Al
In the past I would vacillate between religion/spirituality and psychology/therapeutic counseling. Rarely would I draw parallels or similarities between the two, thus tying them together to gain a better sense of who I am and my place/purpose in this world. My pendulum would swing one way or the other, resting very briefly, or not at all, in the middle as I attempted to find balance in my life. I know that in this life I will continue to swing to and fro, but with the swinging being based solely on center I achieve the balance that I strive for in life.
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Al
So I’ve been, for sometime now, endeavoring to ensure that my life was life and open floor plan in a house. It is my desire to be as feng shui as possible. Meaning, I want to be fluid and free flowing in all aspects of my life. It is my desire to break free of compartmentalization.
I don’t believe that life, or spirituality, has to be so serious all of the time. We talk about being content and joyful. We say that we create happiness in our lives, but when getting down to the task, we get our game faces on and begin to work. I don’t mean the, “You work it!”, kind of work. I mean the crack-the-whip,-there-ain’t-no-time-for-playin’ type of work. Why are we so serious about being happy and having some fun?
So, on a whim (or maybe not), I decided to search the term “fun spirituality” and one of the links that I found was this blog post. Check it out. I really think that this could be a lot of fun to do for those of us who are having a heck of a time meshing fun and spirituality together. It is possible for our whole lives to be “one.”
Really. What’s the point of all this creating with your thoughts and visualizing and what not if we don’t have some fun along the way? I mean, really. So I encourage you to infuse some fun into your spiritual quest and just live. Nothing like now to have a good time. Stop waiting for that special moment or when you retire. You’ll miss the time when it comes and you never know, that time could be this very moment! Try it…you’ll see!
-Al
Some people drink from the fountain of knowledge, others just gurgle. –Unknown
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“My father used to say to me, ‘Whenever you get into a jam, whenever you get into a crisis or an emergency…become the calmest person in the room and you’ll be able to figure your way out of it.’” – Rudolph Giuliani
Being calm in a crisis or an emergency situation is always the best idea. But this not only applies to crisis or emergency. Have you ever been working on something like a project or homework and it is not going quite the way you wanted? Or maybe you were going some place you are not familiar with and started to get frustrated or stressed because things are not going as expected or you keep making wrong turns? I know I have. What I have found in these situations is that when I get upset and become stressed I start to react solely based on instinct and emotion. Also, I loose my ability to temper my actions with logic and intelligence. Read more…
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