New Beginnings
I have spent most of my life, marking time, marching in time, watching time, counting time, and many other ways looking at time as being something that was finite and fleeting.
Lately, I have started to look at time as something that I have been unconsciously obsessed with. I have always, I guess, looked at it as something there is never enough of. That I'll never have enough of it to get everything done.
I also was never a religious person, and I'm still not. Seems like a strange thing for someone pursuing the ministry to say, but it's true. Probably why I am a Religious Scientist.
Now that I am more aware of who and what I am, I find myself less concerned as to how much I accomplish in my life, because I am an eternal soul. I truly believe that. Being eternal, I am able to know that anything I do is good. Hell I could just BE and that would be good, but I choose to do and be more. I enjoy just "being" sometimes, but I need more, so I try to help people.
Being a minister enables me to help in many ways. Having life experiences in finance, construction, manufacturing, IT and design, allows me to offer ideas and solutions from many angles, but I also find most people need to doe the inquiry themselves. I can help guide them, but they need to do the work. The wise Chinese prophet, Lao Tzu once said, "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime." It's so true.
Anyway, while I still feel I need to be "on time" for appointments out of respect, I feel that whatever I do in this world is enough, and just right. So here I am almost a reverend, ready to start my ministry reaching out to those who may believe as I do. More on that next time.
Visit me online at www.SpiritInExpression.Com.
Lately, I have started to look at time as something that I have been unconsciously obsessed with. I have always, I guess, looked at it as something there is never enough of. That I'll never have enough of it to get everything done.
I also was never a religious person, and I'm still not. Seems like a strange thing for someone pursuing the ministry to say, but it's true. Probably why I am a Religious Scientist.
Now that I am more aware of who and what I am, I find myself less concerned as to how much I accomplish in my life, because I am an eternal soul. I truly believe that. Being eternal, I am able to know that anything I do is good. Hell I could just BE and that would be good, but I choose to do and be more. I enjoy just "being" sometimes, but I need more, so I try to help people.
Being a minister enables me to help in many ways. Having life experiences in finance, construction, manufacturing, IT and design, allows me to offer ideas and solutions from many angles, but I also find most people need to doe the inquiry themselves. I can help guide them, but they need to do the work. The wise Chinese prophet, Lao Tzu once said, "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime." It's so true.
Anyway, while I still feel I need to be "on time" for appointments out of respect, I feel that whatever I do in this world is enough, and just right. So here I am almost a reverend, ready to start my ministry reaching out to those who may believe as I do. More on that next time.
Visit me online at www.SpiritInExpression.Com.
Life is comings and goings, like our breath. Last Sunday's service at The Center For Positive Living, Jim and Diana were gone and although we had a good number of people the experience was different. I thought to myelf, "I miss them." And then I explored what I felt was "missing" for myself that I would feel that way.
ReplyDeleteWhat I came up with was the need to hold on to a singular definition of what The Center was- "a place that included Jim and Diana".
There's that need to keep things the same.
It's kinda' like what Dori said to Marlin in the movie Finding Nemo. How can anything happen to Nemo if you promise to never let anything happen to him?
The other aspect of my emotion Sunday is a desire to travel. You guys have really inspired me to take Avatar to Costa Rica and other exciting places.
Thank you both for your past "goings" or past definitions of friendship and your "comings" as friends connecting with me in spirit and the internet.
Love, Jody