Okey-Dokey then......Regarding the Post Below.....

Wollf is the Spiritual product of an "interesting" childhood. First, an explanation of sorts, as to the meanings of the last post and the quotations therein:

First, I cited Three Quotes, expressing Five Beliefs. Yup, try and hang in there with me, it's fairly shallow in the deep end of my pool.....

The Basics are Numbers. Facets of Souls and Spirituality if you will. One, Two, Three........"Quotes"..... All of the Major Faiths....it seems to me in my ignorance, are based on these.

As far as Wollf's Unshakable beliefs....Numbers One and Two are summed up in the first Quote. Judaism believes in One G-d.

Period, end of Lesson. The Proverb is a gentle jibe at Christianity's' "Trinity". Theirs is the G-d of the Old Testament...which I have expounded on in the past and acept with Reverence. Many Jews do not "get" the notion of ....oh heck, "Three, Three, Three G-ds in One!"....as the Christians Trinity suggests......

So....I believe in One G-d. Period. Christianity and the different sects can add or subtract to that as much as they like, I do not care....not my business.

So...In Wollf's Opinion....1)...Jews have it right on that. They were first on the scene with Monotheism....not to mention the Old Testament, 'member that?....and 2)....Christians have it too.....so long as they don't start dissecting My G-d into different and Separate Entities.

Number Three of Wollf's beliefs...(the second quote)...is a simple one......Two sides of Man....and thus, two sides of the Spirit World. One Good. One Evil. A lot of the Amerind Tribes subscribed to this "theology". It is up to the Individual to choose which Hand he shall grasp.

I can get on that bus also. Life, or rather the way we decide to Live it, really is "Black or White, Good or Evil".....

Number Four.....Wow, Old Black Elk was quoted back in 1865.....He was no Christian and he was no Jew....but he espoused the Core belief in One Power....spell that G-d. He just framed it differently......with the things that he knew, and the cycles that he experienced. I have no problem with that either.....

Why....or How can Wollf accept All Four?

Because of Number Five.....

My Basic and Core Belief is in One and only One G-d. The G-d of the Old Testament that I've spoke of before. The G-d of my Grandfather who saw "things" in Nature that I could not, that saw his surroundings as not only "Proof", but also Wisdom of his G-d. I do not believe in shortcuts. I am either a Good and Worthy Man in the eyes of my G-d........or I am not.

G-d's First Commandment was to have no other god before Him. I, and I'm just opining, no shooting please......Don't and never will, and more, I simply don't think that G-d really cares all that much about what the "Decorations" are in your Home, or Church or Synagogue, or on the Dashboard of your Car.

Whether you wear Eagle Feathers, or Fez, or Yarmulkes....or speak Latin or Hebrew, or have Rock-n-Roll Service, or simply "roll"......play with snakes, bow to the East, tend to orange gowns or what the heck......

You believe in Him.....and only Him....and live your Life in accordance with His Commandments......you're Okey-Dokes with Wollf. That means you are a Good Man or Woman....

I don't know.....No Man or Woman knows. We'll find out though, won't we?

There you have it.......not very well put.....but hey, I'm just a Searcher who has seen a Lot, and has a penchant toward writing...... Live good lives. Love, Accept.....but never turn the other cheek.

Remember, there are two sides to everything......except G-d. I make any sense at all?

I do Know this....there are two of Us....that are meant to be together to make One. We may not have them yet, but ......hey, that is the Plan.

Wollf

I Love it, and I detest it when Someone makes me Ponder......

If triangles had a God, He'd have three sides. ~Old Yiddish Proverb

All things in the world are two. In our minds we are two, good and evil. With our eyes we see two things, things that are fair and things that are ugly.... We have the right hand that strikes and makes for evil, and we have the left hand full of kindness, near the heart. One foot may lead us to an evil way, the other foot may lead us to a good. So are all things two, all two. -Letakos-Lesa) Pawnee

You have noticed that everything as Indian does is in a circle, and that is because the Power of the World always works in circles, and everything tries to be round..... The Sky is round, and I have heard that the earth is round like a ball, and so are all the stars. The wind, in its greatest power, whirls. Birds make their nest in circles, for theirs is the same religion as ours....
Even the seasons form a great circle in their changing, and always come back again to where they were. The life of a man is a circle from childhood to childhood, and so it is in everything where power moves. -Black Elk Oglala Sioux Holy Man

Three Sides.....Two Sides....One Full Circle of Being.

