“Healthy Mind?” Blog #187
What exactly makes me a mentally healthy person?
Do I push myself to learn about spiritual truths today?
Can I find healthy thoughts in my daily actions?
When I am very sad and I don’t know what to do, this is usually when my mind begins to
stretch, and IF I am prayerful, I can follow a divine pattern. Yet, most of the time, in the
past, I have remained in the world and “of the world”. The heavy, weighty, dark feelings
that can come over me are because I allow it. There is not much choice when a mind
decides to GO BLACK. What do I mean? I mean times when I have allowed “dark patterns”
to take over. Times when I have stated to myself, “Whats the use?” Whether a person
struggles with depression, anxiety or addiction, there is one true statement here, “The
mind is in Charge totally.”
What I think decides my course of action for my entire day. I am in charge of me. By
deciding on a belief in Jesus Christ, I can break the chains of dark thinking now. I don’t
think a person can grasp the gravity of what is going on when a person just “waivers back
and forth” in their spiritual quest for accepting Jesus into their heart. It’s either YES or NO.
There is not an in between. I must have a purposeful life to live.
I believe that 2025 is an amazing year for people to change their belief system and bring
Jesus Christ into their life. Very famous philosophical, non-believing people have changed
over and found Christianity. Some people just had a fascination with Jesus. Other people
have had super-natural experiences and still others have let go of their battle with
addiction and had a life-changing super-natural experience.
A good example of extreme living was Nala Ray, once an atheist and in the porn industry
has since left it all, encountered Jesus and converted to Christianity. Then we have Ayaan
Hirsi Ali who is a Muslim by nature and a famous critic of Islam. She became disillusioned
with Islam after seeing its restorative aspects especially regarding women’s rights. She
became a Christian she writes because “ all people are made in the image of God -
human beings are people not things”. Prior to Jesus, Ayaan Ali found herself “spiritually
empty and, upon exploring Christianity, found it wasn’t just compelling, but true”. Then we
have Claire Elise Boucher, known professionally as “GRIMES”. Grimes is a Canadian
musician, singer, song-writer, record producer, music video director and visual artist. She
recently posted on line that she was embarrassed to admit that she was getting into
Christianity as it was the ONLY thing to stop her from vaping. Fascinating to see how
many people, especially celebrity conversions, say they were once opposed to Jesus
and now are taking steps to only embrace HIM.
These testimonials across different spheres of influence show a profound leap in FAITH.
My life is like a spider web, when I am in the middle of it, I am caught up and at times no
idea how to escape. Yet, when I close my eyes, I step aside and see the beautiful intricate
pattern Jesus has painted for me to step out of my pain, isolation and all hopelessness.
Can I find a way to embrace my Healthy mind today?
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''Demanding Life?” Blog #186
What healthy information do I bring into my life today?
Am I side-tracked by someone giving me negative comments?
Where do I get inner strength to follow my higher path?
Standing up for good is hard. It’s not easy getting up in the morning and telling myself,
“today I will discipline my mind, my body and how I spend my time in healthy ways”.
It’s important to tell myself at the start of this day,
“I will do something today that my future self will thank me for”.
Getting up in the morning and having discipline immediately is hard! It’s even more
challenging when my mind and body don’t want to listen to my inner voice of reason. A
demanding life that is healthy is a good life. A demanding life that asks more of me, is an
important life. A demanding life that challenges me to the core, takes courage to see
through. There was a time when I lived my life by doing “just enough to get by”. This type
of life style is dangerous and eroding and all consuming. As someone said,
“No Pain - No gain”. Every valuable thing in life is worth fighting for!
I myself know when I faced hard times, it seemed like it could break me. Yet, at the
moments when I was so overcome with such darkness that I thought it would break me, it
was at that moment when I put my hands together and felt tremendous strength. It’s hard
to imagine my life without Jesus because I have traveled down so many sad roads and
now rely on the one force I know will always give me solace. Yes, my life has been
demanding, yet I look around and there is not a soul I know who does not have a life filled
with some sort of pain that demands their attention. Even though I have gone through
such pain, I felt it would break me, it was here I found my inner strength to push forward. I
have learned more about myself in those “magical moments” of trial and error and found
in my weakness I gained inner strength.
In my sorrow, I found compassion for others. In total darkness, Jesus lights my way.
When I look at my struggles in my life, I see my character developing depending on
what I demand FOR MYSELF. I demand a healthy, honest, Christian life.
Whatever I am facing at the moment, because I have courage to face my fear, I now can
face my future. Just having the mindset to persevere when all else seems lost, brings me
peace in my demanding life each day. I remember to pray first. Then I ask for the 3 “D”s.
Discipline, Discernment and Detachment. When I have discipline, I can face my demands.
When I discern, I know who to listen to and when to walk away. With Detachment, I can let
go of things not needed today. In my demanding life, as it is each day, I share a favorite
poem showing me the way.
“DON’T QUIT”
By John Greenleaf Whittier
When things go wrong as they sometimes will,
when the road your trudging seems all up hill,
when your funds are low and your debt is high,
and you want to smile but you have to sigh.
When care is pressing you down a bit,
rest if you must, but don’t you quit!
Life is strange with its twists and turns,
as everyone of us sometimes learns,
And many a failure comes about,
when you might have won had you stuck it out.
Don’t give up though the pace seems slow,
you may succeed with another blow.
Success is failure turned inside out,
the silver tint of the clouds of doubt.
And you never can tell just how close you are,
you may be near when it seems so far.
So stick to the fight when your hardest hit,
it’s when things seem worse that you
MUST NOT QUIT!
Am I ready to bring Jesus into my demanding life today?
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“Life Lift Now?” Blog #185
Is it time for me to be looking for a “Real Life Lift”?
Do thoughts get me down, keep me stuck in a rut?
What happens daily, to finding positivity during waking hours?
Maybe it’s time for me to start looking at a “Real Lifestyle Lift”. If I get in the car and start
driving down the wrong way on the freeway, cars will honk, I may get hit and above all it’s
dangerous! Yet, so often I may interject dangerous things to the way I live, just because I
am an adult. NO ONE out there has the right to tell me S T O P living in a dangerous
manner!
WHAT IN THE WORLD DO I MEAN BY THIS? It starts with my “way of thinking”. Do I constantly
tell myself I know all the answers and no one can help me figure out my life? Some people
take on a fixed way of thinking early in their life, and never deviate. No one can tell them
differently, so why should it matter? Here is a great example. There was an amazing
singer named Karen Carpenter. Her records sold over one hundred million and to this day
we still listen to many of our favorite songs by Karen. She died at the age of thirty two in
l983. Karen spent the last seven years of her life struggling with an eating disorder. Her
mother favored Karen’s brother Richard over Karen. When Karen finally did marry, her
husband lied to her about having a vasectomy. Having a family meant the world to Karen.
This marriage was short-lived and Karen spent the last years of her life as well as most of
her life, feeling “unloved”.
The most important part of living is to believe this statement:
“My body is the Temple of God”. When I embrace this truth, my life is worth living.
A lot of people think and say, “Its my body, I can do with it what ever I want!” That may be -
however living “any kind of lifestyle” is not without repercussions. If we smoke and vape
and do drugs we do this with perilous risk. My brain is constantly looking for reasons to be
depressed or enlightened. ANY type of chemical going into my body impacts my immune
system, my memory and my judgement. Imagine IF I do this on a regular basis? New
reports out today show the prevelence of depression is growing! In young people and
adults, depression has increased in the past decade by over 60%. WHY IS THIS? I feel this is
because we all want AN INSTANT FIX.
Remember at the beginning of my Blog, I talked about “getting in a car and driving down
the road the wrong way - gets me in trouble?” Fascinating fact: “just setting foot in a
different location stimulates neural circuitry that leads to POSITIVE affect. Depression
can be seen as a “kind of a cave” and it actually takes effort to get out of the cave!”
(Wikipedia)
In my life, I do not have all the answers regardless of how old I become. So I stay humble. I
believe my life is about learning until I die. Every day I am open to a ‘New Life Lift”. I start
my day with thankful prayer. I am thankful for being alive. I am filled with the Holy Spirit
and above all I accept “my body is the Temple of God”. I nurture it, feed it healthy good
food and drink lots of water. Knowing all this, if I sense a danger flag of depression
gnawing at I me, I have tools in place. These dark thoughts will pass. I find positivity in
feeling I am alive. I am well. I am at peace. No one on earth is like me. No one on earth
thinks the thoughts I think, I realize I am my own worst enemy or my own greatest teacher.
