Opinions and Thoughts of LightHouse Dann Verner - Just as he is!

As I sat this beautiful day with my beautiful sister Chorkies, Miss Pringles and Miss Ruffles   Miss Pringles Miss Ruffles I reminisced about my personalities.   I am in no way saying I am schizophrenic.  (Although I  could very well be.) I am referring to the various ' me's '  we all have. The at work me. The retired me. The going shopping me. The friend me. The tough me. The gentle me. But, neither do I know the ' me' that you know as ' me'. I am - to me - all the 'me' I be. This is the 'ME' I see Yet, each new morning I start the quest to be a better me. I try to love for I want  love. I try to smile for I want a smile.  I give a hug for I want a hug. I tell a humorous tale for I want a humorous tale.  I try not to judge, but I have been judged.  I try not to hurt, but I have been hurt.  I try not to lie, but I have been told lies....

Imagine if you thought today was actually tomorrow and then realized it was actually yesterday. Confusing pondering for sure. Such is my mindset when I gaze upon modern society. I am dumbfounded as to why the vast majority either sees not or chooses not to show concern. Whatever happened to love thy neighbour? Whatever became of lending a helping hand? Where has honour above all dispersed to? I look at the world we have created for my sons and I worry.  I worry that they will mature with the mindsets that violence happens, marriages are disposable and respect is a fable.  So, every night I drift into R.E.M. with a kaleidoscope of fears and anxieties dancing through the windmills of my mind. And I worry for my babies. I am frightened for what they may have to experience in their adulthood's because we, the priors, had no sensibility. Do you worry? Do you have the moxy to change what we have instilled into the id of our youth? Me thinks we best get ...

So, touchy subject, 'SUICIDE' - I do believe you all may have heard of this quirky little characteristic you humans have. This evening, after a few accidental shots of good old old Wray & Nephew combined with the cancer meds, my lust for kush weed and the newly acquired pneumonia meds. (Yes folks on top of everything else I now have pneumonia - I had a different one in the sixties behind the high school - she spelt her name"Knew Moanforya - just saying) Ok, come on here - damn - suicide is a serious thing!!!!!! ' I know this as fact - I actually did kill myself before and was brought back by two burly EMS angels and a divine misconception or maybe intervention.'    You can read briefly about it in my previously published : "I COMMITTED SUICIDE ONCE" http://dannverner.blogspot.com/2008/07/i-committed-suicide-once.html?spref=bl Now, what brought me to sit and dance on these keys this fine evening was a...

SOMETIMES Sometimes we live. Sometimes we die. Sometimes we give. Sometimes we cry. Sometimes we stand to live. Sometimes we sit to die. Eight times I did live. Seven times I did die. This time I live and worry. This time I stand and pray. This time from Death I scurry. This time I wish for a new day. Today I ponder. Today I shake. Today I wonder........ does my soul they “take”. It is to be decided by your Gods, and Shake.

Milli Vanilli Was Not The Worst So, we all know what is happening on this gorgeous planet. We all say things have to change. We all pledge to assist in saving the Earth. Then, we all jump into an over horse-powered vehicle, attend the drive through at Tim Horton's, light a cigarette and scratch the itch that damn polyester sweater gave us. Wonder what is up with that? This old LightHouse has some good news and some bad news for you all. The good news being that no matter how much damage we cause Earth Mother, no matter how much garbage we dump into Her ocean's, no matter how many chemicals we spew into Her air – She shall repair herself. She does not need us to assist Her in cleansing Herself. Earth Mother knows what She is doing. She was doing this long before we decided we are the superior ones. She has cleansed before. The Ice Age, The Dark Age, The Black Plague, Smallpox, Earth quakes, Tsunami's, The GREAT Flood, Pompeii, Milli Vanilli an...

LGBT Pride or Pride In General OK, here we go ........  Firstly, I am not homophobic. Secondly, I take pride in living a life that serves as a role model for others. It is getting to the point whereas I am almost convinced to stop watching my television.  For many months I watched and listened as City Hall spent more time trying to dethrone the Mayor, other then running our beautiful city. This media ruckus still continues, but, alas, like everyone else I have grown immune to it.  Now, God Bless those trustee's that had the courage to begin the discussion concerning the nudity at the Pride Parade. This is a topic that can be very volatile and biased.  Personally, I expect a lot of angry feedback from what I am about to author. I have lived on this planet for fifty-six and a half years, of which I have spent thirty-four of as a resident of Toronto. I have NEVER approved of the Pride Parade. Like our Mayor, I have never, nor shall I ever, attend such. No...