Ever wonder why it's so difficult to get your mind wrappped around our Existence?

Warning, and a "slight" apology, but I seem to have been set into a bit of a querying mode. I shall explore it, because I realise ......That I need to.

To Fully understand our Existence is to Fully fool ourselves. It can't be done. But we as Men and Women are called upon to try. -Wollf

Yes, I quoted myself. Hell, nobody else is going to......

Wollf

But Then again......

Remember what I said in the last Post 'bout Melancholy? If'n yah don't...let me explain a bit clearer.....

Getting the "sadness" out....that's kinda the melancholy, dontcha know.....gives a Man the opportunity to clutch and hold on to....very tightly, the Now, and the Love and the Possibilities....I hope that you can Understand.....heh

I need to thank my Dear Friend DW for "inspiring" me on this....so there you go.

Picked up Bigger night before last, was driving back up to Walkabout for the evening, when he asked, not so subtley....to drive my truck.....he happens to be all of fifteen years old, a Manly, if rather on the short side, and a bit long haired....(sorry, Leonidas),......sort of Feller....

I said "Ayuh"...drive if you can.

Here's the "train of thought memory as it flew"......Bigger getting in truck and then telling Me to shut My door. oops.....

Then telling ME to start the engine and "roll.".... he doesn't know how to fire the baby up......

Bigger says....I'm hungry....... nothing new here....he's ALWAYS hungry...

Drive-thru at McDonalds. Wollf wanted a fruit "thingie" We then discussed with "whomever" was on the radio about the price they were charging, in about every language except the Kings Own.... Wollf thought it was too much money. Then, as we get to the window to pay, Wollf can't find his money. Bigger screaming "Dad"......(he should have said "Sire"....whatcha gonna do?)

Bigger telling me when and where to turn to get to Walkabout (this was scary)...the friggin' nerve of the Cub...

I stopped and parked my truck. I got out. I explained that if He thought he knew the way better, and that He could drive better..........

Bigger had trouble moving the seat up - I must say that Wollf was not much help with this. Simple instructions about reaching under the seat, pulling the lever up, "skootching" forward.....aagh, it was lost on the Cub...

Well...truck started.... inside Gated Community...no one around.....I "panicked" a little anyways....

Saying repeatedly "slow down" Bigger saying repeatedly "I'm not going that fast."

Turning corners seemed to be a problem for both of us. At that point, Shamans, Rabbis , Priests and Friends who felt the "disturbance" in the Matrix started praying ...............

Parking - Bigger thought that it was fine - Wollf didn't......The Cub repeated, "Sire, it's fine, leave it."

It seemed to take forever trying to get him out of the truck so that Wollf could repark.

When I finally reparked I remember saying,"Oops....aahhhh....it's ok."

Hell....it was only a Rose Bush.....not like it was a Daisy or anything......sheesh.

And the memory of my Cubs first attempt at driving? Heck, You be the judge...the Song really says it all.....

Just a short bit of Melancholy.........

Remember....Melancholy ain't all that bad.....where I was raised, and with my Grandfathers influence and teachings, it basically means...."Touching and feeling difficult things"......make sense?

We all have to do that if we are to move onward in our appointed paths....period. My "Understanding" is that although we do Have free will.....Somebody Greater than us has a "Plan"......we can decide to stray from the "Path"....all is well and good, but I personally believe that most things happen for a reason.

And then there is "Tradition"......the tradition of the Elders....like Catholic Mass, like lighting the Candles at Shabbat Dinner.....or personal, new traditions...

Like I did tonight.....like I've done for the last four years.....like I'll do for the rest of this Life of mine.

