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AN EASTER MESSAGE

 

Let us ponder this Easter the realization

of rebirth as individuals – finding a way to

shift our perspective, our consciousness

so completely, so significantly that we

perceive our world and our relationship

to it as totally reframed, renewed, and

revitalized.

 

Let us ponder this Easter the realization

of rebirth as communities – finding a

way to envision similarities rather than

differences, to see whole, one, same

rather than separate, apart, different –

reaching out and coming together to

foster our alikeness, our commonality.

 

Let us ponder this Easter the realization

of rebirth as a planet – finding a way to

coexist as all sentient life thrives in mutual

existence – wiping our eyes and souls clear

of hostility, anger, and retribution – seeing

only love, kindness, and mutual respect for

our shared home and joint survival.

 

AT 3.31.13

 

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With love, G.

George Bryant Cronk

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GOOD FRIDAY

 

Today we seek to understand  the great

mysteries of life, to unravel why messages

of peace and love are responded to with

fear and anger – why those who offer us

a glimpse of hope and prosperity are pushed

aside and condemned.

 

Today let us remember these messengers

and their stories of harmony, growth, and

possibility - knowing that these words

expressed so long ago still ring true and

provide us all a light in an often dark world –

a way forward to ease our confusion and

clear our minds.

 

Today listen again to the voices in the

wilderness – those who sang a song so pure

that each syllable sounds a perfect “OM”

to guide our trepid souls to a safer harbor,

a fuller life, a more profound existence, one

with our true natures and the universal all.

 

AT 3.29.13

 

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With love, G.

George Bryant Cronk

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RIGHT HERE AND NOW

 

Let us not lose this moment now –

let us see it, touch it, behold it as

a precious gift, savoring every aspect

as we realize this is our life unfolding

in real time – our very aliveness.

 

Let us vow to capture this moment

refusing to be waylaid by our errant

thoughts, our rampant fears, our

misplaced guilt – as we release these

barriers to authentic living and choose

instead to engage the right here and

now with our hearts, our minds, our

very souls.

 

Let us now, today fully understand

that whatever diminishes us must

be left behind, abandoned, tossed

out leaving only room for our true

fulfillment, our glorious becoming,

our focused living, our magnificence,

our heaven on earth.

 

AT 3.25.13  

 

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With love, G.

George Bryant Cronk

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THE BEST YOU

 

Let today be an adventure in living

as you open yourself up to the potentials

and possibilities to experience each

moment fully without reservation or

restraint, ready and willing to take

a leap into the waiting wonder.

 

Let today be a lasting memory by

refusing to be anything less than fully

present, completely engaged and aware

that within this living is a reason for

being, a larger purpose requiring your

involvement and participation – be open,

enthusiastic, and prepared to meet

this responsibility.

 

Let today be an occasion to thrive and

grow, to move forward understanding

a day more than yesterday, to contribute

more than planned, to assist more than

expected, to love more than even needed –

being the best you that you have to offer.

 

AT 3.22.13

 

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With love, G.

George Bryant Cronk

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As we enter March Madness I would like to reference  

what I believe are two of the most inspiring stories in 

college basketball history - which are in fact actually 

related. The first is the North Carolina State basketball 

team's  run to win the NCAA Championship in March 

of 1983 with Coach Jim Valvano at the helm, and the 

other is life of Coach Valvano after this incredible 

triumph.

 

In 1993, ten year's after this NC State championship 

win, his tumultuous battle to remain as a coach, a

successful sports announcing career, and becoming

a highly sought after motivational speaker, Coach V 

would be delivering a final goodbye as he accepted

the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at the ESPN ESPY's

award dinner.  Frail and unsteady from the final

stages of bone cancer he managed to deliver a life

lesson that should not be overlooked by any of us

today or any day, only to die two months later.

 

I have borrowed his instruction of the three things

we should do every day in our lives in the note below - 

number one is laugh, number two is think, number

three is that we should have our emotions brought to

tears, could be happiness or joy.  In Coach V's words:

 

 But think about it.  If you laugh, you think,

       and you cry. That's a full day!

 

The founding of the Jimmy V Foundation For Cancer

Research with ESPN was announced that night and

has raised over 100 million dollars to date. To find

out more on how you might help go to the

Jimmy V Foundation Website. Below is the video

of Coach V's award dinner message to assist anyone

who may need to fulfill their positive cry requirement 

for today. 

 

  

       

REACH AGAIN

 

Reach today for the positive thought,

the positive mood, the positive expression

of you living this life – being clear, true,

and intentional in every action, every

moment, every movement of this day –

enthused by the possibility and potential

reachable.