Putting into place a Life Lift Now, I see a brilliant way to install a self help strategy
promoting self confidence and belief in my ability to overcome depression. If I don’t do
this, who else will? From this day forward I vow to be my own best friend, ally and major
promoter of “internal good thoughts”. Thank you Jesus for my life, my body and my
healthy mind.
Am I ready to put into place my own “Life Lift” now?
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“No Joy?” Blog #184
Where do my Daily Habits take me throughout this day?
Am I thinking or am I praying in my last moments before sleep?
How have I reacted to challenges given me these past 24 hours?
Every day, whether I want to admit it or not, there is a curve ball waiting for me.
Sometimes it is a health situation. Sometimes it is the way someone treats me, when out
of the blue, a dagger comes my way. Oftentimes, it is in “my mood of the moment”. A
myriad of moods can take me down a darker path if I am not prepared to face it.
The tools I have in place for leading my life today are critical.
Where do I find these tools and what exactly are the most important ones?
First is my Faith. I find my faith growing stronger with my prayer increasing daily. I cannot
heal any part of my body without admitting it takes my work! IT TAKES my DISCIPLINE.
I already know what I know, what needs to be done. So I put in place: Discipline.
Before I realized how important disciple was to my life, I have to admit, my own life was
filled with random friends and random activities. Yes I was doing my job each day. Yet, at
the end of the day, I felt I could “do whatever I wanted to just because…”. This is very
dangerous thinking. Darkness is always waiting to seep in. I ignored the fact people
influence people. So, that being said, WHO were the people in my life surrounding and
influencing my thinking? All kinds of people were in my life. What kind of friends was I
attracting and why? Who challenged me in a good way? Above all - where was the joy
in my life?
It’s important to “search internally for oneself’. Keep the understanding, it is better to be
alone then to settle for “just anyone”. I needed to accept how much I was being
influenced by the wrong individuals. I needed to accept “that just anyone” could be a
person who likes living with dark thinking. Because we are all given free will, many of us
choose to go through our entire life having no problem wallowing in depression every day!
Many individuals don’t mind being “STUCK IN DARKNESS”. It has become a comfort zone.
Living day to day with band-aids on and hiding behind drugs, alcohol and pills. So
listening to this platitude helps define what I am talking about.
Albert Einstein states, “the definition of Insanity is doing the SAME thing over and over
and expecting different results”. I must be learning more about myself every single
day. Pray, read, exercise.
Now what? Here is where the big guns have to come out. Here is where the next tool must
immediately go into place: COURAGE. When I put courage into place I have the mental
and the moral strength to want to do the right thing for myself now. This allows me to
persevere without the fear of difficulty in what I must face. I look at people around me with
new found integrity. So now I choose people to be in my inner circle carefully. I want to be
around people who are honest, spiritual and joyful. Against the darkness of being silent,
when it is wrong to stay silent, this is the time I have courage to do the right thing, or ELSE
my own life will suffer greatly.
Using her own voice to push through dark and fear, a courageous young girl defied the
Taliban. Malala Yousafzai is the youngest woman ever to have received the Nobel Peace
Prize. She is a young Pakistani girl who just wanted to learn and go to school. However,
the Taliban banned her from attending any classes just because she was a girl! This did
not stop her and Malala continued to speak. Then the Taliban shot her in the head and
miraculously she survived! Malala has gone on to be a global force for girls education
and above all she fought the fight against extremism. She was not afraid even after being
shot in the head and almost dying! Her courageous example demonstrates how
important ONE PERSONS COURAGE can be. Now Malala has her degree from Oxford
University and has written three books about her horrific struggle to bring freedom to the
girls wanting an education in Pakistan..
Malala says something powerful and I repeat it here:
“to anyone setting off in life on any adventure, the most important part of life is to keep
going, keep discovering YOU, for that’s the most important education of all”.
Each of us have this same courage inside. I know when I make the right, healthy,
deliberate decision for myself, this feels internally correct. I can embrace my own truth. I
might be afraid right this moment, still I PRAY for strength to do the right thing today and
every day. I believe it takes courage to do it.
Courage appears instantly. Healing in my life takes work, courage and discipline daily.
Having the courage to do what I need to do for myself, EVEN THOUGH I AM AFRAID, I do it.
This is where I bring joy into my life. I can find my faith and let go of all my fear.
Sometimes it takes an uncomfortable conversation with someone who is bringing me
down. I can do this. I am no longer afraid. I define FEAR - False Events Appearing Real.
Little by little, I am now growing internally with the new found joy for who I am. Who am I?
I am the Temple of God. I am Faith. I am Discipline. I am Courage.
Can I start now to find Joy in my life today?
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“Hiding Out?” Blog #183
I look back at myself to a much younger me, am I disappointed?
Proud to see a “higher self, how do I present myself to those around me?
Do I pray to find hidden talents buried deep inside?
One day when I was ten years old, I was walking around my neighborhood. Knowing most
of the people up and down the block. I knew all the names. I thought the adults in those
homes seemed very old to me! I recall thinking someday, I will go far away and do
whatever I want to do with my life. I also look back thinking, “If I walk around the block
enough times and hold my breath to the count of sixty or more, maybe all my wishes for
what I want will come true…..” How many of us are filled with hidden little “Jinx’s?” How
often have I tried to sabotage my own outcome? Do I disregard my higher self intent?
Time goes so fast from twenty to forty to sixty , seventy five…and then what? The best part
of looking back at my life was when I dared to believe in myself and I just did it. I moved
to another state, I went after a job I never thought I could get, then I got it! Taking a
chance on something good, I believed would happen. If “something I want to go after is
for my highest good - Pray first then, go after it”.
How awesome life can be, when I stop hiding out. Whether it’s the wrong kind of friends
who hold me down, or the crutch of alcohol or drugs, or something someone said who has
kept me stuck, these are all my own challenges. I refuse to keep hiding out I have faith,
fortitude and am free from “old dark drama”.
There are people from all over the world. Young people, those in midlife to the very old. All
have made a positive difference in the world from their pain. INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTIONS
TO SOCIETY FROM INDIVIDUAL PAIN. People from twelve to ninety two, have changed the
face of America from inside out. Recently in Texas, too many children to name, died in a
tragic camp flood, yet a 12 year old girl rewrote the lines to Hallelujah and remembered 28
of her camp friends who died on national TV. Then there was a young mother who
tragically lost her beautiful daughter to a repeat drunk driver offender! Yet Candy Lightner
turned her personal tragedy into help for millions, when she started MADD, Mothers Against
Drunk Drivers. There was Julia Child who had never cooked much of anything and went to
France with her husbands job, and had no idea what to do with her spare time. So she not
only attended cooking school late in life, but became famous In America and Europe for
many cook books and TV shows, teaching others how to prepare delicious meals. A small
little lady has left a permanent mark on the world. Mother Teresa left an imprint on the
entire world by helping the lepers of Calcutta and heal the poor. When a reporter stopped
her on a street corner, she had recently received the Nobel Peace Prize. He said, “You have
dedicated your life to helping the poorest of the poor - the lepers, millions of people living
in extreme poverty imaginable, how have you possibly done this?” Mother Theresa
smiled and quietly stated, “One person at a time”. Then there was Bill Wilson, Bill started
drinking in his early twenties and became a raging alcoholic. When he decided to stop
drinking, he wanted to help those around him, how did he do this? He started something
call Alcoholics Anonymous. We also have a woman who at 78 years old was filled with
arthritis. She gave up things she loved and started painting. One day an art collector
walked past a drug store, where one of her painting was in the window. That was the
beginning of years of notoriety for the famous painter Grandma Moses. Before she turned
101, she had created over one thousand paintings and received high awards. I am going
to end this blog today with an inspiring story of a woman in 2009, who in just three weeks
on media, her video performance was downloaded 180 million times. Susan Boyle was a
forty eight year old unknown from a little town in England. Yet, her life was instantly
changed overnight when she became a singing sensation in her late forties. No one
expected much out of this woman who walked out on stage of “Britain’s Got Talent” and
gave her life changing performance of “I Dreamed a Dream”.
