* may my life be like a roll of toilet paper…..long & useful *
O Hai Thar!
No matter who you are, if you judge anyone, you have no excuse. When you judge another person, you condemn yourself, since you, the judge, do the same things.[Romans 2:1]
“Keys To My Karma” is a new approach to love, relationships, life, and auras. These short reflections will elicit your mode to “true reality” hopefully becoming apart of your daily spiritual diet. I hope this blog echoes the truth to your own path and exposes a wonderful breath of fresh air. Cheers to walking with me while finding beauty in negative spaces.
There are two days in every week, which we should not worry about,
two days which should be kept free from fear and apprehension.
One of these days is Yesterday with all its mistakes and cares,
its faults and blunders, its aches and pains.
Yesterday has passed forever beyond our control.
All the money in the world cannot bring back Yesterday.
We cannot undo a single act we performed;
we cannot erase a single word we said.
Yesterday is gone forever.
The other day we should not worry about is Tomorrow
with all its possible adversities, its burdens,
its large promise and its poor performance;
Tomorrow is also beyond our immediate control.
Tomorrow’s sun will rise,
either in splendor or behind a mask of clouds, but it will rise.
Until it does, we have no stake in Tomorrow,
for it is yet to be born.
This leaves only one day, Today.
Any person can fight the battle of just one day.
It is when you and I add the burdens of those two awful eternities
Yesterday and Tomorrow that we break down.
It is not the experience of Today that drives a person mad,
it is the remorse or bitterness of something which happened Yesterday
and the dread of what Tomorrow may bring.
This month’s song is an elixir it’s an invitation to forget about all the hassles of adulthood, as humans we have made our life more and more complex. The solutions for these complexities are relatively more complex, resulting in a vicious circle.
The song urges its listeners to return to the simplicities of life. Remain content with who you are and what you do. When we know who we are and believe it, our greatest dreams are possible. When we doubt ourselves, question our worth and undermine our self value, our greatest victory will be worthless.
Know your values, and be guided in all things by your own conscience. If you encounter situations that threaten your personal moral code, act in ways that are consistent with your own principles. Try to thrive rather than to survive, try to flourish rather than make it and try to stand tall rather than just stand up.
Stay true to yourself and you’ll go far, affirm that “I am my greatest hero.”
I received an email from my friend Crystal this morning which had a message from George Carlin. While doing some research I found out that the excerpt that I am about to share was not written by George Carlin but by Dr. Bob Moorhead, I’m not here to blab about who wrote it, what the heck! it’s a briliant piece. If you’ve read it before please read it again, there’s something there for all of us.
I truly believe that each individual should make it a priority to be self aware. So many of us get lost protecting our fears and reputation and are not conscious of how lost we are.
I agree with his core message, it makes you stop and think…………
The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but
shorter tempers, wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints. We spend more,
but have less; we buy more, but enjoy less. We have bigger houses and
smaller families, more conveniences, but less time. We have more degrees
but less sense, more knowledge, but less judgment, more experts, yet more
problems, more medicine, but less wellness.
We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little,
drive too fast, get too angry, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too
little, watch TV too much, and pray too seldom. We have multiplied our
possessions, but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too seldom, and
hate too often.
We’ve learned how to make a living, but not a life. We’ve added years to
life not life to years. We’ve been all the way to the moon and back, but
have trouble crossing the street to meet a new neighbor. We conquered outer
space but not inner space.
We’ve done larger things, but not better things. We’ve cleaned up the air,
but polluted the soul. We’ve conquered the atom, but not our prejudice.
We write more, but learn less. We plan more, but accomplish less.
We’ve learned to rush, but not to wait. We build more computers to hold
more information, to produce more copies than ever, but we communicate less
and less.
These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion, big men and small
character, steep profits and shallow relationships. These are the days of
two incomes but more divorce, fancier houses, but broken homes.
These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throwaway morality, one
night stands, overweight bodies, and pills that do everything from cheer,
to quiet, to kill.
It is a time when there is much in the showroom window and nothing in the
stockroom. A time when technology can bring this letter to you, and a time
when you can choose either to share this insight, or to just hit delete.
