Blog 40
Holy crap I’ve made it to 40!!!!! Wow! Minus that one drunken night of forgetfulness I have done something that I committed to for 40 days in a row! That is huge! So cool!
Ok… enough of that celebration! I have been spending the last 2 days on a meditation workshop… Yep, that’s right, I am going through that quintessential “what does it all mean thing.” That bump in life when we start to search for something deeper!
And as cheesy as it sounds, it’s fuckin’ awesome! I had such an amazing time simply reconnecting with me.
It’s so funny, I find that in my attempt to be unselfish aka spend more time with others, put time with myself as a last priority, I end up behaving more selfishly? Maybe I have misunderstood the term? What is selfish?
Here is a quote from a speech given by Nelson Mandela written by a woman call Marianne Williamson:
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
Tags: Blog, committment, selfishness
What do I believe?
Gail Says:
August 21st, 2008 at 12:19 pmI believe in what I believe because I understand it and it has a positive influence in my life. I’m not just talking about religion. I am talking about friendship, admiration and spirit.
I like how Gail put this and I feel like her statement encapsulates my beliefs in the most succinct way.
I do not subscribe to any specific faith or religion, but I will say that I like to believe that there is a higher spiritual being of some sort that is bigger than me. I do recognize that I choose to keep this belief in place due to a fear of what it would mean if we were totally random; if there was no true beginning or true end. That is when believing in a theory just feels so much better than not.
Ultimately, I believe that religion is a beautiful thing. It has spawned gorgeous art, culture, community and history.
I have great respect for faith and commitment.
The only problem I have is the divide we seem to create, that we decide to blame on our faith.
If we could truly digest the concept that we believe what we believe for separate and independent reasons, all religion would cause nothing but more understanding, and the courage to push ourselves harder.
Thoughts?
xo
Allison
Tags: committment, faith, Fear, freedom, peace, religion, spirituatlity
