…I have checked this box on surveys for years. I am now a minister, but there is still a part of me that identifies with this "classification".
A colleague sent me this article, I pass it on to you, good read.
How do you identify yourself, your spirituality or religion?
http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2014/02/22/good-news-about-the-spiritual-but-not-religious/
Friday, March 14, 2014
Tuesday, March 4, 2014
Don't Worry About A Thing...
Is worrying good or bad for us? In psychology it is said worrying is healthy when it causes us to take action or make decisions that promote our well-being, however, when worrying turns into an obsessive, paralyzing habit that is when it is toxic.
I am preparing for a talk in a few weeks titled "Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing", taken from the title of the Stevie Wonder classic. Worrying is an age old pattern in our human experience, it has been expressing for millennia. As long as we can dream, wonder and create we can worry. However as with most things I continue to explore in this life, everything is about relationship and communication. To think we may end worrying in our lives we set ourselves up for failure, however, to admit that we have a worrying mind could set us free. The challenge is in the next step, just because we worry about something doesn't make it so, however, if we worry about something long enough, we CAN definitely make it so.The creative tendency and faculty of this universe follows and creates in the direction of our attention, so where is your attention? Worrying is giving attention, and powerful emotional attention to areas in our life. Is worrying channeling your attention, focus and energy into action or immobilization?
I look forward to expand on this question in a few weeks and hope you can join me if you are in the Chicagoland area @ Abundant Life Spiritual Center on Sunday March 23rd 10:30 a.m. 375 Elm St, Deerfield, IL 60015
Two beautiful writings can inspire us in times of worry. One from our brother Bob Marley "Don't worry, 'bout a thing, 'cause every little thing's gonna be alright" the other from Matthew 6 verses 25 - 34 in the Christian Bible, "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, or about your body, what you will wear....can any of you by worrying add a single hour to your span of life?...Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin...So do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring worries of its own."It goes on to basically say, focus on today, today is more than enough living for right now. I invite you to focus on today, where you actually are, take a moment to close your eyes a few times today and breath in and out slowly and become aware of where your attention is on your life. Is your attention on what is before today or worrying about what may or may not happen tomorrow, or the next day. Affirm to yourself, tomorrow will meet me then, right now I embrace today and live in this moment!I hope to see or hear from you soon!Love, Light & Laughter ~ Darrell
I am preparing for a talk in a few weeks titled "Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing", taken from the title of the Stevie Wonder classic. Worrying is an age old pattern in our human experience, it has been expressing for millennia. As long as we can dream, wonder and create we can worry. However as with most things I continue to explore in this life, everything is about relationship and communication. To think we may end worrying in our lives we set ourselves up for failure, however, to admit that we have a worrying mind could set us free. The challenge is in the next step, just because we worry about something doesn't make it so, however, if we worry about something long enough, we CAN definitely make it so.The creative tendency and faculty of this universe follows and creates in the direction of our attention, so where is your attention? Worrying is giving attention, and powerful emotional attention to areas in our life. Is worrying channeling your attention, focus and energy into action or immobilization?
I look forward to expand on this question in a few weeks and hope you can join me if you are in the Chicagoland area @ Abundant Life Spiritual Center on Sunday March 23rd 10:30 a.m. 375 Elm St, Deerfield, IL 60015
Two beautiful writings can inspire us in times of worry. One from our brother Bob Marley "Don't worry, 'bout a thing, 'cause every little thing's gonna be alright" the other from Matthew 6 verses 25 - 34 in the Christian Bible, "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, or about your body, what you will wear....can any of you by worrying add a single hour to your span of life?...Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin...So do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring worries of its own."It goes on to basically say, focus on today, today is more than enough living for right now. I invite you to focus on today, where you actually are, take a moment to close your eyes a few times today and breath in and out slowly and become aware of where your attention is on your life. Is your attention on what is before today or worrying about what may or may not happen tomorrow, or the next day. Affirm to yourself, tomorrow will meet me then, right now I embrace today and live in this moment!I hope to see or hear from you soon!Love, Light & Laughter ~ Darrell
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