Category: Just in case

So much easier

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I think Jon Swanson is on to something here…

It would be so much easier to follow Jesus if he called us.

If I were at work one day and he walked by and said, “come on, follow me.”

If I were doing what I’ve spent my life preparing to do and he said, “I’ll show you how to use those skills for something meaningful.”

If I were in the middle of daily life and I looked up and could actually hear his voice with my ears and see his face with my eyes and smell whatever he smelled like.

If his invitation to do something worthwhile with my life were real and tangible.

It would be so much easier if Jesus literally said my name and said “Follow me.”

I mean, if that happened, I would never have any questions at all about what he was saying. It would always be clear.

If that happened, I would always be happy just to be close to him.

If that happened, I would be ready to tell all the people I saw at the grocery store when I was buying supplies

Hey! This food? Jesus is going to eat it. Yep. That Jesus. I know him. I’ve watched him do the most amazing stuff! I mean, paralyzed people walking. People with demons? Poof. Gone. People who are sick? Fever, gone, like that. You name it, he gets rid of it.

Hey, that cough? Come on. Let’s talk to Jesus about that. I mean, I know him. He was walking by one day and called out my name. We’re like this. In fact, we couldn’t be any closer if he lived in me. Yeah, I know. Sounds weird. But it’s like that.

If one day I really believed that Jesus actually wants me? Cared about me?

That would be so amazing.

Source: So much easier. « 300 words a day

I must not believe or I wouldn’t act this way. I wouldn’t struggle like I do. What do you think?

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Perfect

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Parting thought…

“When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, ‘I used everything you gave me’.” – Erma Bombeck

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7 Billion People

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7 Lucky Facts About St. Patricks Day

Sorry. Guess I’m not ready to quit on SPD yet…

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The Perks of Walking

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You are a…

You are a… – Lead.Learn.Live.

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Letting Go of the Need to Control

English: Black cat Another great post from Melody Beattie – this time on the topic of detachment…

The rewards from detachment are great: serenity; a deep sense of peace; the ability to give and receive love in self-enhancing, energizing ways; and the freedom to find real solutions to our problems.

— Codependent No More

Letting go of our need to control can set us and others free. It can set our Higher Power free to send the best to us.

If we weren’t trying to control someone or something, what would we be doing differently?

What would we do that we’re not letting ourselves do now? Where would we go? What would we say?

What decisions would we make?

What would we ask for? What boundaries would be set? When would we say no or yes?

If we weren’t trying to control whether a person liked us or his or her reaction to us, what would we do differently? If we weren’t trying to control the course of a relationship, what would we do differently? if we weren’t trying to con­trol another person’s behavior, how would we think, feel, speak, and behave differently than we do now?

What haven’t we been letting ourselves do while hoping that self-denial would influence a particular situation or per­son? Are there some things we’ve been doing that we’d stop?

How would we treat ourselves differently?

Would we let ourselves enjoy life more and feel better right now? Would we stop feeling so bad? Would we treat our­selves better?

If we weren’t trying to control, what would we do differ­ently? Make a list, then do it.

Today, I will ask myself what I would be doing differently if I weren’t trying to control. When I hear the answer, I will do it. God, help me let go of my need to control. Help me set myself and others free.

Source: March 18: Letting Go of the Need to Control | Language of Letting Go

Detachment is the most difficult of all recovery topics for me. I’m trying to understand the difference between trying to control and having health or reasonable expectations. Maybe there is no such thing as an expectation can have of my wife or children; not if I want to be happy or at peace anyway…

The times I have a glimpse of what detachment looks like are those times when I’m playing with my black cat Boo. I don’t expect Boo to bark like a dog or come when called. She meows and sometimes when it suits her mood she comes when called but I don’t expect her to be something that is not in her nature.

