by wanderlustguy 44 Replies latest jw friends
When something good happens to me I'm always waiting for the other shoe to drop. Usually in vain. Glad it's working out for you. Enjoy it.
BFD
This is the behaviour that I'm breaking free from. That poem from Tall Penguin about walking into the same hole and wondering how you got there really helped me to see how I keep making the same mistakes.
But we can all break free from this irrational fear of success.
You're blessed.
Sorry, could not help myself.
Life is funny sometimes, enjoy the ride while it's good.
changeling
You're blessed.
Pssst, you should have linked that to your thread like others (ummm, me) around here have shamelessly done.
...wlg,
think about it....you moved to new mexico.......the land of enchantment......what more can you say......enjoy
magoo
....lived in the mountains of northern new mexico for 8 years.....very enchanting indeed
Not so much any of that kind of weird. But were talking changing what you beleive in weird. I did something on purpose, asked for something very specific, extremely specific so there could be no doubt as to the origin...and it's here. Right here.
My memory is fine. I can remember what I asked for, who I asked for it, and I know that I can reach out and actually touch the thing requested.
I'm afraid to say too much more because right now I'm weirded the f*ck out and need to sleep on it all. More in the A.M., and yea...I'm sober.
I don't believe every word of the Bible or that it is all inspired. I do find the concept of each of us having a guardian angel intriguing though. This is the scripture a beloved friend of mine, Father Mick, referred me to when I asked him how he knew we all have guardian angels. He had just told my grandson that he has his own guardian angel.
New American Standard Bible(©1995)
"See that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you that their angels in heaven continually see the face of My Father who is in heaven." Matthew 18:10
I like the way this one is worded.
Weymouth New Testament
"Beware of ever despising one of these little ones, for I tell you that in Heaven their angels have continual access to my Father who is in Heaven."
I'm not sure that I have one looking after me, but it would be nice to find I do.
you aint kiddin dude...theres strange things brewing at the circle k....and 'a storms brewin ahead...
-Z-
sometimes there's just a happy synchronicity in life - other times everything seems to go wrong. It's just the tide, enjoy where you are and hope it's a long time before you hit some rocks hidden in the water.
I don't believe every word of the Bible or that it is all inspired. I do find the concept of each of us having a guardian angel intriguing though. This is the scripture a beloved friend of mine Father Mick referred me to when I asked him how he knew we all have guardian angels. He had just told my grandson that he has his own guardian angel.
New American Standard Bible(©1995)
"See that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you that their angels in heaven continually see the face of My Father who is in heaven." Matthew 18:10I like the way this one is worded.
Weymouth New Testament
"Beware of ever despising one of these little ones, for I tell you that in Heaven their angels have continual access to my Father who is in Heaven."I'm not sure that I have one looking after me, but it would be nice to find I do.
I asked someone specifically for something...and I only asked once. The person I asked is not alive. I was specific to a point there could be no mistake, no random series of events could put this together. I asked for some very specific things, actually, and the biggest one just fell in my lap tonight. I struggle to find coincidence to be a reasonable excuse.
Maybe when you've become accustomed to having to struggle in life, when things seem to change for the better and everything you need seems to be going your way, it's easy to slip into the frame of mind where you worry that all these things are going to get ripped away from you or there's a huge failure waiting around the corner to knock you on your @$$.
I'm slowly realizing that it's important to stay "in the moment" and not waste time or energy worrying about things that haven't happened and may never happen at all. All worrying about the future does is rob you of the ability to enjoy the good things you have in the here and now.
Guilt is another big thing. Feeling that the success isn't deserved or that I didn't work "hard enough" to get all this so "easily". Again, that all goes back to the history of having to struggle through in the past, and being told that if we didn't succeed it was our "fault" for not trying hard enough. Don't feel guilty about your blessings. What you have gained through your past struggles is the knowledge (whether you realize or not) to know what you want and roughly what you need to do to get what you want. Prior struggles teach you and train you what to do and not do in order to get those things. You learn how to sell your skills. You learn how to communicate with potential clients. You have refined your product (you!) and improved your confidence in your skill-set, so you've been able to improve your odds of gaining clients from what you were able to do 2 years ago.
Give yourself a well-deserved pat on the back. Everyone needs to feel that life is finally the way you were meant to enjoy it.
