Breathe me….

“Breathe Me”

Help, I have done it again
I have been here many times before
Hurt myself again today
And the worst part is there’s no one else to blame

Be my friend
Hold me, wrap me up
Unfold me
I am small and needy
Warm me up
And breathe me

Ouch, I have lost myself again
Lost myself and I am nowhere to be found,
Yeah, I think that I might break
Lost myself again and I feel unsafe

Be my friend
Hold me, wrap me up
Unfold me
I am small and needy
Warm me up
And breathe me

Be my friend
Hold me, wrap me up
Unfold me
I am small and needy
Warm me up
And breathe me

 

Half-way There….Day 23 of 46

Today marks the half-way point of my hiatus from Facebook.  As with past years that I’ve done this, it’s gotten much easier to stay away as the days have turned into weeks.  I saw someone post yesterday on Instagram about something of a political nature and I can say it was so nice that I hadn’t been inundated with all the political rhetoric that seems to rule most days on the book.

So I guess at this point I should hope to say I’ve had some kind of huge epiphany about life and such, but that’s not the case. I do feel that my head is somewhat clearer without the daily flow of the newsfeed, but I do miss the connection with others that it provided.  Unfortunately, not many of my FB friends have chosen to continue to follow my daily posts on WordPress, but such is the nature of the beast and they can’t be faulted.  My daily views on this outlet have slowed to a bare trickle.  And I’m OK with that.

It’s at this point that I’m trying to decide whether to go back on FB once the Lenten season is done on April 15.  I’m doing some soul searching in that respect and will just take each day as it comes and figure by that date, I’ll know for certain which path to follow.

I’ve definitely done a lot more reading and writing and have met a friend that does much the same and that’s a good thing.  I’ve worked on a project or two around the house, but as is my nature, I’ve not finished a whole lot of them.  I did make a to-do list the other day and did get all those tasks accomplished.  I’m thinking tomorrow I probably need to do the same.

That’s about all I have to say about that for now.  I realize that I might just be writing this for my own self to read, but perhaps that’s what it’s all about any way.

David Lee

Language of Letting Go for March 23rd…

 

Letting Go of Being a Victim

It’s okay to have a good day. Really.

It’s okay to be doing okay and to feel like our life is manageable and on track.

Many of us have learned, as part of our survival behaviors, that the way to get the attention and approval we want is to be victims. If life is awful, too difficult, unmanageable, too hard, unfair, then others will accept, like, and approve of us, we think.

We may have learned this from living and associating with people who also learned to survive by being a victim.

We are not victims. We do not need to be victimized. We do not need to be helpless and out of control to get the attention and love we desire. In fact, the kind of love we are seeking cannot be obtained that way.

We can get the love we really want and need by only owning our power. We learn that we can stand on our own two feet, even though it sometimes feels good to lean a little. We learn that the people we are leaning on are not holding us up. They are standing next to us.

We all have bad days — days when things are not going the way we’d like, days when we have feelings of sadness and fear. But we can deal with our bad days and darker feelings in ways that reflect self-responsibility rather than victimization.

It’s okay to have a good day too. We might not have as much to talk about, but we’ll have more to enjoy.

God, help me let go of my need to be a victim. Help me let go of my belief that to be loved and get attention I need to be a victim. Surround me with people who love me when I own my power. Help me start having good days and enjoying them.

From The Language of Letting Go by Melody Beattie

Meditation and Prayer for March 23rd….

 

Meditation for the Day

You cannot have a spiritual need that God cannot supply. Your fundamental need is a spiritual need, the need of power to live the good life. The best spiritual supply is received by you when you want it to pass on to other people. You get it largely by giving it away. God gives you strength as you pass it on to another person. That strength means increased health; increased health means more good work, and more good work means more people helped. And so it goes on, a constant supply to meet all spiritual needs.

Prayer for the Day

I pray that my every spiritual need will be supplied by God. I pray that I may use the power I receive to help others.

From Twenty-Four Hours a Day

 

#29 – Coming to Life…

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COMING TO LIFE

“SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL IS BEING BORN IN YOUR LIFE.”

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The Coming to Life card is a gentle reminder to get out of your own way, to let go and let Spirit lead. New life is unstable in the beginning and needs gentle care. Farmers don’t go into their fields and pull up the shoots of plants to see how they’re doing. They know that everything has its own cycle of growth. Let nature take its course. Find other things to focus on right now. Simplicity and small steps are the order of the day. When the time is right, you will see the miracle.

The Phoenix….#29

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#29 – THE PHOENIX

RESURRECTION, SURRENDER TO CHANGE

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The Phoenix appears as your Ally to celebrate your journey and to ensure your ultimate success. This is true even if it appears that you’ve just passed through a metaphorical experience of death or are currently enduring a perception of failure in your life. Death and rebirth are related when you enter the realm of the Phoenix. Seen in this light, nothing truly dies, but rather changes from one ending directly into new beginnings. The Phoenix is constantly reinventing itself and rises up whole and new and even more powerful with every death it experiences. This could signal an end of a relationship or of a dynamic within one or an end of a job, a project, or even a life. Perhaps no failure is involved, but it’s time for a complete overhaul of your circumstances. You may be tired of what you’re doing, or you may know intuitively that it’s time to move on and try something new. Whatever the case, a death of the old and a celebration of new life are called for! Whatever you do now will indeed be a successful endeavor, for a rebirth is imminent!

God’s Promises….

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I am reminded this day that God is always with me and leads me to the life that He would have me to live.  I must remember to make conscious contact with Him each day and to let Him be my guide in all that I do, think, and say.  It can be easy to let the hustle and bustle of the day sidetrack me from my appointed purpose.  I would pray this day that He would give me the guidance, wisdom, and strength to do those things He would have me to do in His name.

David Lee