Message from a dream last night:
“Your inner guide can give you guidance but it’s up to you to take the steps.”
What if the most uncertain path can lead to your greatest destination? Keep stepping forward.
E.A. Fussell
06.01.2023
Move Forward
Author: E.A.Fussell
Florida native, poet, writer, artist, adventurer, optimist, lover of chocolate.
The lowly weed
Wildflower or weed
Both come from seed
Both grow wild
Wherever they please
Who determines
Which is which
The uncultivated weed
Does not seem to care
That it’s not valued
By cultivated humans
Perhaps it’s unaware
It is considered
Less than the wildflower
Growing next to it
In spite of it’s unpopularity
The weed keeps right on Providing
Pollen, nectar, and seeds
For insects, birds and
Other creatures
Ignoring attempts to
Keep it on the sidelines
The weed proudly
Holds it’s head high
And continues to climb
Maybe we
Should learn a few things
From the lowly weed
E.A. Fussell
05.31.2023
Your diamonds
You are
At this very moment
Right smack-dab
In the middle
Of your own
Field of diamonds
Acres and acres of diamonds
Others may be able to see
Your diamonds
But you are the only one
Who can mine them
The only thing stopping you
Is you
E.A. Fussell
05.30.2023
W.A.I.T.
W.A.I.T. (Why am I talking?)
Try this experiment: pause for a moment when your negative self-talk starts telling you things like, “You’re not good enough. You can’t afford that. You aren’t capable of doing that. You’re too old. You’re too out of shape.” Instead of getting caught up in the poverty mindset of “not enough” (time, money, ability, looks).
WAIT.
Ask yourself,
“Why am I talking?”
Our ego likes to control us by having us compare ourselves to someone else. Someone smarter, more athletic, richer, better looking, younger, healthier. There are many ways a poverty mindset can effect how we speak to ourselves. How we speak to ourselves effects how we live our lives.
We can have whatever we want in life if we learn how to get past our own demeaning, limiting, self-talk. This takes effort and awareness. Continual renewing of our mind.
Wealth and abundance comes in many forms, not just money. Anything that brings your heart joy, from the smallest to the most precious, is a form of wealth for you. Gratitude is a magnet for abundance. Start and end your day in gratitude. Be grateful throughout the day. Say little prayers of thanks thorough out the day.
Suddenly you will realize more things are showing up in your life to be grateful for.
Priceless things that money can’t buy like health, love, friendship. And yes, tangible things like money and the things it can buy. Try it.
W.A.I.T.
E.A. Fussell
05.30.2023
An obstacle or a blessing
In the living of life we will each face a variety of experiences. Some good, some bad, some happy, some sad. The rocks strewn along our path can be deceiving. At first glance they may look like obstacles. When we pause for a moment and look closer we may see that they are actually there to elevate us; if we step up on the rock we can see farther. Or maybe they offer a solid surface as a good place to rest for a moment before continuing on our journey.
Yes, there will be times rocks are just obstacles. But when we learn to pause on our path, take in the full scope of the scenery surrounding us, look at things differently than our immediate reaction, we may find a blessing in disguise.
E.A. Fussell
05.29.2023
(People have to go through trials and tribulations to get where they at. Do your thing – continue to rock it – because obviously, God wants you here. Kendrick Lamar)
Walk in nature every chance you get
Like hugging a cactus
Loving someone who doesn’t love you back is like hugging a cactus. The tighter you hold on, the more it’s going to hurt.
Let go, heal, wait for someone who loves you. They will show up when you least expect it. When you hug them there will be no pain, they will feel like home.
E.A. Fussell
05.28.2023
What we reflect back to ourselves
“All encounters are Holy encounters.”
Thoughts from this morning’s reading and meditation:
The thoughts we have about others are a mirror reflection of the thoughts we believe to be real about ourselves. What fear, or perceived lack in my own life, makes me lash out at others? If what I send out boomerangs back to me, why am I sending ugliness back to myself? Why am I choosing to offer myself negative feelings? Why don’t I choose to offer myself love by unconditionally loving others? If I choose to see all encounters as Holy encounters I can change what I am offering myself, I can change how I feel, about others, about myself, about life.
E.A. Fussell
O5.21.2023
Opinions
Willingness to change
The caterpillar is compelled by its nature to die to its wormy ways in order to become a butterfly. I see the caterpillar turning into a butterfly as a living parable. An example for us.
If we are willing to let go of our base, lower, ugly thoughts and actions then we can rise to something better, higher, more free and beautiful. The caterpillar doesn’t get to decide it either changes or dies. Humans are given free will by God to decide whether or not we change.
Willingness to change is the first step. Willingness to change our thoughts, the words we speak, the food we eat, other substances we put into our body, the things we allow in our life. Addiction comes in many forms: sugar, caffeine, nicotine, gossiping, gluttony, drugs, greed, pornography, vanity, adrenaline, etc. Willingness to change is the first step out of any addiction.
If we are willing, anything can be changed. I am willing to change and daily seek to release my lower self and elevate to a higher Spiritual existence. Are you willing to change? It may seem daunting but there is a way, there is hope. Believers have the promise of God’s help, if we ask for it.
Matthew 19:25-26:
When His disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed, saying, Who then can be saved? But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.
E.A. Fussell
05.26.2023
(Butterfly video taken on a hike in Montana)
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