“Why live today?Blog #112
How can I care for others if I don’t care for myself?
Where AM I getting my courage to start my new day?
Why do I feel so hopeless at this point in my life?
It is not up to another person to make ME happy. I wake up each morning and say to
myself, “this is going to be my best day possible”. I look back on my life and I now CLOSE
THE DOOR. It’s time for focusing on the NOW. Do you know how I keep my dignity? I DON’T
LOOK BACK.
I try my very best not to complain today about anything! All I have to do is look around
me and I see that I am blessed in so many ways. My father used to tell me, “Never let a
day go by, BUT learn something new”. I feel good when I speak to someone who is
calling me and “I am not complaining about anything”. I look at it like this, “IF someone is
calling me on the phone, who knows what their problems may be”? It’s important to have
endless kindness and NOT COMPLAIN. I am trying very hard over the next few weeks until
Easter, not to judge anyone. I want to SEE anyone and everyone I know for just who they
are! Leave it at that.
Here is amazing quote that I keep with me all the time. I read and re-read it.
“I declare before God and my family, that my whole life, whether it be long or short, will
be devoted to doing good, learning lessons and helping others…”
Now, who do you think wrote that? The Queen of England wrote that and she lived to be
ninety six years old! Someone may say, yes, but look at the life she got to live treated like a
Queen! Maybe, but life is never like we imagine it and especially when we try to judge how
someone else’s life is or was.
Here is one tiny example of something that happened to the Queen of England, that few
people know about. She was sound asleep in her bed and a deranged man broke into
the castle, climbed up, through her window and sat by her bed and woke her up! He
could have killed her on the spot, yet she kept her inner spiritual courage and talked to
him about his needs for over twenty minutes! Wow. Not many of us realize what inner
strength we have until we really need it!
After all my trials and pain and sorrow, one time I was speaking to a very wise therapist
who shared amazing pearls of wisdom with me. “Take your mind off of your own
problems and be determined to make a positive difference in someone else’s life”. That
rang a big bell and made so much sense. I can’t really worry and fret and complain
about myself, if I am truly helping another human being, can I?
He ended by saying to me; “I believe the point of living is to create goodness all the
time. People need to see in you, the things they WANT to believe in”. The suffering and
pain we go through, just gives us stability, serenity and strength to go through a new day.
“Grief is the price we all pay for Love”. The Queen of England spoke and believed this. So
my counselor shared this and when I look in “Light places” I see it, it’s everywhere. So I
want to create change in a positive way, all through my day.
Today, what are my choices? I can sit in a room, stare out the window and think about
my past, over and over and over again. OR I can find courage to change. DO something
positive for myself right this minute.
It’s time I accept the fact, IF I am reading this, the teacher is here now. Truth has a face
and name = Jesus Christ, is the only way I find courageous change. We get closer to
Jesus by the way we live in truth, humility and forgiveness. The decision to heal myself
is the first step, every angry moment is a step away. Healing for myself releases me
from fear, my mind focuses on Jesus Christ now.
Can I stop being angry just for today?
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