Daily Messages from Dr. Standley

If you have been coming to this site for a while now or if I have written your Natal Chart then you know how important I think it is that you understand your North and South Node. Quite honestly folks, I don't believe there is anything more important in your Natal Chart than understanding your 'nodal' self. I'm going to list some rules that you absolutely need to adhere to when dealing with your North and South Node and it will keep you more sane than you might otherwise be if you are sitting and pouting in your South Node.

1) The North Node (Cup Runneth Over) - The North Node is your future self. When you focus on your North Node and do EVERYTHING as if you are the sign of your North Node, then you cannot fail. Yep, I typed, "you cannot fail." Example - I have a North Node Virgo; therefore, I do everything I can to become more Virgo-like even though I'm a Gemini (rah-hoo). Virgo rules health by the way so naming a healthcare website after myself was the best career decision I could have made. In each daily horoscope section there is a link to the rulerships of that particular sign. Look up the rulerships for the sign that your North Node is in and you will see that you have already been busy becoming your North "Nodal" Self. If I wrote your Natal Chart then I have included plenty of information about your North Node.

2) The South Node (Bottomless Pit) - The South Node is your past self. In other words, you have already been there and done that in a previous Life and there is absolutely NO REASON to keep pouring energy into this bottomless pit because you will never fill up that hole. The South Node is "the hole in your chart". When you focus on your South Node, then it is a complete drain to your system. Example - I am a South Node Pisces; therefore, I do everything I can to steer clear of Pisces energy or just keep my mouth shut around Pisces people. Now don't start making those people who you know to be your South Node out to be bad people because they are not bad people. That is no way to look at the situation. This is YOUR South Node, not theirs. YOU deal with it! YOU are the one that has to figure out how to co-exist with your South Node and put all of your energy into your North Node. If I wrote your Natal Chart then I have included plenty of information about your South Node.

3) Under no circumstances would I advise having a romantic relationship with a person who is the sign of your South Node. My South Node is Pisces so having a romantic relationship with a man who is a Pisces is completely out of the question. Remember, the South Node is the "hole in your chart". You cannot fix your South Node people so don't try it. Don't waste your time or their's. The South Node is like a drain in your sink without a plug and whatever energy you put into your South Node will fall right through like a hole in your pocket. Folks, you have already been around this block in a past Life so you may feel this "spiritual" connection that pulls you in further (the drain). My advise is just turn and walk away. One kiss with your South Node and it can take you years to get out of a relationship that was only headed in one direction all along . . . SOUTH!

4) What if their South Node is the same sign as your Rising Sign? Since the Rising Sign is your 1st house and rules your personality, then you need to make certain that your personality is not a drain to the other person. If you know this information, then it is up to you to apply the information to your Life and be sensitive to what your energy could do to others. It would be nice to periodically ask that person if your personality is a drain to them. This can help the relationship when you understand why this is so. I am a Cancer Rising, so those who have a South Node Cancer can count on me periodically asking, "What is it about my personality that might be a drain to you?" Folks, be sensitive to each other's South Node.

5) In the daily horoscopes, what should you do when the Moon is in the sign of your South Node? Take those days off or keep busy doing nothing in particular because the energy will probably be headed South (downhill) on those days for you. This energy can show up as defeated, depressed and lethargic or it can show up so busy and chaotic that you are pulling your hair out.

6) What should you do during the calendar month of your South Node? Honestly, you should go on vacation because during the entire month of your South Node Sign, you will probably feel depleted, defeated and depreciated. Those who are in business for themselves may also experience a drain in business. It's just awful. I guarantee next year during the Month of Pisces I will absolutely take that time off and go lay on a beach somewhere. I'll have the horoscopes written for that entire month early because I refuse to wrestle with the Sun when it is sitting on my South Node again. Right now we are in the calendar month of Cancer, so those people who have a South Node Cancer in their Natal Chart will be experiencing "the drain" during the whole calendar month of Cancer, which is from now until July 22, 2008 at 6:43 AM EDT.

7) What if you have your Sun Sign and South Node in the same sign? This is typically a person who is not comfortable in their own skin. In fact, they probably can't stand themselves most of the time. The best thing that person can do is . . . FOCUS ON THE NORTH NODE. The answer will always be "Focus on your North Node." If you send an e-mail or call and ask me a question about your South Node I guarantee that I will say, "Focus on your North Node." No matter what you ask me about that dang South Node, I will say it over and over again, "Focus on your North Node."

