“People do not realize that their perspective of the world is really just a confession of their character.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Hey Thanks Ralph….
Time to Clean the Filter, and not just on the Furnace.
xoxo
j
Ralph Again…
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Uncomplicated Complexity
Get on our A Game.
What if our Complexity is what Makes Us Beautiful?
One Day We Rock.
The Next Day We Hide Under It.
One Day we Purge.
The Next Day we Impulse Buy.
One Day we Slay Dragons.
The Next Day we Are The Dragon.
One Day we Weep from Grief.
The Next Day we Cause It.
One Day we Aspire to be Artists.
The Next Day we Crave Type A Qualities.
One Day we Crave the Zest of Youth.
The Next Day we Crave the Quietness of the Elderly.
Everything about Us is Plastic. Ever Changing. Ever Evolving.
To Me, That’s the Cool Part.
I’ve come to Love My Complexity. We are a Sum of Vibrating Atoms. Ever Changing. So is Everything and Every One Around Us.
So Yes, I can do My Best to Create Order.
But I think for the Most Part, I’ll Just Embrace The Chaos.
I Find It Beautiful.
And You, My Friend Are Beautiful.
xoxo
Idealism is Idolatry
Marriage.
Money.
Health.
Friendships.
Career.
Family.
These are All Blessings. To Be Treasured and Worked at Fervently to Gain the Best from them.
They’re all Finite in the Amount of Pleasure we can Derive from Them.
The Moment I look at Any of Them to Complete Me. Fill the Void. Make Me Happy. Feel like I’ve Arrived…
I’ve entered into Idolatry.
Here’s to Enjoying all of Life Blessings. Here’s to the One who Completes Us.
xoxo
I Am…
I Am Strong.
I Am Able.
I Am Peaceful.
I Am Patient.
I Am Joyful.
I Am Loving.
I Am Wise.
I Am Enough.
If I Am…
Weak. Unable. Anxious. Impatient. Irritable. Unkind.
I Find My Way Back to Jehovah.
To His Throne.
Til He is My “I Am” Again.
The Hardest Thing..
When You Wish Someone Well.
It’s Clear They Wish You Evil.
Not Because of Wrong.
Not Because of Misdeeds.
But Because You Fought Hard for Your Happy.
And You Won.
xoxo I’m Happy You’re Happy
“Love is the Toughest Minded Virtue” – David Brooks
When I think of Love, I picture Soft.
Willowy.
Sun Dappling Through The Leaves Gentleness.
It is.
But it’s the Strongest of all Virtues.
For Love…
Keeps the Light On when Darkness Prevails.
Lends Warmth in the Most Toxic Environments.
Bends to Comfort in the Front Lines of Battle.
Heals Generational Pain.
Trailblazes Paths to Wholeness for the Weary Life Traveler.
Says I Forgive You when No One has Asked.
so Yes, Love is Tough
Tough Enough To Soften Us All.
Love You All…
xoxo
All I Can Say Is…
I wouldn’t Change a Thing.
It’s Battered me.
Healed me.
Challenged me.
Gave me Respite.
It’s Disappointed me.
Thrilled me Beyond My Wildest Dreams.
It’s Sobered Me.
Made me Cry Tears.
Of Exhilaration.
Of Deepest Pain.
It’s been Hum Drum.
It’s been Chaotic.
Brought me to My Knees.
Risen me Off My Feet.
I Love This Multi-Coloured Roller Coaster of Life we Experience Every Day…There’s the Anticipatory Climbs, The Heart Stopping Twists, The Tunnels, The Rest Spots…
And Faith to Let Go and Put Our Hands in the Air…The Ultimate Riding Companion.
Thank You Life, You’re Cool.
I love You
xoxo
No Is Really Yes
But Really when we Say No, it opens the door to Say Yes.
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When we say No to Overindulging, we say Yes to Self Control. The endorphin rush from Advocating for Yourself feels better than any “Over Anything” ever will.
When we say No to Gossip, we say Yes to our own Integrity. And to the Integrity of Others. Others’ Pain is Sacred, we should treat it as Hallowed Ground.
When we say No to Lust, we say Yes to Love. Self Love and Love for Others. Nothing good comes from the Intense Fire of Lust, just Scorched Earth.
When we say No to Laziness we say Yes to Productivity. There’s nothing sweeter than the Satisfied Elixir of a Day Well Spent.
When we say no to Negative Emotion, we say YES to JOY. Probably my favourite of all Trade Offs.
So, for me, I will not focus on The No…I will see I’m really invariably Saying Yes.
I Say Yes.
xoxo
Martin Luther Had It Right…
We must learn to live together as brothers, or perish together as fools.
Whether a country Builds Walls or Disallows More Immigration, it doesn’t Change The Fact that we Share This Planet Together. We are Neighbours even if there is a Ocean Separating Us. In My Completely Uneducated but Heartfelt Opinion, to be Nationalistic and Alienating other races as Less than Worthy or Putting Our Needs above the needs of other countries may Seem Good in the Beginning. But we all Need Each Other. It never works to Be Selfish. Putting our Needs First and Not Considering the Needs and Comfort of Others Never Works. One day we will have A Need. Invariably It Happens. We will need someone to Consider what we need. Put Our Needs in their hearts and minds. We can expect from others, how we have treated them. We can expect Tariffs. Fines. Denial of Support.
Our Forefathers of Democracy Had it Right. They wanted a Country where Differences are Tolerated. Compassion and Benefit of the Doubt were Bestowed Liberally.
Some Would Say that makes Us Patsies. Easily to Be Taken Advantage of. But if you Believe in Light Dispelling Darkness. And Good Trumps (Did I Use That Word?) Evil. Then we Must Have Courage to Live it. Make it An Action.
Hold Onto The Greater Good Mentality. Tolerate. Support. Show Grace. After all, this Country was Built on Christian Beliefs. We Believe that there is One Judge. And One Must be Accountable For Himself. Live the Truth. Let Others Live Their Truth. And Trust Your Creator to Do What’s Needed To Sort Out the Rest.
Here’s to Democracy. Here’s to Freedom
xoxo
Pivotal Points
We all have Pivotal Points in Our Lives. A Big One happened For Me about Fifteen Years Ago. Prior to, I was Living Fairly Status Quo. Checking Off Lists. Doing the Right Things.
I Felt Dead Inside.
Nothing Reverberated. All of It was for Somebody Else. Their Idea of a Life Well Lived.
I No Longer could Tolerate the Feeling of Living Outside My Own Sphere of Individuality. So Bit by Bit. Painful Layer by Painful Layer I started to Shed My Old Ways.
I Started to Think for Myself. I Listened to My Heart. I Poured Over the Scriptures. I Spent Time on My Knees.
I Began to Live a Life that Made Sense to Me. I Changed My Actions to Fit with My Heart. I Realized No was an Important Word. I realized Just Because a Different Brain Than Mine Thought it, Did Not, by any means, Make It Right.
I Realized I was Ready to Be Wrong, but I Needed to Sort Things Out for Me. I was Willing to Fail, if it Meant to Learn. To Be Real. To Live My Truth, However Bloody and Scratched It Made Me.
That God would Honour My True Intention. Not to Wander From Him, but to Draw Nearer Through My Journey of Discovery.
Today, By No Means, Do I Have It Figured Out. But I can say, My Life is Something that Makes Sense to Me. Everything I Do Comes from my Own Convictions. My Own Aspirations. My Own Desires and Intentions.
Pivotal Points are Wonderful, albeit Scary When They Happen.
I’m Here for You.
xoxo
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