Good morning, God, and thank you very much for this new day. I've been doing my best to use my time off to take care of some things that I simply don't have time for while school is in session, so I haven't been writing these notes to you as often as I'd like--sorry about that! You know you're still in my thoughts, though, and in my heart.
I'm thinking this morning about time, and just how strange it is. When I think about it, there simply is no way that we could be halfway through another year, but when I look at today's date, I find that we'll be there in just a few days. I don't understand time, especially the relativity involved with it. Sometimes it feels as if two weeks take forever to get through, while other times it feels like two months just fly by. This half year has flown, something that can be quite nerve-wracking as we get older. After all, the faster time goes, the sooner our deaths come, right? And while I don't spend my time worrying about death (how useless would that be?), I do recognize that the time I have available to me to do some good on this planet before I leave is shrinking with each day that passes.
So one thing I would ask of you is that you help me to stay focused on doing good, on accomplishing things that will help other people. I truly want to contribute to this world, in positive ways, and I want to stay focused on you and your love and the concept of loving others with unconditional love each day that I'm on this planet--and you can help me with that, with the reminders that I may need to keep myself focused. And I also ask you to push me in the directions in which I can do the most good for everyone, if you would. I don't expect you to guide my every move as if I were a puppet, but I know that I'm not so good at recognizing opportunities and new directions, so any help is much appreciated.
In any case, I thank you much for this new day, and I hope to live up to its promise by doing the things that I truly want and need to do.
Thursday, June 27, 2013
Saturday, June 15, 2013
Being Busy
Good morning, God, and thank you for the summertime! It's much warmer these days, and it's nice to be able to step outside without putting on the coats and the sweaters and such. Thanks much for the nice weather and the chance to enjoy the world without bundling up.
There haven't been all that many of these notes in the last few weeks, and for that I apologize. I don't apologize because I think you're angry or anything, but because I know that these notes to you are a very positive part of my life, a good way for me to focus on life, living, and you, and the gratitude that I feel for the gifts that I have in life. I've neglected it because I've been doing other work that's very positive--working on a novel, running and biking, working on the websites--but it's still a very good idea to take a few minutes each morning and send some grateful thoughts your way. Doing so helps me to make my day better and stay focused on positive things, and I need to do that more.
I think that being busy is okay, as long as we're not too busy. It's so much better to be productive and helpful to others than it is to be passive and virtually useless, isn't it? But there has to be a balance, for I'm not doing myself any good if I'm so busy doing things that I neglect the needs of my spirit. My spirit needs rest, relaxation, and nourishment in addition to the work that I do. After all, I am primarily a spirit, not primarily a brain and a body, yet it's very easy to stop taking care of myself as a spirit.
In addition to my thanks, then, I send you a simple request: could you perhaps send me reminders now and then to slow down and take care of my spirit from time to time? I enjoy writing directly to you like this, and I'll look forward to hearing from you as you help to guide me, and help me to make decisions that will be good for me and for others in life.
Thanks!
There haven't been all that many of these notes in the last few weeks, and for that I apologize. I don't apologize because I think you're angry or anything, but because I know that these notes to you are a very positive part of my life, a good way for me to focus on life, living, and you, and the gratitude that I feel for the gifts that I have in life. I've neglected it because I've been doing other work that's very positive--working on a novel, running and biking, working on the websites--but it's still a very good idea to take a few minutes each morning and send some grateful thoughts your way. Doing so helps me to make my day better and stay focused on positive things, and I need to do that more.
I think that being busy is okay, as long as we're not too busy. It's so much better to be productive and helpful to others than it is to be passive and virtually useless, isn't it? But there has to be a balance, for I'm not doing myself any good if I'm so busy doing things that I neglect the needs of my spirit. My spirit needs rest, relaxation, and nourishment in addition to the work that I do. After all, I am primarily a spirit, not primarily a brain and a body, yet it's very easy to stop taking care of myself as a spirit.
In addition to my thanks, then, I send you a simple request: could you perhaps send me reminders now and then to slow down and take care of my spirit from time to time? I enjoy writing directly to you like this, and I'll look forward to hearing from you as you help to guide me, and help me to make decisions that will be good for me and for others in life.
Thanks!
Friday, June 7, 2013
Today
Good day, God, and thanks for this new day in my life. I have a lot of hours ahead of me on this day, during which I can write, work on the website, write letters, read--do any of a number of things that I've been having to put off because of school. I really do appreciate the opportunities I have, and I ask you to be with me to help to guide me to make full use of those chances that I have.
Today will be a good day, if I stay focused and make sure that I devote my time and energy to those things that I really want to do. I'd love to get 2,000 more words on the novel, and I'd love to finish with the first book that I'm doing for the project. I'd also love to get two cards written to friends, as I have about 16 to send out that haven't been written yet. I also want to relax, and try to find a place of peace inside myself, a place that will allow me to tackle the things I want to do today. I truly can do such things only if I'm feeling good about myself and about my world.
I want to keep my mind free, and not bogged down in problems or difficulties. I hope to focus on being creative, and on giving love wherever I can these days. Terry and I have a new goal now, and it would be great if I were to get an early start on making sure that we're able to accomplish that goal. Of course, whether we do or not is ultimately up to you, because I'm willing to acknowledge the possibility that the goal we have in mind may not be the best thing for us--we'll trust you to redirect us if that's the case.
I want to wish you a good day--I hope that all of us humans down here don't make you too miserable with our greed and our selfishness and our conflicts and all the other things that we do that seem like they'd make you rather sad. We're trying, I think, and one day we may just get it right.
Today will be a good day, if I stay focused and make sure that I devote my time and energy to those things that I really want to do. I'd love to get 2,000 more words on the novel, and I'd love to finish with the first book that I'm doing for the project. I'd also love to get two cards written to friends, as I have about 16 to send out that haven't been written yet. I also want to relax, and try to find a place of peace inside myself, a place that will allow me to tackle the things I want to do today. I truly can do such things only if I'm feeling good about myself and about my world.
I want to keep my mind free, and not bogged down in problems or difficulties. I hope to focus on being creative, and on giving love wherever I can these days. Terry and I have a new goal now, and it would be great if I were to get an early start on making sure that we're able to accomplish that goal. Of course, whether we do or not is ultimately up to you, because I'm willing to acknowledge the possibility that the goal we have in mind may not be the best thing for us--we'll trust you to redirect us if that's the case.
I want to wish you a good day--I hope that all of us humans down here don't make you too miserable with our greed and our selfishness and our conflicts and all the other things that we do that seem like they'd make you rather sad. We're trying, I think, and one day we may just get it right.
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