This morning my musical DLG (Download from God) was "She's So High" by Tal Bachman. Whenever I hear that song I always cry the ugly cry because it is so close to my heart and how I feel about my daughter Karmen (Leo). The song is really about this guy who admires this girl from afar and knows he can never really have her because he feels she is out of his league. But when I hear this song I think of how Karmen has gone beyond everything I could have ever wanted for her. Where Karmen is right now at nearly 27 years old and where I was at in my Life at 27 years old is so completely different. She has moved light years beyond where I was at that age in Life experience and wisdom. She is more self-evolved than I could have ever hoped to be at her age. And as parents, don't we really want our children to be more evolved than we were at their age? Don't we want them to vibrate at a higher level of consciousness than we did at their age? That's the evolution of family. We should just keep getting better as a family generation by generation or at the very least, striving to get better.

As a young pregnant mother (age 19) and not wanting to know the sex of my baby, I distinctly remember having 'two goals' for my unborn child and that was to raise a child who would choose to be a Good person and the other was raising a child who would choose to enjoy living his/her Life. Choose being the operative word here. I wanted my child to live bravely enough and courageously enough to make choices because as we all know, some people live their Life too fearful to make a choice thereby standing in the same place they were last year. I wanted to contribute to putting a Good person on the planet!

By Good, I mean that I wanted her to be a kind and thoughtful person. I wanted her to be sensitive to the needs of others, sensitive to the needs of herself and be brave enough to defend those who could not defend themselves. I wanted her to be protective, loving and forgiving including those who she felt didn't deserve her protection, Love or forgiveness because it is precisely those people who need it the most. I wanted her to be selfless, humble and emotionally strong. I wanted her to be confident and certain of what she chose, even if later that choice later proved to be a lesson from the School of Hard Knocks. I wanted her to be modest, fair, just, pleasant and sunny with a great sense of humor that gave her the permission to laugh at herself. I wanted her to care.

I wanted Karmen to hand-write thank you notes, hand-write Christmas cards and send invitations to everyone she felt motivated to invite no matter what others may think of her guests. And she does! I remember teaching Karmen one day . . . "Sometimes I don't really want to go to the party, I just want to be invited, so it's always nice to include people even if you know they probably won't show up and that's okay." Further I taught her, "We are all just stumbling, slobbering and tripping all over ourselves just trying to figure it all out and people will have a Life beyond you so don't take it personal if they don't show up. It's okay." Most importantly, I wanted Karmen to be a Good family member and a Good friend.

I couldn't find the exact quote by Maya Angelou as she spoke it one day on Oprah but it goes something like this . . .

I related to Maya's quote so well because that's exactly the way I feel when I see my daughter. Oh Karmen and I have had our differences (heck we're mother and daughter) but still, after nearly 27 years when Karmen and I see each other we lock eyes and smile. We might even giggle for a moment for absolutely no reason. We just find each other goofed-up and silly. It happens every single time, even if just for a brief moment. I don't have to force a smile when I see Karmen, it just comes natural because it is what I choose to do. Next month Karmen will be 27 and she still gives me a 'double peck' on the lips and still ducks out from underneath my arms when I try to give her a big hug just to give me a hard time and I always can't wait to see her. I suppose Tal Bachman's, "She's So High" came to me this morning because yesterday Karmen was busy being a Good friend and arranged an entire fun-fest day with her best-friend Theresa for her birthday. I kept the boys, my grandson Big Tree '5' and Theresa's son Max '7' and we ran around like banchees all day while Karmen was busy being a Good friend to Theresa. When I hear this song, I just cry thinking about how Karmen is 'way more than' I could have ever wanted or imagined. Of course I think my son-in-law Larry is the luckiest man on the flippin' planet! And just remember folks, the kind of relationship you build with your children is a choice no matter what level you choose to meet them.

Note this Daily Message was written yesterday afternoon. This morning (Wednesday) I woke up hearing, "The Game of Love" by Michelle Branch and Carlos Santana. Now who on this planet doesn't think Carlos Santana is a musical genius? Seriously! Actually my favorite Santana song is, "Hold On" but that's a whole other musical DLG (Download from God) saved for another day. I suppose this musical DLG came to me because I've been doing more relationship readings than usual lately and there seems to be an underlying theme that needs to be brought out into the open.

Think about this first line for a minute [video below]. Tell me, just what you want me to be. Meaning, if you just tell me who you want me to be, then I'll be that for you and we can live happily ever after. Well folks, real Love doesn't work that way because sooner or later an individual's basic relationship needs will surface and will need to be met. In the meantime of not getting your relationships needs met, you may pick up along the way anger, resentment, loneliness, jealousy, lust and/or hurt feelings that all began with a lack of-, loss of- or mis- communication.

