Thursday, December 6, 2007
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Soaking in life.
Got a second?
Go to the refrigerator and take some garlic out. Peel the outer leafy layer off until you get to the yellow core. Find some strong tape. Now tape the garlic to the inner part of your wrist. Once taped there, go about your business for the next thirty minutes or so.
After awhile, ask someone to smell your breath. Don't tell them about the garlic on your wrist. Just ask them to tell you what they smell.
Nine times out of ten, they will smell garlic.
Why can others smell the garlic on your breath when you did not ingest any orally?
I'm not scientist or doctor, but it seems pretty logical that the garlic soaks into the skin and then into the blood stream. Thus, making our breath smell garlicy.
Everything that we surround ourselves with in life does the same thing. Whether you are aware of it or not. The music you listen to, shows you watch and company you keep all soak into you and will eventually become you, too. When I have client's who are working on sobriety and tell me they are still hanging with their friends who use, I issue an old AA warning, "If you go to the barber shop enough times you are going to get a hair cut." Our surroundings do have an impact on us and, like chameleons, we eventually mold into the crowd. No matter how much we deny this could happen - it does.
Last week my house was a mess. The computer room had so much junk in it that you could barely walk in it. I felt stressed in here typing. Today it's clean as a whistle. It' s organized and decorated for the first time in 2 years. I am much more relaxed and find ideas flowing more readily.
The way you design your environment and the people you choose to frequent it will effect you. Incorporate daily inspirations in your life and allow it to surround you. That will soak in too!
Go to the refrigerator and take some garlic out. Peel the outer leafy layer off until you get to the yellow core. Find some strong tape. Now tape the garlic to the inner part of your wrist. Once taped there, go about your business for the next thirty minutes or so.
After awhile, ask someone to smell your breath. Don't tell them about the garlic on your wrist. Just ask them to tell you what they smell.
Nine times out of ten, they will smell garlic.
Why can others smell the garlic on your breath when you did not ingest any orally?
I'm not scientist or doctor, but it seems pretty logical that the garlic soaks into the skin and then into the blood stream. Thus, making our breath smell garlicy.
Everything that we surround ourselves with in life does the same thing. Whether you are aware of it or not. The music you listen to, shows you watch and company you keep all soak into you and will eventually become you, too. When I have client's who are working on sobriety and tell me they are still hanging with their friends who use, I issue an old AA warning, "If you go to the barber shop enough times you are going to get a hair cut." Our surroundings do have an impact on us and, like chameleons, we eventually mold into the crowd. No matter how much we deny this could happen - it does.
Last week my house was a mess. The computer room had so much junk in it that you could barely walk in it. I felt stressed in here typing. Today it's clean as a whistle. It' s organized and decorated for the first time in 2 years. I am much more relaxed and find ideas flowing more readily.
The way you design your environment and the people you choose to frequent it will effect you. Incorporate daily inspirations in your life and allow it to surround you. That will soak in too!
"But now, if we introduce
into the this reverie the repetition
of the name of God,
we shall find that we can
control our moods,
despite the interference of the outside world....
the name of God will change the climate
of your mind.
It can not do otherwise..
We cannot long continue to repeat
any word without
beginning to think about the
reality which it represents."
Yoga Aphorisms of Patanjali
Monday, December 3, 2007
Who Am I?
Please check out this video link. A friend sent it to me this morning and I am so glad she did. Not only is it beautiful visually, but it also has a very powerful message.
I think the majority of us have reflected the same sentiment: Who am I? Why would God listen to my prayers when there is so much going on in the world? What would make me think that I am actually worthy enough to have intervention from the spiritual world? How could something so holy and pure view me as magnificent and worthy?
We all know the right words to say. You have already started saying them as you read. But, do you believe them? Do you believe that you are worthy?
I watched the movie Dead Poets Society yesterday. What a powerful movie. The theme, of course, if "Carpe diem" or "Seize the Day". Robin Williams explains to his students, "We will all be food for worms shortly" and hence the message: seize the day. I couldn't help but notice the parallel in the lyrics, "I'm a flower quickly fading; here today and gone tomorrow."
I do not think that my total existence is here only to be food for worms one day. If that were the case then I might as well go back to sleep! No, I know there is a spiritual realm that will welcome me with open arms when my time has come. But, yes... my body will be food for forms and the physical form is fading.
So many people who are hurting, I believe, are having a spiritual crisis. They don't think they are worthy of being forgiven, worthy of being loved, worthy of even praying, not to mention have their prayers answered. Do yourself a favor and start believing in the words you already know to be true in your heart. Seize the day and allow the thing you think you are not worthy of to take control of your life and dramatically change it. Stop fighting it and start embracing it. Life is too short to miss the powerful opportunities for you life here. Carpe Diem!
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