 

Reach today for more than expected or

readily obtainable in each interaction –

looking for common ground, a mutual

win-win ensuring all are heightened

by their encounter with you – no one

left behind or lacking but instead

empowered and emboldened.

 

Reach today for a memory to last a

lifetime, a distinction to set this

day apart from the blur of automatic

living, laugh heartily, cry touchingly,

and think enormously until you have

exhausted all this day has come to

offer, as you reach again for the

unreachable.

 

AT 3.21.13

 

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With love, G.

George Bryant Cronk

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Flexibility often appears to be the optimal

strategy for surviving and succeeding in life.

The spiritual masters throughout the ages

have suggested that adapting and going with

the flow assures we will survive whatever

ordeal, secular or spiritual, we may encounter.

The note below echoes this bit of  divine wisdom.

 

BENDING AS NEEDED

 

Let us be flexible, adaptable, mutable

today ready to bend as necessary,

conforming with the flow and current

of the day -  refusing to hold onto

expectations or preconceived notions

but rather be what is needed to make

the most of the experience.

 

Let us let go of any thoughts, emotions,

or concerns that do not serve us well

today, that hold us in a negative place,

fixing us in place with fear, or doubt, or

unreasonable expectations, but rather

allow the happenings of the day to

define our mood, our attitude,

 

Let us live singularly in the unfolding

of this day being spontaneous, being

authentic, being here now alive and

fresh,  fully expressing ourselves in

each amazing moment, making the

most of each breath and undertaking,

forever bending as needed.

 

AT G. 3.18.2013

  

With Love, G. 

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SUNDAY QUESTIONS

 

Can we shine, can we soar today complete

and whole, refreshed, renewed, letting go

of what was or has been, replacing it all

with a fresh vision and approach to living –

letting go of senseless constraints,

selecting instead a more spontaneous

path to our heaven on earth?

 

Do we not contain within the essential

ingredients for this catharsis – are we

not able to reach this sweet spot of

divine being – this clear connection

waiting for our tacit awakening – our

coming to full authentic life – the true

purpose of our existence waiting for

our arrival?

 

Is there not more, much more to this

moment of continual consciousness

than a few pleasures mixed with

occasional struggle – have we not

found in these shifting sands the magic

of a love so supreme it reaches us daily

to pull us into oneness – are we not now –

here and now – ready to abandon our

tired pursuit in favor of fresh existence?

 

AT 3.17.13

 

With love, G.

 

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Our human experience is defined by our cooperative

effort of being.  We truly exist by our ability to come

together communally - in families, work groups,

small businesses, collaborative ventures, social, and

religious organizations -  to excel and reach for the

stars we see in each others eyes. What defines the

best of humankind is our innate ability to exist as we, 

instead of just I. The note below amplifies this thought,

the sheer miracle of hands outstretched to cooperate in

the pursuit of life.

 

Today, let us understand that together we are. 

 

TOGETHER WE ARE

 

Alone we are forsaken, together we

are renewed, revitalized, replenished,

able to connect with and feed on

the positive energy, the combined

vibrational power of others who

contribute their affirmative essence

to our singular effort.

 

Together we  are empowered as our

solitary efforts are lifted up and

held aloft by kindred spirits who see

value and purpose in our attempts

and vision, who join forces to push

the impossible towards the doable,

lending a hand to make the grasp

on success more vigorous.

 

So today let us reach out and look

for partners in our pursuits,

comrades in worthwhile action to

launch our tepid schemes into

profound endeavors, made more

memorable and complete by a

communal synthesis – our one

vision – our distinct togetherness.

 

AT 3.14.13

 

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With love, G.

George Bryant Cronk

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Life is a creative enterprise and we all have creative

powers that enable us to live it. Some of us have

been falsely convinced that these powers are only

in the hands of a few, this is not realistic or true.

The note below reminds us of this power and our

obligation to use it for the betterment of our lives

and the the existence of our co-inhabitants  in this

venture.

 

CREATIVE FORCES

Today let us unleash our creative forces

reaching for new and fresh ways to live

our lives – to approach our challenges

and tasks at hand knowing we within

have a wellspring of inspiration waiting

to be tapped and brought to life.

 

As we unleash our creative forces let us

relish this power enabling us to give birth

to vibrant possibilities, reshaping and

re-envisioning what exists as we call the

unthought of into fresh being - expanding

our lives and our world.

 

So as we unleash our creative power today

let us feel our strength and our divine

connection knowing this is our magic –

our miraculous wonder to take less and

form it into more – seeing within

and bringing to life a thought into being –

creating our masterpiece – our contribution

to living.