In getting to know Mr. or Miss Wonderful it is up to you to teach him or her about you. Teach them who you are! Making someone guess who you are and what you need is no way to begin a relationship or continue one if you cannot communicate your needs with one another from the start. Most relationships begin with that magical kiss and as we all know, there is nothing like that first kiss, just as it states in the song, One kiss, and boom you're the only for me. The longing for that same incredible first physical contact can block the most important beginning of a relationship, which is communication and keeps us coming back for more. Next is that burning desire to figure out the other person in order to adjust to what they need and keep that first kiss alive (the candy store). So what I hear on this end of the line is a continual 'compromise of self' that began with a lack of-, loss of- or mis- communication.

Folks, I have brought up the 70/30 rule to you before and about applying it to relationships. Meaning, there are no 100 percent perfect relationships because that would be a severe illusion, not to mention the only thing 100 perfect is God. If things were perfect, then why would we be here? What would there be to learn? If we knew everything we needed to know then why wouldn't we just turn to Light and leave the planet because our work would be done? Strive for 70/30 relationships, meaning 70 percent wonderful and 30 percent challenges because folks, you will have challenges. That's a fact! If you are in a 30/70 relationship, then it's probably not your relationship and there will most definitely be a better one waiting for you if you would just let go. Life is a game and so is Love and it can be one fantabulous 'match' if you would just relax, learn how to play the game and teach the other person all about you. And remember, Love is whatever you make it to be.

This morning I woke up hearing one of my favorite tunes called, "Trouble" by Pink (Alecia Beth Moore). I absolutely adore Pink because she's out there doing her own thing, living her Life bravely and freely and still manages to maintain her wits in a celebrity-obsessed-attention-driven world. The attention she receives is clearly due to the fact that she remains true to herself; therefore, the attention she receives is given and not taken. Her success story on the Biography Channel is definitely worth watching for such a young woman (age 28). Pink even titled one of her albums "I'm Not Dead" because she says, "It's about being alive and feisty and not sitting down and shutting up even though people would like you to." I can certainly dig on that statement.

When I woke up hearing "Trouble" this morning I had a million scenes flash before my eyes on trips that I've made with Christine (Aquarius) over the last few years. Most recently the trip we just made to California this past weekend. On Thursday night we barely had a plan but knew one thing for sure is that our plane took off at 6:20 AM Friday morning. Eight hours before the plane was to take off the next morning we hadn't so much as reserved a rental car and barely had a sense of where this retreat center was located that was 2-1/2 hours north of San Francisco. Half the fun of living in our skin is literally flying by the seat of our pants and letting go of the need to control every single thing and looking forward to the surprise of what the trip had to offer us. We like being in a state of, "I dunno" and somehow we still manage to make it "before" on time. Okay, it can drive our children crazy sometimes (her four children and my one child) but it's not like they don't know who they are dealing with. Oh they remember who raised them. (winky wink)

Once we arrived in San Francisco and decided to go whole hog and rent a convertible, the trip suddenly turned into a full-blown Thelma and Louise experience. My brother Sam (Gemini), his wife Paula (Cancer) and their son Tyler (Leo) just happened to be in San Francisco vacationing, so after we stopped and had lunch with them at Fisherman's Wharf we set out across the Golden Gate Bridge and up Highway 1 we went . . taking pictures as we drove, cranking up the stereo and giggling like schoolgirls with our glamour-girl sunglasses on. Next thing you know we were kicking up dust and gravel as we skidded into a turnabout and changed into our swimsuits overlooking the Pacific Ocean from a monumental cliff. It was absolutely breathtaking and surreal.