Whether we are young. mid age or elderly, we each need to have a dream and hold on to
it. This dream can be small, it can be filled with love for someone else. Regardless of age,
one must be passionate about something. Each one of us is unique. God has given us
each a beautiful, fascinating, inner faith that we need only to believe in HIM. I also know
God helps those who help themselves 24/7. So, I promise from this day on, no more hiding
out from my “Higher Self” possibilities. I am truth now. I am love now. I am God’s divine
creation always.
Can I stop hiding out from my “Higher Self” today?
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“Self Healing?” Blog #182
Can I reclaim the wisdom of my body, trusting in its messages?
Will I grow knowing every part of my being has wisdom and power and light?
Would my life be different IF I value my body as The Temple of God?
First, it is important to believe in the following statement,
IT IS POSSIBLE TO LIVE MY LIFE FULLY REGARDLESS OF PAST OR PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCES.
Every day is a NEW OPPORTUNITY TO GROW.
I refuse to believe I was “born defective”. I refuse to believe my negative thoughts are who
I am. I refuse to believe people, statements, media technology, control my moods or
dictate how I will think! NOTHING OUTSIDE OF ME HAS ANY INFLUENCE OVER MY STATE OF
MIND, EXCEPT MY INTERNAL ME! MY WHOLE FUTURE IS FILLED WITH HARMONY WHEN I EMBRACE I
AM MY OWN WORST ENEMY OR MY OWN BEST FRIEND. NO MORE DO I FEEL BOGGED DOWN
WITH ANY OTHER FALSE REALITY. TRUTH IS TRUTH. NO ONE CAN FABRICATE THE HONEST TRUTH.
Jesus Christ lives within ME. I am truth, I am whole health. I am honest happiness now.
So the trick to “Self Healing in my life is using this recipe every single day.
Wake up and Pray - Surround myself and insulate myself in the energy of Jesus Christ.
Do Ten Deep Breaths - Do this with a positive statement about self 3 - 4 times a day.
Surround self with Positivity - to stay strong - stay with positive ideas and positive
people a lot.
Eat healthy Food - Eat healthy food and drink lots of water throughout my 24/7 day.
Exercise Daily 24/7 - Do any Kind of exercise - walk, deep breaths - isometrics - it works!
There are so many stories out there today of people who refuse to stay healthy. They insist
on being filled with fear, dis-ease and sadness. I walk into the grocery store and I see
grocery karts filled high with chips, soda products, frozen dinners, ice cream and candy.
Fast food products are now “staples in the daily diet”. The more I see people indulge in
processed food, I wonder. Does anyone get to the point of asking self this, “what goes into
my body must come out!” What are each of us eating and drinking every single day?
First and foremost, NOTHING REPLACES GOOD OLD FASHIONED WATER. ONE CAN ALWAYS
ADD LEMON/LIME. It’s important to know that bulky foods, salads, grains, beans, bring
regular bowel movements daily. I IGNORE ADVERTISEMENTS GIVING BAND-AID CURES FOR
THIS. In order to have complete health in my body, I agree to do this,
I EMBRACE THE SACRED PART OF LIFE INSIDE MY BEING FIRST.
It’s important to realize the strongest force in the Universe is the TRIANGLE. So once I
acknowledge and agree with this, I see my Lord filling the middle of the triangle, my body
at one point of the triangle, and my mind at the other. The other point is spirit - the Holy
Spirit MUST BE PRESENT. My triangle makes me strong now.
The following poem sums up everything to do with Self Healing for my being.
OUR DEEPEST FEAR
By Marianne Wiliamson
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate,
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, talented and fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be? YOU are a child of God.
Your playing small does not serve the world.
There’s nothing enlightening about shrinking so other people
won’t feel insecure around you.
We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.
It’s not just in some of us, it’s in everyone!
As we let our own light shine,
we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
AS we are liberated from our own fear,
Our presence automatically liberates others.”
What a beautiful way to sum up the way to Self-healing, Trust in the light of Jesus Christ
that resides within me, for I am the Temple of God. It starts there.
Can I embrace the recipe for Self-Healing today?
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“Deny Discipline?” Blog #181
Can I do something today my Future Self will thank me for?
How must I start my day so I depend on my “Higher Self”?
Do I want discipline to start my day or allow weakness to waste it away?
It really doesn’t matter what age I am. Every single day starts with daylight and ends with
darkness. I HAVE CHOICE. I have 24 hours in each day to do as I decide I want to. NO ONE
CAN MAKE ME DO DIFFERENTLY! Why does my life seem to be so hard sometimes?
Especially when I need internal answers right away, where are they?
When I awoke today I prayed this prayer, “Let me do your will today Lord, not my will.”
After my prayer, I got up and stretched with deep breaths. I stretch and deep breathe
again. I put my arms high in the air, deep breathing, again, “Let me do your will today,
Lord.” This has an immediate calming effect over my entire being. I feel myself let go of
my determined self-will. I DO NOT give in to stuff that pulls at me, all around me. For
then, HIS WILL, NOT my will, goes to work in my life today.
I SEE the “greater good of Gods will working in my life”.
“It is estimated 70,000 thoughts go through a persons brain each day”. IF only in this truth,
I capture the good thoughts and train my brain to stay in positive mode, I silently EXPRESS
GRATITUDE FOR MY LIFE, THANKING GOD FOR THE GOOD THINGS I HAVE BEEN GIVEN AS WELL AS
THE NEGATIVE SITUATIONS I HAVE HAD TO LEARN FROM. As far as the the people in my life, I
have a choice there too. I surround myself with positivity.
Today I WILL DO SOMETHING MY FUTURE SELF WILL THANK ME FOR. THINKING TO MYSELF,
HOW POWERFUL CAN I BE IF I NEVER DOUBT MYSELF AGAIN.
To deny discipline in my life, gives me an empty shell of nothingness. I drift back and forth
inside a sea of doubt, denial and discontent. Slowly a process of learning to LOVE MYSELF,
begins again.
NO OTHER PERSON CAN DO THIS FOR ME. I MUST LEARN DISCIPLINE MYSELF TODAY. Every
person alive needs to bring in a “disciplined routine daily”.
I have a friend who contracted a rare sickness. She went to the doctor and he did many
tests on her. Extremely puzzled, he found no way to give her medicine for what he did not
know would work. Ironically, her husband told her, “I guess the only thing left for you to do
is dance. Dance as if your life depended on it.” She did this exact thing. She went out and
joined a “Zoomba Dance Class”. This is a woman in her late seventies. Less than a year
later, her doctor scratched his head in amazement, “What have you done? Your disease is
in remission! Whatever you are doing, don’t stop!” he said. Smiling, the woman told him, “I
discipline myself each and every other day to dance. I joined a Zoomba dance class and I
love it! This older woman is healthy, happy and having fun now as well! Not a moment to
be bored.
I can read a good book, I can do various art projects, I can go outside and exercise and
walk. I find time to learn something new to cook for myself. Above all, I SAY POSITIVE
WORDS to my inner self all day long. I am disciplining a new way of thought. In the car
driving, I can learn isometrics and tighten my muscles, practice deep breathing ten times
in the morning, noon and night. KEEP THINKING THOSE POSITIVE THOUGHTS I REFUSE to be
grouchy and unkind. At times in the day, I may get caught between my lower self and my
Higher Self. Maybe someone said something mean, and my brain shifts into a “lower dark
gear”, this is MY CHALLENGE. It is up to me to take in ten deep breaths, go outside, walk a
bit, keep deep breathing and say, “This too shall pass”. With the help of God, I lift myself up
to my “Higher Self” and continue to learn my lessons for today.
To release discomfort, I release unloving thoughts about any person I know.
The wall that exists between the lower self and the HIGHER SELF is DISCIPLINE.
Every single one of us alive has self worth, a need for self love, a purpose for living. So
Now I agree to set up boundaries with my peers - and abide by MY principles.
My TRUE MISSION SURFACES when I no longer deny Discipline. I SEARCH FOR MY PURPOSE.
I embrace my Higher Self and bring DAILY DISCIPLINE Into my LIFE NOW.
Praying, do I push away lower Self or invite in Discipline now?
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“Really Stuck?” Blog #180
Do I think I have the answers to my life problems?
Why must I stay in this “one way” of living IF it’s not truth?
Can I find courage to try to get to a higher place now?
How have I endured a great despair? Have I closed up certain parts of my heart?
