Overcoming @ MindSay 
I'm sorry that I have not listened and just thought I had all the answers. Please forgive me. I'm sorry I haven't asked your advice or just let you listen to my challenges. I've been afraid to let you in! I guess, I just thought that since I do have an amazing source of wisdom, that I didn't need others. I can see that by reading your advice to others, you have some pretty profound wisdom!
I am so sorry for assuming that I needed to appear perfect! I didn't do this intentionally! I often let people know that I struggle, after I have the victory. I'm sorry I don't let you help me overcome life's challenges!
I bet we would be so much closer, if we struggled together and overcame together!
Sometimes when I think about getting to know people in meaningful way, I get a little scared that they won't like me and I get a little anxious. So..I face my fear by being real and asking questions..(I usually pray for help first)...sometimes I may avoid people because I feel so uncomfortable doing that...so I do need to improve on cutting down on avoidance time, but at least I'm not letting fear totally rule my life! ugg! I can't believe I let it even rule part of my life! (The fear that hinders me from the good things...not the fear that protects me from the bad.)
How about you? Do you have something you fear? How do you overcome it?
Time (Written for Poetry Challenge)
We look at people and commiserate
Life has been unkind,
Seeing wrinkles etched into brows
And sorrow in their eyes.
It could be a mother crying
For her children taken from her
Or a merchant, now a vagabond
Reduced to sleep in dumpsters
Time, it waits for no man
It seems to a soldier, gray
Wishing for one more chance to fight
Oh, give him another day!
We’re told that time’s a healer,
Good things come to those who wait.
How long does transformation take?
Or is suffering our fate?
God gives strength in times of trials
Come cliché’s and similar sayings
But how long does one reap a crop
How long will be the paying?
How long did it take to sew wild oats?
Cause blunders of our making?
The long road back may take a while
But each baby step’s worth taking.
So when you wish to turn and run
To the old ways, so familiar
God gives strength to stand and fight
He is still the healer
Don’t give up; surrender all
And let his love embrace you
He gives grace to make a stand
He’ll help you make it through.
Bonniegirl, May 13, 2007
Everyone has developed a way of being...a way of seeing...a way..
The canvas which is our mind becomes painted by our thoughts, actions, interactions, reactions....
As we weave our truth and it is manifested in the world, our bodies respond...
Every thought produces a consequence....
Fear, Hope, Longing, Hatred....
All have consequences..
I know that to be true..
I am responsible for the world I create...
My canvas has always been filled with rainbows and castles...
Yes...they are metaphors for goodness....joy, peace, love.
Lately.......especially last night..
I wrote words that are destructive....negative......lies to self..
I realized that I am responsible for making my world beautiful...and I made a decision that if I am to blogg...it has to be........in order to send forth...........something good...
I decided not to delete yesterday's sadness...It is how I felt...
Instead, I decided to make a decision to transform my mind, my heart, my truth....to write of happy thoughts, goodness, love, humor...
When I leave this planet.....all I have to take with me..........is me...my soul..
and I want her to have mastered the technique of producing goodness........
no writings that describe pain......at least not for others to read..
I want to overcome.......any negativity....
higher levels..
good begats good...
no more sad bloggs for the Bird..
ever.
I never went to see World Trade Center when it came out in theaters. I just didn’t feel that I could handle it emotionally. It is most likely that I would not have watched even YET, had my daughter not been so anxious to see it herself. I guess that just the subject matter of the movie had caused me to form my own opinion about it, before I’d even seen it. I was wrong.
Jesus once commented on how the state of one’s heart dramatically affects the individual’s perceptions. And I suppose the value of this movie would have much to do with what you take away from its viewing. I came away from this movie with a tear-soaked face, yes. but also with renewed faith in the decency of common people, the potential for greatness that lurks beneath the masks we all wear to protect ourselves from each other. I came away reminded that we are all a part of one another, and that when one hurts, we all hurt…when one conquers, we all conquer.
This movie carried no hidden or obvious political statements, nor was it in any way a ‘disaster’ movie about one of the greatest human tragedies of all time. It was a personal story about human courage and survival. As an event that left a raw place in the souls of so many, it is overwhelmingly evident that the makers of this film portrayed this story with great honor and respect.
Instead of forcing me to relive the pain of that day, to the contrary, it caused me to relive the changes I saw in mankind…on that day, and for many days following. I remembered the unspeakable heroism of ordinary people; I remembered how the crime rates dropped dramatically for several days following; I remembered how everywhere you went, almost regardless of where you lived in this country, strangers were suddenly friendly and courteous to one another…on the road, in the shopping malls, in the grocery store lines, on the job; I remembered how the suddenness and the terror of it all seemed to make everyone think of how vulnerable we all are, of how precious is life, and of what is really important and what isn’t.
If you haven’t seen this movie, you are hardly qualified to criticize something for which your only basis for judgment are your own pre-conceived ideas and emotions regarding the subject matter. If you refrain from seeing it because you fear the wounds that might be re-opened, I fully understand – DON’T see it, until your heart is ready. And I think that when you do see it, far from re-opening the wounds, you may find it feels much more like a healing balm rather than gritty sand in an open wound.
Or, maybe not. Everyone is different. Everyone relates to the world from their own unique angle. But in the words of this film’s tagline, “The world saw evil that day. Two men saw something else.” So did I. And today, as on that fateful day in 2001, I feel a little different. I see the world through a kinder, gentler eye; my heart feels considerably more pliable; I see others more as brothers and sisters instead of as strangers; I find myself a bit more in touch with what is really important and what is not; I find myself feeling a lot better, about being a part of the human race. It was THESE things to which I referenced in my previous remark, "too soon, we forget." It is such things that should never be forgotten. It is such things that this movie brought back to me. And it seems to me, that is a 'good' thing, not a 'bad' thing.
On a world-wide scale, just as on a personal level, tragedy can take a soul in one of two directions: you can wallow in the darkness as its victim and let it overcome you with grief, resentment, unforgiveness and a critical spirit – or you can use it as stepping stone to a higher level of spiritual growth. It can make you worse, or it can make you better. I see no value in remaining a victim. The air is cleaner on the victory side of tragedy. And the victory is there, on the other side of ANY tragedy…for all who dare to seek it.
“Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.” - Romans 12:21
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