Expand your horizons.
ETERNAL SPRING
Your soundless unspoken words
Holds us in limbo
I realize it is your way
To keep everything inside
And you rarely let anything out
It is your fear
Your fear of rejection
Your fear of the unknown
That has shackled you
To an empty place
These soundless unspoken words
Have broken our connection
And I find myself holding back my spirit
I too live in fear
That I may never feel the possibilities
Of our eternal spring.
© Doris Ann Bridgehouse
Shine in the social spotlight.
Think differently, and use kind words to express yourself.
LIFE’S WAKE-UP CALL
Have you ever noticed the impact of life’s wake-up call—a
powerful insight? This wake-up call immediately changes
one’s previous views. In a physical sense, the manifestation
is similar to a Zen monk hitting a person meditating
with a stick if he or she begins to slouch.
For example, the wake-up call could be connected to a
relationship perception, a shadow lifts, an unknown talent
emerges, one has a religious experience, or anything that
changes our habitualness.
Give yourself an empathic overview. Do not waste the
impact of a wake-up call—often missed. Seize an unexpected
moment through observance. Feel the shifting
edges directing you toward a new thought pattern. Treasure
and value the moment. Enjoy the unexplained. If you
do not believe me, ask an elderly person if at one time he or
she has overlooked an insight at a pivotal moment in order
to nurse a fixed psychological idea.
Example: Wake-Up Call
Scotty and Charlie met each other in elementary
school and became fast friends. Through their youth they
were inseparable. Scotty went to a local college. Charlie
went to an Ivy League college from which his father had
graduated. Even though they lived a few hundred miles
apart, they kept in touch and visited each other often. As a
matter of fact, Charlie introduced Ann Marie, Scotty’s fiancée,
to him in their junior year.
After the young men graduated from college, they
started a business together. In seven years the business
grew into a huge success. Suddenly, at a client’s business
meeting and with bravado in his voice, Charlie announced
he was planning to resign and retire to Tahiti.
Scotty was stunned Charlie did not speak with him
first. When the meeting was finished, he grabbed Charlie’s
arm and asked to borrow the client’s conference room.
While they walked toward conference room, Scotty racked
his brain.
For the past few months Charlie had been acting erratic,
peculiar, and evasive. He presumed he may have had
a fight with Ann Marie or he was not feeling well. Scotty
made several attempts to have a serious conversation with
Charlie, but he nonchalantly brushed him aside.
There was something odd about Charlie. Something
he could not put his finger on. Then he remembered about
four years ago Charlie had the same persona when he had
lost a great deal of money gambling.
In the conference room, Charlie’s legs twitched and he
avoided Scotty’s eyes. While Scotty spoke, Charlie tapped
his fingers on the table. Scotty mentioned he was going to
pour himself a cup of coffee, he asked Charlie if he would
like a cup.
As Scotty walked back with the coffee cups in hand, he
caught a glimpse of Charlie. He saw him as another person.
A person he did not know. Within that instant, a lightening
bolt struck him. He knew without doubt Charlie was
leaving for reasons that had nothing to do with retiring.
Suddenly, he felt there could be a possibility that Charlie
embezzled money from their company,
Scotty had a wake-up call. This intense moment
changed his view of Charlie–a “what is” moment. Scotty is
going to have a heart-to-heart conversation with Charlie.
Under these new conditions, Scotty has changed his perception
of their relationship.
DORIS ANN'S OBSERVATION:
Feel free to email questions concerning life's journey.
I'll place a dialogue on the web with an answer.
EMAIL: kindredspiritri@yahoo.com
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Practicing any form of meditation
Brings you closer to the you...your spirit.
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