Opening Up
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Opening Up
A comment stayed with me recently. It goes something like this: When you feel hurt or troubled....don't panic. That just puts a few cracks in your armor so the light can shine forth.
Huh? I had to stop and think about this and also see how it could apply....Maybe it goes something like this: When we are vulnerable....when we get hurt....when we need to heal....well, those are the times we can reach out for something better and that something better is what puts a lustre on our countenance. That "something better" can renew us. That reaching out can not only affect us but affect people we come into contact with.
While traveling recently I tried to just open myself up to "whatever" (in a good way). And so at one of the largest airports in the world we ran into an old neighbor and good friend. We were going on vacay. He was going to the Mayo clinic for his daughter and would be there on Christmas. We've known his daughter since she was two years old. Now, she is facing possibly the end of her life, depending on what kind of treatment she can get.
Very sobering. He asked us to pray for her and we reassured him we would.
So, they are at a very vulnerable place/time in their lives. And yet, able to reach out; ask for some support and help....and you know what? Being asked to pray tends to send me in a good direction....it changes my mindset, it really does.
Every vacay is different. Unique. This one was as well. From the outset.
One airport. Two different flights for different reasons....or, is it really that different afterall?
What a way to finish this year and spend the holidays! Am I open to where faith would have me go?
Huh? I had to stop and think about this and also see how it could apply....Maybe it goes something like this: When we are vulnerable....when we get hurt....when we need to heal....well, those are the times we can reach out for something better and that something better is what puts a lustre on our countenance. That "something better" can renew us. That reaching out can not only affect us but affect people we come into contact with.
While traveling recently I tried to just open myself up to "whatever" (in a good way). And so at one of the largest airports in the world we ran into an old neighbor and good friend. We were going on vacay. He was going to the Mayo clinic for his daughter and would be there on Christmas. We've known his daughter since she was two years old. Now, she is facing possibly the end of her life, depending on what kind of treatment she can get.
Very sobering. He asked us to pray for her and we reassured him we would.
So, they are at a very vulnerable place/time in their lives. And yet, able to reach out; ask for some support and help....and you know what? Being asked to pray tends to send me in a good direction....it changes my mindset, it really does.
Every vacay is different. Unique. This one was as well. From the outset.
One airport. Two different flights for different reasons....or, is it really that different afterall?
What a way to finish this year and spend the holidays! Am I open to where faith would have me go?
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Thanks for that, teatreeoil.
What a beautiful way to start the new year.
It puts me in mind of kintsugi, the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with some form of shiny metal, highlighting the cracks rather than hiding them.
My last "break" is precious to me. The beauty it's brought to my life is immeasurable. I deeply believe it's because the crack finally happened in exactly the right place to let the light come in.
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What a beautiful way to start the new year.
It puts me in mind of kintsugi, the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with some form of shiny metal, highlighting the cracks rather than hiding them.
My last "break" is precious to me. The beauty it's brought to my life is immeasurable. I deeply believe it's because the crack finally happened in exactly the right place to let the light come in.
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"................finally content, with a past I regret..............."
That's a line from a song by Rascal Flatts....it's my favorite line in that song!
If we are human we will have a flawed existence. No one is perfect. But can we come to a place where we are finally content with the things of the past we regret? I think maybe coming to that confluence is a key to peace.Can we be content with the way the various cracks come back together again?
My favorite quilts are the old old quilts made with many old old scraps of material...not perfectly formed or ordained but brought together by hand with a few flaws here and there....
That's a line from a song by Rascal Flatts....it's my favorite line in that song!
If we are human we will have a flawed existence. No one is perfect. But can we come to a place where we are finally content with the things of the past we regret? I think maybe coming to that confluence is a key to peace.Can we be content with the way the various cracks come back together again?
My favorite quilts are the old old quilts made with many old old scraps of material...not perfectly formed or ordained but brought together by hand with a few flaws here and there....
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all the lines
Ok. I'll just post all the words to this song because I identify so well with most of them! I almost feel like this song is my 2019 anthem. Whoever wrote it...well, thank you for putting it all into words and tune. It's full of metaphors and crossroads, confluences.
"I'm Moving On"
I've dealt with my ghosts and I've faced all my demons
Finally content with a past I regret
I've found you find strength in your moments of weakness
For once I'm at peace with myself
I've been burdened with blame, trapped in the past for too long
I'm movin' on
I've lived in this place and I know all the faces
Each one is different but they're always the same
They mean me no harm but it's time that I face it
They'll never allow me to change
But I never dreamed home would end up where I don't belong
I'm movin' on
I'm movin' on
At last I can see life has been patiently waiting for me
And I know there's no guarantees, but I'm not alone
There comes a time in everyone's life
When all you can see are the years passing by
And I have made up my mind that those days are gone
I sold what I could and packed what I couldn't
Stopped to fill up on my way out of town
I've loved like I should but lived like I shouldn't
I had to lose everything to find out
Maybe forgiveness will find me somewhere down this road
I'm movin' on
I'm movin' on
I'm movin' on
"I'm Moving On"
I've dealt with my ghosts and I've faced all my demons
Finally content with a past I regret
I've found you find strength in your moments of weakness
For once I'm at peace with myself
I've been burdened with blame, trapped in the past for too long
I'm movin' on
I've lived in this place and I know all the faces
Each one is different but they're always the same
They mean me no harm but it's time that I face it
They'll never allow me to change
But I never dreamed home would end up where I don't belong
I'm movin' on
I'm movin' on
At last I can see life has been patiently waiting for me
And I know there's no guarantees, but I'm not alone
There comes a time in everyone's life
When all you can see are the years passing by
And I have made up my mind that those days are gone
I sold what I could and packed what I couldn't
Stopped to fill up on my way out of town
I've loved like I should but lived like I shouldn't
I had to lose everything to find out
Maybe forgiveness will find me somewhere down this road
I'm movin' on
I'm movin' on
I'm movin' on
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