Touched-up, down! Re: Readiness, Angelic-types👍👎s 

Before and After...Time: We, even in our youth, perhaps while swinging on a swing set, re-gardless of whether soul-y by ourselves or in the friendly company of...and irr-regardless of what we may have been drinking, that fueled our deepest thinking...we contemplated, gazing into the "starry, stary, night..." We have all been there, alone in our own thoughts, perhaps even while in slumber, when we first were awoken (in whatever form, see 12-2-22 here), or in a more re-laxed 'state' (see 12-2 again, for range of state-meants)..."Just what is up there...what is beyond...what was going on around here, well before and what's going to be happening....well, you know...? All the things that we don't..."

Be-yond Comprehension, Touching: The many ways we experience being "touched", even when we could not actually experience it, tangibly, as in "human form", such as a hand shake, fist bump, elbowing...let alone a hug from someone we "hold near and dear"...especially the past few years, until, we started "coming out of this"...collectively, individually (as in "The fog...in my head...finally lifted, I could see a bit more clearly"). But what about those times in life, even if you have not yet experienced it acutely, explicitly, you can at least let your imagination wander, wonder, what it would be like, "in spirit"...to be touched...

"Announcing!" As in "get ready", something, someone grand is about to enter, greet us, come to us with "Breaking news!" ..."but first, a few announcements...from our sponsors" It seems to me, from the vastness of space, to the intimacy or personal...space, that no matter how much nor by whom we are prepped, cautioned, warned, we are never quite ready for "I bring you good news" -- let alone bad. Even from those who might be...

Heavenly Scents: Which are challenging to discern these days, given the haze of scents coming from the kitchen, all those we come to associate with the time of year, "grandma's favorite recipes", handed down from one gen to the next, as well as all the stories, legends, some of which are "real stinkers!" And in the midst of all this, comes a new mist, which has made it more-than-difficult to discern the "real thing" versus imitation, even when we are on the losing end, getting "skunked"! And all this ol-factory inundation starts almost immediately upon being "a-wakened" by various types of folks ostensibly looking out for us, to make sure we were "on time" other-wise did not "miss out". All this, all these sensory signs, signals, scents, to re-Mind us...bring to mind...

"Do I re-ally have a choice?!" When being "tapped" when I myself feel "tapped out"...when an angel comes to me in whatever preferred form or app-arition...they all come out at night, it seems, at least it's what's showing again this time of year, after the un-friendlies of a more hallowed eve, we now have the ones from Christmas past, presents...even some trying to earn their wings...what a "Wonderful Life"! Have you ever tried to re-fute, let alone re-fuse, one...an angel, that is...? That presumes you have recognized them... upon approach, your reproach, dis-approval, or the message, let alone the mission they were about to in-vite you to enjoin them, even if it was to be just a witness...

"How touching, but no thanks" A likely re-sponse, if we are being "'completely honest...trans-parent" ...to any request to be of assistance to such a "great cause"...once again, followed by "should have, could have, would have...I resolve..." Are we re-ally ready for such a thing, even if we can conceive of it, prep for it, for several months...but "ready or not..." 

After, Affects: Once we are touched, finally "touch down!" (on football fields and coming back from space, as Orion is projected to on or around December 11th) we have the lingering effects, strong im-pressions, of "what this was really about" such as in the words brought to us, in writing and in her own voice (after several years spent as a selective mute, due to PTSD)...whose voice, in her own words, were finally returned to us, thankfully, by a teacher, who may be her own "angel in disguise"...from Maya Angelou's "Touched by an Angel" come these words...good news...

"We are weaned from our timidity...in the flush of love's light...it is only love that sets us free..."

"OK, now, I'm finally...ready"....."Really?!"

Next: "Ready to behold-em?" "In a pinch...me, I must be..."