Showing posts with label faith. Show all posts
Showing posts with label faith. Show all posts

10 October 2013

My focus was "off" a bit today.....

but that hardly matters...
really.



perhaps my hands were shaking.....


too much "joe"....


perhaps, there was a chill in the air.....


naw.......hot flashes take care of that!


Actually, I think everything might have turned out just as it should.....

A dear friend sent this to me yesterday....


"She Let Go”
She let go. Without a thought or a word, she let go.
She let go of the fear. She let go of the judgments.
She let go of the confluence of opinions swarming around her head.
She let go of the committee of indecision within her.
She let go of all the ‘right’ reasons. Wholly and completely,
without hesitation or worry, she just let go.
She didn’t ask anyone for advice.
 She didn’t read a book on how to let go.
 She didn’t search the scriptures.
She just let go.
 She let go of all of the memories that held her back.
She let go of all of the anxiety that kept her from moving forward.
She let go of the planning and all of the calculations about how to do it just right.
She didn’t promise to let go. She didn’t journal about it.
She didn’t write the projected date in her Day-Timer.
She made no public announcement and put no ad in the paper.
She didn’t check the weather report or read her daily horoscope.
She just let go.
She didn’t analyze whether she should let go.
She didn’t call her friends to discuss the matter.
She didn’t do a five-step Spiritual Mind Treatment.
She didn’t call the prayer line. She didn’t utter one word.
She just let go.
No one was around when it happened. There was no applause or congratulations.
No one thanked her or praised her.
No one noticed a thing.
Like a leaf falling from a tree,
she just let go.
There was no effort. There was no struggle.
It wasn’t good and it wasn’t bad.
It was what it was, and it is just that.
In the space of letting go, she let it all be.
 A small smile came over her face.
 A light breeze blew through her.
 And the sun and the moon shone
 forevermore.

I am sorry I do not know the author, it was not me obviously...
smiles!


30 December 2011

Giving thanks...

When in doubt, 
Ellen,
 show up early. 
Think less. 
Feel more. 
Ask once. 
Give thanks often. 
Expect the best. 
Appreciate everything. 
Never give up. 
Make it fun. 
Lead. 
Invent. 
Regroup. 
Wink. 
Chill. 
Smile. 
And 
live as if
 your success
 was inevitable, 
and so it shall be.
Happy global domination,
.............
The Universe

(many thanks for having faith in me....smiles)

02 February 2010

On wings of Angels...

I am so blessed.

I am grateful for these blessings.

But I cannot adequately express the extent of my gratitude.

Sweetie and I have faced a year of vanished jobs.

His was a job that he grew up in....36 years of growing up.

Who knew it could be gone in the flash of an eye?

But, through grace, friendship, love, kindness, and 

faith, we have made it to the other side 

of this dry spell.

Sweetie has a dream job now.

If you are unemployed,

whether through the downturn in the economy,

or through extenuating circumstances,

cultivate your faith,

in whatever you have faith in....

My belief is that 

"The universe conspires on our behalf"

we must merely show up for the miracles...

thank you for a year of support and understanding.

smiles from deep down inside. 

09 January 2010

Certainty...


To be uncertain is to be uncomfortable,
but to be certain is to
be ridiculous.
-Chinese Proverb

I like this.
It reminds me of how far I have come on this journey of life.
I am no longer certain of everything....
in fact, I am certain of only a few things.
Which actually
makes things easier....

It has taken me a very long time
to realize that I usually do not
have all the information.
Imagine that!
Now most of you
are probably thinking....
"Well....that's pretty obvious!"
But...
to me
it wasn't...
I was pretty sure
that I knew how everyone should act,
what their job was...
and how they fit in to the
grand scheme of things.....
But....
I now know that
it isn't my responsibility,
job, mission, or goal
to know these things....
In fact I don't even know
what my purpose is most of the time.
But if I trust,
have faith,
show up,
encourage,
praise,
smile....
well, I
believe
that is
just about enough.

13 July 2009

New Hair.....

Yep, new hair.....
Brown, shorter, cooler.....
New outlook to go with....
Not willing to become stuck.
Not willing to blame....
or accept blame...
Growth never seems to let up on it's insistent
rapping....rapping on the door....
The universe appears to see me as much more
"centered" than I can intellectually accept....
I have been blessed with.....
good friends.....
a safe place to live....
faith......
calm......
Thank you....

20 June 2009

Unfair......


Well......
it is so easy to get caught up in the mundane worries of everyday life.
Then something weird...
strange....
unexpected....
scarey......
frightening....
horrible.....
unfair.....
Yes...unfair seems to work the best,
well something unfair happens.
When it happens to people close to you,
it is very easy to assume the role of "chief critic".
So easy to think that our thinking is the correct and just thinking.
My ego tells me that I have a "clue".......
That I know what should happen to all involved......
that I would arrange the play differently.
My friends are dealing with a difficult,
impossible, UNFAIR situation.
It is unfolding at the hospital, as I write.
No one knows what to do.
The doctors, bless their hearts, really do not know what to do.
(and they admit it.....)
So....what do we do when we find ourselves in this situation?
Pray.