GRATITUDE~29

~Faith is defined by a grateful heart beating with the strength of unconditional love~

“Let us show him our reverence for life.”AHHHH FORTY FOUR

Watch, learn, love.

Michael Jackson

I have begun to wonder…have I discovered that the blessing of channeling reveals itself most clearly when flames are licking at my feet?  Crashing, with a feeling that I can handle no more, am I truly at the place where my mind is completely open?ahhhh forty two

~Nothing good ever comes easy

All good things come in due time

You gotta find something to believe in

I’m telling you to OPEN YOUR MIND

Gotta put your heart on the line~

Michael

Last night I dreamed in prose.  Thoughts came flooding and my mind swam in beautiful language.  For the briefest of moments, I felt Michael’s power to channel, a gift that resulted in astounding music destined to change the world.  Michael Jackson had a photographic musical mind and with this rare gift, he remembered his dreams, entire songs appearing, ready to be danced out into the world.  His massive catalog of music spoke of human struggles, journeys that led to collective empowerment.  He chose  to travel the world and personally see its beauty and its suffering.  Inspiration came from both, and unparalleled artistry followed.  His heart…wounded and perfect, his geniusahhhh forty one mind open wide in wonder.  The magic of the Creator’s pen can only be heard when our senses live keenly in life…times of desperation, anger, frustration…times when we cannot see…sparkling times when we are alive in joyful wonderments…dark times when we feel the weight of faith crisis, hours of hopelessness that seem to have no end.  Walking through fire many, MANY times, Michael moved his depths of despair forward, expressing human thought which gave universal meaning.

With great strength and bravery, Michael stood up after each and every blow, fueled.  Gratitude and humility in perfect unison with his mantra:  Make love your weapon against any evil.ahhhh twenty nine

Life for my family has once again presented a series of difficult medical challenges, and with those challenges, I have found myself moving from fear to anger to despair…all very human reactions, briefly healthy but, dangerous if allowed to paralyze…miraculous when inspiring channeling in my dreams.  The challenges have brought doubt in the adage:  ~We will never be given more than we can handle~  But, when I have been allowed to take a breath, my mindomg eight has opened and I rediscover my pen.  Just as Michael felt great pain when seeing suffering, pain comes to me when I see my husband suffer.  Great love brings with it both immense joy and profound sadness.  The gratitude that strengthens faith allows us to love unconditionally and, survive it!jesus

My gift to YOU, Dear Friends, is to share the gift channeled to me…deep gratitude for the privilege of being a part of this loving and potent Michael Jackson Community of Love.  Michael has changed our lives.  Our privilege comes in sharing what we have learned with the world.  Thank you for taking so much time to visit CHOSEN VOICES each day.  Thank you for taking time to share so generously your wisdom and creativity in prose and poetry and painting…great thoughts that inspire me to continue.  Thank you for sharing articles in our effort to educate the world.  We have, TOGETHER, PAID MICHAEL FORWARD, with great enthusiasm…this month marking our 29th month anniversary.

~Gotta put your heart on the line if you wanna make it right

You’ve gotta reach out and try

Gotta put your heart on the line if you wanna get it rightmagic michael four

Gotta put it all on the line~

We are here to put our hearts on the line…marching and dancing and singing and educating alongside Michael.

~And, when our minds are truly open, channeling Michael to the world~

I love you, Michael!sexy performance three

I love you, Dear Friends!

Jude

 

ON THE LINE

NO SENSE PRETENDING IT’S OVER

HARD TIMES JUST DON’T GO AWAYBRUNEI THREE

YOU GOTTA TAKE THAT CHIP OFF YOUR SHOULDER

IT’S TIME YOU OPENED UP, HAVE SOME FAITH

NOTHING GOOD EVER COMES EASY

ALL GOOD THINGS COME IN DUE TIME, YES IT DOES

YOU GOTTA HAVE SOMETHING TO BELIEVE IN

I’M TELLING YOU TO OPEN YOUR MINDTHE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL THREE

GOTTA PUT YOUR HEART ON THE LINE

IF YOU WANNA MAKE IT RIGHT

YOU’VE GOT TO REACH OUT AND TRY

GOTTA PUT YOUR HEART ON THE LINE

IF YOU WANNA MAKE IT RIGHT

GOTTA PUT IT ALL ON THE LINE

Michael Jackson

Crazy stories that people have created, things I want to set straight in this interview…I want to set the record straight.  That when people hear lies long enough, people believe it.  People have lied on me.  I am a Black American, I am proud of it, I am honored by it.  The bleached skin rumor, which is a rumor.  I don’t bleach my skin.  I am not gay.  Don’t judge a person unless you have spoken to them one on one.  Jesus said to love the children, be…innocent, be GONE TOO SOON FOURpure, be honorable.  He was talking to his apostles, Who is the greatest among them?  Whoever is humbled like this child, is the greatest among us.  He always surrounded himself with children.  I was raised to believe and to be like that and to imitate that.”

