![]() ![]() “In the last days it will be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams. Let’s consider these words attributed to the Hebrew prophet Joel. On New Year’s Day three young women on Good Morning America were discussing a similar approach to the year ahead, each having selected an inspirational word for personal direction: Rather than put my focus on specific goals that I must achieve for a happier life (goals that meet their doom over and over again), I will turn my attention to the “qualities” that I can associate with my heart’s desires.Įxample: Instead of chaining myself to my laptop to write the novel that will become a screenplay that will be awarded an Oscar and end up listed with the American Film Institute as a movie of worth (whew), I will give myself over to my creative impulses wherever it leads me, creative being the quality of choice. I got into what Jocelyn wrote in her “Minister’s Meditations” for this issue of the View. When that was done, I put them on a wall for the Talent Show, arranged like a clock with 12 plaques around the center Title page: Attitude Platitudes.” “At First Congregational UCC in Longmont, Colorado, I was asked to make some plaques with my own versions of upbeat sayings to display in different rooms of their Christmas Homes Tour. One of 12 calligraphy designs drawn by Dianne Müller I prefer Dianne’s supporting statement: “Make it come true where you are.” Some human involvement (that means you) is usually needed to see the desires of your heart come to pass. A cricket’s poetry, but I mean no disrespect. I know there is power in positive thinking but I take these lyrics as poetry, not as a formula. So easy to get lost in the details, isn’t it?Īnything your heart desires will come to you at 99, “Hakuna Matata” from The Lion King (1994).at 62, “Beauty and the Beast” from Beauty and the Beast (1991).at 19, “Someday My Prince Will Come” from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937).My faithful companion Wikipedia tells me that the American Film Institute ranked “When You Wish Upon a Star” seventh in their 100 Greatest Songs in Film History, one of only four Disney animated film songs to appear on the list… “When you wish upon a star…” Familiar with that Disney tune, sung sweetly by Jiminy Cricket, faithful companion of Pinocchio? The 1940 animated film is itself a gem, and the song is a part of our culture. The capacity to wonder is one of the gems of our evolved minds. ![]() How many – beginning with our evolutionary ancestors – have looked up in wonder and awe at the night sky? Maybe more than the number of visible stars above (around) the earth.
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