Monday, June 20, 2011

Sources of Energy...

“June 20: Traveling Spiritually. I  heard a friend say, ‘I’ve challenged her spiritually,’ and wondered what that felt like. I am much more comfortable staying put spiritually. If I allowed myself to travel, where might I go? I believe it involves the ability to put comfort aside, and boldly investigate new spiritual territory. Spiritual travel has many routes…” - From SARK's "Living Juicy: Daily Morsels for Your Creative Soul"

My Fellow Sources of Energy,

For me, I couldn’t relate more with SARK on this one. I have to set aside my comfort anytime I think about spirituality. Mostly because I have come to the realization that I no longer believe in any religion. I no longer believe in any one God. In fact, the whole idea of God makes me uncomfortable. How are we to even begin to understand what God is, and why are we so important to think that He (like he is a man) takes the form of a person. About a year ago I decided that I no longer believed in Jesus Christ as my Lord and Personal Savior. It's hard to admit that to people that do believe. I don't want to step on their toes and I don't want people I highly respect to think less of me either.
I think we are all energy sources that transfer from plane to plane. Our energy source never fades away, that light inside of us continues to shine brightly - in another universe, another existence, another place for us to connect with other lights and learn and grow from one another (I even think our energy sources continue to connect with those that haven't moved to the next plane - have you ever felt some kind of connection to something other than what is physically here - I have). My greatest hope is that all of our lights will continue to connect with each other, moving forward to a greater place of peace.
Where do you spiritually travel to?

Love, Faith

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Fantastically FLAWED!

I was driving to work this morning and feeling pretty bad about myself. Yes, even I have moments of negativity and times of discouragement. I lite up a cigarette and thought in my head, "There you go Faith, you swore off smoking, and once again you weren't able to commit to something as simple as keeping yourself healthy." Suddenly I thought of all the other things I haven't been doing: Yoga, walking my dogs regularly, making time for my girlfriends, calling my sister back, eating better...Gosh, the list goes on and on.
Then like someone had banged me over the top of my head with a fry pan, I realized - I AM NOT PERFECT!!! We all have times in our life that we don't accomplish everything we set out to do. Instead of beating ourselves up, we need to understand that sometimes we need to step away from our perfectly planned goals, and accept the fact that we can't always get the things on our list done.
Perhaps the reason we can't get our list finished is because we have overstretched ourselves and and it's time to say, "Listen up body and mind, I need to slow down. I'm not going to be able to follow today's 'to-do' list."
Besides, life isn't about a to-do list. Life is about our personal relationships with our friends, our family, our animals, our planet. Maybe the reason we aren't able to accomplish our 'list' is because we have managed to neglect our personal relationships that the list simply can't get done. What a vicious cycle to then beat ourself up for it.
Take a moment to accept your flaws, in fact embrace them - that's what makes you YOU. Reflect on your to-do list - if you are not accomplishing what's on the list, you aren't the one that needs to change - it's your list that needs to change!
Go nurture yourself, the people, and animals that you love. In the meantime, I'm going to have a guilt free cigarette and know in my heart that I will quit one day. Just not today, because I am FANTASTICALLY FLAWED!