Saturday, December 17, 2022

LEARNING BY LOOKING BACK

Keep it simple. Utter simplicity lies in the two vows that sustain our still more spiritual growth: (1) Let go of the idea that we have an alternative, and (2) love and laugh.

Here's me today: Remembering many of the mistakes I made ten, twenty, thirty years ago...for which I have found peace in my apologies and amends...and today am learning from them at a way deeper level. 

The punchline seems to be heading me toward my long-since forgiven mistakes, missteps and errors in judgment, my slivers of gold, as my now learning board. 

When others, friends and unfriends, are doing now that which I did then, my need is to silently with a loving attitude surrender my thoughts, detach from any judgment...good or not good...and trust me to give over, give up, give in by grace and by God. 

New to me is that I do not need to overthink it, I inner know.  There...me actively experiencing my trust in the Father within. 

When, not if, I am wrong, I will be turned in the right direction...with love and laughter. The same love and laughter I'm learning how to now extend to others which is different from my love and laughter of yesterday...there's no self in it, only awe and a certainty that only I can screw this up. Ah, and when I do, I get to love and laugh.

God loves me so much. You, me, us...God loves.

Thank you.

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