Limp Precariously

"Life isn't about finding yourself.

Life is about creating yourself."

George Bernard Shaw

As time passes, experiences are shuffled into our memories.  Like a cluttered desk, one needs to sort and organize to allow clear focus.  Some activities are readily shredded while others are carefully sorted into a separate file.  Often, there are some we cannot understand why they even happened.

When we discard events mentally, this does not mean they are not logged somewhere else in our body.  Exposure makes an impression both emotionally and physically.  Our scars are both emotional and physical.  These cannot be discarded as easily as a picture image.

The images logged within  our being continue to impact our actions in the present.  Whether we are aware or not, we project distortions either increasing or decreasing the cost of the exchange. The impairments can either challenge us to do better or to limp precariously. Please, let us do better! 

Guidance is Plentiful

"I'm not a teacher; only a fellow traveler

of whom you've asked the way.  I pointed

ahead ... ahead of myself as well as you."

George Bernard Shaw

It seems a teacher gives us knowledge and the student learns to apply the knowledge.  Technically,  in the end, the student can brilliantly by pass the teacher.  If the teacher is 'full of himself' or herself, we may not learn much at all, except not to be like our teacher.

The best teachers are the ones who are willing to be quiet with you.  They will share wisdom they have learned, but do not expect the student to experience it in the very same why.  An advanced teacher may know the answer is residing within the student's mind, so will silently hold space.

We can be teachers to each other by sharing our challenges and coping skills.  By disclosing our mistakes to trusted friends, we can increase self-worth by reviewing our corrective solutions.  While observing nature, the Divine teacher speaks to us.  We receive guidance through the flight of the birds;  the resilience of the trees; the shift shaping clouds; and various landscapes. Depending upon our awareness, guidance can be plentiful.