“Daily Drama” Blog #66
I just heard the news this morning. Another drug addict has died. I thought about my
own life versus his life. Choices he had made versus choices I have made. Why we
were so extremely different? Why am I still here and his life gone, ruined with no return?
Why DO we make the choices we do each day? How do we face daily drama?.
What makes a person deliberately want to destroy their brain cells with no care for
living, has their daily drama consumed them? We see thousands of young and old with
illness, just trying to stay alive.
We see the extreme, bizarre daily commercials constantly contradicting themselves!
Take this pill or that pill to find instant relief from anxiety, or depression. (However, the
side affects state they may have suicidal warnings!) Are you kidding me? We live in a
time where things we hear now seem to border on the rediculous. Nowadays “anything
goes”, and we in our daily quest for fight or flight, figure ways to battle our daily drama
of just living life. There is the latest statistic out there, saying “over half of the country
FEEL LONELY EVERY DAY”
WHY is this? Nothing we buy, nothing we own and nothing we acquire will give us a
feeling of permanent contentment. Each and every one of us must suffer the daily
dilemma of “figuring life out”, one day at a time, all by our alone-selves.
We come into this life accountable to our parents. We go to school and must be
accountable to teachers. We get out of school and drive and have a job and must be
accountable to the laws that regulate our system. However, there is one small
hiccup……”internally who are we accountable to?”
Throughout all the daily drama of our lives where are we running to? What is the plan
for life as we get older and older? At the end of the day, who will satisfy us completely?
I believe, It is only HIS love that suffices. Jesus Christ.
There is a famous Russian author Leo Tolstoy who said, “Everyone thinks of changing the
world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” There really is no way to avoid daily
drama IF we are alive. Yet, what do we fall back on every day? Some of us wake up with
health issues. Others have relationship issues and still others are now and will be all
alone facing life one day at a time.
Regardless of what I face each day, I still know my limits, I’m learning about me. I
continue to see what I can cope with and what are major stressors in my own daily
drama of living. Most importantly though - What are my “proven helps”?
Deep breathing. Walking outdoors. Prayerful meditations and affirmations. THEY DO
WORK!.
My major awareness day in and day out, just knowing I have someone internally who
cares for me unconditionally. I walk one way for fifteen minutes and back for another
fifteen minutes. All the while deep breathing, asking for help and telling HIM what my
needs are. I always try to remember that the number one thing within my control is……
ME.
I have come to believe that age has nothing to do with fulfillment. IF we are content in
our surroundings, this is a huge accomplishment. We must feel right about where we
are and who we are with and where we are headed. I for one, can only take on the new
day knowing I have the help of my MASTER by my side. I start each morning with a
prayer of protection:
“The light of God surrounds me, the Love of God enfolds me, The power of God
protects me and the presence of God watches over me, wherever I am, God is and
all is well”.
After this prayer I thank God for all my blessings. Especially life challenges that helped
me to grow internally. Then I take on my day. I want to share a beautiful true story
about faith. There is lovely little church in Sante Fe, New Mexico. It was built over a
hundred years ago. It still stands there. After the completion, the nuns realized they had
no way to climb up to the loft. No staircase had ever been built. They prayed and they
prayed. Very soon a carpenter came knocking at their door. He seemed to know
exactly what they needed and they were impressed. After weeks of working hard, the
carpenter was done. At the back of the church stood a beautiful circular wooded
staircase all the way up to the loft. There was not a single nail used. Yet, each stair was
strong and sturdy. They were sure that the next day the carpenter would return so they
could take care of what they must owe him. He was never to return again. Through the
years, scientists and architects have studied the staircase and come up with the fact
that the “wood used” was not from any where around here. How the staircase could be
built without a single nail? This has baffled many a professional throughout the years.
Yet, the strangest and most beautiful fact remains. Many thousands of people that are
true believers have visited this lovely world reknown chapel and their lives have been
healed of many illnesses. To this day - the chapel stands in Santa Fe, New Mexico for
any one to go and see and hopefully bring them peace, relieve their daily drama and
give them faith. Their faith is restored instantly.
Do I have a prayer in place for my “daily drama” today?
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