Today I am going to talk about myself and share a little story. I feel there is a small miracle
entwined in this story, but you decide. I have been very angry for a long time at a certain
person and closed the door and shut down my heart to any relationship with them. The
other day I was praying for the ability to discern, find forgiveness and go forward - start
over with a clean heart. I decided I would write this person a TEXT. When I read the text to
my husband he was adamant about my not sending it. He shared with me his reason was
“the text still was filled with angry emotion”. I did not agree with him. I myself, became
upset. However, I took my own advice which I so often have shared. I prayed on this Blog
about it. I put the text aside and decided I would visit it later. I went about my day. Later in
the afternoon I was checking my voice messages. There was a message from the minister
who had married my daughter thirteen years ago. Out of the blue he said, “something
came into my mind to call and check on you and her and see how things are going?” He
had no idea she had died four years ago, at such a young age.
I shared it was because of toxic alcohol poisoning. I went on to share a lot of my pain I
was going through and especially my anger at a certain person. He listened to me and
shared his perspective from a higher level of understanding.
First he shared this, “Our time here on earth is our testing ground. When we leave our
time spent on earth - we go back home, where we came from.”
As I sat on my phone listening to his words, I realized as much information as I have
gleamed about love, and forgiveness and truth. It all goes right out the window when my
own pride, arrogance and stubbornness try to take center stage. It’s easy to find ways to
rationalize and be angry and STAY STUCK in my own little life story. Now I don’t believe
the Polly Anna approach to life is for everyone we touch. I know there are some people
who are out there on this earth that are defiant. They are determined to live in darkness
and find diabolical ways of justifying their lifestyle. They do not want to believe in Jesus
Christ and they want to remain OF THE WORLD. This is for them. Each and every person
has been given “Free Will” and we must choose. So this is what give me my character and
my integrity to see it through.
Do I choose light or dark each day I am alive?
I believe God sends us angels. He sends us people who are divinely connected to the
spirit world and bring us help IF we are open to this help.
My phone rang with a message from this minister out of the blue. This is a day when I was
“really stuck” trying to find a way to repair a relationship that will be important to my life
going forward. I had to find a way to repair this. It was really eating me up. Anyone can
read this and say; “Oh, that was just a coincidence”. I believe when we open our heart to
help from above - God sends in his angels directly to us through others. There are people
of God walking this earth today.
I finished my conversation with the minister and he reminded me of all the things I had to
experience in my life, how important it was for me to “take the high road”. Never judge
another human being. For but the grace of God, we do not know their pain and affliction.
Nor do we know what they are going through in their private life. We can pray for this
person. Pray they can find a way to inner peace with Jesus Christ.
The minister reminded me no matter what I am going through, I have to get back up and
start over with my faith, fortitude and stay fixed on the knowledge that at the end of the
day what matters is between me and God. Other people who appear to keep me stuck
are only my tests along the way. Don’t stay stuck. get back up and see them as not a
road-block, but a “golden door of opportunity”,
I relished each minute of our conversation. I thanked him for his call and I looked up, I
looked up into the sky, knowing this was not a “coincidental call” but definitely orchestrated
by God. I said a little prayer and did the right thing. I used my words kindly to resolve a
delicate, angry seething situation. Amazingly, my text reflected love and I was able to
overcome my anger in unprotected moments. God healed a heavy sad situation by
sending me “help” in a personal, profound, peaceful way. I accepted this.
Can I find the words to stay unstuck today?
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“Stay Alive” Blog #179
What does it take for me to find courage now?
Is my body and mind balanced with the Holy Spirit?
Am I internally spiritually alive today?
It is so important for me to decide to be “in the world” and not “of the world”. What ever
does this mean anyway? This is very important to remember, “I should be able to interact
with friends and neighbors (the world) but they shall be distinct. Often having different
priorities and standards than I have I ask that I am kept clean and away from darkness,
evil and temptation.”
I know a lot of people can’t stand to talk about religion or have religion preached to them
or “told to go to church”. I for one, feel this to be a very personal decision. I believe the
whole of my being has been changed radically from where I was before horrible tragedy
came into my life, to where I am now. My blog continues to speak HIS truth in every way
possible to send out opportunities for spiritual growth which continue to happen to me.
Thoughts shared today based on the subject of this Friday Blog, must incorporate
“spiritual truths in order to state how I have stayed alive” in a healthy, spiritual, honest
way.
When I decided to let the Spirit of Truth come into my being, I immediately felt guided into
truth by the Holy Spirit. By my living in this relationship, I agree not to worry on my behalf
for things that I have no control over. (other people, other events, other outcomes) Finally
figuring out that I cannot live a fulfilled and purposeful and honest life without Jesus
Christ in my heart every minute of every day.
So the hardest thing to do is trust. It is really hard to have a willingness to let go of my
desire to “completely be in control of my life”. After all, I rationalized “Don’t I know Best? The
ironic twist to this is that we are given “FREE WILL” from the time we are born. We are given
complete free will to live our life the way we want to, period. I must say at this juncture if I
were to give in to my own Free Will, I would lose all perspective on forgiveness, judgement
and humility. I would definitely be a person who is “of the world and all its
trappings”,completely giving into my Lower Self Nature.
So the very first thing I have to pray for is the “ability to discern to surrender. When I
surrender all kinds of feelings come forward starting with FEAR. PAIN and SADNESS. But
now I understand that these feelings have to come out before I can TRUST in Jesus to take
over and that is where and WHY I make the decision to surrender. All of this happens in the
privacy of my prayer in the morning and any time through out the day. I have begun my
own personal, private and positive relationship with the only one who counts, a
relationship with my Lord and I accept all that comes with it.
In order to really feel alive and well and at peace, all of the above must be agreed by me,
to take place. The one truth that gets me going in the morning is knowing I am not the
same person I was yesterday! I have made terrible mistakes and choices I regret in my
past. But I am not tied down by my past, because the Grace of God has freed me from
any and all guilt. So this is where I can trust myself once again. Then I quietly fold my
hands and pray for inner strength to see this moment through. I take a deep breath and
feel myself fill with peace.
Only HE WALKS BY MY SIDE.
I AM FILLED WITH TRUTH. I Stay Alive in HIS radiant light totally surrounding my being.
Can I find courage to STAY ALIVE with Jesus at my side now?
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“Detach Now!” Blog #178
Why do I feel stuck or trapped in any way now?
How am I responsible for my choices today?
Can I detach from dark happenings around me?
First of all I need to know the definition of detachment: The action or process of
separation. The state of being where an individual is free from material and emotional
attachments. This state of being is essential for spiritual progress and enlightenment.
wisdom lib.org.
I think, feel and know that detachment is one of the hardest things in life to do. It surely
does not come easy for me. Every day regardless of what I have learned, I need to remind
myself to detach from a sticky situation. However, when I decided I wanted to have inner
peace, a feeling of wholeness and stop worrying all the time, trying to detach was harder
than I realized. Still, I saw detachment as essential.
The first time I remember needing to detach was from my father. I look back and see me
as a child in my alcoholic father’s life. In my world, he had never “not been drinking”. I
thought in my young life that If I did enough things to please him around the house and
get good grades and be the best “little girl I could be”, that would work. Then as I grew
older, I did outrageous things to make him stop - I ran away from our family home and
went and lived with my grandpa. I stopped talking to him, but that only made me feel
more guilty for leaving. Feelings and emotions and misplaced love can be very dangerous
when a person does not know “higher self truth” for self.
There is no possible way, I see this clearly now, I CAN NEVER CHANGE ANOTHER SOUL. NO
OTHER PERSON CAN BE CHANGED UNTIL THEY WANT TO BRING CHANGE.
Herein lies the definition of Insanity:
KEEP DOING THE SAME THINGS AND THE SAME THINGS WILL HAPPEN.
I realized that even though my Dad died of his dark drinking and alcoholism, I had not
been set free. I was attached to the dark feelings of “needing to fix another person”. This
is not my job. This will never be my job. This can only keep me stuck in life. One night after
deep earnest prayer, I prayed in earnest, “Please Jesus help me see clearly now”. After
that night and prayer, I was finally able to see things more clearly..
I had gone from my fathers dark addictive drinking and trying to fix him then seeing him
die. I had left family dysfunction, only to replace my father with my next boyfriend who had
terrible drinking problems, treated me indifferently and made me feel “alone again”. I
realized my life had become unmanageable. I couldn’t make my boyfriend, or any person
for that matter, do anything other than WHAT THEY WANTED TO DO IN THEIR LIFE. So…..I asked
myself, “what is it that I want in my life now?” My prayer was heard.
