The PARALLAX VIEW RHYME

SHE HAD THE SWEETEST SMILE
SOMETIMES HER BABY TALK WOULD JUST KILL ME FOR A WHILE

SHE COULDN'T DEFINE WHAT I WAS
NOW HER ASHES ARE BURNING
THEY'RE BURNING IN SOME NATIVE DUST BELOW

I DIDN'T WANT MY GIRL TO LEAVE
HOWEVER I DIDN'T WANT TO CRY AND SCREW HER WILD AND
BRING HER TO HER KNEES

NOW SHE'S MILES AND MILES AWAY. FIGURATIVELY, METAPHORICALLY
MORE DISTANT EVERYDAY


MY SELFISH LITTLE MIND, REMINISCES ON HOW I WISH SHE STILL COULD SAY.......

BABY WE GOT ALL THAT WE CAN HAVE
THERE'S NO STOPPING US
NO KILLING US
NO HANGING US, NO STAND


LET'S GO FORWARD EVERYDAY
WE'LL KEEP TICKLING, KEEP GIGGLING
KEEP SAYING WHAT CHILDREN SAY

WE'LL NEVER LOSE OUR CHILDISH WAYS
OUR PIZZA'S
OUR PASTA'S
AND KILLER COFFEE'S EVERYDAY

OUR UNCONDITIONAL LOVES
ARE NOT DEFINED ON RHYMES
OR CLEVER LINES, SEXUAL RIGHTS
OR ALL NIGHT PUBS


NOW WE JUST ARE WHAT WE ARE!
YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL
I LOVE YOU
I THINK I CAN'T SAY ANY MORE

RL

She was like the Galapagos

Recently I met a woman that was so pure and intuitive and bright and exhubburent that I thought of the old metephor that she was "like the Galapagos Islands"

It was a pleasure just to have a quick conversation with her and a couple of words. Now sometimes I over simplyfy these moments as to mean, wow she was perfect, an uncut diamond, a cloud of fire, a young hepburn, a wild young mare.

However she was just a lovely person, that would light up the world with one smile, one nanosecond at a smile.

Their have been alot of people that have performed this function for me in the past.

It's still always so mesmerizing and life empowering to feel it.


On the flip side of that coin, I took a homeless man into my home the other day, he hadn't slept in a bed in over a month. I did it because it felt right.
As we talked about life, I saw the opposite.

A warm spirit that had been beaten down so much that it broke my heart. Not because I am so perfect, it just broke my heart. I gave him a coat.

So many bumps and twists in the road that can shift your thinking, your big life goals and your spirit.

Either way, they were both human and were trying.
I was lucky to meet them both.

Detachment and Forgiveness

The Buddhists say that in order to really enjoy a fruitful life it's best to Detach. Detach from your idea of who you think you "really are" and to Detach from the needs and the wants that rule your self concious minds.

Who am I? Do I have enough? How do other people see me? What if this goes wrong? How could that other person treat me that way, how dare they!

I was relating that as well to Forgiveness last night. I want to Forgive the people that I feel have judged me and wronged me. I forgive them, they are human. They may not have processed their own Karma or Tikkun.

I just say a prayer for them and hope the best for them. This way I Detach from my feelings of anger and ego.

I forgive myself for not being near to perfect. (most days, haha)

I don't know, it just feels right.
Flys and Butterfly's coming soon.

Rick

NAOMI CAMPBELL LIVE IN THE HAIG

Naomi live on the bbc from the haig..............Mandella, mia farrow.........its all over the map. Its definately all over the truth and the darkness.

He just asked about oprah...More mandella.

Now it is BLOOD DIAMONDS. BLOOD DIAMONDS AND PACKAGES.


Diamond and naomi...and charity.......oh my......
30 minute tape delay.....absolutely riveting.

Now she is flirting with Mandella .. absolutely unreal.


