There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever. ~ Mohandas Gandhi
I am a quote-a-holic.
Quotes perk me up the way little blue pills................well......you get the picture.
The above quote is a great reminder for me today.
I didn't sleep well last night at all. My dreams were all over the place (as they have been for quite some time now) and I found myself in that crazy place where you are aware that you are dreaming and you want to do something about what you are seeing but you can't because you are really asleep....
So all night it felt like I was trying to put out fires, or at least create a change in what was happening only to find that I could make no difference at all. I woke up feeling helpless and hopeless, insignificant.
And then I found this quote this morning. Aha!
Last nights crazy dream situation reflects how I've been feeling in my waking hours these days. I can see relationships ending and circumstances in my life changing (drastically!) and even though this is all familiar territory, I have been worrying about it incessantly! Trying to find the logical explanation (is there one?) and trying to find a solution that keeps everything fine and dandy.
If I'm being honest with myself, I have no control over any of this, whatsoever! I didn't put these balls into motion, they just started rolling and here I am on the sidelines watching it happen feeling hopeless, helpless and insignificant.
That's my real problem. I've expected myself to know what to do and to fix it. I've had no faith in the flow of life and I'm exhausted from trying to keep up! There's a picture. I'm trying to keep up with God's plans for me instead of allowing that energy to lift me up to the place I need to be. It inevitably always does!
Last night I went to bed looking forward to the sun rising. And now I know why. Somewhere in my being I knew that clarity would come by sunrise. And it did.
Today I have the opportunity to let go. Now that I can see where it is I was resisting, I can loosen my grasp and relax a little knowing that in the end all I need is a little faith.
I am a quote-a-holic.
Quotes perk me up the way little blue pills................well......you get the picture.
The above quote is a great reminder for me today.
I didn't sleep well last night at all. My dreams were all over the place (as they have been for quite some time now) and I found myself in that crazy place where you are aware that you are dreaming and you want to do something about what you are seeing but you can't because you are really asleep....
So all night it felt like I was trying to put out fires, or at least create a change in what was happening only to find that I could make no difference at all. I woke up feeling helpless and hopeless, insignificant.
And then I found this quote this morning. Aha!
Last nights crazy dream situation reflects how I've been feeling in my waking hours these days. I can see relationships ending and circumstances in my life changing (drastically!) and even though this is all familiar territory, I have been worrying about it incessantly! Trying to find the logical explanation (is there one?) and trying to find a solution that keeps everything fine and dandy.
If I'm being honest with myself, I have no control over any of this, whatsoever! I didn't put these balls into motion, they just started rolling and here I am on the sidelines watching it happen feeling hopeless, helpless and insignificant.
That's my real problem. I've expected myself to know what to do and to fix it. I've had no faith in the flow of life and I'm exhausted from trying to keep up! There's a picture. I'm trying to keep up with God's plans for me instead of allowing that energy to lift me up to the place I need to be. It inevitably always does!
Last night I went to bed looking forward to the sun rising. And now I know why. Somewhere in my being I knew that clarity would come by sunrise. And it did.
Today I have the opportunity to let go. Now that I can see where it is I was resisting, I can loosen my grasp and relax a little knowing that in the end all I need is a little faith.
I am re-reading Steering by Starlight by Martha Beck and she talks about the empty elevator. You are travelling alone while you go up a level and you;re leaving behind the people who may have been fellow elevator travellers in the past, but they've now vacated because they don;t appreciate the new you Jenn. Just remember there's a whole new group you will find once you arrive at your new floor. And a bunch of us who love you all the time.
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Rosemary
You are a gem in my life Rosemary!
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