Well said, as usual, little brother. I have a STRONG SUSPICION his story will be an inspiration for a lot of people who are thinking there is no hope for them....

Well said,b!X. As another who has no time for superstition, I have often marveled at how A god can be so kind and gets applause and kudos for a miracle but nothing said of the multitudes that are killed, maimed, or ravished by disease, all god-fearing people. Being a jazz lover, his music never touched me.

Protect me Lord! I have entered the atheists den!

Hat tip to Curtis, The Oregonian & Fireman Randy.

B!x- I think you raise a legitimate point.

However, we do not have enough good examples in our world of what it means to live a life of true spirituality including living by the tenets of the "Golden Rule". Curtis Salgado is one of only a handful of people living or dead I can readily name.

Few people, in my experience, exemplify living a life of faith more than does Curtis Salgado since he entered recovery back in the 80's. It is my belief that anyone who lives by the faith and tenets that Curtis does draws to them healing energy.

Call that faith God, a higher power or whatever you want. However, I do believe that living a life that includes serving others, contemplation, humility and finding guidance from a higher power -as does Curtis Salgado- allows one to tap into an energy that provides comfort, wisdom and healing.

While the Oregonian article did not delve into Curtis's faith, many of us in the community know of Curtis's "good works" over the past twenty plus years.

Some of us are inspired to be better people because of Curtis's example.

Kiss- Please see Carla's comment on this post @ Loaded Orygun...6 down from the top.

Curtis is a kick-ass bluesman and it's great news that there'll be more music. I got to see him at Lefty's in Salem, a small venue, great stuff for a small town boy like me.

Randy, I don't need to Google to find how small you are. I am surprised that you would proclaim a higher order than yourself.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/10/health/psychology/10essa.html?ei=5087%0A&em=&en=4f1769ca137bbc73&ex=1161057600&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1160936859-0DtUZdOX5hDiVFb0PwjqyA

Essay Friends for Life: An Emerging Biology of Emotional Healing

By DANIEL GOLEMAN Published: October 10, 2006

A dear friend has been battling cancer for a decade or more. Through a grinding mix of chemotherapy, radiation and all the other necessary indignities of oncology, he has lived on, despite dire prognoses to the contrary. ... Though no one could ever prove it, I suspect that one of many ingredients in his longevity has been this flow of people who love him. Research on the link between relationships and physical health has established that people with rich personal networks — who are married, have close family and friends, are active in social and religious groups — recover more quickly from disease and live longer. But now the emerging field of social neuroscience, the study of how people’s brains entrain as they interact, adds a missing piece to that data. The most significant finding was the discovery of “mirror neurons,” a widely dispersed class of brain cells that operate like neural WiFi. Mirror neurons track the emotional flow, movement and even intentions of the person we are with, and replicate this sensed state in our own brain by stirring in our brain the same areas active in the other person.

Some there are, Randy, whose rabid fears rabbit ears do not tune to the social channels radiant around us.

God is dead, there is no God, but the spirit lives on. It is Becoming, a war of terminology.

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