 

AT 3.12.13

 

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With love, G.

George Bryant Cronk

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Thursday morning of last week Ann and I got up

at 4:45 AM, dressed, took care of the dogs - Ann

had tea - I was fasting, then drove an hour so I

could have my Cardiac Cath at the hospital where

I have had four successful sugeries and all my

doctors and specialists practice and teach.

 

As I have posted, I had failed both my EKG and 

Stress test so it looked like the heart bypass I

had in December of 2011 needed some shoring

up. Both Ann and I were concerned about this

new health development and worked hard with

our mind control, prayer, and meditation not

to fear the worst.

 

The Cardiologist who did my Cath was selected

by my heart surgeon, so we had not met. He  

looked like he had stepped off the set of his

own Dr. Oz  type television show and I had

to wonder if hollywood looks were a requisite

for this type of work.

 

The Cath began and after about forty minutes

he bent over my face and told me that I needed

a stent to make up for a bypass artery that was

not functioning. He said it was my choice, I

asked him what he would do, and he said put

in the stent.

 

I  agreed, facetiously thinking that there should

be some kind of warranty on this work so these

expensive repairs would be free. After a few

failed attempts he was successful and I was

truly grateful to have avoided another surgery.

 

Ann and I spent the day trying to keep me still

so the artery that was used for the Cath could close

and the next day I was released from the hospital

and advised to allow a week to recuperate.

 

Needless to say we are thankful and grateful

that we were able to solve the issue without

surgery, and franky that I was still alive, and

except for a new piece of life giving hardware -

doing well. I am personally thankful, as always,

to have Ann in my life - who manges to get us

through these trying times.

 

This morning, as Ann prepared to return to

work and start her week, I transcribed the

note below that assists us with putting this 

ordeal in perspective and positions us

to forge ahead together.

 

FORGE AHEAD TOGETHER

 

We together have used our strength,

faith, and courage to overcome the

issues of life, to forge ahead with our

fear in tow returning to a safe haven –

calm and poised to tackle whatever lies

ahead.

 

We together today return to active life

ready and fully able to open our hearts

and minds to what life has to offer –

refusing to be waylaid by our own fears

or the limited perspective of others -

instead we forge ahead to grasp the

most that life has to offer us, together.

 

We together, let us be grateful for what

we have received – healing, wholeness,

a chance to live on together forging ahead

with creating our dreams, expanding

our capacity to live and love – to find

and forever secure our heaven on earth.

 

AT 3.11.13

 

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With love, G.

George Bryant Cronk

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If our personal positive spirituality does not prepare

us for navigating the trying times, then it may need

tweaking. My New Thought focus encourages me to

let go and surrender to God what is really beyond

my control.

 

As I prepare for my Cardiac Cath tomorrow to

determine if  my recent abnormal EKG and Stress

tests really indicate a major issue that needs

intervention, I realize that even with years of

mind control focus it is still a challenge to manage

maintaining an expectation of good and the

eventuality of positive outcomes in trying times.

 

This morning I transcribed the note below which

serves to remind all of us who may be facing

trying times to keep the faith.

TRYING TIMES

 

There are times when we must allow our

forward motion to propel us onward

enabling the sheer momentum of the

positive, life affirming vibrations we

have generated to offer us a sanctuary

during times of concern or insecurity.

 

In these times we must refuse to be

drawn into fear, doubt, and disbelief

but instead reaffirm our faith and

sincere trust in all we know to be true

and right – the universal good of a

pure life affirming thought held

in positive consciousness.

 

When it is our time to face these trying

times let us not be timid about our

convictions but take up our shield

of faith and boldly, with clear confidence,

proceed onward ready to offer our

waiting destiny our full and perfect

cooperation – our eternal trust.

 

AT 3.6.13

 

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With love, G.

George Bryant Cronk

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OUR SACRED GIFT

 

In our favor, let us live today, knowing

we deserve the best life has to offer –

ready to reach out and firmly grasp

our fair share of happiness, our

appropriate measure of positive

life-affirming living, fully engaged,

enthused, and prospering.

 

In our favor,  let us live today, without

regard for expectation, without restraint

or constraint, knowing the time has

come to enjoy every morsel, to savor

each interaction, welcoming even the

challenges to add to our experience

of positive living.

 

In our favor, let us live today, realizing

this is our birthright, our sacred gift,

to fully thrive and flourish with every

breath, to soar completely in victory

or perceived defeat, to rise up even

from the prisons of our own making,

to take hold of our own awakening.

 

AT G. 3.4.2013

 

WITH LOVE, G.