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Posted on October 15, 2009 - by Joy
Finding Answers
Sometimes the only thing that will really keep you going is your Faith. Faith that things will get better even if it feels like you’re pitted against the darkest corner of an endless maze of tunnels. Being a Christian my entire life, and quite a religious one at a young age, I’ve grown up believing in God, in a higher being, in something that is purely good, loving and forgiving. Back then, in the midst of memorizing Bible verses, going to Church every Sunday, and loudly declaring that I am God’s child and as the Sunday school song goes: “I can feel him in my hand, I can feel him in my feet…I can feel Him all over me…” — I have asked many times, in earnest, how do I know that God really does exist aside from the Bible verses, what the pastor teaches, what my Sunday school teaches, what my parents and grandparents have instilled in me?
I’m not about to tell you to believe in my beliefs. Heck, there were moments in my adult life when I even felt left out to be the only one believing in even just a higher being. It was either passe, or a big No-no to declare one’s faith. I haven’t gone to Church regularly in a long time, but that doesn’t mean that I’m a heathen down to my very soul either.
As I grew older (and older…ah), I’ve encountered that helping hand right when I had almost nothing left to hang on to. It’s at that moment when I realize that nothing is under my control and all I can do is give it up to Him…or let go…or let the Universe take care of it, whichever language you want to translate that to. As someone who likes to take charge of her life, it is very hard for me to ask for assistance or give up the driver’s seat of my own life. The irony is that when I do let go, that’s when great things happen. I really just learn to stop being so darn in charge all the time.
The ship won’t sink if I don’t worry about it, because it won’t. All I need is to believe. I’ve been through hell before, and it really only goes uphill from there.
Posted on July 10, 2009 - by Joy
Love…all the time
In the August 2009 issue of Yoga Journal, the editor’s letter begins with:
love is all there is
So why do we often wait for tragedy to show it to each other?
And she ends with, “…find a way to live in, and from, a place of love, not as a response to an event or a person, but simply as a way to be.” Three days before she wrote this, editor Kaitlin Quistgard’s nephew lost both of his legs in a motorcycle accident and has since witnessed the outpouring of help, support, and love, from family, friends and strangers.
Not to sound so cliche in light of all the mass coverage of Michael Jackson’s death, but really, when I turned on the memorial the other day, the first thing that came to mind was: Where have all these people been when he was still alive (and in need of serious intervention)? It’s sad.
I don’t mean to be a downer on a Friday, but quite the opposite. Perhaps make a conscious effort to be a person emanating with love today, even with just the simplest of things: smile to people, greet people, send a quick note to a friend or family member just to say you are thinking of them, buy a co-worker a cup of their favorite morning coffee or tea, find opportunities to give thanks and/or praise… These are absolutely simple, yet powerful ways, that could make your and someone’s day better. Try it. Give someone a reason to enjoy Friday a little more. :-)
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Posted on July 5, 2009 - by Joy
I Edit Myself Out
I’m sorry, this blog has been somewhat of that oddball stack, a place where I put whatever doesn’t fit in my other websites. You know that space between the kitchen stove and the counter where crumbs and god-knows-what go to the mysterious kitchen abyss until the stove breaks and you need to replace it? And at that point, you really do not want to see or know what has accumulated in the space. That space is turning out to be this blog. I’m so sorry, blog. I will remedy that. I hope.
I’ve always wanted to have this space as a place where I can just unload my thoughts and not have to worry someone asking me the next hour, the next day, the next week, what I mean about what I posted. A word, a feeling, a thought is said for the purpose of writing. Nothing more. Should I put a disclaimer that says, “It’s not about you, it’s about me.”?
So again, I will try to put more effort here, focus on the goal of blogging.
