Today has almost come and gone and I find myself wondering what I really accomplished...I mean...I know what I did...but what did I accomplish...
Tina is sick and at work...Addy is with her mom...who knows what the rest of the night will bring for me...I've tried to go to sleep twice already tonight...
I was just reading back through what I wrote last year around this time...how things change in a year...WOW how things change...I've learned so much...and I have so much to be thankful for...but I have much to accomplish over these next 365 days...
I hope everyone is having a safe and eventful (if that works for you) Holiday Weekend.
More to come...
jwcIII/07012011
Friday, July 1, 2011
Friday, June 25, 2010
June 25th, 2010...
A little sleep does wonders for the soul...even if it isn't solid sleep...
Woke today and the sun had already risen...that sir is not the norm...
Dreams were 'Def affected' by the movie I watched before I went to bed...
Spending much needed time with Addy today...we should all be so lucky...my daughter makes me smile in a way unique unto us...and I am so very thankful for that today...so thankful!!!
Stay cool today folks...
ps: notes to come on work yesterday include:
-heat and social work dynamics
-code blue...inbetween the lines
jwcIII
Woke today and the sun had already risen...that sir is not the norm...
Dreams were 'Def affected' by the movie I watched before I went to bed...
Spending much needed time with Addy today...we should all be so lucky...my daughter makes me smile in a way unique unto us...and I am so very thankful for that today...so thankful!!!
Stay cool today folks...
ps: notes to come on work yesterday include:
-heat and social work dynamics
-code blue...inbetween the lines
jwcIII
Thursday, June 24, 2010
June 24th, 2010...
...at least for another minute...
...sleep...sometimes is hard to come by...life...is full of inconsistencies...but the best we can do is hold onto the unexpected...learn from our mistakes and move forward with eyes wide-shut...today is a new day...for many reasons...but I am thankful...that life is more about how we live with the unexpected surprises...good, bad or indifferent...
...time is the great negotiator...if all else fails...leave it to time...
nough said...
rest well!!!
...sleep...sometimes is hard to come by...life...is full of inconsistencies...but the best we can do is hold onto the unexpected...learn from our mistakes and move forward with eyes wide-shut...today is a new day...for many reasons...but I am thankful...that life is more about how we live with the unexpected surprises...good, bad or indifferent...
...time is the great negotiator...if all else fails...leave it to time...
nough said...
rest well!!!
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Today is a new day...
How Prayer Works
According to E. Fox...
Prayer always helps, to the extent of our whole-heartedness and our faith: technically, we would say, to the extent of our understanding , or the height of our consciousness attained. According to our faith is it done unto us, is the simplest and best way of starting it.
How prayer works is another question, and a very interesting one to students in psychology and metaphysics. This is what actually happens: Your prayer works by changing the subconscious part of your mind. It wipes out fear, and destroys the false ideas that have been causing the trouble.
Every condition in your life is the out-picturing of a belief in subconscious. Every ailment, every difficulty that you have, is but the embodiment of a negative idea somewhere in your subconscious, which is actuated by a charge of fear. Prayer wipes out these negative thoughts and then their embodiment must disappear too. The healing must come.
Prayer, then does not act directly on your body or on your circumstances; it changes your mentality--after which, of course, the outer picture must change too.
"And be not conformed to this world (the negative picture): but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God." Romans 12:2
So how do you apply this to your life...well...it depends on where you are...are souls are fickle...if things are going our way...wow...how often do you pray...possibly when you are moved by an event...maybe our prayers should be more consistent...I think back to the story we were all taught about the tortoise and the hare...even with Easter approaching the tortoise has the advantage...the wisdom...
Four years ago my father passed away and I spiraled out of control...on the surface...at least for a while I seemed like everything was good...but it wasn't...and the first thing to go was prayer...in time...and when I say time I don't mean days or weeks...more like months to years...I realized that prayer was missing and I had been missing it...and things got better...
This isn't too say that free will of others may not affect your life...your direction...your perception...your thoughts...your prayers...but after all...it's not about the finish line...it's about how you ran the race...
In 32+ years I've come to realize many realities...prayers work...it can not be defined or categorized, but it works...and I am thankful to believe once more in something bigger than all...
jwcIII
March 30th, 2010
According to E. Fox...
Prayer always helps, to the extent of our whole-heartedness and our faith: technically, we would say, to the extent of our understanding , or the height of our consciousness attained. According to our faith is it done unto us, is the simplest and best way of starting it.
How prayer works is another question, and a very interesting one to students in psychology and metaphysics. This is what actually happens: Your prayer works by changing the subconscious part of your mind. It wipes out fear, and destroys the false ideas that have been causing the trouble.
