Manifest your reality

Yesterday, I watched an incredible band called the Avett Brothers perform at Edgefield in Troutdale, OR. What an amazing show! These brothers had such high energy, with an audience whom were quite receptive to their material. The entire time I could not help but wonder what it would take for me to reach this level of professionalism. What would I have to do? What would I have to sacrifice? My life's calling has been in the direction of music ever since I was a small boy. I have played  on many of great stages, opening up for amazing artist over the years. But these guys     were loved. I watched as adoring fans mouthed the words of their favorite performers, in awe just to be near their musical talents. A friend of mine told me one day, while we were out to lunch from a recording session. He said :" One day you are going to move the hearts of people like Bob Marley". or something to that effect. I was totally dumbfounded by that comment. How could little ol Santino Cadiz from Lodi California, who grew up listening to his parents old records of Stevie Wonder, Tower of Power and The Doobie Brothers make such an impact on the world? I am moving at a pace, that I hope my mentors are proud of. I am discovering within me each day what it requires to be something great. At this moment I speak words of accomplishment! At this moment I speak words of Victory over defeat! I am the head! not the tail! I am above! not below! Lord use me as you will,  to be a divine instrument for the peace and unity through healing, through music. To be a voice of one calling from the desert. Open new paths for me! Open doors that might have been closed by my own poor choices! Create a right spirit within me, So that I might be what you have called me to be.
One love and Namaste  my friends!
-SMC

Here is an article I have never read until today. Thanks for the inspiration!http://thedailygrind8634.blogspot.com/2012/06/jn-134-photo-essay-santino-cadiz-bombs.html     Avett Brothers photo courtesy of Santino Cadiz 2012      Santino Cadiz Band photo courtesy of Michael Rivera 2012

I will be Light

Every day I try to do what is right. Every day I pray to God that I will be the light that He has called me to be./My inner man is always struggling with this concept,frustrations with my self and others prevent me from reaching my spiritual goals./ You see I am a man first./ I am  a spirit second./ This is not how it ought to be./ We should be limitless and free./ We should reflect the love that grows in us each day./ Jesus said " I am the truth, the life and the way"/ Always remembering the sacrifice that was made and the ransom  that I could not pay./ Matthew 6:24-34 says ""Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or
what you will drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life
more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of
the air; they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your
heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And
can any of you by worrying add a single hour to your span of life? And
why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how
they grow; they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in
all his glory was not clothed like one of these. But if God so clothes the
grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the
oven, will he not much more clothe you-- you of little faith? Therefore
do not worry, saying, `What will we eat?' or `What will we drink?' or
`What will we wear?' For it is the Gentiles who strive for all these
things; and indeed your heavenly Father knows that you need all these
things. But strive first for the Kingdom of Heaven and his
righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
"So do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring worries of
its own. Today's trouble is enough for today."  Maybe we don't have to try so hard./ Maybe we just have to let it be.

-SMC

Where the heart is

Love is where the heart is. Life is full of choices both great and small, and love is one of those choices. I am love. The bible states that God is love. If we are made in His image, then we too should reflect that love. I recently heard a song in which the artist proclaimed "Be love". Think about that for a moment. What does it require to be love? Does it require us to put our selfish egos and pride aside and take the mindset of God upon us? However this is achieved, one must asks oneself. Am I love today? Am I being the face of love to those that are suffering? Am I being all of the love that I can be? Every one desires to be loved, so be the love that you are.