Is your prayer a negotiation? Recently it dawned on me that I have a tendency to ask for signs. That, I would expect, is somewhat normal in prayer. Part of my experience is in looking for answers and in the constant lesson about surrender and trust. The plain truth for me is that sometimes I [...]
I surrender. For me life is a series of battles between taking an overly focused control of all aspects and surrendering the results. Were the surrender an easy lesson that could be maintained to avoid the other side of the battlefield it is entirely possible I would not be writing a blog chronicling the journey [...]
Welcome to the new year. I would have written this a bit sooner… a tip off to the year that began two days ago… but I have been busy collecting thoughts and re-assessing a lot of who I am, what I do and who I intend to be in the new year, decade and, simply, [...]
The alternative tends to give me heartburn. Tonight I had a very pleasant evening of fellowship and correct thinking. This is not so hard to come by… and often is done in my world by writing out the path to a better solution within blog passages and journal entries. Where I have discovered that my [...]
Although I do know when I’ll be back again. A couple of hours from now I will fly off on a 14-1/2 hour journey from Los Angeles to Sydney, Australia. I leave here at 11:45 PM on Saturday July 18 and arrive on Monday morning at 7:10 AM in Sydney. Technically there will not be [...]
Some days are meant to be the pothole to climb out of. That doesn’t mean that a day like today needs to have been a bad one. Twist logic or look to the benefits of challenge and you will find a way to realize that the days where struggle is a friend (I’m not always [...]
Sure beats the crap out of frustration or paranoia. The art of surrender and the path towards the attempts for breaking of habits is filled with potholes and diversions. Each day can be a challenge and a field trip in acute awareness. It should not be a negative journey… not by a longshot. It can [...]
Quite the contrary… It has been important to remind myself that in surrender I am not giving up who I essentially am. I am not giving up on choices or choosing direction. I am not becoming a doormat or a puppet by letting the world or those around me dictate what I do. I am, [...]
Being all consumed in anything is not conducive to happiness. This is a lesson that is often learned on the other side of a situation. It is akin to awareness of addictive behavior and can be the direct result of the surrender. Detachment is release and renewal of priority and focus, but should not be [...]