Shipwrecked

If the storms have broken you down, if your ship of life has been torn apart, maybe its time you start thinking about an alternative way to get your life back on course.

You know those mornings you wake up and yesterdays events carry forward right back to your mind, and immediately your dwelling on those negative emotions. You cant shake the lousy feelings and constant playback of yesterday. It can drive you nuts-because the nausea in your stomach doesn't go away and the more we let those emotions stir and fester the harder it is to feel better. Most of these experiences we bring upon ourselves. It becomes the norm and you think these ups and downs-these fears, doubts, jealousy's, envy, judgments are just part of life. Let me tell you though, this belief is nonsense. If you believe that life is to carry burdens, to be in constant negative environments, to always battle demons within then you are living what you think and believe. This can all be changed, one step at a time, one day at a time. But this victory is probably the toughest challenge you will ever face. It is not easy to conquer ourselves, to choose the higher path and not the lower, to be truthful and honest and loving and pure and wise. It may appear easy on paper or in the confines of a church, temple or any other spiritual venue- but it is very difficult to change on a daily basis; when your in the office, the home, and out in the street-difficult yes; but not impossible. This transformation for peace begins with ourselves. We must take inventory on how we have been living our lives-how we are treating others. We need to realize the most work to be done is on some defect in disposition, some fault of character that is holding us back. We need to see that all this intellect and so-called common sense has been fooling us for years. We deceive our selves with justifications and acknowledgments from the world that how we are living is correct. Whats the old saying, "The Truth hurts" and that is because we have been lying to ourselves. To create the change you search for you had better see what is inside and face up to it. Then you can take the steps forward to meet it. Otherwise you will keep fooling yourselves. Those thoughts of inferiority or know-it-attitudes or constant fault finding and criticism have not been your friends and they certainly have not matured your life or strengthen the inner soul. So whats your prognosis? What are you going to do to start enjoying your life? What choices are you going to make and what attitudes will you use as your ally to win this challenge? Think about it-You had the power to create the life you currently live- which means you also have the power to change it for the better.



"AND SO IT IS WITH LIFE. IF YOU WANT TO GO HIGHER, YOU MUST CLIMB THE STEPS. IF YOU THINK,"THIS STEP IS TOO HIGH, I CAN'T TAKE IT," IT IS YOUR CHOICE. IF YOU THINK,"THIS TROUBLE IS TOO MUCH. IT IS SO UNFAIR"-THEN YOU STAY BELOW UNTIL YOU WAKE UP TO THE KNOWLEDGE THAT YOU CAN DO IT. HOWEVER, IF YOU MEET EACH CHALLENGE WITH THE REALIZATION, "GOD IN ME IS STRONGER THAN ANYTHING I HAVE TO MEET, GOD HAS GIVEN ME DOMINION OVER MY CIRCUMSTANCES. I LET NOTHING IN THIS SITUATION FRIGHTEN ME FOR I KNOW GOD IS WITH ME," AND CONTINUE IN THAT VEIN, YOU WILL GET YOUR FURTHER SPIRITUAL UNDERSTANDING, AND YOU ARE ON YOUR WAY TO YOUR MIRACLE. IT MAY TAKE TIME AND PRAYERFUL EFFORT, BUT YOU WILL GET IT." -Emmet Fox-