My life started changing right away. The very next day I told my boyfriend to leave. I was
done with that kind of life. In my heart I had to set him free and be okay with my being all
alone for awhile. I knew I could do that, I just had to believe it and trust in Jesus Christ
who was right by my side. Once I realized I could not fix, or heal or make any other person
different from who they were - I felt a freedom that was healing. My life kept changing for
the better. Later, I met a wonderful man who was very capable and independent and
good. He had a great job, a healthy attitude towards life and he did not abuse any part of
his life. Most of all he had a deep faith in God and developed a beautiful love for me.
Detachment is a gift from God. Learning to detach from unhealthy people is not
something to be rationalized. If I am around a person and I know in my heart their “lifestyle
is not for me”. I have only one choice, I must choose to leave. This is my essential truth.
When I detach I am set free.
Every day now I pray for Discipline, Discernment and Detachment in all parts of my life.
Do I want to detach from a dark situation now?
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“Can’t Do Today?” Blog #177
What is the hardest thing I have to accomplish today?
Will my mind let me overcome set-backs I have In front of me?
How do I get through today when I scream inside, “I can’t”?
“Often it’s not what’s ahead of me that scares me, it’s what’s inside keeps me stuck.” The
other day I had the opportunity to listen to a fascinating true account of a young girl age
13 and her horrific escape from North Korea, not that long ago. This girl has written her true
memoir in her book called “In Order to Live”, by Yeonmi Park.
When Yeonmi was a small child her mother told her something she must never forget, “the
most dangerous thing in your body Yeonmi, is your tongue”. Why did her mother tell her
this? They lived in North Korea where no one says I love you to another person. The only
person revered above all else is the leader of their country.
In North Korea, electricity, delicious food and fun are seldom heard of. It was very common
to see malnourished bodies of poor North Korean’s laying in the street dying and feasted
on by rats. Yeonmi Park and her family were not strangers to cruel reality. Where they
lived was near the border of China but one of the coldest parts of North Korea. Her town
went for months without running water. This made winters particularly more brutal. When
Yeonmi’s father became ill, she knew she and her mother were to be sold into the “sex
slave business”. Because Yeonmi was a virgin she brought the most money. She was sold
for 275.00 and her mother was sold for 60.00. Then they were both sent to China. Just
when one thinks she could not have it any worse, you turn the page. Page after page, one
finds the pain and inhumane suffering beyond belief. Somehow Yeonmi finds her way with
each disastrous day, to plan again. Both Yeonmi and her mother think this journey to
China will still be better than where they had come from.
Yet suddenly, Yeonmi has to witness her own mothers rape by a Chinese broker right in
front of her eyes. Eventually they find each other in China after being separated and both
Yeonmi and her mother travel through the Gobi Desert to Mongolia to seek asylum with the
South Korean diplomats. This is where the story becomes nothing short of a thriller.
Again and again, as one reads each page the thought occurs, “Can’t do today?” It’s as if
you hear Yeonmi state she cannot take it anymore but her drive to “keep going” is the
miracle of the human spirit ignited by Jesus Christ. This keeps each page turning. The
sheer inner will of this thirteen year old girl gives any one person an example of courage,
determination and drive that takes her through her darkest hour and keeps her from giving
up. In Yeonmi one sees the resolve to survive no matter what. The will to overcome
adversity, regardless. There was the harsh reality that even though she and her mother
had made it over the border with brokers that guaranteed their freedom, they learned that
life would not be easy because the brokers who helped them were part of a chain of
human traffickers, who made money from selling North Korean women as brides to cruel
and physically abusive Chinese husbands with mental health problems!
Because Yeonmi Parks was only thirteen years old when she defected from North Korea,
she has been described as one of the most famous North Korean defectors in the entire
world”.
Eventually Yeonmi and her mother found their way into a Christian shelter headed up by
Chinese and South Korean Missionaries. She moved to South Korea and then to the United
States of America. She now resides in New York City. Yeonmi Park has become a Christian.
She states the following, “I attribute South Korea’s economic success to its adoption of
Christianity. I don’t know what the connection is, but South Korea became very blessed
when they embraced Christianity”. Wikipedia.
Can I do all today with Jesus Christ leading me on?
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“Where Is Help?” Blog #176
“Am I ready to “update my inner self” now?
What’s helped me mature this past week?
How do I control weak inner urges daily?
When I put my mind to “higher self attitudes”, I find a different inner purpose for living. So
what is that like?
A higher self attitude is believing I can focus on a positive thought right now.
I believe It is always in my power to choose good over evil. Remember how to spell evil
backwards? L I V E. Kind of ironic right? Probably my biggest area of wanting to grow
internally and mature is to admit to myself “I cannot lie to myself about anything”. I want
to definitely meet other people in my life “where they are NOW”. Once I am resigned to do
that - it’s amazing how much idle time, wanting to fix others and blame = falls by the
wayside.
When I pray for discipline, my prayers show me the way to help myself mature.
I want, need and must accept the bad in my life that has happened. This is how my
maturity starts to grow. I no longer wish for what is not. I accept what I have.
One of the most beautiful poems about maturing ever written is the following,
“IF”
by Rudyard Kipling
If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you.
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
but make allowances for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired of waiting,
or being lied about, yet don’t deal in lies.
Or being hated and don’t give way to hating,
and yet don’t look too good or talk too wise;
If you can dream, and not make dreams your master;
If you can think and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster,
and treat those two imposters just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken
and twisted by others to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to,
broken and stoop and build them up with worn out tools;
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
and risk it all on one turn of pitch and toss, and lose,
and start again at your beginning,
and never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew to serve you long after they are gone,
and so hold on when there is nothing in you,
Except the Will which say to all; “Hold on!”
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings, but not lose your common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute “with sixty seconds” worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that is in it,
And which is more, you’ll be a Man my son!
This says It all about the way to live life day in and day out. I have chosen this because it
has such a powerful message to read and read again.
Can I find where my inner help of Jesus Christ is today?
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“Take Control” Blog #175
Does it matter what I think of myself?
Do I care about what I learn today?
What brings me into a peace-filled moment when derailed?
An interesting definition of Reputation and Character is this,
“Reputation is WHAT people think of me. Character is what Angels KNOW about me.”
Probably a good idea to think about; what happens to me with all the choices I am given
from the morning I wake up, to when I close my eyes at night and go to sleep? Do I
actually grow internally?
It was fascinating the other day to catch Elon Musk on the internet with his five year old son
“X”. The little boy was suppose to sit there quiet while his father was being interviewed. Yet,
this little boy stole the show. Out of the blue he stated, “When I am sad, that is when God
talks to me through the quiet.” He said, “I have to be honest and soft and that’s where love
fits in the best”. There was not a dry eye in the audience, including his dad, Elon Musk!
In the middle of my morning or any part of my day, when I get unrattled I am learning to
stop, take deep breaths and “feel Jesus’ presence inside me”. Here in the quiet, I decide to
make a decision ”not to compromise who I am” - it matters.
In Eugene O’Neils play, “More Stately Mansions”, there was a large segment of the play that
pointed to the dismal effect of a building that was being built - left unfinished. A
magazine writer who was talking about the play, used a great analogy about looking at
this apartment building and viewing a “life that never took on its potential, and went to
waste.” He went on to describe this, “when I was seventeen years old, I watched as a large
apartment building was being built across the street from where I lived. Sadly, within a
couple of months the Depression hit. The apartment building was beginning to take form
with six or seven stories to its shape and credit. There was brickwork rising at different
heights and windows carved out like the teeth in a Jack-o-lantern. Suddenly all work on
the apartment building came to a halt. No men came back to work on it. No money was
found to put the flooring into the vast cavity that stood empty. Every day the “newness”
was now turning into “oldness”, and so sadly, this happened without ever having been
really used. A few years later, the world began to move again and with this movement
came the wreckers. Nothing could be salvaged, not the windows that met at rectangles,
not the stone that framed the courtyard and not the blind foundation waiting unidentified
and uncorked inside the shell of a building that never was”. He went on to say, he always
felt wistful about all the potential, all the opportunity, all the quality that went to waste.
And so it is about each one of us. Inside, deep inside, we each have so much potential.
Each of us has quality and opportunity and the potential to do one thing regardless of the
age we are at. That one thing is to keep on “learning”. Each and every day it is my moral
obligation to continue to learn. I must learn as much as I can about “spiritual truth”.
