Down South Sisters- Gift and Thrift

Just in case you didn’t know it already… You’re emotional well-being is directly related to your physical well-being.. all the following symptoms can be attributed directly to stress or emotional imbalance…

Back Pain

Change in Appetite

Chest Pain

Constipation or Diarrhea

Dry Mouth

Extreme Tiredness

General Aches and Pains

High Blood Pressure

Insomnia

Dizziness

Sexual Problems

Shortness of Breath

Stiff Neck

Sweating

Upset Stomach

Weight Gain or Loss

AND the most important element of the effect your emotions have on your body is that it can compromise your immune system which can lead to not only symptoms but real disease….

I often tell my husband that God is going to let him into Heaven just based on how kind and generous and loving he has been to me. And I am not kidding.

I can’t remember the verse to save my life but I read a scripture the other night when I couldn’t sleep and it was the story of the woman that kissed Jesus feet and wiped them with her hair and tears…. It made me cry from the sheer beauty of it. Jesus told the Pharisees in so many words… that because she had loved much… she would be forgiven much. She was a sinner but because of the love she gave so freely she was forgiven these many sins…. It does matter if you are good… It matters to Jesus and it should matter to us.

To believe is easy, to Know is much harder.

Believing is to simply trust.

Knowing… well… is to KNOW.

Flying high, Rocks below

and Still

just

KNOW

Cutting Wind,  Blinding Snow

and Still

just

Know

Without doubt or hesitation

Minus fear and trepidation

Yes,, it is easy to believe

It is much, much harder to absolutely and positively

KNOW

Each day I get a little clearer on what kind of life I want and I don’t believe I have to dig deep and anaylyze to get there either.

I believe that the joy in life is innate in all of us and all we have to do is get out of the way.

I believe that if we just accept what is and embrace the ups and downs and inconsistencies and twists and turns we will trully just live our lives as if we are floating on a raft in the middle of a beautiful stream…. the twists and turns and ups and downs are all part of the ride.

As for me, I am going to enjoy the ride.

Just had this great and enlightening conversation with my sister about this guru who asked this question of someone who was suffering.. it is a fantastic thought that made me rethink my own perceptions.

A young man came to the a great guru (and someone out there may know exactly who this was)… the young man told the guru… “I am so depressed” and the guru asked this question.. “Who is it knowing that?”….

Here is the lesson as I see it…

There is the me who feels things and shifts daily with the change in situation and emotion and rise and fall of life.. that me would react much as this young man and say “I am depressed or I am sad or I am happy or I am confused”… this is the little me that lives at the basic existence level of life.

However, there is another me that is above this little me that sees the whole entire picture and the whole entire universe in relation to me and can see that what my little me is feeling or emoting is not the real reality of life but a tiny little flicker… that above and beyond that you can see a great river ebbing and flowing and rising and falling and that is the real me who is knowing that these little me feelings and perceptions are simply tiny little ripples in the infinite ever-evolving universe and as such are not really worth my time.

I can easily imagine myself right now as a tiny little bluebird.. wanting to fly.. but so afraid.

I can see myself upside down, little wings dangling, little feet holding on so tightly to a tiny little twig at the top of a very big tree.

Letting go means I will either fly or I will plummet to the ground in a little blue heap to be food for scavengers.

Dear lord let my wings work… plllllleeeeeassseeee.

As I spent Saturday at the cat show selling my meowwww tiles and Neva’s collectibles..

I amused myself by watching all the beautiful cats and their interesting owners.

I had never been to a cat show… wow what fun!

In reflecting on this experience it occurred to me….. how in the world can anybody in this wonderful country of ours (flaws and all) ever say they have nothing to do. If you are sitting on your couch on a Saturday afternoon it is by choice…. there are so many interesting and fun things to do in America and many of them are free or cost very little. Get up, Get out and stop your whining!!!!