Why do they enter your life, your heart, your very being, to slowly fade away? Why do we let them get so close, if they don’t intend to stay?   Was it their intent? Or just a passing phase. But once in my heart, they are never ,but, a thought away.   So, leave if you must, I won’t ask you to stay, Just remember me fondly, as you go along your way.   There are those who love deep, their friendship...

Behind the veil Truth Awaits the explorer.   Where is the doorknob Of the Mind’s Eye For discoveries? Single eye sees Thru the veil—   Ah-ha So be it. Seemingly The truth peeks out.   Reality seeks. Mind’s Eye—the explorer Invites the truth Of its journey Through the veil.   Written November 18, 1990 by JoAnn

Have you ever had some one recognize qualities in yourself that you some how were unable to notice. May be it was a school teacher who noticed or a boss or even a mentor pointed out an admirable quality that they saw in you. When I entered high school at the age of thirteen, my English teacher who was also my drama teacher announced that she had written a play for us, entitled “parts of speech”.  Having...

A short time ago my wife got upset at something. I know this because I have been married for twenty plus years and we have gone through the emotional roller-coaster of marriage many times. She tends to speak very little and it has a harsh tone to it. I am sure that sounds familiar to many of you. I was driving around with my wife and it was pretty quiet in the car. Well it just so happened that I had a feel...

The analogy is beautiful; it is always better to be a guide who can lead the way compassionately, and with wisdom.   The journey’s difficulty is the plum line measurement to our commitment to the journey itself.      As a child I ask, “Why is the journey so difficult?”, then a gentle breeze responds, “It is only through struggling to reach the heights yourself that you can look back from those...

Part 1  Part 2: So with that being said, I’ll tell you what the picture, Lost Paradise means to me. I said the picture is a journey. It starts at the mountain in the back ground. That separates us from the rest of the world. The mountain is a barrier between the outside world and the civilization of the universe or the c of u. The mountain is just the beginning of the journey for most of us. It was the...

As I sat at my desk looking at the picture I had just drawn it suddenly came to me !I suddenly realized what this picture truly meant: Now those of you that I have had the pleasure to meet with either face to face or over the phone or even in the many chat rooms on the great world wide web, know that I can sometimes really get way out there in my thoughts . But this is something I have thought about for a couple...

    One of the newest human research projects growing and expanding rapidly is the relationship between music and the brain. The international foundation for music research is supposedly the leading research group in this area.     There are hundreds of research projects going on but one that grabbed my attention is a study on music therapy boosting melatonin levels, a chemical produced by the pineal gland...

It was a long difficult day at work.  As usual it wasn’t anything different.  The bosses constantly put pressure for performance, continually insisting one take on more responsibilities.  Just waking up in the morning knowing what one was going to have to endure, just made one want to crawl back in bed and pull the covers over the head.   Thank heavens it was time to go home, which was bitter sweet knowing...

The year is 1986 and a short film directed by Francis Ford Coppola and executive produced by George Lucas sets out to capture the hearts of mankind with a musical sci-fi with the infamous Michael Jackson. The movie was exclusive to visitors to the Disney parks and was called “Captain EO” In February 1993 I embarked on an adventure and visited Disney World. My time there was truly magical especially...