. Pertaining to that phrase; "God doesn't give you more than you can handle."
I have come to believe that that is a completely false notion, or rather, a misunderstood statement. I have rewritten it for myself, to read...
"God doesn't give you anything HE can't handle."
I, as a person walking without any divine thought, ridden with self doubt, selfishness and fear- that person, who is the "I", is capable of nothing. Nothing in comparison to what the "I" who walks in the light, and with the love of God, is capable of. He gives us hardships to learn how to connect back to the source, to learn how to accept the good, and to learn how to be broken and appreciative, and how to overcome the impossible without becoming torn. And this version of the phrase, I adore.
. Pure patience is the answer to all things.
Patience, in its most potent and simple form, is an incredibly difficult, and beautiful thing to diligently try to obtain. It eliminates the need for judgement, for anger, for stress projected on the self- and opens doors of creativity, previously undiscovered. It destroys the angsty pitfalls of disappointment and self loathing, and uplifts the mind in to a healthy and spiritually confident spectrum, free from worldly games. Don't take it all so seriously, and so heavily- let it roll off your back and hit the ground where it belongs... Of course, no one can levitate in this state permanently during our time on the planet, but if we can even achieve this state for even a day, a moment, a second- the possibilities and realities are endless. Most importantly, pure patience in practice requires total love- a nifty, whadya know, double whammy.
. Talk to yourself like you are someone you LOVE.
Loving yourself, all of yourself, unconditionally, is so damn important. And so DAMN weird. Coming from a family where love is rare and uncomfortable between people, of course this concept is unnerving, and it is perhaps God's most constant lesson for me. But this is the thing... to love yourself, is to know yourself. And knowing yourself, is key to any and all success.
. Be exactly who you are, and what you are, 100% of the time.
It doesn't matter who is listening, what eyes are watching- if you're not you, how in the world can you impact anyone or make a difference in anything? What would Einstein have done if he had abandoned his passion for a more common and lucrative field? What would Tesla have accomplished is he wasn't such a cat obsessed, static electricity loving weirdo? Or even the great actors of the silver screen- how much inspiration and joy would be missing from our lives if they abandoned their unlikely, and elaborate dream? The point is, who you are, and knowing who you are is the key to understanding what you are MEANT to DO. Embrace it! Play in the mud, sit with yourself in a sandbox and build something beautiful.
. "You have enemies? Good! It shows you stood up for something, sometime in your life." - Winston Churchill
(FEARSOME! Good form!)
Right. Thank you Churchill. This speaks for itself.
2 comments:
I love this...
"God doesn't give you anything HE can't handle."
GOOD STUFF - going in the journal!! :)
this is lovely, my dear.
i especially like the part about talking to yourself like you are someone you love. i do a lot of talking to myself and it is only recently that i have been listening with an ear out for this, and finding that i am not usually very kind to myself. it really breaks the "kindness habit" that i am trying to form when i pepper my day with criticism and anger, even if it is only towards myself. i like how you wrote about this-- you put it very nicely.
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