Who is in charge?

As we argue, fuss, and fight, over matters of little consequence we must stop to remember who we are and we must stop and remember who is in charge? No institution of human invention is going to be all that it should be, not even the body of Christ we call church.

This I Believe

1. I believe that the seed of good and evil resides in each of us.
2. I believe that each of us is capable of committing acts of good and evil depending on which seeds we nourish. It is for us to choose.
3. I must work diligently to identify the acts of violence that I participate in knowingly or unknowingly and take action to make things right with the victims of said violence.
4. I believe that I should not stand in judgment of anyone.
5. I must never believe that violence can serve righteousness.
6. I must never believe that I am incapable of violence.
7. I must never believe that good is good if it is only for me and mine.
8. I believe that I will know peace only when I find it at the center of my being.
9. I believe that I will be an effective peacemaker in the world only to the degree that I know the peace that is at my center.
10. I believe in silliness.
11. I believe in taking “ME” lightly.
12. I believe in the spirit of play that is holy.
13. I believe in the holy human spirit that is one with God.


I believe that this is the spirit of “LIFE”.


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Written 1st part of last century

So bountiful hath been the earth and so securely have we drawn from it our substance, that we have taken it all for granted as if it were only a gift, and with little care or conscious thought of the consequences of our use of it; nor have we very much considered the essential relation that we bear to it as living parts in the vast creation.
-Liberty Hyde Bailey

Old Saw?

Today is the last day of the first part of your life.
Enjoy it and then get ready for what comes next.

More Wisdom

Difficult times have helped me to understand better than before, how infinitely rich and beautiful life is in every way, and that so many things that one goes worrying about are of no importance whatsoever.
-Isak Dinesen

A New Revelation

So many times life does not turn out as I had planned. Usually it turns out better. When I try to control my life, nothing that happens seems to satisfy me. Only when I let go and live with the life that I am given do I feel satisfied and at peace.

Wisdom for this Day.

If you always look for snakes, you will sooner or later find them. If you feed your soul on nothing but the evil of this world, your soul will die and fear will have killed it.

Why do the Judeo-Christian scriptures take so much space to encourage us to live without fear?

Doubting

When things don't seem to be going as you planned, know that events are in the hands of one who sees the big picture and the smallest details. God will see you through.

No one seems to be able to see the correctnesss of what I am doing. I am not sure that I do but until I have a clear indication to do otherwise, I will continue doing what I am doing. - I must be true to who I am and that is all there is to it. It doesn't seem to matter whether any one agrees or not.