Spiritual Truth comes to me through devotion, meditation and prayer to Jesus Christ.
These spiritual teachings transcend all material perceptions. They give me eternal
principles and this is where IF I feel derailed and come unglued, I can find peace. While I
continue to take one deep breath after another - I relax. While I ask Jesus to “Please come
into my life and help me this moment”, I am deep breathing and I feel HIS presence in the
complete total silence of the calm that embraces my every cell.
Can I “take control” of this moment and feel HIS Spiritual Truth now?
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“Right or Wrong?” Blog #174
What right choices do I make for myself today?
Is it right to keep in place the “Five Second Rule?”
Where do I go to avoid “wrong way thinking”?
Every single minute of the day gives me thoughts, right or wrong? Do I just let anything
float into my mind? How am I inputting the “Five Second Rule” in my life daily? If I am
sitting on my phone, or social media and a thought enters my brain to stop wasting time
with “media” and work on something productive in my life, the Five Second Rule tells me to
start now - NOT let the time go by. Then I GO DO IT NOW, I do not overthink the action or
ignore the 5 SECOND RULE. That’s how IT WORKS!! It is wrong NOT to have “TIME LIMITS” for
what I DO. DOING THE RIGHT THINGS, WILL SATISFY ME from going the wrong way. Daily
Discipline gives me “time limits”. This rule teaches the importance of using my time wisely
and productively. Discipline is how I avoid going in the wrong direction. I am still in school,
I am enrolled in the “School of Life” and it’s now.
A long time ago a famous person said this, “I was sad to finally be done with school
because I thought I would not be learning anything important any more…”
It doesn’t matter how old I am, whether I work or retired, or just figuring out my life. What
matters is what’s important to me today? Can I get excited about life and choose right
over wrong starting with my thinking? It does me no good to think about a sad past, it’s a
waste of time. The right way for me to think, feel and live is positive. BE in the now. Some
people believe when they come to a stop sign on the road, that is the only moment of the
day when they let their mind relax a moment and wait! Wait for the red light to turn to
green. Let’s put that red light In our mind now. Many people are just plain cheerful, others
look for reasons to go the wrong way. DISCIPLINE MY DAY. HOW I wake up every morning
tells me I want to feel like a little child, ready for adventure. Someone might say, but I have
health issues, money problems, people problems. Not ready to do this? Time waits for no
one, the clock is ticking. I can go from wrong to right in a breath. A red light helps me to
stop and turn myself in the right direction - green light - “GO FOR IT”. Regardless of my
age, I can plan out something positive for me to look forward to. I love a good meal alone
and a good book to read. How calming, how peaceful, how “right for the moment”. I want
to learn more each day, it is right for me to READ. Weekly I find two, maybe three good
books about totally different areas of life. There is always the Library to go to. One book
may be a autobiography of someone famous. Another book may be about current affairs,
or how to stay healthy in our world, another book will be spiritual by nature, soothing,
uplifting and easy to digest. It’s fun to keep three books going, who knows what I like?
Then there’s the food I eat, maybe today I try food from a different country. There is
Chinese, Japanese, Italian, Mexican and I decide once a week to treat myself to a special
dish. I may call someone on the phone to see how they are doing or go out to lunch. Yet, if
I am alone, I can make the “right decision to do any new thing. As long as I am alive I must
be headed down the right road. The other day I heard a most beautiful poem about life.
The poem talked about my fears, my worries and being alone with myself. It made total
sense. There is only one “right road” to travel.
FOOTPRINTS IN THE SAND
by: Mary Stevenson
“One night I dreamed a dream,
As I was walking along the beach with my Lord,
across the dark skies flashed scenes from my life.
For each scene I noticed two sets of footprints in the sand
one belonging to me and one belonging to my Lord.
After the last scene of my life flashed before me,
I looked back at the footprints in the sand.
I noticed at many times along the path of my life,
especially at the very lowest and saddest times,
there was only one set of footprints.
This really troubled me, so I asked the Lord about it,
“Lord you said once I decided to follow you,
you’d walk with me all the way.
But I noticed at the saddest and most troublesome times of my life,
there was only one set of footprints.
I don’t understand why when I needed you the most, You would leave me?”
HE whispered, “My precious child, I love you and will never leave you.
Never, ever during your trials and testing, when you saw only one set of footprints,
it was then that I carried you.”
Can I decide to go the right way today knowing HE is with me?
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“Empowered?” Blog #173
What brings energy into my life today?
Where am I stuck with no spiritual truth?
Can I deny feeling empty, and choose to empower myself?
Ever gone someplace or met someone or planned out an event, where in the end, it wound
up disappointing? Looking back I say to myself, “why was that?” What went wrong? Did I
pick the wrong person to get close to for friendship? Do I allow people around me to bring
me down? Do I DEMAND SELF RESPECT? I must remember in every situation I face, meet
that person at their level. Who are they?
First and foremost, I do not judge them. I must listen to what they say. If I feel uneasy
about the relationship or the encounter or the conversation, I listen to my heart now. If
there’s confusion or drama or disappointment in my relationship, what is it telling me?
When I meet someone in a kind manner, I expect the relationship to be “truthful to a fault”
and yet, understanding “never can I fix another human being”. With that being said,
walking away disappointed by results, I may need to take a break from a person. Pray for
the situation and take guidance listening to my heart. I cannot believe a person changes
or will turn out to be better just because I want that. All adults are in charge of themselves.
When I let go of holding on to “how I want another person to be”, my life becomes easier.
Perhaps there is a mate, a friend or a person close, who is just not happy with themself.
Take a look at this. Are they this way day in and day out? Very often if another person
seems angry, depressed and sad a lot, they seem to be content in this category and try to
find other people to bring down to their level! Don’t allow it.
There are so many kinds of people out there who just plain choose to be unhappy, period.
So I listen to my heart and see this is not about me. I need to remember this and move on.
Remembering the rules of who I want to engage with on a healthy level daily.
Comprehending what my guidelines for civility are always trying to remain calm. A mellow
life that is not too high and not too low. I want a life that does not thrive on other peoples
drama each and every day. I want friendships that empower me. When I walk away from
being with my friend or speaking to them on the phone, do I feel better about myself
because of our conversation? Each and every day I remind myself where my own
boundaries lie. I must adhere to working on my own higher self health daily. AS I THINK=
SO I AM. THEN others will feel my empowerment.
MORAL LAWS. SPIRITUAL TRUTH and MY OWN SELF RESPECT are keys to my feeling good.
When I believe I am the “TEMPLE OF GOD” I see “ME” as a miracle of God’s creation. Not one
thing, no one person, no one situation, can tear me down. So, if and when this begins to
happen, “just what am I to do?” I take ten deep breaths. I pray for instant help. Praying for
the person, and remembering cruel words to hurt and harm another, does not make
someone feel good about themself. It helps to also remember this. “A person holding
onto a grudge is like drinking poison and hoping it kills another person”. I believe all
people, all situations, all events come into my life to teach me.
I am insulated in the Armour of Jesus Christ. I send HIS light into every situation I
encounter and every person I meet. Then, I let go until they decide to come to me with a
kind, loving, apologetic heart. Here is where I am willing to start over. This is the basis for a
good, healthy relationship. The only way of earning my self respect. With this knowledge in
tow I feel HIS energy erupt inside me. Yet I am calm, safe and fully empowered.
Can I find the tools to empower myself today?
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“My Power” Blog #172
Where within me can I find awareness of HIS truth?
Digging deeper within myself, can I find clarity of purpose?
Ten deep breaths in a row and do I calm myself to invite HIM in?
In my life today what shows me opportunities to thrive or do I just survive? I have higher
awareness internally. Yet, can I believe Jesus Christ is my light now?
So, what is truth?
The dictionary defines truth as “the property of being in accord with fact or reality”. Truth is
something that is objectively true, not subjectively, not a matter of personal opinion or
preference. In other words, TRUTH means the quality or state of being true to oneself. Truth
is absolutely not one persons idea, feeling or understanding of what he or she believes to
be truth. Truth is fact. So based on that premise I want to say I believe Jesus Christ is
truth. For Only HE can give me the understanding of where I need to find my power. If He
is in fact truth and I believe He gives me all my strength. Therein lies my power.
