Journal of Sacred Work

2 responses to “Days 158-160 – Open Forum”

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   Karen York

   June 6, 2008

   I enjoyed the comments from yesterday’s post and agree with Diana about crying at certain events. As someone who is known to cry at a SuperMarket ribbon cutting, I have often been ashamed at my propensity to well up at the slightest event. I am learning that as I open myself more and more to my environment, the tears and laughter are apt to burst without warning. I like these lines from David Whyte – “Sometimes everything/has to be/enscribed across/the heavens/so you can find/the one line/already written/inside you.
   The fireflies, the weddings, the skunks, the frogs croaking in the night – all ring home to our innermost soul when we allow them in.
   Happy weekend to every one.

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   Yvonne Ginez-Gonzales

   June 6, 2008

   Good Friday to everyone… I was very touched by the postings yesterday as I read each one at a time. They were very heartfelt. With the open forum today, I wanted to share something that a co-worker gave me this week. I am not sure who is the author as there is none to site. You may or may not of read it before. We never know who we may encounter in life, so it is a calling to treat each day with as a gift.
   Life is a Gift
   There was a girl who hated herself because she was blind. She hated everyone except her loving boyfriend. He was always there for her and wanted to marry her. She told him. “If I could only see the world, I will marry.”
   One day, someone donated a pair of eyes to the blind girl. When the bandages came off after her transplant surgery, she was able to see everything, including her boyfriend, for the first time. Her boyfriend asked her, “Now that you can see the world, will you marry me?”
   The girl looked at her boyfriend closely and realized that he was blind. The sight of his closed eyelids shocked her. She hadn’t expected that. The thought of looking at his closed eyes the rest of her life led her to refuse to marry him.
   Her boyfriend left her in tears. Several days later, he wrote a note to her that read: “Take good care of your eyes, my dear. Before they were yours, they were mine.”
   The girl’s reaction in the story is how the human brain often works when our “status” changes. Only a very few people remember what life was like before, and who was always by their side in the most challenging, painful situations.
   Life is a gift. Today, before you say an unkind word – think of someone who can’t speak.
   Before you complain about the taste of your food – think of someone who has nothing to eat.
   Before you complain about your husband or wife- think of someone who is lonely and crying out for a companion.
   Today, before you complain about life- think of someone who left this life too early.
   Before you complain about your children- think of someone who desires children but can’t have them.
   Before you argue about your dirty house and someone who didn’t clean or sweep- think of someone the people who are living on the streets.
   Before whining about the distance you drive- think of someone who walks the same distance with their feet.
   And when you are tired and complain about your job- think of the unemployed, the disabled and those who wish they had a job.
   Before you think of pointing the finger at or condemning another, remember that not one of us is without error and we all answer to the Divine.
   And when depressing thoughts seem to get you down, put a smile on your face and thank the Divine that you’re alive.

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