The Emmaus Journal - "The Little Things In Life"Written by C.L. Mareydt
You have permission to publish this article electronically or in print, free of charge as long as by-lines and resource box are included. A courtesy copy of publication would be appreciated sent to email address listed after article. Thank You. __________________________________________________________ Article Excerpt from The Emmaus Journal © C.L. Mareydt d23 _______________________________________________________________ The Emmaus Journal - "The Little Things In Life" Even as 'Believers' we tend to focus our attention on big grandiose super events, larger than life images that surround our everyday lives...but there is always more to life than meets eye. The indirect challenge is to find more than meets eye moments and it is usually found in little things of life. These so called little things of life that would normally be over looked much too quickly; and unfortunately in so doing, miss them altogether. Missing these little things of life to point of also missing blessing en-captured therewith. I had recently witnessed an unassuming gesture of a young man removing an insignificant spider with a cup and paper towel to convey its release outside living quarters it had invaded. Seeing this small act of thoughtful kindness toward another living creature even as small as a spider; provoked my spirit in response. If choice had been left to me in same situation, I know my first natural instinct to squash would have compelled me to immediately eliminate such an ugly creepy thing and mindlessly so without a second thought. But that little act of preservation instead of elimination, toward such a small insignificant creature, performed by a young man at least ten times my own strength and how much more so than that of spiders; humbled me. To witness his regard of life, even toward one of life's smallest forms, moved upon my spirit in a large way. Why should I marvel at such a little thing in life? Because I saw hand of YaHWeH (God) extended beyond hand of man. A small moment with a small wonder to behold, but a life changing force to partake of. There was no exchange of words, no lectures, or even mental judgments. Absolutely nothing unusual in reality of that particular moment in life, except I saw it! It then touched my spirit and impacted my life with each passing day with a renewed sense of holy value for life. Thus connecting a greater value of life force in all little things of life. Can it be that we have slowly become desensitized toward regarding small insignificant, seemingly unprecedented events that life can offer, as meaningless in value? Have we subconsciously deferred to being blindly motivated and stimulated by dull obtuse, yet, in your face, sequences that life can force upon our natural senses? Perhaps we have become so rigidly scheduled in our personal timetables that we can no longer afford to take that extra moment to see past glare of our own selves. Which leaves me to believe that much has passed us by, and many divine blessings along way.
| | The Answer is the Question ... Asking the right questions!Written by Dr. Edward B. Toupin
We all have questions about our lives, directions, and destinies. It is curiosity of unknown that intrigues us to "ask" of future. It is stress of present and events of past that cause us to "wish" for a future. But, under circumstances and with events that create stresses and distortions, our questions, demands, and wishes can create a future that is specifically implemented to answer our questions.The future is not "written in stone", but is instead "etched on a napkin" based on events of present. When we ask a question, issue a wish, or make a demand of Universe, it listens closely. It then establishes path and creates a future for us to receive necessary answer. Of course, we only ask questions based on our past experiences. In many cases we ask general, non-specific questions, while in others we are specific of objectives not in line with our desires and vision. We tend to focus on past to query for a future, which produces yet another path to answer questions for long past events. As we ask, we experience, and we learn. If we don't learn, then we ask same questions and live same experiences. One of common questions I hear is, "Why is life so hard?" That question, along with accompanying thoughts and energies, creates a future to show hard life, and its reasons, to provide answer. We experience what we ask and demand. A better question would be, "How do I create a successful life?" This question, with its energies and thoughts, will create a future to show path to success. It is not so much that Universe takes time to tend to our questions, demands, and wishes. It is energies that we produce as we think and query that creates circumstances in our future. To pose right queries and demands, think of future and how to get there in manner you desire --- as opposed to considering past and how to avoid certain events and circumstances.
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