No matter... of wood, stone or bone... 

 

"The world breaks everyone...

 

 

 

 

 

 

and afterward;

 some are strong

at the broken places."

                                                                                                    E. Hemingway

 

 

In the early, formative years of the Beatles, leader John Lennon would often motivate his band by reminding them 'why' they were and precisely 'where' they were headed.

JL:   "Where we goin, boys?"

"TO THE TOP!"

JL:   "Which top?"

"THE VERY TOP!"

Here's to those who just keep on reaching... for the top.
One way...
or another.

Always...
for the top.

The very top...
Right, Johnny?   ;)

JL:   "And all you need is love..."

Ain't that the truth...

JL:   "and Plan B"

 

 





 

 

Miracle of Beleaf

"A piece of the puzzle
right there on a string...

 It hung like a bell

that my soul could hear ring.

 

 

It spun on a silk thread

replete with a tear...

 

But none-the-less joyful

with no sense of fear.

 

A piece of the puzzle

connected to sky...

 

Reminding me

I was still destined

to fly."

 

 

Paradox of  Permission

To permit yourself to practice perfection also requires you self-permitting the need to stumble, fail and bruise yourself along the way.

The intermingling of your conscious and sub-conscious awareness.
Band-Aids and debts paid.



The juggle of thoughts and words and feelings.
Put the pins in the air!

Permission to play. Always the genius.
Truly and fair...

Humbly. Joyfully

Permit this. The perfection takes care of itself.

Presence transcends the juggling.
The plates spin with less and less effort...

Right there... in mid-air.

Fully suited.
Baby breath bare.

Hold on...and
Let go.

 

 

From 'hardware' to 'software'...
Looks like we have it covered.

 

"spider silk" Daily update ⋅ April 12, 2015

NEWS

Gizmodo In The Future, Spider Silk May Help Grow Your Replacement Heart Gizmodo There's been a lot of talk lately about how spider silk is this crazy wonder material that may soon find its way into everything from electronics to ... Cardiac Tissue Grown on 'Spider Silk' Substrate - Tasnim News Agency (press release)

 

 

How cool... and rewarding, to see that spider silk will help play a role in regenerating heart cells for organ replacement.

Possibly benefitting from some of the earlier efforts I've been involved in with the development of biomimetic spider silk; in combination with "Message of the Spider" and the latest technological advancements, we will help lift both the heart and soul to a higher level!   lol

Holy fibers...

Healthier hearts...

Lighter souls...

 

It's all connected... on our Divine Web of Life!

 

 

With more work yet to be done...

 

on both!

 

 

The Journey continues.

"Defeat

has never over-taken the man

whose head, heart and hands

were his partners" 

Russell H. Conwell

 

 

 

 

"To self-culture one's inner-vision requires reflection, introspection and

faith;

a belief there exists more than

that which meets the eye."

from Message of the Spider

G. Lesley

 

 

 

 

 

UBERflowing

 

 

I thought it was a German word...

 

UBER.

 

So I went to my source; my Mother. She's German.

 

"Mom; is 'Uber' a German word...? "

 

"German?" she repeated. "OK... yes... with the two little dots above the 'u'."

 

"It means 'over'."

 

Like UBER the rainbow, I asked?

 

"Yes".

 

"UBER the rainbow."

 

"Exactly"

My mother gets it.

She is 90 years wise and has uber-come most all of life's vicissitudes including Hitler... with a constitution that makes a pack-mule look lazy. And that's not uber-stating it!




Mobile R&D...

I've been visiting a place 'somewhere over the rainbow', on and off, for the past 6 weeks now.

I've discovered it on and around the streets of Charlotte. Evening hours. Late night. Early morning, too. Even a few neighborhoods with the 'yellow-brick roads'...

Market research, indeed. Even partially subsidized...

Finding my Voice.

Tuning my web...

Running ideas by folks. Getting ideas back in return while helping them get where they want to go...

A truly peer-to-peer collaborative.

Much like the UBER ride-sharing phenomenon.

Fine-tuning my message. "Message of the Spider". Affirming how we are all connected...

Probably engaged about a thousand people thus far from 350 'rides'. Using a rather unique and distinctive venue to conduct my 'work'...

My car. More specifically; my 'OVER' car. Mobile research through better technology...

I drive and I always deliver. We talk. Most of the time.

Read: UBER Partner.

And frequently, some iteration of the sequence below takes place. It usually ends at the 'destination'. Often it has continued... sometimes for quite a while... when time seems to stand still... for quality, human interaction... The desire for authenticity by many is strong.



"So how long you been driving for UBER..."

Oh.. a few weeks now. How's your UBER rider experience been?

Its been awesome. We love the APP, so much better than calling for a cab. How do you like driving?

Amazed and continually meeting great people... stimulating conversation, watching new behaviors take shape with how folks are moving about... learning about Charlotte. Cool places...

So what else do you do besides UBER?

Well... I'm working on a book project! Not to worry, its not an expose on UBER. But found some fascinating connections between my subject matter and this new movement and decided the best way to learn more is to get out here on the street with it. And you.

Cool! What's your book about?

The Spider... actually a message from one.

Really??? ... Like Charlotte's Web? That's my favorite!!! ...I hate spiders...I love spiders... Spiders? That's too funny... I have this spider story... I squashed one once and a million little spiders came out all over...

Yep! We all all seem to have a story. 'Cuz we're all connected!!! In our own spider silk... on this 'Web of Life'... Now you already now the ending  lol!

