Journal of Sacred Work

3 responses to “Day 266 – Encountering the Divine”

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   Karen York

   September 22, 2008

   By nurturing the divine within ourselves, we are more apt to automatically recognize the divine within others, whether on the surface it appears beautiful or tormented. For me that comes from quiet reflection, journaling, poetry and escapes outside into the garden.

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   Yvonne Ginez-Gonzales

   September 22, 2008

   What a busy last week and I never seemed to get to the journal to do a posting. I tend to spend a lot of time thinking about what I would post before I post it. I was able to read and personally reflect but did not post any thoughts because I always want to post something meaningful and found myself wrapped up in other things.
   However, on Friday a co-worker shared with me a poem about “letting go” as I feel like I am struggling with leaving my current job of about 6 years to pursue another that will bring me growth in my career and will utilize my recently acquired MSN degree. She is so supportive and validates for me that they will always be there and that I should pursue my goals and offered opportunity. So I share it with you here at the journal they brought me words of comfort and understanding.
   “LETTING GO”
   To let go doesn’t mean to stop caring, it means I can’t
   do it for someone else.
   To let go is not to cut myself off, it’s the realization
   that I can’t control another.
   To let go is not to enable, but to allow learning from
   natural consequences.
   To let go is to admit powerlessness, which means the
   outcome is not in my hands.
   To let go is not to try to change or blame another, I
   can only change myself.
   To let go is not to care for, but to care about.
   To let go is not to fix, but to be supportive.
   To let go is not to judge, but to allow another to be a
   human being.
   To let go is not to be in the middle to arrange all the
   outcomes, but to allow others to effective their own
   outcomes.
   To let go is not to be protective, it is to permit
   another to face reality.
   To let go is not to deny, but to accept.
   To let go is not to nag, scold or argue, but to search
   out my own shortcomings and to correct them.
   To let go is not to adjust everything to my desires, but to
   take each day as it comes, and to cherish the movement.
   To let go is not to criticize and regulate anyone, but to
   try to become what dream I can be.
   To let go is not to regret the past, but to grow and live
   for the future.

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   ~liz Wessel

   September 23, 2008

   I very much like the poem you shared Yvonne.
   My most recent experience as a family member/caregiver for my brother while he was hospitalized provided many encounters that will remain with me for a long time.
   For the past 3 weeks I have not worn any make-up, I was without a bed to sleep in, or a daily shower, and I never felt so unattractive. Yet, despite my disheveled ppearance I did not feel people treated me differently, they did not shrink back repelled, but were kind. What struck me most, and what is hard to describe… is that a few people really seemed to see me…beyond appearances. These individuals were a tremendous help to my brother and me. In an instant I felt that I had known these people all of my life and I will carry them in my heart forever with gratitude.

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