Remember; spend some time with your loved ones, because they are not going
to be around forever. Remember, say a kind word to someone who looks up to
you in awe, because that little person soon will grow up and leave your
side.
Remember to give a warm hug to the one next to you because that is the only
treasure you can give with your heart and it doesn’t cost a cent. Remember,
to say, “I love you” to your partner and your loved ones, but most of all
mean it. A kiss and an embrace will mend hurt when it comes from deep
inside of you.
Remember to hold hands and cherish the moment for someday
that person will not be there again. Give time to love, give time to speak
and give time to share the precious thoughts in your mind.
AND ALWAYS REMEMBER: Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.
……….If our voice was a little louder, would the good Lord hear us better?
I experience something in my life that is so tangible that i’m puzzled there is no word for it. Others I have talked to also experience it, some more strongly than I. It is the feeling of “now is the the time to do it.” Often when I’m asked why I haven’t done something, the answer is I haven’t gotten this go-ahead. The astronauts receive a signal that comes close to describing it: “All systems are go.” — But they can at least tell where it’s coming from.
My intuitive sense of the natural, right thing to do under the circumstances—when I am quite enough to hear it—seems somehow to take the future circumstances into consideration. I feel like “Do this,” and it is only afterwards that I see the sense of it. The “sense” however, is not in everything working out the way I would like, but in always receiving an efficient and needed lesson in increased awareness.
To listen to my intuition is to identify my entire awareness, to be my entire experience, and not just my conscious perception. My total awareness synthesizes into a calm sense of direction that is above reason. It is only when my attention becomes fixated that I act like an unknowing part rather than a knowing whole. When I favor my conscious perception over my total awareness, I can no longer hear the guiding rhythm of one whole reality.
Calmness accompanies the whole. Fear accompanies the part. Intuition looks beyond the latest object of my concern to see the stillness of all outcomes.
People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered;
Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives;
Be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies;
Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you;
Be honest and frank anyway.
What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight;
Build anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous;
Be happy anyway.
The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow;
Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have and it may just never be enough;
Give the world the best you have anyway.
You see, in the final analysis, it’s all between you and God;
It was never between you and them anyway.
Everyday I realize that I would be nothing without music. Music has played a major part in my life, it gives me butterflies making me fly high. It inspires me and sends an adrenaline rush to my body which eventually burns my soul.
With all that said I’ve decided to post a song for each month to signify my mood.
The song that I chose has a soothing effect on me when I feel boxed in and numb. It reflects the positive and negative aspects of my life. Here the writer expresses the concept of duality, we are never just one singular thing, but that we encompass all emotions and attitudes at all points in life. She juxtaposes this with the concept of a hand in pocket (inactive and disengaged) while the other hand remains active and engaged with the world. Regardless of the emotions and actions we make and tell, the world is full of everything good and bad, engaged and disengaged.
I hope you’ll find joy and inspiration from the songs that are posted here.
Couple weeks back I stumbled upon an awe-inspiring newsletter from the DailyOM the passage was so stimulating it left me with no alternative but to subscribe for the exceptional pages.
Seeking inspiration I observed this excerpt, here’s what I read today — as I read it, it was so applicable I actually said “Ouch!”.
Now Is The Time:Bloom Where You Are Planted.
Having a vision for our future that differs from our current circumstances can be inspiring and exciting, but it can also keep us from fully committing to our present placement. We may become aware that this is happening when we notice our thoughts about the future distracting us from our participation in the moment. We may find upon searching our hearts that we are waiting for some future time or situation in order to self-actualize. This would be like a flower planted in North Dakota putting off blooming because it would prefer to do so in Illinois.
There are no guarantees in this life, so when we hold back we do so at the risk of never fully blossoming. This present moment always offers us the ground in which we can take root and open our hearts now. What this means is that we live fully, wherever we are, not hesitating because conditions are not perfect, or we might end up moving, or we haven’t found our life partner. This can be scary, because we might feel that we are giving up our cherished dreams if we do not agree to wait for them. But this notion that we have to hold back our life force now in order to find happiness later doesn’t really make sense. What might really be happening is that we are afraid to embrace this moment, and ourselves, just exactly as we are right now. This constitutes a tendency to hold back from fully loving ourselves, as we are, where we are.
