The truth appearing in my mind lately is “here in eternity.” What about yours? ~jpc
Everything lit. Namaste.
intercommune with creation . . . commune with spirit . . . give thanks for being
I’ve been reading a bit of Phillip Yancey lately, after being lent his book titled Prayer. He calls himself “a recovering fundamentalist.” ~Frank Bremner e-mail, 8/09
We’re all recovering from something, right? ~jpc
Journey on. Namaste.
image www.zazzle.co.uk/recovering+gifts (maybe they have your shirt or mug)
Christians … simply are [not] immune from anger, anxiety, disappointment and so forth. …[S]uch unwelcome experiences are quite often part of the Christian life (…indeed, sometimes they are brought on precisely by a commitment to lead a Christian life), and … our task is to cope with them in a Christian manner. ~Charles Wood, review of The Consolations of Theology, 7/28/09, christiancentury.org, via John Montgomery
If his parenthetical thought is true, how did Jesus relate to (“cope with” is stoic language) these unwelcome experiences “in a Christian manner”? ~jpc
How did Gandhi do it in a Hindu manner? Namaste.
Jagged journey
Taught my heart
Turmoil and despair
Amazing grace
Gave my heart
Meaning to declare
That it’s good
To journey
To live aware
With open eyes
joyous heart toward
Life’s possibility
And glory in
The moment
Here in eternity
~jpc, August 2009
Namaste.
image: "Blue Clouds" http://www.prabhashah.com/25.htm
[About half] of someone’s happiness [is genetically determined] and 10% can be attributed to life situations. The rest – 40% – is something people have the capacity to change through intentional activities that affect how we act and how we think. ~reference to Sonja Lyubomirsky studies, by Sharon Jayson, “Techniques Can Boost Happiness,” usatoday.com, 8/16/2008
With that 40 percent, how much happiness am I embodying and expressing today? Namaste.
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image: photo of young Buddhist monks praying at a festival in Bangalore, India (photo by Dibyangshu Sarkar, AFP/Getty Images) http://tinyurl.com/lkb9j3

Nez: My student* said, “Joy is what happens when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things are.”