Paths @ MindSay

See the fields of wheat golden in the sun

Home upon the hill waiting to inhabit love

Watch the pillowed white clouds sneak across the sky

Azure windows up above

I raise my head to breathe in the view

Wonder if heaven is somewhere

Up there.

 

Pathways right and left leading who knows where

And the home upon the hill beckons straight the way

Signs of indecision intersect the highways

Dirt roads footprinted with steps into the past

Same size as my shoes

Matching sole prints.

Rain

Wind

Storms

Nothing washes them away

They stay.

 

Neck muscles ache from turning side to side

Mind spins decisional eddy swirls

Never end.

 

And the home on the hill

Where life waits to fill the void

Still looms beautiful

Beckons come accept soulful rest.

 

And the footprints in the dirt

Where life offers hunger I should avoid

Still looms insatiable

Siren songs sweet music

Beckons come

For instant

Gratification.

 

Zip...........Sept.2008

 

I was sleeping ealier today with my girlfriend Nataly and we were both in a deep sleep but we were both attentive to eachothers movements. Now that i have illustrated the setting of this story let me elaborate an interesting concept, our dreams seemed to be connected to eachothers!!!

My dream starts out on a dirt path walking through the woods and i was looking at all the scenary, Green Trees, flowering bushes, and a sense of nature all around me. As i was walking i saw a path that led into a dark setting dead trees low visability, but i was strangely attracted to the mystery and as i walked down the path toward the darkness Nataly began to whimper and rustle as if she new where i was going cause and effect i turned around and stayed on the path that was lit and her disturbance stopped and she was calm again.

This was weird, i feel like Nataly and I have a special connection and can feel when the other person is uncomfortable and help eachother... Squishy Squishy Fluffy Goodness.

 

 

There is a lot about me that people don't get...noone really knows the "real me"...not that I am fraudulent by any means, but I am still kind of figuring things out for myself. By the time I was 18, I had been living on my own for 2 years...finishing highschool and working full time. I moved in with someone that I thought was "the one" and it turned out that he was not only a horrible husband, but a fraud as well... I contributed my marriage and subsequent divorce to a life lesson of a naive teenager. I didn't have the means or support system to get out of a bad situation, so I basically lived nomadically for about 6 months before I was able to get another apartment. Life went on, I made several more bad choices, but that became life lessons as well. Right now, I am sitting...not exactly content with where life has led me. Am I unhappy? No, not exactly...but I am not satisfied with life either. I miss having a life of my own...I realize, this sounds weird..."It is your life...do with it as you will". I know, I know...the thing is, I want more...not materialistic possesions...that isn't what I mean. I want to feel "whole"...I don't know why I feel like I am not, but something feels like its missing in my life, and I can't quite put my finger on it. What do you do in a situation like this? I feel like I am being held back. From what, I don't know...I think that there may be something in store for me...it just hasn't happened yet. Maybe someday I will figure it out...I hope it is sooner, rather than later.

I try to understand the reasons...a futile task

the energy it takes to wonder why

easily wears me down

then i try another approach

and wonder rather than question

semantics one may argue

but not so fast say I...

paths cross

some run parallel

yet inevitably

the lesson

belongs to one

then the other

sometimes not realizing

the flutter

the impact

the changes that occur

with merely the blink

of the eye

 

We need to pick each other up, when we have fallen down because there are some things like fear, anger, frustration, and guilt that push us away from each other. These are also the reasons we need to rally together, support each other, and guide each other. When someone holds out their hand to you, do not flee from it. When people stumble along or stray from their path, we need to help nudge them in the right direction.

 

When we can stand up united together – no matter what colour, culture, nationality or denomination we come from – for the greater good, fighting against evil, then we will be even more equipped to walk confidently in the way of the Lord. We will be able to spread His teachings more effortlessly than ever before as He will be in all of our hearts.

 

He is holding all of us firmly in His hands waiting for us to reach out for one another. So I am urging you to reach out for the people near you, whether they have yet to seek out God, our maybe have just stumbled, or strayed from His path. Give them a your hand and point them towards the path of the Lord. It will ultimately be their decision to follow it and if they do, help open their eyes to Him and His ways. Together we can all make our wait on earth more enjoyable through the help of each other and the Holy Spirit.

 

 

~Note: This has all come to my mind due to recent events in my life right now. I am trying to follow the path to the best of my ability, but am trying to guide others as well. I have a friend who has strayed from the path, and I can’t put her back on a path that she doesn’t wish to follow but I can guide her on a similar path, near to Him. I will always give my friend advice that will lead my friend near enough to His path that she my jump on at anytime.

 

The events that brought me to the above thoughts did not have anything to do with my friend but I thought my experiences with my friend connected well with the point I was trying to portray to everyone.

 

I would love to hear your feedback on this topic.

 

~Sly

P.S. - Don't forget we all need a guide now and then.