francie21805
03-22-2009, 01:26 PM
This is an article I received for our Intergroup Newsletter. And my friend gave me permission to share it with you.
Finding Peace
I had an interesting thing happen to me on February 8th of this year. I was sitting in the sun at the Park, writing in my journal about how crappy I felt and how ****ty the world can be sometimes. I sat up, looked around, and I swear the scales fell from my eyes. It’s was as if I was able to see the world and the people in it in a totally new light. The people, the children, even the dogs were sooo amazingly beautiful to me. There was so much love everywhere! I started crying and I could not stop. It was like all of the sadness, anger, fear and frustration I’d been holding at bay flooded out of me through my tears. It was incredibly moving and powerful. A spiritual experience maybe?
You see, I had made a decision that I was going to do whatever it took to harden my heart and soul so that I would not be affected by anyone or anything ever again. But, after what God revealed to me that day, I realized that if I were to do that, make myself impenetrable, I would completely miss out on all the love and beauty that He and the world have to offer. I’m not talking about romantic love, I mean Universal love, being a part of a huge interconnected family.
We are all God’s children, imperfect yes, but beautiful just the same. It was one of the most profound experiences I’ve ever had and I feel cleansed and more at peace than I have for a long, long time.
I don’t know why I feel so compelled to share this, but for some reason I do. Maybe it’s a way of making peace, maybe it’s so that I can be at peace. Maybe its forgiveness, I don’t know. Maybe, it will help others in some way. All I know is that I felt strongly about sharing this.
Anonymous
Finding Peace
I had an interesting thing happen to me on February 8th of this year. I was sitting in the sun at the Park, writing in my journal about how crappy I felt and how ****ty the world can be sometimes. I sat up, looked around, and I swear the scales fell from my eyes. It’s was as if I was able to see the world and the people in it in a totally new light. The people, the children, even the dogs were sooo amazingly beautiful to me. There was so much love everywhere! I started crying and I could not stop. It was like all of the sadness, anger, fear and frustration I’d been holding at bay flooded out of me through my tears. It was incredibly moving and powerful. A spiritual experience maybe?
You see, I had made a decision that I was going to do whatever it took to harden my heart and soul so that I would not be affected by anyone or anything ever again. But, after what God revealed to me that day, I realized that if I were to do that, make myself impenetrable, I would completely miss out on all the love and beauty that He and the world have to offer. I’m not talking about romantic love, I mean Universal love, being a part of a huge interconnected family.
We are all God’s children, imperfect yes, but beautiful just the same. It was one of the most profound experiences I’ve ever had and I feel cleansed and more at peace than I have for a long, long time.
I don’t know why I feel so compelled to share this, but for some reason I do. Maybe it’s a way of making peace, maybe it’s so that I can be at peace. Maybe its forgiveness, I don’t know. Maybe, it will help others in some way. All I know is that I felt strongly about sharing this.
Anonymous