Thanks for bringing this thread back around Sue. Elvis was so specially touched by God's hands that even in his saddest times, he was still able to bring the world so much joy!!! A truly amazing, remarkable man!! I really feel like God placed so many blessings upon the world on January 8, 1935 and we're still being blessed to this day.

That conversation almost hurts to read. It made me feel helpless. I am always out there to try and soothe the wounded souls of those who can't find anything possitive in their day. I have been there and know what it feels like to be in a room full of people and feel like the loneliest person in the world, so I try to do what I can. I totally understand that type of loneliness, not only because I have been there myself, but because I at times put myself there in thinking that nobody understands me anyway. It's a catch twenty-two. On one hand I am very outgoing, but on the other hand I can feel so lonely. I can sort of relate to how Elvis felt. Not in the way of his personal experiences, but by feeling misunderstood my self.

Some people think I am a phoney because I try to be a nice person. They think I am up to something. I find myself explaining that I am doing whatever I am for someone just because I want to and that I don't expect anything in return. In a way it's a selfish way of being because the more I do for people the happier I feel, so we both gain by it. I get huge endorphin rushes by being nice and going out of my way for people. It just plain old makes me feel good to be good to people. That's the bottom line. Maybe, Elvis was the same way. He loved the rush being kind gave him. I love the look on someone's face when I do something nice or give them something they have wanted. On the other hand, I feel very depressed around greedy and selfish people. I run the other way if possible. Poor Elvis realized towards the end that some of the people around him were greedy, selfish and didn't appreciate him one bit, but he was just so dog gone tired and had no more fight in him to change things. That bothers me so much. It reduces me to tears. He knew what was up with people because he saw it with his own eyes and he also had a keen intuition. I know instantly when I meet someone if they are a good human being or not. It's almost as if there is some type of forcefield that I can feel. The hair on the back of my neck stands up and I get goosebumps. I trust that feeling. I have a feeling that later in his life Elvis had this sense too. Could this be part of the reason why he holed up in his suite at Graceland in the last few years of his life when he was home? It's almost as tho he had no choice but to cast his pearls before swine because he was just sooo tired and didn't want to hurt anyone. He was so physically sick too. That will beat anyone down. When I don't feel good I just don't want to move, nevermind make decisions, work and entertain a groveling bunch of buffoons who are my employee/friends. I can't imagine having most of them around me knowing they don't give a damn about my soul, my essence and my feelings. What a constitution he must have had.

He had the most beautiful voice in the world, but was voiceless. He had the looks that even grown men were jealous of, yet he had such ugliness that surrounded him (some employee's) and he had a heart the size of infinite space and yet it was filled with lonliness and so much pain caused by others. He knew hundreds of thousands of people, but was sooo alone. I almost can't bear to try and put myself in his sense of feeling in the last years of his life. I almost feel literal pain and such a heaviness upon my chest thinking about it. He did not deserve it of all people and I being a person who loves to feel helpful to others like he did feel so weighed down and desperately sad feeling this way. I just want to go back in time, be with him and protect him from all the people who so took advantage of his kindness and generosity. (Huge Sigh) I guess karma will do my bidding for me.

You know Laura, what is so Very Special about how Elvis seen People is that he always Looked beyond their Faults. Even if they said or did anything to Hurt Him, he at first would be Angry but if those same people needed anything. Someone to talk to or to just Listen, and if they needed any kind of Help Financially and if Elvis knew about it. He would try and do everything in his Power to Help, and be there for these people. To me if that doesn't show how Elvis tried to do want he knew the Lord expected of him, to do and if this doesn't show how Elvis tried to live as the Bible and the Lord said to live then Nothing Else well.

You are right again FairyTale. He puts me to shame with his forgivness. He was a much bigger man than I am a woman in that respect. I am forgiving to a point, but I can also be very stubborn and hardheaded when I see people hurting others. I wish I understood the bible like he did. I have always found it so hard to read. I was brought up a catholic, but now I consider myself a non denominational christian. The catholic religion has always confused me. It may have been nice to have been brought up in a church like his. It seems they REALLY taught their parishioners what was in the bible, not just bits and pieces.

Yesterday, I was reading a post by Wanda where she is talking about sitting with Elvis and others while he is preaching. I was so awed by that. I could almost picture myself there with that group of women. I long for that kind of understanding. I know what I believe and have always felt a closeness with my Lord God, but it feels like a lot of the puzzle pieces are missing.

What a beautiful human being he really was.

Rainbow Light, that is so lovely. I am glad you posted it. I am glad that the Lord knows what in my heart and soul. That way, he knows how much I love and cherish him.

You know Laura, what is so Very Special about how Elvis seen People is that he always Looked beyond their Faults. Even if they said or did anything to Hurt Him, he at first would be Angry but if those same people needed anything. Someone to talk to or to just Listen, and if they needed any kind of Help Financially and if Elvis knew about it. He would try and do everything in his Power to Help, and be there for these people. To me if that doesn't show how Elvis tried to do want he knew the Lord expected of him, to do and if this doesn't show how Elvis tried to live as the Bible and the Lord said to live then Nothing Else well.[/quote]

You know Laura, what is so Very Special about how Elvis seen People is that he always Looked beyond their Faults. Even if they said or did anything to Hurt him, he at first would be Angry but if those same people needed anything. Someone to talk to or to just Listen, and if they needed any kind of Help Financially and if Elvis knew about it. He would try and do everything in his Power to Help, and be there for these people. To me if that doesn't show how Elvis tried to do want he knew the Lord expected of him, to do and if this doesn't show how Elvis tried to live as the Bible and the Lord said to live then Nothing Else well.[/quote]

You're so right, Fairytale/Rose-Lyn!!

Thank You Crystal Rose, and I'm so Happy I Wrote those Words!

So am I, dear angel!