Once we finally pulled over and asked for directions miraculously we were only one exit away and 15 miles down that exit from the entrance to the retreat center. Some how, some way and all the time, when we give up the need to control the fun or require our fun to show up in a certain way then it always turns out better than we anticipated. And since Christine and I are only open to fun surprises, then it always turns out more exciting and fun than we anticipated. Once we arrived back in St. Louis at 3:00 AM Monday morning we giggled how the trip was very much like Thelma and Louise (alive and feisty) and how the fun didn't have to end with the two of us driving off a cliff in a convertible. [The words are posted below the video]

No attorneys
To plead my case
No orbits
To send me into outta space
And my fingers
Are bejeweled
With diamonds and gold
But that ain't gonna help me now

I'm trouble
Yeah trouble now
I'm trouble ya'll
I disturb my town
I'm trouble
Yeah trouble now
I'm trouble ya'll
I got trouble in my town

You think your right
But you were wrong
You tried to take me
But I knew all along
You can take me
For a ride
I'm not a fool now
So you better run and hide

I'm trouble
Yeah trouble now
I'm trouble ya'll
I disturb my town
I'm trouble
Yeah trouble now
I'm trouble ya'll
I got trouble in my town

If you see me coming
Down the street then
You know it's time to
Go (and you know it's time to go
cause here comes trouble)

Well I'm back in the saddle from my weekend get-away. If you checked the Daily Message this weekend then you know that I was out of town this weekend. Christine (Aquarius) and I flew to San Francisco, rented a convertible and then drove 2-1/2 north to Saratoga Springs Retreat Center for a wedding by way of the Highway 1 right along the coast which of course was breathtaking. There were about 150 people who stayed the entire weekend (some in cabins and some in tents) at this retreat center so needless to say it was one big three day wedding fest from Friday to Sunday.

The entire weekend was a real 'communal' and very 'organic' experience to say the least. I am a fairly organic consumer and nature-oriented gal except for eating soybean and tofu. Aside from the breakfast sausage being soybean and made into appearing as though it was actually pork sausage (go figure), it was a fantastic weekend and actually THE MOST beautiful wedding I've ever been to. But back to the sausage because it bugs me . . . why create a type of food out of soybean or tofu and make it look like something it's not and something you don't even believe in eating in the first place? I'm just saying, if you don't eat meat, then why make a food look like it's meat? Is that really standing in your belief system? So why not make it look like a vegetable or fruit? But I digress . . .

Christine and I set out early enough on Sunday to meander through wine country with the wind blowing through our hair, which was an absolute spectacular drive. With all that hot sun shining us with the top down, we both pretty much look like crispy critters right now. Once we left San Francisco and stopped in Las Vegas to change planes it was pretty much a flying fiasco from that point on trying to get back to St. Louis. We ended up arriving in St. Louis at 3:00 AM local time this morning.

I'll use this time now before my afternoon readings and health consults to pop over to www.NativeAmericanAnimalMedicine.com and update that site since I didn't get it updated last week due to the sandbagging efforts with the flooding of the Mississippi River. Christine and I were just saying on the way back how we crammed a lot of living into this past week. And now after getting some rest, I'm ready to live it up, live it out and live all over the place once again. Until tomorrow, choose to be in a Good mood . . .

This morning I woke up hearing one of my Musical Totem's called, "Suddenly I See" by K T Tunstall. I deliberated for a while whether or not to share this musical DLG (Download from God) with you because if taken the wrong way, this song could really make it seem as though I'm hung up on myself. But then the more I thought about it, that's exactly what I like about me is that I am hung up on myself. Not in a conceited and self-important way. It's more intrigue, weird captivation and "why the hell did I do that" kind of fascination. (winky wink) I want to know why I do and say what I do, so that I can do and say something better in order to get to the place that I'm supposed to be. Interestingly enough, just the other day a man said to me, "I'm still trying to figure you out Loretta." And my response was, "So am I!" (winky wink)

I embrace this song as one of my Musical Totem's for several reasons. As I have shared with you before, sad and lonely songs do not make me feel Good about myself so I tune them out altogether. I just won't go there. The last thing I'm going to do is sit around and listen to Sheryl Crow sing, "My Favorite Mistake," which is this pitiful relationship break-up song. YUCK! I mean it is pitiful. Not this hippy chick! No way would I deliberately tune in to that kind of self-torture. I deliberately choose to listen to K T Tunstall belt out, "Suddenly I See," so I can "see" myself in the Light that I desire to be in.

The beginning of this song is awesome because when it comes to my work I have this world-wide audience. On any given day I will communicate with people from at least six out of the nine time zones around the globe. It's crazy! The other thing that I like about this song is that there is an intuitive flare about this song in the chorus. When I'm doing readings or even health consultations there is a point at which I can see, that suddenly my client sees. I can feel a release that says, "WOW THEY GET IT!" There is a point at which suddenly they see why something means so much to them and why it all makes perfect sense. And of course, since I call myself a Mentator (who provokes and invokes thought) then the line, "She likes to leave you hanging on her word" resontates with me as well. There is a point in my writing where I like to stop and let you figure it out for yourself.

