I am blessed to have people in my life who have never weighed my love, nor questioned my intentions. My friends, my family and now my husband - these people make me complete and enhance the person that I am. They reminded me throughout everything, that I should stop punishing myself for things I cannot change. They reminded me that I deserve to be loved and picked me up when I had fallen. They made me realize that I am strong and brave and have been all along. When I get lost, they act as direction signs to get me back to who I am. This is all because God made it so - He makes sure we go along the right path and sends signals to show that.
If we look long and hard enough, we will come to realize that the answers we look for, are inside us and either loved ones, our own efforts to look inside ourselves or the course of time will bring them out.
I recently read The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. It is a remarkable tale of a young shepherd who has a recurring dream about buried treasures near the Egyptian pyramids. In pursuit of these treasures, he sets off and meets several people along the way who 'guide' him towards the pyramids. Each time, he is faced with stages where he needs to make decisions - whether to sell his sheep, whether to split the treasure, whether to give up and return and so forth. The thoughts are never-ending, but he follows his heart nonetheless. He even sells his beloved sheep. Eventually he reaches the destination, only to discover that his treasures are hidden where he first started off.
This tale spins a truthful picture of how life is in reality. We are sent down to earth with the answers already embedded in each of us and slowly but surely the problems we need to face unravel. But it is a necessary journey - we need to face these and we need to make difficult decisions and take risks along the way to gain that ultimate realization. There is no easy way out. Along the way, one will be judged, ridiculed, misunderstood or slammed down, but those are just tests. We need to focus on our ultimate goal and with a clean conscience and we will reach it as long as we follow our heart (or gut). The journey is to teach us lessons and with each step we will only get closer to God, so that we realize that the treasure was with us all along.
If we look long and hard enough, we will come to realize that the answers we look for, are inside us and either loved ones, our own efforts to look inside ourselves or the course of time will bring them out.
I recently read The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. It is a remarkable tale of a young shepherd who has a recurring dream about buried treasures near the Egyptian pyramids. In pursuit of these treasures, he sets off and meets several people along the way who 'guide' him towards the pyramids. Each time, he is faced with stages where he needs to make decisions - whether to sell his sheep, whether to split the treasure, whether to give up and return and so forth. The thoughts are never-ending, but he follows his heart nonetheless. He even sells his beloved sheep. Eventually he reaches the destination, only to discover that his treasures are hidden where he first started off.
This tale spins a truthful picture of how life is in reality. We are sent down to earth with the answers already embedded in each of us and slowly but surely the problems we need to face unravel. But it is a necessary journey - we need to face these and we need to make difficult decisions and take risks along the way to gain that ultimate realization. There is no easy way out. Along the way, one will be judged, ridiculed, misunderstood or slammed down, but those are just tests. We need to focus on our ultimate goal and with a clean conscience and we will reach it as long as we follow our heart (or gut). The journey is to teach us lessons and with each step we will only get closer to God, so that we realize that the treasure was with us all along.
God will see to it and God will catch us when we fall,
and then sudden realization will strike, that we had the answers after all.
