A Moment of Clarity

Tears flowed not for the love lost but for the love gained. I'd realized I had to let her go to begin loving again. I put all my eggs in one basket. I'm sorry, MawMaw. My grandmother told me to never put all my eggs in one basket. I had too many eggs in that basket, and it would eventually break. By letting go it allows my heart to open up to new possibilities. I cannot look back and just look at the mistakes I have made. This is my journey. My life is unfolding as it should. I have to put TRUST in the Divine to give me what I need when I need it. I cannot worry about things I ultimately do not have any control over.

This brings me back to the Serenity Prayer. I've read the Serenity Prayer over and over taking it as is. Doing research for the blog I discovered that Karl Paul Reinhold Niebuhr reportedly wrote it in 1926. Niebuhr was a Lutheran pastor and theologian. Usually we only read the first two verses of the prayer, but the whole prayer adds to the transformative power of words.

GOD, grant me the serenity
to accept the things
I cannot change,

Courage to change the
things I can, and the
wisdom to know the difference.

Living one day at a time;
Enjoying one moment at a time;
Accepting hardship as the
pathway to peace.

Taking, as the Divine did, this
sinful world as it is,
not as I would have it.

Trusting that the Divine will make
all things right if I
surrender to the Divine's Will;

That I may be reasonably happy
in this life, and supremely
happy with the Divine forever in
the next.

Amen

These words are transformative. My being feels brand new. I can take on the world without regards to the negativity. It's there but why should it dominate your mind. It is true about me, and it is true about you. It is also true that we have created a pretty ugly world. There's a simple correction process to this way of thinking. Start each day by seeing it in the way you would want it to be. See yourself handling everything in life with grace and effectively. Be patient with yourself when the results you want don't come on your time clock. Don't forget that you're living on the Divine's time. The Divine is always on time. There will be days that your ego will show back up. You will get angry, afraid, and sometimes just hateful. Remember where you are, pray to the Divine and then calm down.

Once you calm down think about the situation and learn from it. Understand why you got angry, afraid or hateful. You may have to avoid that situation until you're emotionally ready to deal with it. It's ok to know your limitations which are none. There's infinite possibilities, for we are made in the image of the Divine. Don't forget this! While those tears flowed the other day I had an epiphany. For the first time I listened to the Divine through my temporary insanity. A moment of clarity invaded my being. For the first time in a long time I was free. My thoughts of what love should be shackled my ability to actually love. Now I am free, and love is flowing abound.