Gifts of Pain and Purpose

Of course, we are going to have go through hard, aweful times. The joy is that we don't have to go through them alone." "Suffering exists, the tragedy is suffering alone." Kate Braestrup, Unitarian Minister. I will not spend more than 4 waking hours alone. It's not good for me. I love you. A New Week. Sunshine. Work to do. Feeling love and feeling loved. A dear friend with the gift of prophesy told me that God is preparing me for something really important. I am psyched. I can take anything as long as I know it's worth it. I hope you have a day of serenidipity!!

Change in Circumstances; Changes in us

Variations on the Serenity Prayer - "God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference" -Rheinhold Niebuhr. Another way to express this idea is the thoughts of Viktor Frankl "When we are no loner able to change a situation - we are challenged to change ourselves." In other words, there is always something that can be changed, ourselves!"

Out of the Blue

Te busque de bajo de las piedras y no te-encontre...En la manana fria y en la noche te-busque...Hasta enloquecer...Pero tu llegaste a mi vida como una luz...Sanando las heridas de mi corazon...Haciendo me-sentir vivo otra vez. The most important things in my life have come out of the blue, what about that?

Attitude in Trauma and Tragedy

Today is Veteran's Day and yesterday was the memorial service at Fort Hood yesterday for the massacre that took place and I heard a great deal of commentary on WWI, WWII and wars around the world. I remembered when I was in a dark place, I read the wisdom of Viktor Frankl who was in a darker place and he said "The last of human freedoms - the ability to chose one's attitude in a given set of circumstances." Despite everything, we always have the inner ability to smile, to laugh and to pray. So I will make this a good day.

Good Days and Bad Days

This week it has become more clear to me that there are no good days nor bad days. There are only "doing Steve's Will days, aka ego, fear, grandiosity, control and chaos" or "trying to do God's Will days", aka humility, helpfulness, and, dare I say it, happiness." When will I get this right?

Run Toward Your Roar!

Continuing with my safari theme, I am reminded me of the story that when lions hunt their prey, the female lions will circle around the prey and the male lions with stay to one side and ROAR!! When the prey run away, they run into the mouths of the huntresses. Lesson - run toward your ROAR (fear). OK, I am going to hit it today

God is a Lionness

I woke up this morning to my conception of God as a LIONNESS grabbing me by the back of my neck and pushing me to run the Serengeti for today's sustenance. So...I am after gazelles today or a few zebras!!ROOOOOOOOOOAARRRRRRRRRRR!!!