Posts tagged God
Minding Those Out-Of-Control Passions
Nov 15th
We favour some things often beyond even our own known reason. We want others to know this joy that we’ve experienced – not thinking they’re different to us; confused are we when they wonder why we brought ‘this’ to them.
So much do we elevate these passions of ours at times and we truly wonder what’s wrong with people that they don’t feel the at least similarly – that they can’t hear a song with the same wonder we do, or get the same significance out of a quote or piece of news that just captured our attention.
Checking Our Passions
God gives us our very own identity such that others don’t have to agree with us in our passionate understanding of a thing. This is good for them and for us. There’s no pressure to conform. For ourselves, then, we’re blessed and privileged with a very personal view of the world that requires not one single other person’s agreement or approval.
The very fact that we can and do have our passions and we’re free to have them and express them however we like – within bounds of the law and morality – is an enormous liberty for all of us.
Sometimes, however, our passions go beyond where they should and they bend too far. We stand to lose our credibility and even friendships because our passion reaches an extreme level. Sometimes it gets beyond a joke and seriousness suddenly enters the equation.
Bringing in Some Needed Balance
None of us can subsist in life without much needed balance. When we’ve seriously lost our balance in one aspect of life and it surrounds a particular passion we’re commended for taking some time out to reflect.
Reflecting on balance is the exercise of wisdom and discernment over our lives. It’s helping us to determine where we’re at right now, based on the ‘evidence,’ and it’s also helping us navigate to safer, less conspicuous ground. None of us it would seem likes negative attention – not deep down.
At last this comes down firstly to awareness – being honest with ourselves – and then having the courage to act, which again will require the honesty of accountability to follow through on what we’ve agreed with ourselves.
Positive Passions
When we’re passionate about things in positive ways they lead us to inspirational ends; both for ourselves and others. These are passions that make a difference in our world, like the admirable passion or developing a skill that is finely honed.
It seems these passions can be ‘bent’ a long way and they still do not appear out of place. They just accentuate the candour of people’s admiration.
It is true insight to know the difference between those passions that impassion only us versus those that impassion the entire world.
Copyright (c) 2010 S. J. Wickham.
Bless the Obstacles and Keep Moving
Nov 11th
In the beginning of any venture, there seems to be giant obstacles along the path. You will feel the most challenged and encounter the steepest climb while you are still unsure of your power and understanding of the task at hand.
Beginning a venture means to bring about change or create something, which is a new experience. In the physical world change occurs only when obstacles or status quo is moved from its place. When you pretend you are not responsible for what you are creating in your life you are choosing to accept what you do not want. The first step in creating is to accept responsibility for what is and what you desire. It is not your parents’, the boss’s, or God’s responsibility. You are driving your own bus and you are the one who is in control of your life.
This is a period of undoing old thinking. It is an opportunity for you to prepare for pop quizzes in your daily life. You have the opportunity to decide if you will be non-resistant or if you will revert to the old pattern gravitational pull of the past.
These are the moments you need to be wise and work through the obstacles instead of being resistant or quitting – giving up. Bless the obstacles and keep moving toward that which you desire. Over time your course becomes more direct and easier to navigate. With perseverance and practice you will recognize an obstacle before it comes into full force and you will master how to maneuver around, over, through, under it.
As you progress into your full empowerment, you will notice obstacles will become stepping stones to your grandest desires.