Silly, you might think....but I sing "Danny Boy" on or about Saint Patricks Day every year. Not to myself and quietly, but rather loudly, and to all that can hear.

It Honors my Eldest Daughter Heather....great Name to be sung "Danny Boy", don't you s'pose? She loved it. It was the last song I heard at her Funeral in Chicago....it makes me cry. I don't cry very often.

It just so happens that my favorite "hang out" was having a silly "karaoke" night tonight....and instead of just singing to the Sky.....I had musical accompaniment.

An Eighty year old Lady, with a voice like an Angel, sang with me.......we've known each other for years........

I know that it made "H" happy......I sing fairly darn well.....my Elder Lady friend added just the touch. I didn't share this "need" of mine with the Ones I care about because it's not about Me.....it's just sumpthin' that I do, yannow?

Couple People remembered from last year, when I just sang.....with no music. Guess it touched them too, yannow.

I am Happy. Just plain Happy....mostly...wait'll I tell ya about the new "Bachelor Pad" for the Cubs and I.....Hooo Haww, it'll be a time....

Love you all...."cept you, Leonidas.....unless we get to share a drink...heh

Wollf

Musings.....

A few more random vacation pictures.....The young Ladies were out in force in Key West, what with Spring Break and all......Quite the cheery and friendly types, hold up a camera and the go zero to full waves and smiles in zero seconds.

Mopeds were pretty much the transportation of choice....

Course, I get a bit goofy at times.....afraid of being recognised by some old associates down there, I dug into my trusty bag - o- disguises, zip, bing, bang....instant white, middleaged Bob Marley....gots the Ganja, Bebe?

Then another bunch of manniquins....I find them humorous. Actually this silly shot was M'Ladys idea........


Didin't write last nite, I was out with Bigger at a fundraiser "talent" show at the High School till almot 0100 hrs. He sat in with the "Allman Bros" during their little set...Butch Truck, their drummer couldn't do his thing, I understand and Bigger was Rock Star for a time.....

Girls were swooning as he spun his "Flame" sticks over his head between beats.....funny stuff....lucky to live in a place like this...heh. I have to take him Back down to the school here in a second....Drumline Competition today. Too much to do.

Readying for the move away from Walkabout House and into the Bachelor Pad, Yee-Haw.

Talk later,

Wollf

Whenever Wollf Feels a little Blue.......

A Person that I care Very Deeply for is feeling a bit down this morning....the pressures of Life, Work, Love and Home.....Yannow?

It happens. I've Definitely been there.....and through all the earlier introspection that I've done, I "think" I understand how to circumvent it.....

Thus, before "The Blues" become un "Bear" able......I shall launch a Pre-emptive strike to warm her Heart. You watch this and don't get a little bitty smile......well, we'll try something else.

With all the Goofy Love I have......I remind you all that we just need "the bare necessities of Life to get us through"....oh and friendship, and a good scratching tree....



There......a "little" smile?
Wollf

Pretty much ....nothing tonight......

Track Season has commenced. I have been the....awshi-ite....don't EVEN go there.....Head Coach of the local Track Club for about Eight years.

Love it....really do.....Lil' Wollfie had workout-practice this evening....tough thing for this old Fellah, 'cuz I stepped down......aaaagh...I'm ok, but Hory Clap, I miss workin' with the Kids........

Anyway.....the Vid below is a major WTF for me, and I wanted to share......O-Bomba wants to cut our Security, Military, Defense spending? Listen to him.....I'm not making this up.....I'm not that creative......

WTFFHell.....is he saying? We should be "nice-nice"......get rid of our DEFENSIVE shield and future BETTER technology......awww, Crippy Crap. Sorry to my slightly left leaning, Peace Loving Friends,,,,but................

It simply doesn't work like the way candidate OBAMA WANTS IT TO. We need Hard Men, and Hard Technology to keep our progeny safe..........Bad people out there, People...Just listen to him.....eeeeeewwwwh, *gak*.....ded.


Sorry so short, but I have the Cubs....and it's late.....

Wollf