Life is about learning.
We are here to learn how to love. Some people are easier to love than others. Practice with the easy ones first. Practice makes perfect. Done is better than perfect. Use perfect as a verb. In order to perfect, you will make mistakes. We are here so that we can make mistakes. Own them. Our mistakes are the only thing we can truly and exclusively own, because all that is good and right and true is a gift of grace. The only real mistakes are the ones we haven’t learned from yet. We can learn from others’ mistakes, too. Share what you learn. Give to others. Receive others’ gifts. Being received is the greatest gift. Commerce is made of exchanges that exist only in contemplation of man’s law. There is no exchange in truth, just multiple gifts. The true and full payment for every gift is appreciation. Time isn’t money. Time is irreplaceable. Modern money is irredeemable. You can never buy back lost time. Time is of the essence. That essence is the infinitely valuable life force of your soul. Money is a mere token of value. Modern money is created by fiat with the stroke of a pen, a keystroke or a printing press. Value is created only in the heart. Create more of it. The source of supply is unlimited. Good will is the greatest value in your business. Give it away. The more you give, the more your vessel can hold. Give it to receive it. Appreciate every opportunity. Crisis is the greatest opportunity. In the Chinese language, there is one word that means both. See both sides of every coin. Our spiritual gifts come from facing life’s challenges. Healing is spiritual growth. Healing is not for sissies. Your ego is a sissy when it puts itself in charge. Ego only knows the past. Ego is afraid of change and loss of control. Ego cannot control the present or the future, only the past. Who you are is who you are becoming. We are transcendent beings. We are from the future. We see clearly only that which we face: the past. We must die to the ego to be fully alive and present. Unwrap the present. Be present in all space, all time, and beyond. It is who you are. You are a Cell in God’s body. You need a well developed ego to transcend it and ‘die’ to it. We are afraid to take action, to risk failure, to risk having to learn and grow and change and step into our fullness. We are afraid of the responsibility of revealing our potential. Fear is what courage feels like. You are becoming the fullness of your future self. Your future self is always available to you as a guardian angel and spiritual guide. The ego has control of opening your access to your fullness. Let go and let God... Let go of your small tight efforting at control to open to the greater universal control by the future to be all you can be in the present. Let life live you. Let ego become the observer. Think, this is God’s business... I’m just lucky to work here. Watch and learn. And enjoy. You’ll know in your heart when you are on the path...
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Rev. Dr. Glen SwartwoutVolunteer Pastoral Medicine Practitioner at Healing Oasis Archives
May 2020
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