We have a habit of presenting life with a set of conditions—ifs and whens that must be fulfilled before we will say yes to the gift of our lives. Now is the time for each of us to bloom where we are planted, overriding our tendency to hold back. Now is the time to say yes, to be brave and commit fully to ourselves, because until we do no one else will. Now is the time to be vulnerable, unfolding delicately yet fully into the space in which we find ourselves.
All my life, I’ve written these words with no thoughts or intention of sharing them. Not even with my confidants. It wasn’t until going through my journals and notebooks that I realized how ready I am to share these secret thoughts. The experience below was so painful that the only way to express the confusion was to write it down. I have learned from the experience, I suffered from it and I have grown from it and I’m now aware of myself as a woman and as a person who goes through the things that cause life to be experienced in all its crazy, upside-down-sideways-inside- out glory. I am now aware of what I feel and how to deal and where to go from here. Reading these words reminds me that all i’ve gone through and all I’ve seen wasn’t in vain. It all adds up eventually.
I was your pretty little trophy;painted with smiles I displayed no pain.
You are, well, what are you my dad? I flinch at your name.
Memories haunt me the horrors are painted on my skin.
Fine lines define my torment and pain within.
You took my body and tore it in half as you held tightly to my calf.
I was so afraid of your physical strength; your hands were so big and rough.
I wrestled, I fought and I struggled, interestingly that wasn’t enough.
You told me to be quiet and not to tell a soul and eventually expressed that you had everything under control.
Where was my mother to protect me from your sickness, my shivering and such horror?
I was paralyzed but managed to run with tears and shame but the passage was too narrow
The outburst didn’t help as I ran through the mud. No one believed me not even my own blood.
How can I refrain from remembering when it’s all I’ve ever known?
Not only did you molest my body, you molested my soul.
The memories are stuck on repeat.
Wished it was a trick instead I was your treat.
How long before my dignity is reclaimed? Your eyes lied and looked unashamed.
Why did you betray my innocence? Are you running from the truth?
Why? Why? Why? I wonder, can you ever reward me my back my youth?
Should I forgive or should I forget?
When faced with the choice, I choose forgiveness with no regret
Because we both have demons to battle, mistakes, and sins
All I ever have is my worth and my freedom so a new life begins
What does it mean to be here? What does it mean to have friends? What does it mean to get dressed, to have a meal, to work? What does it mean to come home? What is the difference between the living and the dead?
I sometimes wonder if the ‘dead’ are not more present, more comfortable, more there than most of the living.
Today I want to be doing things to be doing them, not to drive to get there, make love to have climaxes, or study to ‘keep abreast.’
I don’t want to do things to sell myself on myself. I don’t want to do nice things for people so that I will be ‘nice.’ I don’t want to work to make money, I want to work to work.
Today I don’t want to live for, I want to live.
This powerful experience below has helped me to tap in to that “still, small space within” leaving me to think that there are more questions than answers to life.
I think we must purposely choose to be connected with all of humanity and project peace to one another, instead of choosing to be individuals—I, Me, Myself—and not being concerned with those around us. Thank you Jill for being an emissary bridge.
Last night my starshine’s mood was swinging awfully low, undoubtedly it was Aundra’s quest to comfort him. In the midst of trying to soothe him from such pain he stopped me dead in my tracks and uttered “this song I dedicate to you.” The words were so profound, the keys penetrated, and the mood was so intense.
Just when I thought I had the fortune to witness all his inner beauty, he revealed more of himself to me and I fell in love all over again. He’s my daily dose of inspiration the longer I know him the more I love him. Two souls weaved together on one single thread called life. It was a miracle that I came to know him and because of his thoughts and words I begin to accept life as our. I learnt that when you say “our” only then will you understand clearly.
“In this life we cannot do great things. Only little things with great love” ~ Mother Teresa
Your Guardian Angel by: The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
“Keys To My Karma”