Michael Jackson

In our name, and behind our backs, tabloid media has sustained an erosion of our liberties.  Time and time again, lies have been presented as truth, reality altered beyond recognition.  With no guard on the sword, the blade has been sharpened through repeated use, absent an outraged public.  It has been referred to as the “dumbing down” of minds.  We passively take it all in, digest its fodder, and subliminally believe it.  At least, that is what powerful media groups and talking heads hope.  The lack of professionalism and ethical conduct make subverting real journalism easy.  We in the Michael Jackson Community feel the assault daily.  Our anguish grows when we remember that Michael was viciously attacked for ANGEL MAN THREEdecades.  We feel a profoundness of injustice, knowing Michael’s children must live in this environment.  Beyond that, the double standard…that is, how we treat people and how we treat Michael, hardens the blows.

“Instead of supporting Michael Jackson and his friends in this gigantic task to do something  to heal  the world, the media have pounced on his person with speculations and sensationalism.  For decades we were supplied with the ego trips of reporters.  While pure journalism means communication of facts, many reporters make their money with speculations.  Facts are mostly boring as shit.  With facts there is not much money earned and one cannot inflate one’s ego.  Only reports which produce an outcry of the whole nation sell well.  The sentence, ‘Michael Jackson has had an operation because his nose bone was broken,’ has no worth as news.  Nobody is interested in something like that.  There has to be invented something more so that the sanctimonious can be indignant, disgusted, and cry loud, ‘Ugh,’ or ‘Baah,’ like sheep.brunei two

We need stories and tales to take our minds off things.  And to make the story believable also for the non-believers, experts are brought in.  These experts are on their own ego trip and don’t want to disappear again too quickly from the spotlight.  That means that they need a story:  ‘Michael Jackson’s nose is starting to crumble away.’  Wow, I need to know more about that, quickly buying a journal.  What is written therein?  Some suppositions, some assumptions, some banalities, and for every common sense item only bullshit.  Some pictures added so that everyone can see it.  Have you already heard about photo montages?  And already the chumps have their darling boyproof.  Michael called it ‘TRASH’…

Everyone who knew him better, because of personal knowledge or by doing research, can only laugh in the face of such stories.  But the money is already rolling in and the reader has paid dearly for the trash.  Have you heard about picture manipulation in the digital age?  Michael has warned all of us:  ‘It’s trash, don’t buy trash.'”  FROM KING OF be still my heart today fivePOP TO MAHATMA  JOURNEY OF A GREAT SOUL  Margott Schuerings

Taken a step further, live broadcast isn’t really LIVE.  It is manipulated, apportioned…presented in a twisted manner.  The viewer thinks he is getting the complete coverage…but, GUESS WHAT?

We are faced with a choice.  Do we become actively involved to create change in public perception?  Do we spend our money to see what it is that tabloids are saying about Michael?  Do we write articles, share information with MJ Communities?  And, when do we decide enough is enough?  When do we change from being pulled down into the mud and, instead, educate the world.  When do we change our direction and work actively to birth Michael’s messages?  These are tough questions.  Each of us brings a set of unique gifts and talents, giving authentic credibility to cause.bubbles six

Whenever I am in doubt, I turn to Michael for answers.  He was very clear about not feeding the beast.  He was very clear about message.  And, he knew that he could depend on his Fans to make change in the world.  He gave little time and energy to trash.  When he felt it necessary to set the record straight, he gave an interview, he created a lyric.  Getting it wrong time and time again, the media and haters, with limited knowledge, hidden agendas and low-ceiling imaginations, interpreted Michael’s artistry in a single dimension.  The truth is, EVERYTHING Michael created inspired global discussion.  He forever reminded us to take great care with age old individual rights.  He was passionate about the welfare of children.  His heart was on the line, every minute, of every day, of every year, of his all-too-short life.loving children

If money is what keeps tabloid trash in business, then, our choice is easy.  DON’T BUY IT!  DON’T CLICK ON IT!  DON’T WATCH IT!  However, that is not enough.  The next step is to EDUCATE THE WORLD WITH THE TRUTH.  I really believe that with all my heart.

Those who hate are at a great disadvantage.  Their mission is to destroy.  Beyond that, they have nothing to hold onto.  There is no heart in it…therefore their hearts are not on  the line.  Ours is a journey of LOVE.  WE KNOW WHAT WE KNOW.  “WE HAVE THE TRUTH…this is our mission to see it through.  This is our planet, you’re one of us.ANGEL MAN TWO  We’re sending out a major love, and this is our message to you.  The planets are lining up, bringing brighter days…they’re all in line, waiting for you…YOU’RE JUST ANOTHER PART OF ME.”  That ME is Michael.  Each day we have choices to make in our efforts to actively defend Michael…AND, to heal  our world and make it a better place.man in the mirror performance

“Believe in yourself.  You can be no one else but yourself.  It’s all about love.  L.O.V.E.”

