DENY YOURSELF...70 x INFINITY

I have a friend who says that we generally speak about five years ahead of where we are. I don't know if the five-year mark is set in concrete, but the idea is stone solid.

I just reread my blog of yesterday and thought how right on the money it was for what I needed to do and did not later that very afternoon.

I could feel myself blush as I read the paragraph: ...the answer, 'Deny yourself,' must needs start in our reasoning mind. When our ego is running a rant on another, on the various things we need to say or do to stop and/or top the perceived enemy, that's when we turn our thoughts inward.

Instead, I gave over to Lucy, my always-right-never-wrong ego, and watched almost proudly as she ran away with my mind and my mouth. It was one of those "I sure got them told!" moments...that is so regretted later.

I am beyond grateful that I've got the instruction book for what to do when wrong, and I can and will follow the instructions.

Here's the thing about spiritual growth...it's not that I choose to follow directions, it is that I have no choice if I hope to live at peace with my own self, if I ever expect to get the peace of mind I've always sought.

When wrong, promptly admit it...and then quit doing it, for Heaven's sake.

Thank you.