Interestingly enough, when I add in “Spiritual Truth” - I find this definition,
“Spiritual Truth encompasses fundamental realities of existence, moral law, and
divinity. Spiritual truth involves an inner exploration. It transcends material reality and
emphasizes universal principals through various artistic and philosophical
expressions, including personal and societal transformation.” This is amazing!
How much deeper does Spiritual Truth go rather than truth in and by itself? The reason I
bring this up is because I cannot possibly try to understand myself until I WANT to
understand Inner Truth. Always there is more to a definition and here it is. SPIRITUAL TRUTH
is my ANSWER. IMMEDIATELY this definition gives rise to and “Inner exploration of myself”. My
belief in “Moral Law” and “My Belief in Divinity”.
What is Moral Law? Absolute principle defining the criteria of “right actions” through Divine
Ordinance or Truth of Reason. “Divinity” is a divine ordinance which is a “covenant” or
promise between a person and God. The whole reason Jesus Christ came to earth was to
make it easier for people to SEE who God really is. Jesus is God. All he did was manifest
miracles one after another. Yet, because “human nature” is exactly that, human, people
looked at everything HE did as blasphemous. Why? Because they claimed their only god
was Caesar. Yet Caesar is long gone and not revered as Jesus Christ has become to
billions of people.
IF I can do one tiny thing today, I start by agreeing to an Inner exploration of myself. Life
can be simple. I want to comprehend Spiritual Truth. I believe in Jesus Christ. I believe
HE is shows me all I need each and every day to live HIS truth. The ten commandments
are my rule of thumb. “Do unto others as I would want done to me” is my Golden Rule. I
refuse to harbor anger, resentment or grudges anywhere in my being. As far as I can
see, I will continue to try to meet other people where they are at. So that being said, I
will not judge another soul. I resolve to be completely forgiving now. This TRUTH and
living this TRUTH is a very freeing feeling. I resolve to start now.
For herein lies the secret to finding my “Inner Power”.
Can I pray for guidance to find my spiritual truth now?
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“My Safe Place?” Blog # 171
What if today were my last day on earth to live?
How can I see my life differently, where I am going?
Can I decide to fill my day with prayer, peace and purpose?
No matter where I go, no matter what I do or what I buy, it’s never enough. Nothing in this
secular, material, temporal world is ever enough to buy myself “Peace of Mind”. Many
times I have laid in bed at night after a great purchase. Perhaps it was a new home, a new
car, or a specific holiday I had planned for and was now over. At the end of the day, it is
the anticipation that sets the sail. Looking forward to something planned and not here yet.
Then it is all over. Nothing in the entire world is ever as someone wants it to be.
William Shakespeare once noted: “The brain is the souls fragile dwelling place”.
My character is who I am, It is the sum total of all my thoughts, feelings and emotions. So
in order for my soul to work right, I have to grow inside, emotionally and spiritually. If I get
stuck and my mind starts racing in the wrong direction, all kinds of negativity, isolation and
darkness enter in. I have to keep moving around the track of life in a positive manner. Just
imagine walking into a room that is totally dark, with a fowl smell in the room and dark
angry music plays all around me.
HOW DO I FEEL? Angry, unsettling thoughts cause “dis-ease”. Remember this daily!
Here in lies the challenge, NO one person knows what is happening tomorrow. Yesterday
was calm and easy going, not too difficult. Today is different! There may be challenges
around each corner I turn… NOW I must say to myself:
‘WHERE ARE MY TOOLS TO DEAL WITH DIFFICULTY AND HOW CAN I USE THEM?”
Years ago I asked my grandma, “how can I know when to do the right thing?” My grandma
smiled at me saying, “If you feel anxious, don’t do it. If you feel calm, the right decision is
now!” As long as I am alive I realize no other person has ALL the answers for me. It will
always be my decision in the end to decide. Other people give their input and either
contribute good or bad advice to what I must decide for myself. Grandma giving me
advice was a blessing in disguise. However, I need to pray daily for: Discipline, (to do the
right thing), Discernment (to know to do the right thing and Detachment. (to withdraw from
situations not good for me).
Another truth comes into play when seeking my “SaFe Place”. I must see my thoughts,
words and actions daily, in a positive manner. I MUST be focused on the good. If I am
focused on “past problems of yesterday” I am stuck in a rut and this is NOT SAFE FOR ME. I
need to go forward now. Getting to my Safe Place is looking at the thoughts keeping me
stuck. Dwelling in sadness from the past with regret is wrong. I now decide to laugh at the
absurdity of “why In the world” I allow myself to go to past situations of regret and FOR
WHAT? It’s time to dust myself off, give it a good laugh. I say good bye to old intrusive
memories enabling me NOT to forgive. I MUST DO THIS NOW. Above all I desire better
health, improved relationship with another and good behavior on my part. Am I truly
acting like a Christian? I cannot afford to forego a relationship which is NEGATIVE. This
affects my own health in a negative way! Sad, depressive, dark thoughts cause DIS - EASE.
Knowing, the only person affected, is ME! Internally, and all through my own body, I must let
it go. I forgive the other person who has hurt me and now I MOVE ON. What is my
barometer to do this?
Only one man. Jesus Christ. All HIS disciples, mass amounts of followers, friends, ALL
THESE PEOPLE TURNED ON HIM, FOR ALL THE GOOD HE DID.
Still Jesus said, Father forgive them for they know NOT what they do”
IF I REMEMBER ANYTHING FROM TODAY….I WILL USE THE ABOVE SENTENCE TO TAKE ME TO
MY “SAFE PLACE.“ NOW ALL IS WELL.
Can I look at anyone I am upset with and say the above?
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“Why Do I Live? Blog #170
Who can I turn to for help when I am so sad?
What can give me a feeling of peace right now?
Where can I go when I feel so lost in my thoughts?
I MUST believe this one truth. I am in this world, I am alive today, I am loved. Life is actually
very simple. It is the mind and the thinking and the racing thoughts that create chaos
inside me. WHEN I make myself go outside into the fresh air, all by myself, I realize and
accept and see peace IS all around me. Nature is calming.
I can choose to think any thought I wish to think right this minute.
Because of this, I CHOOSE FOR THE REST OF THIS DAY - HEALTHY, GOOD THOUGHTS.
I immediately interject the “Five Second Rule” of thinking. Look it up…
There is an old belief that '“CONSISTENCY IS KING”. What does this mean? This means that
what I think about, what I constantly think about, TAKES OVER ME! Therefore, I have to trick
my brain, constantly be aware and be on top of my game! There is no one else like me out
there. I have been born with unique talents, but it is my obligation and my responsibility
and my choice to choose - choose what?
WHAT DO I WANT OUT OF MY LIFE TODAY? I can think about anything right now……
So I give myself two examples of what I mean. At the end of these 2 examples I get to
choose who I want to embrace inside my own being. No one else can do this.
INSIDE MY “LOWER SELF ME”.
THIS INNER SELF OF ME, A LOWER SELF NATURE, LOVES TO DWELL IN “LIES.” SO NO “SELF
LOVE” AND ABOVE ALL “SELF DISCIPLINE” IS NOT SOMETHING I CHOOSE TO EMBRACE!
THEREFORE MY “GOOD GOALS” ARE REPLACED WITH ALL MY HOSTILITIES. WHAT ARE THEY?
PEOPLE AROUND ME, THE INTERNET, USING THINGS TO NUMB MY BRAIN, AND ABOVE ALL I
DO NOT LIKE HEALTHY CHANGE. I CONSTANTLY MAKE EXCUSES FOR MYSELF AND PUT OFF
FINDING MY OWN RELATIONSHIP WITH Jesus Christ. HERE COMES DARKNESS. IT CREEPS
INTO MY LIFE IN SNEAKY WAYS THROUGH THE WRONG PEOPLE, THE INTERNET, BRAIN
DIFUSERS AND MORE DARK CHOICES.
INSIDE MY “HIGHER SELF ME”
I HAVE STOPPED LYING TO MYSELF, ABOUT ANYTHING I DO. I GIVE MY LIFE TO JESUS TODAY.
I REALIZE I CAN’T DO IT ALONE. PRAYING EACH DAY, I FIND MY PURPOSE. I FIND MY POWER -
I FIND PEACE! NOW I PLAN FOR MY LIFE EACH DAY I PRAY, EXERCISE, EAT HEALTHY, GOOD
FOOD AND DRINK.