In the video at about the 1:08 mark you'll see several people walk into the building and they join in on the jam session. Notice how the people who join in are an exact duplicate of the original band only they are in different clothes. Well being a Gemini (the twins), I just Love the duality of this video because it reminds me that . . there I am . . and oh hey, there I am again, just like Crow Medicine the shape-shifter who can be in two places at once. But most importantly this song reminds me, "Why the hell it (my work) means so much to me" . . . AND . . . "this is what I wanna be."

I'm going to keep pressing you to come up with your own Musical Totem's that describe the essence of who you were created to be in the most beautiful and positive Light imagineable. And remember how powerful the Law of Attraction really is. [The words are below the video]

Her face is a map of the world
Is a map of the world
You can see she's a beautiful girl
She's a beautiful girl
And everything around her is a silver pool of light
The people who surround her feel the benefit of it
It makes you calm
She holds you captivated in her palm

Suddenly I see (Suddenly I see)
This is what I wanna be
Suddenly I see (Suddenly I see)
Why the hell it means so much to me

I feel like walking the world
Like walking the world
You can hear she's a beautiful girl
She's a beautiful girl
She fills up every corner like she's born in black and white
Makes you feel warmer when you're trying to remember
What you heard
She likes to leave you hanging on her word

Suddenly I see (Suddenly I see)
This is what I wanna be
Suddenly I see (Suddenly I see)
Why the hell it means so much to me

And she's taller than most
And she's looking at me
I can see her eyes looking from a page in a magazine
Oh she makes me feel like I could be a tower
A big strong tower
She got the power to be
The power to give
The power to see

Suddenly I see (Suddenly I see)
This is what I wanna be
Suddenly I see (Suddenly I see)
Why the hell it means so much to me

Obviously due to the work that I do, trusting my intuition is important, whether that is assisting someone with a health issue or some other personal issue. Following my intuition is a knee-jerk reaction; it's impulsive but in a smooth 'move around the pothole' sort of way. There's no jerking around with it because I trust it and I trust my Source (God). My intuition is not something that I kick around for a while and think, Well maybe I'll do that! It is definitive and dependable, again because I trust my Source and who I am tuned in to. If I turn reckless or irresponsible, then it's clear that I wasn't tuned in to my Source. It's fairly easy to trust intuition when you think of it on those terms, that is if you let go of your mind and turn it over to your Source.

Well this morning I woke up hearing another Jewel tune as my musical DLG (Download from God). The song I heard was, Intuition by Jewel. If you read yesterday's Daily Message then you know that I woke up hearing a Jewel tune called, Hands, which was in direct alignment with me going to bed thinking and praying about the flood victims in Iowa. The tune and video I posted yesterday was a very powerful message about helping others less fortunate and how we are 'never' really broken. Folks, we can always do something. Always!

Interestingly enough, just as I was posting that Daily Message yesterday my e-mail box ticked and it was Christine saying that she and Kyle (her daughter Rachel's boyfriend) were heading north to help sandbag. Not even a half hour later, myself and another friend Steve were piled in the back of Christine's Jeep and the four of us headed north with shovels, gloves and a lot of energy. You see folks, the rising waters are headed down the Mississippi River from Iowa into Missouri, which will affect the small towns and farmlands along the river. The City of St. Louis (and I mean the city itself) is fairly protected because we sit on a hill. The flood waters will rise up the stairs to the Gateway Arch but it will likely not touch the Arch or downtown St. Louis. So the effort North is the urgency right now. Today and tomorrow we will be going back to sandbag as the rising waters are due to crest in a few days. Folks, it's really a dire situation as I'm certain you have probably seen on the news.

Since I will be out of the office today and tomorrow, all readings today and tomorrow (Thursday) are being scheduled in the evening. As usual, I will have my Blackberry with me and will check in on breaks (as I did yesterday) and return phone calls at that time. Honestly, think nothing of leaving a message because it's impossible to continue for hours sandbagging without taking some breaks and gathering your wits. So folks, if you intuition tells you to do something . . . THEN DO IT! All you have to do is let go of your mind.

The reason I'm not posting the video to this song is because it is too explicit for the content on my website, but it is a very Good video in that there is a strong message about intuition. Jewel is sitting on a bench in the city at the beginning of the video. As the video plays out she dreams of making it big as a performer and her dreams take her to wild behavior. At the end of the video she's back at the back bench and then you see her follow her intuition and literally 'walk away' from the life she just fantastized. There is a sense that Jewel wants to make it big the right way without selling herself out and 'branding' herself as we see so many entertainers do today.

