Memorial Day reminds us that our life, spiritual and material, depends entirely on our moving, with God's grace, from our dependence on our reasoning mind, i.e., ourself, higher into a deeper dependence on God and the will of God.
Since both spiritual and material consciousness are moved upward by peace..."happy" is a like word...it is a great awakening when we slowly, almost unconsciously, become aware that knowing peace within is all about others, and it cannot be achieved by our efforts alone. It simply is not a me job...never was, never will be.
My peace is dependent upon your peace, and especially if the you I'm aware of is the you who is giving egoic me grief in the moment, the you my hand is itching to smack.
I believe that's why Viktor Frankl's "Man's Search for Meaning" is ever relevant...he wrote of learning to live at peace within when he was a prisoner in Nazi concentration camps. Way too often we mentally live as if we are imprisoned in a Nazi war camp.
This is where reason and spiritual meet and meld...reason bows to spiritual, and in agreement we give over, give up, give in to God and the will of God...for others. There it is, my sliver of gold.
My physical, mental and spiritual intent is to move upward deeper...ever working with God Now...not next week, month, year when my health is better, my calendar is cleared...or I want to. Now.
Thank you.
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