Jul 19, 2009 10:54AM illinoislady wrote:
Peg You have quite a story to tell and you are extremely eloquent. I think your story goes like all of our stories go --- in whatever direction God takes it. Having said that I hope you will not think me too glib. It is easy to **take it out of our hands** by placing it in God's. Yet....each of us has the SPARK of our Creator inside themselves, so it is still in our domain. I have read a lot of books....Deepak Chopra, Eckart Tolle, Brian Weiss, and I believe that we choose what our life will be like --- the ups and downs, the disasters, the miracles --- and that their is a unique purpose to all of it.
No one can really tell you the WHY of your life, just as most of us can't tell the why of our own. All we can do is think the best/highest/healthiest ( yes even in the midst of disease processes ) thoughts we are able ( these are declarations to ourselves ) of peace and harmony and wellness inside of ourselves.
At whatever point we are in life is where we are meant to be. I learned to have faith in that because frankly nothing else came close to answering so many of the " questions " my life was so fond of presenting. When I took things apart to find the common denominator that was the final answer --- the one factor that was always a part of everything else. People are where they are because they will learn and grow from what they are experiencing. Sometimes we need these events to help us grow in some way, but we also are able in fact at times, to help many others in their growth too. Of course, this did come after much studying and reading and thinking and praying. My belief is that we are not randomly tossed into the universe.
There is a neatness, an order, to all of this. I do not believe in fate, co-incidence, happenstance, randomness,chance,luck though from time to time for want of a descriptive word I may have to insert one of those words. I do believe we are all deeply spiritual beings no matter where we are....meaning all the way from complete non-believers to the deepest of believers but belief or lack of is not really the point. Faith is the point. It is the only thing that ever resonated inside of me loud and clear and I am humble that I was given this answer.
The words of an old song: Just what makes that little ole' ant, think he can move a rubber tree plant, High hopes he has high hopes --- high apple pie in the sky hopes
Next time your found, with your chin on the ground
There a lot to be learned, so look around
Just what makes that little old ant
Think hell move that rubber tree plant
Anyone knows an ant, cant
Move a rubber tree plant
But hes got high hopes, hes got high hopes
Hes got high apple pie, in the sky hopes
So any time your gettin low
stead of lettin go
Just remember that ant
Oops there goes another rubber tree plant
When troubles call, and your backs to the wall
There a lot to be learned, that wall could fall
Once there was a silly old ram
Thought hed punch a hole in a dam
No one could make that ram, scram
He kept buttin that dam
cause he had high hopes, he had high hopes
He had high apple pie, in the sky hopes
So any time your feelin bad
stead of feelin sad
Just remember that ram
Oops there goes a billion kilowatt dam
All problems just a toy balloon
Theyll be bursted soon
Theyre just bound to go pop
Oops there goes another problem kerplop
We have to keep going and do the best we can with what we have and keep the most positive attitude that we can....in the faith that we are meant to be where we are.....even if we are not sure why. I do know miracles happen and I do know as well that when it is time to learn the whys of our life.....we will.
As far as this illness goes....my case is not anywhere close to yours and hopefully someone who has more practical information for that will chime in soon. I just want to let you know someone here has heard you and cares what you have to say. God Bless.
Hugs, Jackie