We love you, Michael Jackson

Jude

MICHAEL IS HERE…to prevent our SOUL LOSS

“If we are to teach real peace in the world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children.”

Gandhiamazing

“Michael made this His life’s work.”

Elizabeth Michelle Billeaudeaux

“I’ll tell you…because with pain and the arrows that people have shot at me, nobody else would have been able to take it.  They would have probably committed suicide by now…they would have become a drunk.  Because they have been very cruel and rude to me, and if they don’t think I hear it and see it…I DO. I DO!  It’s been the children…I am holding on for them or else I wouldn’t have madeHANDSOME MAN ALWAYS it.  God gave me a mission…I feel…to do something, and they (the children) have given me the support and the belief and the love to hold on…hold on.  It’s like God saying, ‘Michael, everything will be okay!’ when I look into the eyes of children.”

Michael Jackson

“When you want to be close to me, listen to my music.  The love is stored there.”  Repeated journeys into Michael’s music helps nourish my mission, and defines the topography of the path that lies ahead.  Each song holds stories that trigger my emotions, uplifting my soul and offering creative possibilities. Often spending hours at the page, I need to remember that the well needs refilling and Michael’s sounds provide a nourishing clarity, his dances feed my inner spirit.  I discover unexplored terrain, learning moment by moment.  The truth is waiting COOLas the magic happens.

Last evening, the glimpses and flashes of genius came in the form of Michael’s Ultimate Collection CD #3.  Settling into the passions of YOU ARE NOT ALONE, STRANGER IN MOSCOW AND CHILDHOOD, the wonder of ON THE LINE awakened a beautiful memory.  I have to say that among the turning points on this spectacular journey I have chosen to take, ON THE LINE brings back a vivid memory of me listening to the song and then saying out loud to myself…”Okay, Jude, it is time to ACT!”   It was my startingSHY MAN point for MICHAELJACKSONCHOSENVOICES.

NO SENSE PRETENDING IT’S OVER

HARD TIMES JUST DON’T GO AWAY

YOU GOTTA TAKE THAT CHIP OFF YOUR SHOULDER

IT’S TIME TO OPEN UP AND HAVE SOME FAITHPRINCE CHARMING

NOTHING GOOD EVER COMES EASY

ALL GOOD THINGS COME IN DUE TIME

YOU GOTTA HAVE SOMETHING TO BELIEVE INamazing six

I’M TELLING YOU TO OPEN YOUR MIND

GOTTA PUT YOUR HEART ON THE LINE

IF YOU WANNA MAKE IT RIGHT

YOU’VE GOT TO REACH OUT AND TRY

GOTTA PUT YOUR HEART ON THE LINE

IF YOU WANNA GET IT RIGHT

GOTTA PUT IT ALL ON THE LINE

YOU SEE YOURSELF IN THE MIRROR

AND YOU DON’T LIKE WHAT YOU SEEamazing five

AND THINGS AREN’T GETTING MUCH CLEARER

DON’T YOU THINK IT’S TIME TO GO FOR A CHANGE

DON’T WASTE YOUR TIME ON THE PAST

IT’S TIME TO LOOK TO THE FUTURE

IT’S ALL RIGHT THERE IF YOU ASK

THIS TIME IF YOU TRY MUCH HARDER

YOU’LL BE THE BEST THAT YOU CAN BE

GOTTA PUT YOUR HEART ON THE LINEBE STILL MY HEART TODAY THREE

Michael’s words inspired me to begin to act for justice and truth, to become involved in efforts to help save the children, to rescue them, to reach out for animals’ safety and the planet’s ecology.  This is a part of my story…this is a part of all of our stories.  An unbreakable bond exists as we learn Michael truths.  Through his own suffering and vulnerability, we come to terms with our own.   Learning and listening to Michael, we become better people.   Michael called it a great adventure.

WATCH, LEARN, LOVEheal the world performance  four

“SOUL IS THE MOST PRECIOUS THING YOU CAN SHARE BECAUSE YOU’RE SHARING YOURSELF AND THE WORLD NEEDS THAT GIFT NOW MORE THAN EVER.”

Michael Jackson

“To give someone a piece of your heart is worth more than all the wealth in the world.”  Michael taught us that.  This time if we try much harder…we’ll be the best that we can be.  Putting our hearts on the line, we move into a brighter tomorrow.

Thank you, Michael, for being our inspiration and our hope.  We love you now and beautiful beyond threeforever.

Jude