Rivers eventually reach the sea,
rejoining the “source.”
In completing their lives,
they offer replenishment to the oceans,
so that life may continue.
Without this cycle, we’d have no rain, and no rivers.
[We’d also have no rainbows.]
The sea is always the same,
yet is always changing.
The same water has been there for eons,
yet it’s been cycled over and over into clouds,
rain, lakes and rivers.
Ever-flowing; ever-changing,
life is also always the same,
Yet is always changing.
How you live therefore is a choice.
Perhaps the way you live your life could,
like rivers and the sea,
touch, enrich and nourish all those with whom you come into contact.
From a Hawaiian poem:
Be like the ocean.
Be open to changes,
be excited about new challenges and share these moments with each other in the new year!
Friday, December 31, 2004
Moving
Moving in the direction of being one mind.
Learning the essence of your soul,
treasuring your time.
Waiting to hear your voice
and imagine your touch.
Basking in the radiance of your beauty,
I would enjoy that very much.
Being tied to your strings and twisted all around.
My destination is your heart,
where I want to be bound.
Staying on course along the road that I have traveled a time or two.
Moving in the direction that will end with you.
By: Shirley A. Jackson
Learning the essence of your soul,
treasuring your time.
Waiting to hear your voice
and imagine your touch.
Basking in the radiance of your beauty,
I would enjoy that very much.
Being tied to your strings and twisted all around.
My destination is your heart,
where I want to be bound.
Staying on course along the road that I have traveled a time or two.
Moving in the direction that will end with you.
By: Shirley A. Jackson
Tuesday, December 07, 2004
The front row
Life is a theater, so invite your audience carefully.
Not everyone is worthy enough and/or healthy enough to have a front row seat in our lives.
There are even some people in your life that need to be loved from a great distance, yet, I am moving away from the topic.
It's amazing what you can accomplish when you let go, or at least minimize your time aroind draining , negative, incompatible, not-going-anywhere relationships, friendships, fellowship even! Observe the relationship around you. Pay attention to which ones have left and which ones still lean upon you? which ones encourage and which ones discourage? which ones are on a path of growth uphill and which ones going downhill? when you leave certain people, do you feel better or feel worse? Which ones always have drama or don't really understand, and appreciate you and the gift that lies within you?
The more you seek God and the things of God--- the more you seek quality, the more you seek not just the hand of God but the face of God---therefore, the more you seek things that are honorable--- the more you seek growth, peace, love and truth around you, the easier it will become for you to decide who gets to sit in the FRONT ROW and who should be move to the balcony of life of your life.
You cannot change the people around you.... but you can change the people you are around! Ask God for wisdom and discernment and choose wisely the people who sit in the FRONT ROW of life.
Not everyone is worthy enough and/or healthy enough to have a front row seat in our lives.
There are even some people in your life that need to be loved from a great distance, yet, I am moving away from the topic.
It's amazing what you can accomplish when you let go, or at least minimize your time aroind draining , negative, incompatible, not-going-anywhere relationships, friendships, fellowship even! Observe the relationship around you. Pay attention to which ones have left and which ones still lean upon you? which ones encourage and which ones discourage? which ones are on a path of growth uphill and which ones going downhill? when you leave certain people, do you feel better or feel worse? Which ones always have drama or don't really understand, and appreciate you and the gift that lies within you?
The more you seek God and the things of God--- the more you seek quality, the more you seek not just the hand of God but the face of God---therefore, the more you seek things that are honorable--- the more you seek growth, peace, love and truth around you, the easier it will become for you to decide who gets to sit in the FRONT ROW and who should be move to the balcony of life of your life.
You cannot change the people around you.... but you can change the people you are around! Ask God for wisdom and discernment and choose wisely the people who sit in the FRONT ROW of life.
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