There's a power greater than any force in the universe. It is strong enough to dispel darkness, dismantle doubt, and destroy despair.
This power can free souls from the tightest traps. It can mend broken hearts. It can lift a man out of the depths of despair.
It is like a fourth dimension. It goes deeper than what are mortal eyes can see. It is a universal communication.
The usage of this communication is accomplished through service. The outcome of this service is like a chain of light penetrating all those in contact with it. Those that give, and those that receive. It is a gift.
Ever single human spirit has this power within them. Although, it seems that more and more, this power is being stored away into deep corners of the heart to be left alone and slowly disintegrate.
Sometimes hate or fear, or lack of use drive it away. Don't let it be replaced! This gift is too valuable to lose.
There was one man who had never let it fade. It was always brightest to its full capacity. Some people were drawn to that light, and some were repulsed by it. Because of it, he suffered. He suffered more than any being in the history of forever. But because of that, you, and I, and everyone, can be saved. The suffering didn't put out his light; it made it eternal.
This power, this force, this strength, this dimension, this gift, this light, can heal.
Some say the world runs by chaos, some say it's governed by chance. Some say evil drives out any hope of overall perfection. But I think this power is stronger. If we have and use and spread it, we can change lives, change ourselves, and change the world.
What is it?
It is Love.
Thursday, April 23, 2015
Leadership and Self Deception!
Inspirement:
Darkness and doubt surround you as you look for a way to escape. A door opens, but pride and selfishness bar the entrance. On your quest to find the light, will you chose to brake that bar?
What does it take to break it?
Lets start out on this truth seeking adventure together and find out!
Darkness and doubt surround you as you look for a way to escape. A door opens, but pride and selfishness bar the entrance. On your quest to find the light, will you chose to brake that bar?
What does it take to break it?
Lets start out on this truth seeking adventure together and find out!
FINDING THROUGH LOSING
Matthew 16:25
I like how it says "FIND". Because as you look at the needs of others, you find your true life, and in so doing save it.
I love the paradox of finding our lives through serving others. I think that's what coming out of the box is all about. You can't uprightly serve others when you're in the box. I say 'uprightly' because, inside the box, your motives are selfish, so if you do something for someone with selfish motives, it isn't truly serving them. It's all about the intentions of your heart.
OH NO?
As I was reading, to be honest, I got a little worried. I saw all the examples and motives of being inside the box, and I noticed so many in myself. "But that means I'm in the box all the time!" I speculated to myself. It was, at first, a little discouraging. But as I read further, I regained hope. I realized the simplicity to the process of getting out of the box, and the liberating joy it brought.
It wasn't as complicated as I cut it out to be. All it takes is focus. You must stop seeing others from your limited view of selfishness, and start seeing them as people with feelings. That view expands so many more opportunities, and allows so much more joy.
MOUNTAINS AND MUCK
I like to imagine it like this. When you are selfish, or view some one as 'in your way', it is like taking a jump off a mountain into an unclear, clogged, obscure pond of muddy water.
Being out of the box is like standing on the mountain. Your view and possibilities are endless and beautiful. Then suddenly you see somebody as an object and start treating them like one, and you find yourself in the mucky pond. You may feel a thrill at first as you soar down, but that is a fake pleasure that doesn't last and when you lie in the filthy water, reality slaps you in the face.
But we don't have to take that insensible plunge. And if we do, we can always get back on that mountain.
GETTING IN OTHER PEOPLES SHOES.
It's interesting how we need to step into others shoes, and in so doing, find our own.
So how do we step into others' shoes and try to see people as they really are? What should or shouldn't we do to see people perfectly?
To see people as they really are, we must not make our actions contrary to that vision.
Changing others doesn't work, and trying to fix others' problems won't fix your own.
To really see people as real people with divine potential and worth- and act on that- we must look at ourselves, and try to fix our own faults. There's another paradox!
In pondering our own weaknesses, we stop blaming others, and that helps us see them as real people because we aren't treating them like objects.
PARADOX SANDWICH!
So I guess it's kind of a cool paradox sandwich.