Wow. Now the Russian.s

YOU ONLY GET ONE SHOT

"You better lose yourself in the moment, you got it, you better let it go, you only got one shot" (eminem paraphrased)

Here is a good link to his new stuff: Hopefully meeting the the Michigan native shortly. "The souls escaping from this hole that is gaping"

Back to the blog.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlFotbyAZU4

Even though we all agree that we are in a pool of souls that are connected. Whether you want to be, quantum physics tells us we are.

Ok, so I am connected to my neighbour that never washes and speaks in tongues that I can't synthesis and he oppresses his wife with a burka. (ban it) There is no repercussion, I can't change them, or why do I want to. Deal with it.

Lets talk about the game that is played. There is a game and we know some of the rules.

Lets talk sports as a metaphor.

In 1982, Jimmy Connors (it was only a matter of time) went into the US open final against the young IVAN LENDL. Lendl had a 41 match winning streak going in and had beaten CONNORS 6-1 6-1 in the tournament before the US open, Cincinnati.

Lendl crushed Mcenroe in the semis and then faced CONNORS. Apparently Connors was a 10-1 underdog.

That is the set-up. Now the reality. There is an old philosophy that says that if you attack your opponents STRENGTH..Not his weakness...His strength...if you have the guts to attack that, and risk humiliation in the process, it may pay dividends.

How does a Frazier deal with Ali's jab?

BREAK DOWN YOUR OPPONENTS STRENGTH and he or she is lost.

That's what Jimmy Connors did that day, and then did it again the following year.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87CtC_zD2Dk

Once you break down your opponents strength, they flounder. They are a flounder.

So how does that interact and work for us in a world of consequences and love. IT doesn't seem very nice.

As long as you honour your opponent from your heart, you are ultimately giving them cause to grow.


If you need to get ahead in a one vs one environment. Model your biggest rivals attributes, understand every nuance, watch for the let-up and break it down in the battle.

The battle may be just over some ridiculous tangent, but you know that you have the strength to go there.


You may only get one opportunity to be the next Eminem or the next Drake, seize it, be it, be prepared for it. If not ..mediocrity is calling on your doorstep.

Take a deep breath and be the outcome, live it and own it. Don't choke it.

The good news is there is always a way out of that, but Harry Houdini you have to be, and that is another challenging road.

Some ideas I could have used on the tennis court myself over the years. You have more than one opportunity...but if you make a habit of just bypassing them for a quick fix of nothing......it aint pretty Canada.

LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE LIVE

CONVERSATION HEARD ON THE PATIO OF GRAPEFRUIT MOON: AS FAR AS MY MEMORY CAN GO


Young woman: I loved him. I loved him hard. He was spectacular.

2nd woman: He looked fine, that's for sure.

Young woman: He was more than fine, he was the whole package.

2nd woman: OK.

Young woman: Sensitive, man going to bed with him was a surreal adventure.

2nd Woman: Well don't take this the wrong way but...

Young Woman: What?

2nd Woman: I think you were just looking for him to plug a hole in your sinking ship.

Young Woman: Excuse me?

2nd Woman: Your past issues, I don't want to talk about them here. Your food thing as

well.

Young Woman: Yeah, yeah. So I love food and I love myself, he was hot.

2nd Woman: He was a Versace Train Wreck waiting to happen. At his best, transitional.

Young Woman: Hey, I am adaptable, i can endure. Hey I just said "Baby, I love the
way you lie, now lie down motherfucker"

2nd Woman: That was your motherfuckin problem girl.


Find a motivated, self-honest, romantic that understands you are a hurt child underneath.



Don Miguel Ruiz talks about the pain that we suffered as a child and how we get domesticated by adults so we can "fit in" and be a "productive member of society"

Necessary? Maybe. Brutal though.

We then start to manufacture projections that we put out into the world in order to be accepted.

When we are teenager, these projections get challenged constantly by our peers who see through them. It's painful.

So there is a constant process of changing the projection to fit in......This goes on forever. So when you get into a relationship...You put forward your best projection as well as your partner puts forward theirs.

You fall for a projection and then start getting upset when that image does not live up to itself under closer scrutiny. So, you try to change it, to suit your needs. Disaster and letdown.