Someday I’ll write a book called ‘Everything I need to know about detachment I learned from my cat’ but I still have much to learn from her…

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More Irish films for St. Patrick’s Day

If you want to go into the ‘Troubles’, here are some other films about recent Irish history you might enjoy…

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Free trip to Ireland!!! :-D

Google Earth Tour of Irish Heritage Sites

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A short history of St. Patrick

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St. Patrick’s “Breastplate” Prayer

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Christ be with me, Christ within me,

Christ behind me, Christ before me,

Christ beside me, Christ to win me,

Christ to comfort and restore me.

Christ beneath me, Christ above me,

Christ in quiet, Christ in danger,

Christ in hearts of all that love me,

Christ in mouth of friend and stranger.

via St. Patrick’s “Breastplate” Prayer (The Prayer Foundation)..

Go to the source if you’ve never read this beautiful prayer in its entirety…

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The Quiet Man

Ahhh, St. Patrick’s Day and time for the annual viewing of The Quiet Man…

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More!

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My wives don’t understand me… :-D

My wives don't understand me... :-D

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“I Can’t Get Rid of My Stuff.”

Time to get declutter and get happy…

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The Unpredictable Freedom and Sweetness of Chaos

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I’m going to share a productivity, planning and organizational hack that will change your life. It will yield some unpredictable results, but if you approach it the right way, it could bring some of the most amazing work of your life, along with freedom, joy, exhilaration.

What’s this miraculous hack?

It’s a simple one: let go. Let go of control and allow yourself to be swept away by the powerful currents of life. Let go of planning and embrace not know what will happen. Let go of productivity and be open to new ideas, new opportunities, spontaneous creativity.

via » The Unpredictable Freedom and Sweetness of Chaos :zenhabits.

Go to the source if you’d like the rest of Leo’s perspective on this. Me? I’m going to have to ponder this a little more…

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Expose Yourself To Your Deepest Fear!

Paula Modersohn-Becker. Rainer Maria Rilke, 1906

“Our deepest fears are like dragons guarding our deepest treasure.”

– Rainier Maria Rilke, was a Bohemian-Austrian poet.

“Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free.”

– Jim Morrison, lead singer of The Doors!

“There are no mistakes. The events we bring upon ourselves, no matter how unpleasant, are necessary in order to learn what we need to learn; whatever steps we take, they’re necessary to reach the places we’ve chosen to go.”

– Richard Bach, is a best-selling author.

“If you let it, life can become a simple pattern of staying in your comfort zone and never wandering out into the unknown to see what lies on the other side of its horizon. Today is Monday, the first day of the week; change your patterns, even slightly today, so that a new world can find you. Do ONE thing that scares you today, ONE thing that makes you a little nervous, ONE thing that you never thought you would do. If you do ONE thing every day you will have done 365 NEW THINGS in a year! Today, don’t try to tackle everything, but please do ONE thing!”

– Jackson Kiddard, author & polymath.

via Today’s Quotes: Expose Yourself To Your Deepest Fear!.

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Two choices in life…

“There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them.”

– Denis Waitley, is a motivational speaker, consultant and best-selling author.

via Today’s Quotes: Here’s How To Become Your Dreams!.

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Choose Wisely!

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Visual Inspiration: Choose Wisely!

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Shift Your Focus. Get What You Want.

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Have you ever thought that someone was deliberately ignoring you or deceiving you behind your back? How did you feel in that moment? Were you frustrated, hurt, angry or upset? How about when you found out that they had not done it to begin with? How did you feel then? Did you feel embarrassed or upset with yourself?

How were you able to feel those emotions initially, even though the deceit never happened?

Before I tell you the answer, let’s do one more. Think of someone you really love for a moment. Really feel them next to you. Take a minute, close your eyes and imagine their presence. Before you read on, do this.

(Go ahead. I’ll wait.)

Did you just feel full of love, as if that person was actually there with you? The reason this happens is because your mind doesn’t know the difference between something you are actually experiencing, and something that is only in your mind.

What we focus on we will surely feel.

So by knowing you have this power, how quickly can you change the way you feel?

Source: Shift Your Focus. Get What You Want. [BLOG] « Positively Positive

Go to the source if want more…

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