So tell me, Gary; where did this idea came from??? Why the spider?

What... How... When... Where... If...

Ya... that makes sense... never quite saw it that way...

Yes... we ARE all connected. I soooo get that! How cool you're doing this...

"Thank you so much for the ride!" No...Thank you!



It didn't really start that way, though.

Curious about all the media coverage surrounding co-founder Travis Kalanick and the 'UBER' movement, I began looking into just what the service and the company were really about. Ever-attracted to the 'innovation' process and provoked by the 'disruptive' paradox of change, I figured the best way to check this out was to get behind the wheel of the movement. That I did. Literally.

I downloaded the driver APP and applied for an UBER Partnership. They refer to their drivers as 'Partners'. You, in fact, work for yourself as an independent contractor with rights to the APP if you qualify, clear the background checks (took 5 days) and then maintain a very high level of performance. (I'm maintaining a 4.9 or higher; water and mints help set the standard.)

The peer-to-peer thing drives all aspects of UBER. Drivers are scored after each ride. Riders are scored by the drivers after each ride. When you make an inquiry to a UBER support staff, the interaction is rated. It's all about getting the 5 Stars. That's the Gold rating.

Driven by the technology and the APP, you need to get somewhere... I'm willing to take you there; safely and efficiently (and yes; fully insured), we connect and collaborate. I receive a compensation for my effort. That's the premise.

Efficient, clean and direct.

I liked how it connected with me and the 'Nature' approach I was taking with my SpiderLogic precepts.

In nature, what does not contribute is eliminated. To flourish, a thing must be productive. For many struggling with success in life, the relationship and understanding between Productivity and Prosperity has been lost.

Contribute or be eliminated? In business, this has been too often prevented by powerful unions, monopolies and corruption. The UBER approach resonated with me. More than I had anticipated... It's slicing through a complacent industry that got lazy and forgot to keep the client front and center in the equation.

Here is a model where technology is actually supporting human interaction. I quickly experienced a certain expectation of this and it self-fulfilled almost every ride. Much different than a 'Cab' ride...  Big-time.

If not perfect, the UBER concept illuminated for me, the next evolution of a part of our capitalistic economy; one which is more direct, takes out of the middle what does not belong and or contribute and deals with the human element as a priority rather than an option or perk.. Fair compensation in both directions. Integrity, authenticity and a sense of working together. I don't see this as socialism per se but rather, a further integration of technology/science and spirit into our economic model.

A better 'Intersection', like Steve Jobs would often refer to, where...

We're all connected.

Idealistic? Yes.

APPS with a heart and a brain and some courage?

Hmmm... Tried before you ponder?

Maybe.

Maybe Somewhere...

Somewhere UBER the Rainbow?

We've been blown a long way since bikes with baskets, broom-sticks...

And balloon rides back to Kansas.

The 'Most Magnificent and Wonderful' of APPS remains the same, however.

It will 'transport' you to where your inner-desire leads you.



(Courtesy oz.wikia.com)

The 'Ruby Slippers' are really (still)
 in your Heart...



 

 

Somewhere UBER the Rainbow...

 

 

 

...way up high...

There's an APP that I heard of

Once in a lullaby

 

Somewhere over the rainbow

APPzzz are blue

and the dreams that your APP can dream

really do come true

 

Someday I'll wish upon an APP

and wake up where the clouds

will captivate 

me

 

 

 

Where troubles melt like lemon-drops

a way above the Sat Dish tops

that's where you'll find me

 

Somewhere over the rainbow

blue APPzzz fly

 

 

 

APPzzz fly over the rainbow

why then oh why

can't I?

 

If techie little blue APPzzz fly

beyond the rainbow

why oh why

can't I?

 

Why?

 

 

 

That's why...

 

(Courtesy; syracuserocks.wordpress.com)

 

We're off to see the Wizard...

The wonderful Wizard of APPzzz...

 

We hear there is an APP of an APP

If ever an APP there was

 

If ever oh ever an APP there was

The Wizard of APPzzz has one

because

 

because

because

because

because

because...

Because of the wonderful APPzzz

he does

 

We're off to see the Wizard

The wonderful Wizard of APPzzz

 

Why?

 

(Courtesy: pyxurz.BlogSpot.com)

 

So;

'I would not be just a nothin'

my head all full of stuffin'

my heart all full of pain

 

I would dance

and be merry

life would be a dinga-derry'

If I only had a BRAIN....

 

 

 

 

(Courtesy; limereviews.blogspot.com)

 

So;

'when a man's an empty kettle

he should be on his mettle

and yet im torn apart

just because im presuming

I could be kinda human'

If I only had a HEART...

 

 

 

(Courtesy; hearingelmo.wordpress.com)

 

So;

'what makes the dawn come up like thunder

what makes the hotsy-tot so hot

what puts the APP in APPricot?

What have they got

that I don't got???'

 

(It not the APP in APPricot!)

 

Try

COURAGE...

You can say that a lot

 

COURAGE.

 

 

So;

When you muster

what you truly need

 

Thrice click your heels

and take the lead

 

For Auntie Em

And Toto

too

 

Just tap the APP

from Oz

for

You...

 

And Remember:

 

(Courtesy; fanpop.com)

 

There's no place like home...

 

There's no place like home...

 

There's no place like home!

 

 

 

 

'Oh Auntie Em...'

 

 

And I still love you, Dorothy (Judy).