I REFUSE TO ABUSE MY BODY; FOR “MY BODY IS THE TEMPLE OF GOD” WITH GOALS IN
PLACE EACH DAY I HAVE A LIST. THIS LIST REPLACES SELF DOUBT. I READ SPIRITUAL TRUTHS.
I WATCH UPLIFTING PODCASTS. I SEEK OUT HEALTHY FRIENDS WHO I RESPECT.
I ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR MYSELF. I ADAPT TO CHANGING MY LIFE NOW.
I WILL NOT LIE.
I DO NOT LIE.
I TELL ONLY TRUTH.
I ACCEPT THIS TRUTH: It is always in MY power to Choose GOOD.
The whole reason evil exists is to show us Goodness.
No one person evolves in evil.
I want to mature with constant inner changing to higher and higher levels of TRUTH.
I SEE now WHY I live. I live to DO THE RIGHT THING ,make healthy decisions AND LEARN
MY OWN LESSONS EACH DAY. I don't judge myself for decisions I have made in the past
because THE PAST IS GONE. I AM NOT A PRISONER TO PAST CHOICES. My decisions are
NOW based on INNER HIGHER SELF CHOICE. I heal my body TODAY! I live to be a
productive, prayerful, purposeful person. I WANT to help others in need. I can only do
this BY believing I have purpose. So I prepare. I prepare with A PLAN. I find a way and
start this day. I live to testify to the truth of Jesus Christ my Lord.
Can I find inner truth, and see why I live today?
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“Feel Safe?” Blog #169
Inside my thoughts, what are my “red light” issues?
What tools combat loneliness, depression and anxiety?
Where is my “safe place”, when all around me is chaos?
We are not superhuman. Life is hard. I cannot always resist the incredible pull of old
habits, old temptations and my old weaknesses. For my life to become stronger, better
and healthy, I need to work at it, change parts not working and have a concrete plan. Yet
the biggest part in all this, what inspires me? Above all, I realize the environment
surrounding me has a massive effect on me!
So at the beginning of each day I have to accept ONE important rule,
I need internal, daily uplifting CONSISTENCY.
The way to have happiness in my life is to believe I am loved. I believe I am loved just for
myself. I believe I am loved in spite of myself, past and present.
I NEED TO RELY ON THIS PREMISE.
Who is going to love me this way? ONLY Jesus Christ, unconditionally.
So today I am going to make a list of all my “Trigger Point Issues’. These are my red, yellow
and green light issues. What in the world is going to make a “red light issue”? It’s going to
be something or someone, past or present, that upsets me terribly and there is absolutely
nothing I can do about it! So on my list I put either a persons name, or the situation that
has caused me days, weeks, years of heart ache and I write in “red magic marker,” a big
red exclamation mark. Then I look at my list. I prefer to keep it at “ten” or under. Therefore I
can work my list better. I go on to anything or anyone or any situation and I mark it
“serious - red, take caution, yellow and Green is always Go, or a good relationship. The
yellow comes in to play when I see a person or something ahead of me or currently who I
am “not really comfortable with”. An example would be “a friend who likes to gossip and
tries to pull me into the loop”. A yellow mark may soon turn into red! Green mark is
“safety”. A green mark for a person, or situation or event is “SAFE ZONE”. Before I make up
my list for Trigger Point Issues”, I must have a short list in place for my own “Internal
Safety Support”. What does this list consist of? Before I rise each morning I make a mental
note to now pray to Jesus to protect me and my day. I pray for all those around me. I eat
a good breakfast and I stretch/exercise. Plan and “road map my day”
It’s nice to have a “mentor” in life. This is a person who one feels safe in reflecting their
habits. A mentor is a person who has good habits with good qualities. This mentor’s good
qualities reflect values I believe in and are important and positive for me. I might also note
a “green check mark” goes next to a person who I feel is totally and completely honest.
This person and I have mutual respect for each other. They have a sense of humor and
are fun. They are quick to be forgiving and filled with remorse if needed. Always this
person, who I value in my life, accepts responsibility for any contribution good or bad to
our friendship. I can always feel good sharing my thoughts and concerns and ideas with
this person. We all need at least ONE person in our life who has these qualities.
What’s interesting thus far, is I seemed to have developed a “three part plan” for myself. I
have an “Internal Safety Support” all set up for feeling safe. I have my prayer and
meditation and Jesus Christ in my heart. I have my external support system in place by
utilizing my “trigger Point Issues’ Plan. Then I have my “stress reducers” three part plan.
Breathing - Exercise - Healthy Eating. Here in lie the basis for my own good, health living
day in and day out. I must try very hard not to go into the “Red light area”. Therefore, I can
find peace and mindfulness a personal relationship with Jesus Christ my Lord.
How do I implement my tools to feel safe today?
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“Good Friday?” Blog #168
So many parts to being alive are really hard, right?
How do I manage another day with more stuff thrown at me?
Where is my internal “reset button” to help me find HIS truth?
Here we are at Good Friday, 2025 and so much has happened going into the end of April.
Already a third of the year behind us now. I look at the people in my own life who surround
me. So many different paths they are on and so many trials and tribulations they
encounter. Some have small annoyances, daily issues to deal with. Others around me
have real loss. They have lost loved ones close to them. Others have serious health issues
taking center stage. Still others have money and debt troubles eating up their day. These
are real life struggles.
So on this Friday, “Why IS this called Good Friday?”
For Christians all over the world - The name “Good Friday” has its roots in Middle English.
This is where “good” once meant holy or sacred. Historically, this day has been observed
by Christians as a solemn occasion of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ”. (orbcfamily.org)
Yet, my takeaway on Good Friday, goes much deeper. This was the last day a real man,
Jesus, lived. Prior to this day HE had spent the early part of his thirties with his disciples.
These carefully chosen disciples were his “fierce friends”. For more than three years they
traveled, spent all their time, and stayed with Jesus. These disciples watched as Jesus
filled their boats with fish overflowing. This, after days and nights of trying to catch fish,
they caught nothing on their own. The disciples attended a wedding with Jesus where he
turned barrels of water into the best wine anyone could drink. They saw Jesus open the
eyes to sight of a man born blind thirty eight years from his birth! The disciples watched in
amazement, a man possessed with demon spirits, shook violently and then was instantly
healed by Jesus! These same disciples saw men with leprosy, beg to be healed. Jesus
reached out his hand and touched them, they were whole and healthy. Then Jesus went
on to speak to five thousand people who gathered to listen to HIM. At the end of the day,
the disciples said there was no way to feed five thousand people out in the country with no
stores! Jesus saw a young boy nearby who had five loaves of bread and two fish. HE
thanked God for increasing this food to supply all the people there. At the end of their
meal, twelve baskets full of bread were left over! More unbelievable miracles were to be
performed. Jesus healed sick people on the verge of death. HE brought them back to life.
One of his last miracles was simply profound. Jesus had been away with his disciples to
another town. Someone came and said, his dearest friend, Lazarus was near death. By
the time Jesus got to Lazarus and his family, Lazarus had been dead for days! When Jesus
got to Lazarus tomb HE cried. The disciples saw how much he loved his friend who had
died. THEN Jesus told his disciples to roll away the stone to the cave. Jesus called out to
Lazarus to come out. Completely bandaged, Lazarus walked out of the cave alive and well
again! All this happened just days before Jesus died.
What kind of a man like this has any evil in him? Why would HE deserve to be nailed to a
cross and die? HE loved everyone. Jesus told his disciples and followers,
God is Love.
The Father and I are one.
SO Jesus IS GOD Almighty.
Watching all these miracles occur, still the disciples abandoned him and ran to hide in
their own homes! One of his closest disciples, Peter, went on to deny even knowing HIM
three times just before Jesus died on Good Friday. Thomas went on to “doubt” Jesus
would ever rise from the dead. The loving, wonderful supportive crowd that laid Palm
branches down for JESUS days before, now turned on HIM saying “crucify HIM, crucify HIM”
W H Y? Because they listened to lies. People were afraid of what they did not know or
understand. Leaders at that time felt it was far better to crucify “ONE MAN” who developed
a large following. Why kill thousands later, in a civil war who were followers of Jesus? So
Jesus was arrested. Hung on a cross to die. What? You might say, WHY didn’t HE save
himself? Jesus had to stay in human form to prove his humanity could overcome pain
and suffering for us. Then, rising from the dead, Jesus proved HE is God Almighty. No one
Found HIS body in the Tomb! An Angel remained to speak to Mary.
What does it take to truly make me a believer in Jesus?
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