Why this? Why now?

I have given a great deal of thought to whether or not a blog is right for me. I have been on an amazing journey - some of it very sad, some of it profoundly joyful. Transformation is possible - I know because it is happening with me.

I can't say for sure when it all started, other than it started happening with tremendous regularity upon my 40th birthday. This may be a rather normal occurence - you reach a certain age and start wondering if this is all there is in life. Am I doing what I'm meant to be doing? Are my beliefs real - what are my beliefs exactly?

Here's a smattering of the journey -

I got a divorce and began to discover and explore life from a much different perspective.

I began thinking about my health and researching and reaching out to learn things like: what I should be doing to avoid heart disease. The book, The China Study, changed my life. I am now a vegetarian. This also led me to quit smoking....and finally to stop drinking, too (I don't care what the studies say - just eat the grapes instead).

I have embarked upon an incredible spiritual journey - from a comparative religions class, to studying Ayurvedic living (of which I'm now studying to become an instructor), to learning more about Buddhism, and, as documented here in my blog, an active study of A Course In Miracles.

I am in a place in my life where I finally recognize very consciously that what I put in my mind and in my body is what comes out. As I am reminded most days when listening to Deepak Chopra's soul affirmations, "My body is the garden of my soul."

May I be of vessel of spirit, of loving-compassion.

Yes, I do think a blog is right for me. Thank you for joining me.
Namaste,

mac

Monday, September 19, 2011

Day 262 - Lesson 261

God is my refuge and security.

Today was my first full day back at work after having been away for a couple of weeks.  I worked in our corporate office last week, but today was the first whole day in my office (I spent a fair amount of time there on Saturday, but nothing is like a full Monday).  Anyway, at one point today I was starting to feel overwhelmed with the workload of all of things that need to be done 'right now.' I started to allow stress and fear to seep into my being....and then I remembered this lesson -

I live in God. In Him I find my refuge and my strength.  In Him is my Identity.  In Him is everlasting peace.  And only there will I remember Who I really am.

What this reminded me of is this: pure potential.  I may see difficulty and stress and overload in the heat of a given moment, but I always have the opportunity to stop, take a breath, and remember that there are a multitude of possibilities and the universe is conspiring to assist me, not see me fail.  I live in pure potential.  I am a speck of the divine.  God is in me.  There is really nothing to fear....
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