Child’s play is a miracle of the human spirit. One minute two children can be fighting and kicking and screaming at each other and the next they are playing joyfully, sharing, hugging, encouraging each other. As I experience this from a distance, I’m really learning so much about how we can love and fight and forgive and forget and love again. It’s a learning. The best class I’ve ever taken.
Monthly Archives: March 2007
Scratches
If someone brings you fun, absorb it. If you are feeling hurt by something or a situation, move out of the way and let it go by. If you are feeling loved, let it surround you and bring you peace. If someone leaves a mark, be gentle with yourself till the scratch is gone.
Jumping
“Forever is a long time,” she said, twisting her hair through her fingers.
“Not long enough sometimes,” he said, gently brushing her arm.
“But I was hoping this would go quick. I’m not ready,” she said.
He shifted in his seat. “I’m disappointed. I thought we were together on this.”
“We are,” she said, “I’ve just fallen a bit behind.”
“So we’re good?” he asked.
“For now,” she said.
Readings – #5
Here’s the 5th reading for the week, you’ll find them all in Faith.
Luke 9:20-26
This is where Jesus told the diciples that he would suffer, die and be raised to life. He gave them strict orders not to tell. He explained that anyone who wanted to join him needed to give up themselves and live for him. Anyone who tries to save themselves will lose, but those who give their life to him will have their life saved.
What does this mean to me today?
I guess this is the famous passage that who ever believes in me shall not die but have everlasting life. To me this isn’t literal. I think we experience many deaths during our physical lifetime. When we are too focused on ourselves and are not sharing love, we experience an emptiness that is like a death. But when we follow the light, which is Jesus’ love, we are saved over and over and are able to experience a bit of heaven here on earth. The beauty is that this light is always there, we need only look, it’s never too late.
I wasn’t expecting that!
Armour
I was feeling a little alone today so took a walk downtown. I no longer feel alone, but I think I’m getting the flu. More than one person detonated a germ bomb near me. I’m rushing now to administer echineachea and Cold FX before the fallout invades my cells. I may be doomed.
Friends in high places
If you practice yoga, you’ll appreciate this. Often when I’m in a challenging pose, a memory will come to me right out of the blue. Tonight, just as I was aware of this happening, my yoga instructor said, “if a memory comes in, just be with it and let it dissolve.” She then went on to explain that memories get stuck in our bodies and we need to free them. I’m not talking terrible memories or anything earth shattering. Tonight I simply remembered being at my doctor’s office at her previous location. This particular memory dissolved before I could chase it to a cathartic ending.
Sometimes though I think about people who are no longer with us. I must be holding my sadness in my body. It feels good to release it and release them.
Share
“I couldn’t care the least bit about that,” he said as he turned the corner.
“You should care, it’s important,” she replied, grabbing his hand and struggling to catch up.
“It just doesn’t matter to me,” he said.
She stopped abruptly, pulled him back and whispered, “but it matters to me.”
Readings – #4
Here’s the 4th reading for the week, you’ll find them all in Faith.
1 John 4:4-6
The spirit of God is stronger than the world. Those that concentrate on worldly things have limited power. Those who know the true spirit are more powerful. With this understanding, we can recognize the true spirit versus the false.
What does this say to me today?
What it feels like for me is that we will be comforted and more powerful by attaching ourselves to the true spirit and setting aside worldly aggressions and false spirit. Being true to ourselves, and loving ourselves, will make us more powerful.
Anybody?
Get set
“So then what happened?” he asked.
She looked softly into his eyes took a deep breath and leaned in. “I jumped, feet first, no ropes.”
“What did it feel like?” he asked, moving closer still.
“Revealing, energizing, naked, free,” she replied.
“Wow,” he said, pulling back a little, “would you do it again?”
“Tomorrow. Wanna come?”
Sunk
When you’re living in your mind
you create the perfect space
then reality breaks through
and throws you off your pace.
I listen to myself
and in my lonely mind
I see brighter days
of the love and loving kind.
So say goodbye to fantasies
and better will appear
you can’t see what’s ahead of you
when the past is still a glare.
Just a Moment 