Motivated By Spirit

I did not know I needed a friend. I've lived alone for most of my adult life and have become pretty ingrained in my ways. I do not look on the way I do things as the 'right' way because no one was there to challenge the way I do them. And to tell the truth, I seldom feel lonely, although I spend most of my time alone. Recently, I've been noticing how energized I'd become after being with people. I become so energetic that often, after being with people, I'd come home and do chores that were posponed for days. Yet I did not equate that with needing a friend, a certain kind of friend. Then I met Peta Gaye. She is from California and recently moved here to Georgia. She is a much younger woman than I,  and one would think we would have very little in common. but ah, there is much for me to learn. Peta Gaye is wise beyond her years, industrous, innovative and just plain smart. When we converse, mostly by phone, she has common sense and practical solutions to situ...

We became the persons we are today by the choices we've made up until this moment. All these choices were made with incomplete knowledge of our roles in human affairs. Some of them were made based on limited acceptance of ourselves, acceptance with caveats and reservations. How can I say that? Because you see, self acceptance is seldom taught to human children. Often as small children we are taught, by adults and our peers, that who we are is not equal to our moments. Those inadequacies, which were so readily apparent to them, were told to us amid jeers, teasing, sneers or insults. With these seeming failings etched within our impressionable awareness, we more often than not decline the opportunity to accept our whole selves. That is why a reminder to accept our entire self is important every now and then. Why is self acceptance important? Firstly, when we do not accept ourselves completely, we leave the door open for those with whom we interact to treat us with a degree of disd...

Eons and eons ago there was a Singular Being with enormous love, power and wisdom. For ages untold this glorious and magnificent Being contemplated and enjoyed the simple act of being. It knew all things, and loved all things equally. It surfieted itself in wonder and amazement of the grandeur of who it was. Then several eons ago, this beautiful Being decided to conduct an experiment within itself. The act it contemptated had never been done, and would change the way things were forever. This mighty Being embarked upon its grand experiment with enormous grace and dignity, knowing the outcome would increase its wisdom and power. Quietly and with deliberate intent, the magnificent Being divided itself into untold trillions of fragments. The most amazing aspect of this grand division was the Being remained intact as Itself. The difference being, the many fragments were aware that they were part of the grand whole that was this great Being while retaining consciousness of their...