I am wanting to share a joy I have experienced today.

I fell asleep early last night, and slept very soundly. I woke up without an alarm around 4:30, and remembered this crazy idea I had last night that maybe I could run first thing in the morning.

I have NEVER been a morning runner. I can barely talk or walk straight until I sit for a few minutes with a cup of coffee… but the spirit moved me, so I got up and dressed lightly for a summer morning run.

When I stepped outside, I could feel the rain moving in - and saw lightning off in the distance, but it felt more like a dream than reality, so off I went.

Today’s run felt quite like the past ten months of my life.

Started out normal… but the wind moved in quickly. In an instant, the warmth of my bed and the safety of my home were behind me, and the unknown stretched out before me. The rain, like sorrow, poored down from above - but I knew I had to keep going. I knew my destination was to come back home… so I chose to enjoy the journey and take it all in.

The bursts of lightning illuminated the night sky, revealing large dark clouds that I did not know were there. But this storm did not come for me. I was in it… but not its target. Indeed, I could feel the fields of tall grass soaking up the rain, and see the flowers twisting and turning in the wind… no more ready to give up than I.

There were periods that the rain fell so sharply that I had to close my eyes. Running with my eyes closed in the twighlight of this strange transition from sleep to wakefulness… I had to trust that I was on the right path, and sense the ground beneath my feet.

Never for a moment did I tense up or feel ill at ease. In fact, I almost lost myself completely in the thick morning air. The rain drenched my exterior as I prayed for it to wash away the pain inside. Take the poison from my blood, I begged with an open heart.

I marveled at the beauty and complexity of the human form as the water hit every inch of my body, yet I breathed in deeply as I ran, knowing the oxygen was flowing to my muscles and skin. Feeling no desire to slow down or speed up, I just ran and ran until eventually my path brought me to my street. The place where my friends and neighbors live. The place where I have built my home.

This journey has its risks… we do not control what happens in the world around us… but we always have the freedom to choose how and who we are in this world. Even in the rain of sorrow, we can learn from life and find joy in the moments.

I feel blessed by this experience, and grateful that I have yet another shot to make this life what I want it to be.

Out of the mindlessness of sleep comes the wanting to be awake. From the soaking cold rain of sorrow comes a deep desire for sunny days. There is no right or wrong as we travel through the storms of life, but there is beauty all around us.

This was passed to me by a friend who knows my journey.

It is taken from this url - http://www.rainbowbody.net/Ongwhehonwhe/Earthbase.htm

This was passed on by Chief Joe Chasing Horse, a relative of Crazy Horse. He translated it from the words of a grandmother who was present when the words were spoken.

This is a statement of Crazy Horse as he sat smoking the sacred pipe at Paha Sapa with Sitting Bull for the last time, 4 days before he was assassinated. Many of these words are often repeated. There is one line often left out, that of the “young white ones”.

“Upon suffering beyond suffering; the Red Nation shall rise again and it shall be a blessing for a sick world. A world filled with broken promises, selfishness and separations. A world longing for light again. I see a time of seven generations when all the colors of mankind will gather under the sacred Tree of Life and the whole Earth will become one circle again. In that day there will be those among the Lakota who will carry knowledge and understanding of unity among all living things, and the young white ones will come to those of my people and ask for this wisdom. I salute the light within your eyes where the whole universe dwells. For when you are at that center within you and I am in that place within me, we shall be as one.”

– Crazy Horse

I too feel that the world is sick from broken promises, selfishness, and separations. These words bring a healing energy to my heart at a much needed time.

Thank you to my friend who understands where I am, and what lies within my heart of hearts. And thank you to each and every person that has supported me on this journey. It is my journey to travel alone, but we are all in this together. And I too long for that day that “we shall be as one”.

First and foremost - many, many thanks to Cardin at OptimistLab and ALL of the authors of the great contributions to the High Vibes Game!

“Wow” doesn’t begin to describe the JOY and positive energy coming from all of this activity.

This post is just a simple reminder to all of the current and future High Vibe It members - Your Vote Makes It Happen!

Just take a look here at all of the current upcoming stories with two votes. Any of these stories that you read, like, and vote for will be published to the home page. It’s just that simple.

Stories published to the home page get more attention. When you share your High Vibes - you make more High Vibes - and you know what they say - what comes around goes around.

After you get your vote on, you can check the Top Users page sorted by votes, and see your name at the top… come on, you know you wanna :)

Happy Voting High Vibers!

I wanted to take a moment to say Thank You to the members of the High Vibe It community - thanks to your contributions and your votes, yesterday marks the first day that stories began showing up on the home page due purely to member activity!

At this time, there are 98 stories in the “Vibe queue”… the upcoming section. Since the vote threshold is set so low right now - all it takes are three votes - the actions of a few involved members decides what gets published. As the activity and number of submissions increases, so will the vote threshold.

If you get a chance, take a look at the Top Members page - it’s a great way to navigate in and get to some great content.

Thank You Thank You Thank You!!!

While I look for ways to make the voting system more intuitive at the High Vibe It site, and hopefully make it easier for more people to get involved, I will continue to promote stories to the home page myself.

When it gets going, the way the site will eventually work will be very fun and interesting… as the stories the pop up on the home page will come from people voting for them from the Vibe queue.

In the meantime, it’s kind of fun for me to settle on a theme and promote submissions that match the theme.

Today’s theme was actually motivated in part by a dream I had recently… a dream that has really stuck with me.

In the dream, I witnessed as a woman teacher drew from her chest a dark mass of anger and held it out in front of her. Then, these dolphins swam up in front of her with their big loving and knowing grins… and dissolved the anger before swimming away.

I looked on with astonishment, and asked the woman “how did they do that”, and with a wink, she said “with their sonar, of course”.

One possibility for the meaning behind this dream is that it is my higher self telling me to lighten up, release my anger, and have some fun. Dolphins are known for the lightness of being, and for being playful.

For this reason, I was pleased beyond description to find several submissions on the topic of fun and laughter. These themes run through and through all the teachings I am finding, and speak to me on so many levels.

So here are today’s promotions… if you like, please log in and click the High Vibe It link below the counter box to the left of the story headline!

• Laughter Key to well being and a happy Life
• Your Fun List Can Change Your Life
• It’s All About Having FUN - Living with Intent
• Put the Fun Back Into Your Life

If interested, join in the fun, and add some things from your Fun List to the comments under the Fun List submission!

Many thanks to the authors of these articles, and to all the members of the High Vibe It community. It is a joy to watch this site grow.

Now… it’s FUN TIME for me… which means breaking away from the world wide web of bits and bytes, and engaging in the world wide web of energy and joy!