Autumn Harvest

Today is the first day of the rest of your life!

For people struggling with addictions, the addiction is life. There is no one or no thing more important than satisfying that desire, craving, drive or need. Addicts, as they are called, state that they find pleasure in their addiction but the truth is they are in so much pain that they hide from the truth of their life and practice the mastery of their addiction, instead.

Rather than seeing a person with an addiction as having an “addictive personality” or “a genetic predisposition” towards something, I choose to believe that people, who have addictions, actually have been called by God to fill the hole inside. The only trouble is that they got confused with what God wanted them to fill the hole up with.

Maybe those people who are fraught with an addiction need a new way to perceive it, so they can move beyond it.

For those of you who like to:

...Shop in excess of what you need, maybe you could look for the 1st bargain of the day in the free Light of God isle, instead of on an aluminum rack.

...Talk about everyone, maybe you could try spreading the Word of God, instead of smearing someone else’s name.

...Use harmful chemicals to feel better, maybe you could try trading that temporary high for a spiritual lift that doesn’t have neurotic side effects.

...Fill your lungs with suffocating, black smoke, maybe your first deep inhale of the morning could be from the Breath of Heaven, instead of the toxins of tobacco.

...Eat large portions of food, maybe you could get your fill in the boundless warmth of the Divine’s love, instead of through empty calories.

...Drink excessive amounts of flavored alcohol, maybe you could exchange the buzz of intoxication for the euphoria of Allah.

I know it isn’t easy to alter behaviors as ingrained and powerful as addictions. This blog is not about showing you a step-by-step method in the work of recovery. This blog is about giving you a different way in which to think about what authority you allow to dictate your life!

I think that if you move away from negative labels that hold you back from becoming all that you are capable of becoming, and seek a positive label in love and light, that eventually, you will regain control over your life from the addiction and make a healthier choice to give control of your life to God.

So, on that note, the quote of the day is:

“Be careful who you allow to control your life, if it isn’t based in love, lead instead of follow.” tc

Canopy of Color

Bold and pastel colors blend together to create an alluring rainbow arc across the sky.  A spectacular patchwork of reds, golds and oranges decorate the towering autumn treetops.  Bright and twinkling stars dot the heavens with a panoramic view of enticing design. Each lovely scene in their own way has inspired poets to write sonnets of love, musicians to compose unforgettable scores of adventure and dreamers to produce unique works of art that touch all of our lives.
As often as we look outward and upward for inspiration, answers and direction, let us not forget that what lies below the expansive paradise above us is where the raw beauty of nature plays itself out.  A pregnant woman nurturing new life, a teenager nervous about his/her first date, a young couple heading off on their honeymoon, an old man holding his wife's hand as they share one last breath together:  these are the stitches in the fabric of our lives.  All the exquisite moments of our journey are completed in the physical manifestation of our being. There is nothing more magnificent 'up there,' that does not in some way reflect 'down here.'  It all depends where you are looking.

So, on that note, the quote of the day is:

"The Essence of life is found below the canopy of God's great design." tc