Here is a little Facebook status that I just had to re-post because it needed to be said. I am not homophobic - I am simply stating that an International or, actually, any sporting or entertainment venue is not the place nor the time to do such things. Stealing the spotlight does not do well for striking your mark................ Quote: "When did the Olympics become a sexual thing? I refuse to watch them because I am SO SO sick hearing about the rainbow shit. Where are the heterosexual flags OR BETTER YET - LET'S MAKE SPORTS ABOUT SPORT AND NOT WHO IS SCREWING WHO. SO SICK OF THIS PRIDE SHIT, GETS OLD AFTER A WHILE. FIRST CANADA DAY, NOW THE OLYMPICS. THERE IS A TIME AND PLACE FOR EVERYTHING. WE DON'T EVEN HAVE A STRAIGHT PRIDE DAY! NOW WHOEVER WANTS CAN GET AS MAD AS THEY WANT, BUT I AM SICK OF IT TAKING OVER ALL SOCIAL AND SPORT MEDIUMS." "no offence meant for any body - my beef is where and how they are doing it. It steals the spotlight from the games t...

Reminiscence   – yes, do it! For within our past lays what is within our future.  We learn from our days gone by – be it good or not so good – life lessons for the wandering soul, the stay at home persona and the youth on the grow. You humans are flawed and this is a trait best served on the platter of knowledge with a side order of “Now I knows”. Who has not gained experience from hindsight? Who has not risen after falling into the murky waters of “Oops!” In my half century plus upon this Atomic Mother Earth, I have fallen, crashed & burned, swallowed the acrid waters of defeat, wallowed in the churning pools of success and danced within the jaws of Satan himself . Many an occasion have I believed my end had finally arrived, (as it did seven times), only to discover that although I danced in His jaws, I walked with The Original Hippie, or as you humans have named him, the Son of God.  I am not a ‘holy’ man by any means. I have a belief in The...

Humans are violent by genetics - left overs from the hunting & gathering era's. Unfortunately our world and technology has evolved beyond the human minds capability to really understand what we have created and what we have become. We are still but infants in the universes. Although we have the intelligence to create all this technology and cities, etc. we have not evolved far enough as a species to control human behaviorism and honestly comprehend what technology is doing to our society, We need to backtrack a bit and bring back some of the old 'proven' ways of society. Discipline and respect are being lost in the hustle and bustle of just attempting to live in this fast paced society. Our youth need the guidance of "The Elders" and the wisdom that follows it. Severe crimes need very severe sentencing. Many will disagree with this point, but having lived on the streets since the age of twelve (43 years ago) I can honestly say that many o...

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“When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me. Speaking words of wisdom, let it be.” Five out of the seven times I have been legally dead I encountered my mother, Mary. What is so coincidentally strange about this is that all my life – since the very first time I heard Let It Be, I always shed a tear as soon as the first chord was played. I was twelve when I first met my mother. Then ten years later I met her for the second time, only to lose her the next year via murder at the hands of her alcoholic knife wielding boyfriend. As devastating as this was, my life was changed that day ……. the horrific reality of watching Mom lay in intensive care carved up like a suckling pig drove all the violence from my soul.  The Creators work in mysterious ways.  It was then that I decided to change my lifestyle. A laying down of arms, so-to-speak. Looking back I now know that this was the birth of The LightHouse – Walking With Dann. Although, I was ...

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Above the clouds there is always Light. As in everyday life, the darkness is obliterated by the essence of Light. The only catch being that you must allow for the brilliance to shine through. Do not be held captive by the doom of gloom or the actions that cannot be controlled. The essence of life is exactly that - an essence. If you do not put the potpourri in the vessel then how will you be able to benefit from it's sweet aroma? Grab your life by the testicles and give it a gentle squeeze, a reminder that you are an energy, a Light, a persona and most of all, "One piece of a much greater Light." I squeezed mine today, now you go squeeze yours. It reminded me that although it is raining on this physical plain, the Light shines brightly above the clouds. Peace, my friends, peace, for in peace how can we not be so blessed?

I have touched and I have been touched - not in the physical sense, but rather, in the spiritual sense. Touches can be more then a hands on affair - they can move your soul, guide your LIGHT or simply make you feel the love others have towards you. As your touch can do this upon others. I touch people constantly. Sometimes it is through the axis of astral traveling, other times it via person to person contact and even other times it is as simple as sending my beam of LIGHT and LOVE their way. I am touching you now as you read my words and I pray that this touch moves you into a happier existence. That is my purpose - that is what the Cosmic Muffin or who-so-ever you perceive your Creator has asked of me. Reach out people - reach far and wide and let others bathe in that Light that is you. Do not hesitate for they who hesitate fail in their quest. Love is a universal language and love is very easily expressed - just speak the words "I LOVE YOU!". They will be heard. There are...