Michael Jackson

1959-2009

Yesterday, "The King of Pop," as he was well known as, left this Earth. I've never really been a fan of Michael Jackson, if anything I've always been one of those who made jokes about him but the news of his death really shook me up.

Max and I had just left my house and were going out to eat when I heard the news & at that moment I wanted to be in my still quiet room all alone. Death scares me. And the unpredictable and sudden death of Michael Jackson reminded me just how fragile life really is. My least favorite part of life is death, which sounds like quite the oxymoron but it is in fact a part of life. It's not so much me, myself dying, it's losing the ones I love to death that I find more than bearable. Yet I know regardless of if I'm ready for it or not, inevitably it's still going to happen.

I thought about "Neverland," and all the wealth and "things," Jackson had accumulated over his life time. None of that matters now. In a quick instance and a draw of one last breath all of that was lost. All of that had no worth really to begin with. Life is about love & the people in your life. The memories you make and the legacy you leave behind. What do you want to be remembered as when you leave this Earth?

Live Your Life.

Make a Difference.

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"Hollow Folk"

Love. It's never the wrong answer.

We drank the sun
And killed the night
Fought the sleep
And won.

Still

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I'm an Idealist.

ENFP
Extraverted Intuitive Feeling Perceiving

I took this test & read up on this type,
& honestly it describes me to a T.

Idealist Portrait of the Champion (ENFP)
Like the other Idealists, Champions are rather rare, say two or three percent of the population, but even more than the others they consider intense emotional experiences as being vital to a full life. Champions have a wide range and variety of emotions, and a great passion for novelty. They see life as an exciting drama, pregnant with possibilities for both good and evil, and they want to experience all the meaningful events and fascinating people in the world. The most outgoing of the Idealists, Champions often can't wait to tell others of their extraordinary experiences. Champions can be tireless in talking with others, like fountains that bubble and splash, spilling over their own words to get it all out. And usually this is not simple storytelling; Champions often speak (or write) in the hope of revealing some truth about human experience, or of motivating others with their powerful convictions. Their strong drive to speak out on issues and events, along with their boundless enthusiasm and natural talent with language, makes them the most vivacious and inspiring of all the types.

Fiercely individualistic, Champions strive toward a kind of personal authenticity, and this intention always to be themselves is usually quite attractive to others. At the same time, Champions have outstanding intuitive powers and can tell what is going on inside of others, reading hidden emotions and giving special significance to words or actions. In fact, Champions are constantly scanning the social environment, and no intriguing character or silent motive is likely to escape their attention. Far more than the other Idealists, Champions are keen and probing observers of the people around them, and are capable of intense concentration on another individual. Their attention is rarely passive or casual. On the contrary, Champions tend to be extra sensitive and alert, always ready for emergencies, always on the lookout for what's possible.

Champions are good with people and usually have a wide range of personal relationships. They are warm and full of energy with their friends. They are likable and at ease with colleagues, and handle their employees or students with great skill. They are good in public and on the telephone, and are so spontaneous and dramatic that others love to be in their company. Champions are positive, exuberant people, and often their confidence in the goodness of life and of human nature makes good things happen.

Joan Baez, Phil Donahue, Paul Robeson, Bill Moyer, Elizibeth Cady Stanton, Joeseph Campbell, Edith Wharton, Sargent Shriver, Charles Dickens, and Upton Sinclair are examples of Idealist Champions


--xo,
Joy Beth

Truth.

What is RIGHT.
It is not subjective, it is factual.
It is nothing we can change, it is something the universe was created with from day one and will exist until the end no matter if we like it, or choose to even acknowledge it.

Nothing as shallow as a human mind can change the facts.

It is not about an opinion or subjectivity, it is as different and controversial from wrong as a rainy day is from a sunny day. We can say that we perceive the rainy day as a sunny day, but that doesn't make the rainy day suddenly transform and morph into a sunny day & it most certainly doesn't change the reality that it is still in fact a rainy day. The Weather man himself, the
"ever so educated" can say that what we once called a rainy day is now in fact a sunny day, but it doesn't change what it is.

It is what it is.

Nothing any human can say or do will change the fact of what something is or isn't.
The thing that clouds our minds and creates the ever so confusing notorious "gray smudge," is the want to comfort ourselves from the things that we wrongfully want, crave, and have done that we know aren't right. The self justification that "we aren't in the wrong." It's very easy to believe the exact things that your ears want to hear. Everyone wants to believe that he or she is a good person, but everyone is full of faults even at their best. Don't let the fact that everyone is sinful be an excuse for the things that you do; to be that infamous "gray smudge."
In all things, strive for the Excellence.

--xo,
Joy Beth