Every condition in your life is the out-picturing of a belief in subconscious. Every ailment, every difficulty that you have, is but the embodiment of a negative idea somewhere in your subconscious, which is actuated by a charge of fear. Prayer wipes out these negative thoughts and then their embodiment must disappear too. The healing must come.
Prayer, then does not act directly on your body or on your circumstances; it changes your mentality--after which, of course, the outer picture must change too.
"And be not conformed to this world (the negative picture): but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God." Romans 12:2
So how do you apply this to your life...well...it depends on where you are...are souls are fickle...if things are going our way...wow...how often do you pray...possibly when you are moved by an event...maybe our prayers should be more consistent...I think back to the story we were all taught about the tortoise and the hare...even with Easter approaching the tortoise has the advantage...the wisdom...
Four years ago my father passed away and I spiraled out of control...on the surface...at least for a while I seemed like everything was good...but it wasn't...and the first thing to go was prayer...in time...and when I say time I don't mean days or weeks...more like months to years...I realized that prayer was missing and I had been missing it...and things got better...
This isn't too say that free will of others may not affect your life...your direction...your perception...your thoughts...your prayers...but after all...it's not about the finish line...it's about how you ran the race...
In 32+ years I've come to realize many realities...prayers work...it can not be defined or categorized, but it works...and I am thankful to believe once more in something bigger than all...
jwcIII
March 30th, 2010
Monday, December 7, 2009
Monday...
December 7th, 2009 I reflect upon Robert Frost's:
67. The Road Not Taken
TWO roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth; 5
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that, the passing there
Had worn them really about the same, 10
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I marked the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way
I doubted if I should ever come back. 15
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I,
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference. 20
67. The Road Not Taken
TWO roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth; 5
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that, the passing there
Had worn them really about the same, 10
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I marked the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way
I doubted if I should ever come back. 15
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I,
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference. 20
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Saturday...
December 5th, 2009...sometimes...sometimes...reflection only leads to more questions...sometimes I believe I search for answers too earnestly...of all things I know...I know this...I am far from perfect...but I know that perfection is not the matter of the day...sometimes...you must just breathe and be...sometimes you can't just breathe...sometimes you must just breathe and be...sometimes you must wait and see what it is your dreams have already foreshadowed...
If I were to throw a rock into the lake...ripples would follow...have you ever wondered how the rock comes to rest upon the sandy soil...or are you too busy watching the movements of the water...if you had your choice which would you be...the rock in the water...or the waves of water...
For some time now I have lived and learned from consequences of my choice...today I reflect back upon the choice I made in the absence of my father...a decision I made as a father...some things in life come easily...without question...but it is what perplexes us the most...and how we respond to that which defines us...
I recently met a young man who suffers from what will likely be terminal cancer...the first time we met he was weak and did not smile...his parents were with him...it was the first time we had all met and the exhaustion they had endured was evident...the second time we met...was exactly like the first with the exception that this young man greeted me with a smile...I responded with a smile and a nod...sometimes words only complicate matters...sometimes a simple smile says more than any words could ever hope to convey...for that moment...I will always remember that young mans face...of all the people I meet he will rise above...it is my hope that his soul has a safe journey...
jwcIII
If I were to throw a rock into the lake...ripples would follow...have you ever wondered how the rock comes to rest upon the sandy soil...or are you too busy watching the movements of the water...if you had your choice which would you be...the rock in the water...or the waves of water...
For some time now I have lived and learned from consequences of my choice...today I reflect back upon the choice I made in the absence of my father...a decision I made as a father...some things in life come easily...without question...but it is what perplexes us the most...and how we respond to that which defines us...
I recently met a young man who suffers from what will likely be terminal cancer...the first time we met he was weak and did not smile...his parents were with him...it was the first time we had all met and the exhaustion they had endured was evident...the second time we met...was exactly like the first with the exception that this young man greeted me with a smile...I responded with a smile and a nod...sometimes words only complicate matters...sometimes a simple smile says more than any words could ever hope to convey...for that moment...I will always remember that young mans face...of all the people I meet he will rise above...it is my hope that his soul has a safe journey...
jwcIII
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Sunday...
November 15th, 2009...I know...I know...it is true though...there are some days that I have more to say than others...some days I am working on other projects not ready for post. The topic of today was "critical thinking" it's origin, etc...etc...and I must say it felt like a sermon this morning even though it wasn't discussed in church...maybe it was the day...the unseasonable weather. What an amazing day out...at the end of the day..."critical thinking" lost out to the beautiful weather...I mean...how can you ask all the right questions on such a day...every now and than you have to just enjoy the moment...
jwcIII
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