Some days are like carrying too many moving boxes of different sizes all at once.
Some days are like your umbrella getting blown inside out.
And some days are like this, where everything happens at once.
These days stink.
Sometimes they frustrate us and make us angry. Other times they may make us sad and low.
But they always pass. And good always comes.
Even on the worst days there is learning to be gained. And it is through this learning that we may find purpose and meaning in everything.
I was praying the rosary and the thought occurred to me,
"A lot of the extreme things Jesus is going through (as depicted by the Sorrowful Mysteries), can be easily related to by the rest of us . . . albeit on a much milder scale."
1st Sorrowful Mystery: The Agony In the Garden
Perhaps this is what we experience in our lives when we encounter very difficult obstacles. Or we have begun our coaching journey of self discovery and the initial discoveries we are making - deep rooted beliefs we didn't even know existed - are quite hard to swallow, now that they've been exposed.
2nd Sorrowful Mystery: The Scourging at the Pillar
This might be our internal Gremlin/Saboteur/Judging voice that picks us apart and makes us feel worthless, small, unimportant, etc. It keeps us playing small, thinking small, living small. It keeps us from walking in the light we naturally radiate.
We're becoming more aware of this pesky voice - and at this stage it can feel a bit overwhelming and disheartening how frequent it is. We may judge ourselves just for judging ourselves!
3rd Sorrowful Mystery: The Crowning of Thorns
Here, we may be learning to understand, counter and quiet our Saboteur voice. It is difficult, because the voice still has so much power. But we also know, that the voice is not our own. We are building courage so we may be true to who we really are and what is right/true to us.
4th Sorrowful Mystery: The Carrying of the Cross
In this stage, we are actively practicing our 'walking the talk.' This means, applying all of the skills we've learned so far:
1) Awareness
- of our obstacles [that they are not permanent and can be overcome]
- of our hidden beliefs
2) Recognition and acknowledgement of our Saboteur voice
3) Understanding and countering our Saboteur voice
This takes a lot of energy at first and can be quite draining! But this is often where substantial growth and learning occur.
5th Sorrowful Mystery: The Crucifixion
The end of the road for struggle and beliefs that no longer serve us. It is at this last stage where we have gained a deep understanding of our Saboteur and how it uses our hidden (and limiting) beliefs to hold us back (or in it's mind, protect us). With this knowledge we have found and practiced ways to get what we really need in order to create new beliefs that serve us better.
Here is where the old and no longer useful beliefs, thoughts, actions come to rest, while we ascend to a higher way of being.
Arthur Slugworth, Willy Wonka's arch rival, has just announced a sweet surprise of his own:
The world's 5 rarest diamonds have been hidden inside jawbreakers!
Once the news broke, chaos exploded in every city.
In candy shops, adults were seen overtaking the stores and using their loot as weapons. Numerous incidents were reported of socks filled with jawbreakers - breaking more than just jaws.
Elsewhere, factories have repurposed their child labor in what should have been the stuff kids dream of - eating candy. But it quickly turned into a nightmare, as secret footage reveals:
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Factory forewoman (who will undoubtedly be played by Elizabeth Banks once this piece of history makes it to the silver screen) looks out over a large warehouse crammed full of small children.
Child laborer 1: " . . . . my tongue . . .it's bleeding!"
Forewoman: LICK FASTER!!
Child Laborer 2: ". . . my teeth hurt!"
Forewoman: You don't need teeth! Lick!!
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This seemingly innocent marketing tactic is steadily proving to have crossed the line somewhere along the way.
With no way to know when or where the world's 5 rarest diamonds will be found, the world is beginning to plan for the worst.
And with the ugly face of greed in broad sight, this is one test we hope humanity can pass.
. . . or maybe it's already summer, seeing as I saw a turtle sunning itself in North Pond this morning.
I think we're somewhere in between spring and summer and the trees have started making their own wedding bouquets.
They're still working on growing a little bigger though. But they have a few weeks until the calendar says it's May.
This quote has been popping up in my head a LOT lately - in virtually all areas of my life.
It's so true, yet sometimes hard to remember.
But if you want to make any changes in your life, be it a new
something's gotta shift in your current approach.
Continuing on in the exact same manner as you have been will not get you where you want to be. It will just frustrate, drain, and deplete you.
At least that's been my experience.
Boy was I an April Fool, yesterday!
Not in that I forgot it was April and the start of a new month, but in the fact that I forgot entirely about posting!
I went to a dance show at the Harris Theater yesterday evening. But surprisingly that wasn't the highlight of my night. Instead it was the time before the show that I spent with my friend.
I learned about many paranormal experiences she's had which led me to the conclusion that my friend is a Medium!
I am NOT that attuned to spiritual presence - and boy am I glad. Because some of the things she told me would have freaked me the fudge out!!
A cool and comforting thing to hear was that she's been told by multiple psychics that she has 'strong spirit' - meaning she has a lot of spirit guides and protectors always around her.
Guardian Angel status?? Ok, now THAT I'm on board with!
It was interesting to learn that, though not a 'religious' person in any sense of the word, my friend always finds herself reciting The Lord's Prayer when sensing or feeling scared by negative spirits.
"I don't even think about it, it just happens - and I learned [the prayer] when I was little, so it's not even like I really remember it right."
Hearing this admission solidified even more to me that there are no requirements or prerequisites needed to ask for help or receive comfort/protection from a higher power - regardless of the title you give it.
