to light another one."  -Anonymous

This Zaadz community, I believe, understands these concepts quite well.  I just really, really want the REST of the world to "get it" also!  Each of us can choose to be jealous and angry when we see that someone is doing something we wish we were doing.... or we can choose to be inspired and called into action.  The choice is always ours.

Good night, loving Zaadzsters!  Please post a comment!  You have no idea how much I enjoy reading COMMENTS!!!  :-)

Love and Light,
-Rainbow Bright!  :-D

PS - I'm thinking about starting a video blog soon... I have so much I want to say to the world... and, alas!, only ten fingers on a keyboard!  They're starting to cramp up!  Doh!  :-D