When we lose ourselves in the service of others, we find out what true living is. And when we choose to take ourselves out of the box by focusing on improving our own weaknesses instead of blaming others for theirs, we see other people as intelligent beings and then, we can treat them as such, and find and become our true selves again in so doing!
It's a wonderful process of losing and finding, improving our OWN weakness, to see others' strengths.
As we correlate our actions lovingly according to our perception of others' divinity, we can lose ourselves in the work and find God's kingdom in our hearts, and build it here on earth.
Matthew 16:25
For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.
I like how it says "FIND". Because as you look at the needs of others, you find your true life, and in so doing save it.
I love the paradox of finding our lives through serving others. I think that's what coming out of the box is all about. You can't uprightly serve others when you're in the box. I say 'uprightly' because, inside the box, your motives are selfish, so if you do something for someone with selfish motives, it isn't truly serving them. It's all about the intentions of your heart.
OH NO?
As I was reading, to be honest, I got a little worried. I saw all the examples and motives of being inside the box, and I noticed so many in myself. "But that means I'm in the box all the time!" I speculated to myself. It was, at first, a little discouraging. But as I read further, I regained hope. I realized the simplicity to the process of getting out of the box, and the liberating joy it brought.
It wasn't as complicated as I cut it out to be. All it takes is focus. You must stop seeing others from your limited view of selfishness, and start seeing them as people with feelings. That view expands so many more opportunities, and allows so much more joy.
MOUNTAINS AND MUCK
I like to imagine it like this. When you are selfish, or view some one as 'in your way', it is like taking a jump off a mountain into an unclear, clogged, obscure pond of muddy water.
Being out of the box is like standing on the mountain. Your view and possibilities are endless and beautiful. Then suddenly you see somebody as an object and start treating them like one, and you find yourself in the mucky pond. You may feel a thrill at first as you soar down, but that is a fake pleasure that doesn't last and when you lie in the filthy water, reality slaps you in the face.
But we don't have to take that insensible plunge. And if we do, we can always get back on that mountain.
GETTING IN OTHER PEOPLES SHOES.
It's interesting how we need to step into others shoes, and in so doing, find our own.
So how do we step into others' shoes and try to see people as they really are? What should or shouldn't we do to see people perfectly?
To see people as they really are, we must not make our actions contrary to that vision.
Changing others doesn't work, and trying to fix others' problems won't fix your own.
To really see people as real people with divine potential and worth- and act on that- we must look at ourselves, and try to fix our own faults. There's another paradox!
In pondering our own weaknesses, we stop blaming others, and that helps us see them as real people because we aren't treating them like objects.
PARADOX SANDWICH!
So I guess it's kind of a cool paradox sandwich.
When we lose ourselves in the service of others, we find out what true living is. And when we choose to take ourselves out of the box by focusing on improving our own weaknesses instead of blaming others for theirs, we see other people as intelligent beings and then, we can treat them as such, and find and become our true selves again in so doing!
It's a wonderful process of losing and finding, improving our OWN weakness, to see others' strengths.
As we correlate our actions lovingly according to our perception of others' divinity, we can lose ourselves in the work and find God's kingdom in our hearts, and build it here on earth.
Wednesday, April 8, 2015
Fear
Fear. What is it? What is it
about it that turns great men to cowards, strong men to weak, and power to destruction?
Or does it?
Maybe it’s fear that turn men
courageous. Maybe its fear that turn weakness to strength. Maybe it’s fear that
allows us the power to fulfill our destiny.
Fear is a striking emotion, but
how we handle it depends on us.
When fear arises, choice arises
with it. Choice to overcome, or choice to let it overcome you.
Letting it linger will feed and
build it up. Fear will use time to devour you little by little. Don’t let it
remain.
But what can conquer such a
force? What can overrule such an enveloping terror?
Love. Love is stronger than fear.
Love can allow us to trust.
It’s love that saved our souls.
If we want to dissipate a fear,
we must love. Love God, love your goal, love the things that lift you up. Find
faith.
The greater the fear, the greater
the love must be.
One day, or maybe this very
moment, you may find yourself in the pit of fear. Don’t loiter. The world needs
you. Find the light.
You must love enough to leap.
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