I have been working and chipping away at this mess for quite some time, to uncover the beauty hidden underneath for so long. What was forgotten. How I was intentioned to be. My heart, uncut, unaltered...it still beats. It pumps out a familiar tune that has been playing since I was born. It sings for people. I do not take for granted this heart I get to share with others. We only have but one life to live and every moment counts. The magnitude of respect I hold for each and every one of you that have allowed me to be a part of your lives, to share your innermost thoughts and fears, to be there through the good and bad, and be able to trust completely, is extraordinary. You have changed my life, helped to shape me and to grow bigger than I ever thought possible. I hope I am able to, at some point, do the same for you.
Relationships are all life is made up of really. (Well that, and atoms if you want to get specific). Every one different and unique. But one thing is for sure, every single moment, every breath, is important...whether to you or another person who may be directly or indirectly involved. There are words and actions we can still recall from childhood that haunt us...yet we can't remember what we had to eat yesterday. What you do on a daily basis can make or break another...even yourself. I think you catch my drift. There is so much more to learn and open yourself up to than what is on the surface. The human heart is an eternal land in which we will never know know it's capacity...but we can try. A thought, a word, a feeling, an expression. They all stick with us and at times express us and define us. The good and the bad. Let us not forget that each choice we make has an eternal consequence/benefit and sets actions in motion that affect much more than you. All this is said to reflect and look forward towards the future, in order to do my best at making sure that the impressions I leave on you are all good ones. This goes for every person I have ever come in contact with...it may even be you reading this at this moment.
So in conclusion I leave you with this lyrical question so eloquently posed..."Oh, where do we begin? The rubble or our sins?"
Very eloquently written and always thought provoking. Of course, I have the advantage of knowing the author, so I can relate and often read between-the-lines. I'm familiar with the experience of feeling that our road in life, what was intended, or perhaps, what we had thought our future might be somehow has been diverted, obscured by oh, so many things: our own mistakes and actions, perhaps we were forced to move at a young age and our lives took a different path. Perhaps, we were mistreated and abused, and maybe we hung out with the wrong crowd. I'm guilty of all that and have been subjected to mistreatment. So I carry my own baggage that somehow has diverted the path I wanted or was meant to take. But I always that there was a path, sort of a mission, and that I have fallen short of my goal. Perhaps, it is the notion that you can do better, that we are too lazy or too afraid of following or path, our dream.
ReplyDeleteYet, we are probably no predestined to a particular position in the eyes of God, but we do have the potential to reach what God had intended as our best possible contribution to God's plan. Most of us will never reach our full potential as God's ideal plan for each one of us. We are movable pieces in God's universal puzzle for Humanity. For we do have free will. In the end God has given us the freedom to choose our path. I think that at the core of our most inner self we understand our path and when we are straying from that path. So often we attempt to correct and redirect. Sometimes we need a drastiic change, a life-changing move to get where we ought to be. Ah, but mystery as it is often the case, sometimes we are unsure of our path, do we go with the heart or the brain? Logic or feeling? So, are there guidelines to help us find our way? Well, there are universal values and the word of God. Do no harm unto others. Help those in need if you can. In the end it's about loving people and being a positive force in your life and the lives of others. As I said, I know the author. She is indeed a positive force with a heart of gold. Thanks for being my friend. Your thoughts and your actions, as you say, have a ripple effect and there is no boundary as to how much we affect the world.