It's all very complicated but you can understand the basic idea that people get married and after 7 days they realize that the real person that they married is nothing like the person they fell in love with.

It's at this point that the relationship often turns bitter and angry.

I think the answer is that you have to accept yourself, forgive yourself, honour your core and let people deal with the real you. They may be underwhelmed but move on.

You put yourself out there and risk rejection a little bit more, but hey, living in the alternative is more brutal.


This idea that Cameron Crowe tapped into that...."you complete me" is a bunch of hogwash.

We do need a little bit of fun on the ride though. We need a little bit of edge. Such as....."you may be the worst chef of all time and are a hoarder, however....you are funny and give great oral sex"

Hopefully you are not full of humour as you are negotiating oral communications.
Just thinking.

THE CHINESE CONNECTION

I laid out on the beach today thinking of the future. On the one hand I have my business in Toronto and all of my new, interesting and healthy minded friends here. On the other hand....Asia.

I have emerged from my self-imposed sabbatical as a support system for a couple of people that I have been known for years that are facing some challenges these days. (Don't you just love that term...challenges)

I revel in the fact that I can help them with some sound advice and some support that validates them as people. I also am helping strangers with their addiction issues through the business I am running.

No I am not thinking I am Mr selfless, I know that being open to helping others is actually helping myself. Not a big secret. I don't need the Zohar to decipher my intentions on this one.


I have been offered a job in CHINA that starts very soon and I am heavily weighing the options.

That being said, this city is getting very old for me. Why people say. It has all of this theatre and sports, and the film festival and more restaurants than most cities on earth. It's a liberal creative melting pot of joy.

Ok, I get it. It's an interesting place to visit or to live if you haven't spent more than 30 years here. It can also start to get to you slightly after decades of seeing the same street corners and the same bars and the same schools and the same.....the idea being that it is a redundant vacuum for me on most days. Just too many hours spent here.

However, let me be politically correct. Where ever a person moves to, they can't get away from one thing. Themselves.

So if you are running from yourself, not a good reason to leave. If you can't face yourself in the mirror and eat a bag of cookies for breakfast or have a pint of vodka for lunch to help cope, not a good sign.

Not feeling the self-love?, A geographical cure probably will not change you.

If you rely on your significant other to make you feel whole (most do) and they just bailed out on you because you are a massive robotic bore, moving cities, may not be the answer either.

I am thinking that I can run my RECRUITING business from anywhere that a phone and a computer can get some reception. That does sound encouraging.

So why not run it for a while from the land of the nameless faceless masses. The land of hope and revolution and environmental genocide.

There is an interesting school that is in the country in one of the Eastern provinces of China. Also it is not too far from Hong Kong, one of my favourite cities in the world.

It is kind of a complex in the middle of god knows where. A mountain or a field possibly. It is modern though, and offers free meals and room and board, a gym and a pool, as well as a fairly good salary, considering my expenses will be next to nothing.

Except for my Vespa and wherever that dream can take me.

Teaching kids is exhausting but incredibly rewarding,(check) I truly get a natural high from it (check), and I believe I am fairly good at it. (check)

They are usually very eager to learn all the nuances of western life and whatever cool extras you can give them. I would probably share with them my feelings about OBAMA and REALITY DATING SHOWS or something off the beaten path. Invaluable information of the ages.

Just the idea of making a move brings all those juices to the surface, flowing again.

Keep moving, keep growing, keep searching, it`s all good.

What about the woman who I am spending time with. This is surely an issue. Let me think, it is certainly an honest conversation sooner than later, especially if she reads this tonight.

If it is meant to be, which I have no idea about at this point, you know, it will be.

Who would want to spend their life with a restless, unfulfilled, spiritual guy that doesn`t follow his dreams and take chances anyway.


Hopefully I can still live a semi altruistic lifestyle; (FOR SURE) even if my day begins and ends in China, the next frontier. (a little different from Toronto`s homogeneous Chinatown)

THOUGHTS BECOME WORDS, WORDS BECOME ACTIONS AND ACTIONS BECOME............TOUGH CHOICE.