MEMORIAL DAY 2016 + STRONGER THAN YOU KNOW + ANYONE WHO SUMMONS THEIR INTERNAL COURAGE TO MOVE FORWARD BEYOND THEIR FEARS + COMFORT + PERCEIVED “IDENTITY” + CREATION OF HEROINES/ HEROES
May 30, 2016 by catherineljohnson
HEAVENHEAVENINMYMOUTHHEAVEN Catherine L. Johnson 2012
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“It’s not about standing still and becoming safe.
If anybody wants to keep creating, they have to be about change.”
MILES DAVIS
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WRITTEN TO MY DADDY, DICK (RICHARD HAROLD JOHNSON) BY HIS COUSIN HAROLD.
UNCLE BILL WAS 24 YEARS OLD.
UNCLE BILL FILMED BASE LIFE + SEVERAL OF HIS MISSIONS
WITH HIS 16 mm HAND HELD CAMERA:
Cinéma vérité
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MY OLDER SISTER AND 2 YOUNGER BROTHERS AND I
GREW UP WATCHING THESE FILMS
– SEEING HIS WORLD DURING THE TIME OF WWII THROUGH HIS LENSES,
HIS PERCEPTIONS + HIS EXPERIENCES AS YOUNG MAN IN A WAR.
HE WAS FOREVER A STRIKINGLY GORGEOUS BLONDE HAIR/BLUE EYED YOUNG MAN TO US
– HIS UNKNOWN NIECES/NEPHEWS ,
THE CHILDREN OF HIS BELOVED YOUNGER BROTHER.
MY/OUR DADDY.
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MY MOTHER DEDICATED HERSELF TO RESEARCHING
UNCLE BILL’S TIME DURING WWII.
SHE MADE CONTACT WITH THE CREW.
THE BOY, WHO LIVED IN THE FARMHOUSE WHOSE FAMILY FRANTICALLY EVACUATED THEIR HOME,
WAVING TO THE ENGULFED IN FLAMES + NOSE-DIVING B-17,
FOUND MY MOTHER BECAUSE OF HER INTENSIVE/DEDICATED RESEARCH.
THE BOY, NOW A MAN, FOUND SHARDS/ PIECES OF THE B52 THAT UNCLE BILL WAS PILOTING,
SUNK DEEP INTO THE GROUND.
HE ERECTED A MONUMENT AND OUR FAMILY TRAVELED TO THE CEREMONY
TO PAY OUR RESPECTS TO A YOUNG MAN, OUR UNCLE BILL, WHO WAS, FOR US,
A TESTAMENT/TEMPLATE OF COURAGE.
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HIS OLDER BROTHER, BOB, WAS A NAVY PILOT SERVING ON THE PACIFIC
– HARROWING LAUNCHES/LANDINGS ON A NAVY SHIP.
PILOTS SERVING ON THE PACIFIC WERE NOT GIVEN
EITHER LONGITUDE/ LATITUDE INFORMATION
-FOR FEAR IT WOULD BE INTERCEPTED BY THE JAPANESE.
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ANOTHER RELATIVE, ON MY MATERNAL SIDE,
SURVIVED THE BATAAN DEATH MARCH.
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MY STEP-FATHER, BUD, WAS IN WWII.
HIS POSITION WAS TO SUPERVISE THE BURIAL OF THE KILLED DEAD TROOPS.
HIS COMPANY WAS MADE OF ALL AFRICAN- AMERICANS.
A HORRIBLE, ON-GOING JOB.
THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN TROOPS SUNG GOSPELS
TO RISE/KEEP INTACT.
THIS THE TIME/EXPERIENCE IS WHEN MY “DAD” LEARNED THE BLUES.
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MAY WE FIND VEHICLES TO RISE ABOVE WAR + BE MINDFUL OF THE FOREVER CASUALTIES
THAT WOUND THE HEARTS/SOULS OF GENERATIONS.
WE BECOME THE STORIES WE TELL + WHAT STORIES ARE TOLD OF US
– WHICH CAN’T REVEAL THE 360.
LET THE STORIES BE OF COURAGE, COMPASSION, KINDNESS + LIGHTLOVEGRACE.
RISING TO THE BETTER ANGELS OF OUR SHARED HUMANITY.
MY FAMILY’S STORY OF OUR RELATIVES GAVE US
MANY TEMPLATES OF CHARACTER + MORAL PERFORMANCE.
FAMILIES WORLDWIDE KNOW/SHARE THEIR OWN STORIES THAT KEEP
HUMANITY’S LUMINOSITY OF HOPE BRIGHT.
OR NOT.
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Stronger Than YOU Know
by Madisyn Taylor / DailyOM
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Often we get anxiety for no reason as we are almost always stronger and more capable than we believe ourselves to be.
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Our capacity to cope successfully with life’s challenges far outstrips our capacity to feel nervousness.
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Yet in the weeks, days, and hours leading up to an event that we believe will test our limits, we can become nervous.
While we may have previously regarded ourselves as equal to the trials that lie ahead,
we reach a point at which they near and our anxiety begins to mount.
We then become increasingly worked up, until the moment of truth arrives and we discover that our worry was all for nothing.
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We are almost always stronger and more capable than we believe ourselves to be.
But anxiety is not rational in nature, which means that in most cases we cannot work through it using logic as our only tool.
Reason can help us recognize the relative futility of unwarranted worry
but, more often than not,
we will find more comfort in patterns of thought and activity that redirect our attention to practical or engaging matters.
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Most of us find it remarkably difficult to focus on two distinct thoughts or emotions at once,
and we can use this natural human limitation to our advantage when trying to stay centered in the period leading up to a potentially tricky experience.
When we concentrate on something unrelated to our worry—such as deep breathing, visualizations of success, pleasurable pursuits, or exercise—anxiety dissipates naturally. Meditation is also a useful coping mechanism as it provides us with a means to ground ourselves in the moment.
Our guides can aid us by providing us with a focal point wholly outside of our own sphere.
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The intense emotional flare-up you experience just before you are set to challenge yourself
is often a mixture of both excitement and fear.
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When you take steps to eliminate the fear,
you can more fully enjoy the excitement.
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Though you may find it difficult to avoid getting worked up,
your awareness of the forces acting on your feelings will help you return to your center
and accept that few hurdles you will face will be as high as they at first appear.
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I SALUTE ALL WHO GO
BEYOND
THEMSELVES WITH
COURAGE + COMPASSION + TRUST
IN THEIR CAPACITY TO BE W/HOLY ALIVE.
LIFE IS MEASURED NOT IN MINUTES.
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