On Being Human

When times are tough and/or rough the response varies from person to person from "why the f ... me?" to "lets get on with it". Sometimes the answer to the first question evokes the response in the second question. Sometimes it doesnot.

What the f... is Ras raving about you may very well say....well at least you've read this far...

Well I am talking about many things, from the rough and tumble of life, to the things that happen to us externally and the invisible things that happen internally.

Like the loss of a friend, be they animal or mineral, or injury suffered in an accident, or the heartache of losing someone. Often far harder to resolve than the physical is the link between the head and the heart.

The head urges you to do this, but the heart pleads for another course of action. It is sometimes said the head is the practical, logical director whilst the heart is the emotional manager. Sometimes I think the head is not rational at all, only pretends to be because that is what society says we are supposed to do in certain scenarios.

For myself , the older I get the more convinced I am is that it is only by sharing our hearts with someone else that we can really express and do what we are and be what we want to be.

Yes I have been guilty of petulance, of wanting to get even, of sulking, of walking away from relationships because it doesnot suit my head, but I suppose I am lucky because it does not last long and the heart takes over again.

To all my friends, I love you all, and I hope that whatever is happening to you at the moment makes you gentler, yet stronger and more determined to being a better human with a richer heart.


....Ras

Ravings 3

The meaning of life is not ours to wonder of - life falls like a petal from heaven, so delicate and yet so strong, to be broken in any manner of ways, whether it is in the mornng or the evning of our existence.

As i try to grapple why I'm here I think of those people most horribly put to death by natures fire and wonder that but for the grace of something I know not about , might it be I.

And I think of my four legged mate - my beautiful blonde female labrador who gave me so much love and affection for four years and who was most horribly put down by nature, in the guise of a snake last Sunday.

There is no rhyme or reason why life is extinguished when it is, just that life is life and death is death and both can cause so much heartache.


Raz

On Whats It All About

Well today is Friday - the start of a long long weekend for me.!
Iz got things to do and places to see today, both in SL and RL.

And while Iz sits here Iz ponders on the meaning of life -
Iz wonders - "wots it all about Alfie"
Iz don't bloody know!
Why am I here, what the hell am Iz doing whilst Im here,
When will Iz leave?!

Till recently Iz was just ho humming a long in life, down the highway
to somewhere, Iz knows not where.
Then Iz lost someone very dear to me in RL , and Iz think the same
is gunna happen again, soon.
And my heart was very heavy.

And then Iz came upon a Second Life and my heart was lifted.
So many nice people in the world.
The Virtual world that becomes real.

Iz got three very special friends living in diff parts of the world and
they are known as
Jas, Juz and Andro.
Three people that have made me appreciate the value of friendship
and love as a friend.

And then Iz have many other friends and contacts who have all enriched
my sl in one way or the other and Iz thank em all.

And that brings me back to where Iz started thinking -
ooh such a headache it causes!

Iz gunna explore the meaning of life more in these future pages,
as Iz grapple with whom Iz really am and wot Iz can do to make the world
a better place. Iz no saint and these is no noble sentiments, just a desire to
make things better and if not that, at least make people happier.

Till then bear with me as Iz removes some of the clutter from my head
and start to express myself - que sera sera....Raz

Hello Dere

Just a quickie

Da weekends come and am I Glad - da heartaches come, da heartaches gone - time to move on and enjoy SL for what it was intended.

As one of my really close freinds told me - SL is a place where you can try out all those things you might have done in RL but for either being forced to make life changing decisions at the time or making just plain silly decisions.

In that case I got a lot of catchingup to do - to explore, to seek and to find just really who I am.

Wish me luck!.

Raz

Hi there

It's me... Raz

A beginner to the blog world.
Not New to Secondlife though; and alls its lags and crashes and joys and building and friendships, joys and heartaches.
Just someone who loves to make friends and yap (talk).
One day I will learn to use this electronic media effectively, including getting up a video, till then que sera sera. Maybe I will be able to get my good friends Justyn and Sweet Kong to help me lol.

But for the moment I'm chilling out, taking things easy and as me grandfather always told me
"never let the bastards beat ya!"

Till next time when I got some meaningful to say .. take care and be good.... Raz