I was there a few days ago. At this beautiful church named after an Indian tribe called "Seneca Cayuga". It is an old church and burial ground. It has a feeling of resting in peace. I was there last summer hired to take wedding pics. I go there once in awhile when I feel the need to connect with heaven in some way. It gives me the feeling that someone is right there listening to my thoughts. Its right on the lake too. I watched the bald eagles flying without a care in the world. And I wondered did they know how they had added to the serenity I find there.
It was a sad day for me. I was feeling down and out. All of my own making of course. "They" say (whoever THEY are) that no one else can "make" you feel anyway. We feel how WE feel. I say BULLSHIT! He said something that made me cry! It's an emotion. I can't just decide to not cry. I can however decide how long I will cry. And how long I will be pissed off about it. This day I chose to wallow in it for a few hours. Then with the amazement of the three eagles and their nest across the lake and my phone ringing non stop I decided I could continue to live. Someone cared the phone was a sure sign of that. Along with the combination of the Seneca Cayuga spirits and dancing eagles I would not be joining the dead anytime soon.
Graveyards are a peaceful place. Only I always feel like someone is watching me when I'm in one. My favorite place is a little spot up Buckskin Gulch, near the Paris Mill. I sit back in the trees, and listen to the wind whisper through the leaves and pine needles. I always think I can hear the ancients sharing their dreams. I know, kind of weird, but what can I say.
ReplyDeleteGlad you decided you didn't want to live there! I don't care what "they" say, other people can make you "feel" one way or another. Perhaps its their actions that have an affect on your emotions, I'm not sure which.
Yeah a comment too! I love it Thank you Eric!
ReplyDeleteI know the Buckskin Gulch Graveyard too! I like it. Do you know the "Harps" I think it is, headstone made of two big hearts? I used to get drunk there and turn up the music and say "dead people want a rock too!" I was bad!
ReplyDeleteI know that head stone, LOL, I can see you doing that.
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