This morning my musical DLG (Download from God) came through one of my favorite tunes called, "Hands" by Jewel. I'm guessing that my DLG this morning arrived in the form of Jewel because last night I was watching Nashville Star (a reality TV show like American Idol that is searching for the new "Nashville Star") and Jewel is one of the three judges. Basically, she's the Paula Abdul of Nashville Star only she's a bit fiesty and more honest with the contestants than Paula Abdul probably allows herself to be. So having a Jewel tune sent to me through a DLG was probably no coincidence given what I was thinking when I went to bed.

Rarely do I have difficulty falling asleep. As I have told you before, once my feet come up off the floor and before my head even hits the pillow, I'm asleep. But last night was different. I laid there thinking and praying about the flood victims in Iowa and the different reactions they were all having to losing their "stuff" . . . or the possibility of losing their "stuff". Mindful to withhold judgment, it was interesting to see what some people valued as important. Then my mind switched gears to more seemingly simplistic struggles that other people were experiencing and then my mind switched gears again to even bigger struggles than what the flood victims were experiencing.

Then I wake up this morning to this most incredible en'light'ening song sent to me to share with you through a DLG. I have included the words and video below. I have checked this video in three different browsers. If you cannot see this video, go to www.youtube.com and put in the search button only these two words, "Hands Jewel". Note in the beginning of this tune she gets out of the car and notices the Light shining in the midst of darkness. The couple that she stands next to is fearful of the Light and turns away in the other direction. Notice how others (who may have crossed over) run straight into the Light and still others remain to help those trapped or injured. Jewel sings, "...for Light is the darkness most fear". It's amazing what happens when God shines His Light on the problem and we can see it. And remember folks, it's not what you did, it's what you didn't do.

HANDS BY JEWEL

If I could tell the world just one thing
It would be that we're all ok
And not to worry 'cause worry is wasteful
and useless in times like these
I won't be made useless
I won't be idled with despair
I will gather myself around my Faith
for Light is the darkness most fear

My hands are small, I know,
but they're not yours they are my own
but they're not yours they are my own
and I am never broken

Poverty, stole your golden shoes
but it didn't steal your laughter
And heartache came to visit me
but I knew it wasn't ever after

We will fight, not out of spite
for someone must stand up for what's right
cause where there's a man who has no voice
there ours shall go singing

My hands are small, I know,
but they're not yours they are my own
but they're not yours they are my own
and I am never broken

In the end only kindness matters
In the end only kindness matters

I will get down on my knees and I will pray
I will get down on my knees and I will pray
I will get down on my knees and I will pray

My hands are small, I know,
but they're not yours they are my own
but they're not yours they are my own
and I am never broken

My hands are small, I know,
but they're not yours they are my own
but they're not yours they are my own
and I am never broken
We are never broken

We are God's eyes
God's hands
God's mind
We are God's eyes
God's hands
God's heart
We are God's eyes
God's hands
God's eyes
God's hands
We are God's hands
God's hands
We are God's hands

Saturday afternoon I was riding my bike in the park in my usual enthusiastic manner; jumping curbs and moving about entirely too fast when I came upon an intersection where a father and his two young sons where preparing to cross on their bicycles. I quickly switched my brain from childish antics to parental mode making certain I was not in their way. As the three of them crossed the street I noticed something very beautiful and spiritually romantic about this scene.

As the three began to cross the street, the father was gathering his boys like a shepherd tending his sheep. The boys rode ahead of the father as the father brought up the rear and was literally "watching their back." The older boy swung wide pedaling across the street as the father called, "Tommy, come back this way." The younger boy wobbled across with his handle bars shaking nervously when seeing me on the other side. I could tell he was unclear which side of me he needed to aim. The father (watching his back the entire time) gently called out to him, "Brian, go to the left." It was clear that both boys were keenly aware that their father was behind them watching their back the whole way. There was no thought whatsoever that their father would leave them out to pasture to fend for themselves. Even though the younger boy was showing nervousness, he appeared brave and forged ahead knowing his father had his back and would give him direction. The boys knew their father's voice and obeyed his commands without blinking an eye. The father was tending his sheep.

When I reached the other side of the street, I pulled over into the grass and just started crying at the spiritual romance I had just witnessed. I said outloud, "My God! My God! Father, how do You do it? How in the world do You do it all when we start running off course?" . . . then I heard back through my DLG (Download from God), "It only works when you are listening."

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