"...this garden is your soul. This mess is you! Together, you and I, we have been working with a purpose in your heart. And it is wild and beautiful and perfectly in process. To you it seems like a mess, but to me, I see a perfect pattern emerging and growing and alive-a living fractal."-The Shack-WM PaulYoung

What is fractal? It is the self-similar pattern which means it is the same pattern whether viewed near or far away.  Our soul contains our purpose that remains the same whether viewed near or far away.  But many question-what is our purpose here.  I know I asked and when God answered-I didn't believe him.  I question GOD!!  I doubt-I fear-I procrastinate- I am a mess.  But God knows I am a work in progress and with each step I take on this journey, I get closer to my purpose.  I don't want to let Him down but God is patient.  He knows I evolve until I will get it just right.  Thanks for waiting for me.  Peace.

"When I was made in secret and skillfully wrought...your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed. And in Your book they all were written, the days fashioned for me, when as yet there were none of them."-Psalm 139:15-16-The Bible

Wow! In reading "You Were Born For This" by Bruce Wilkinson where he refers to this psalm, I had one of  those aha moments.  All I could say was WOW.  I was stunned yet empowered with his concept inspired by this psalm that God knew our dream before He fashioned us.  We all have a purpose.  God has asked me to write despite the fact that I told Him-but I'm not a writer.  Boy has He proven me wrong-hence this blog-despite the fact that no one is following it and no one has commented on it- I am a writer and I am sure God has his purpose for it which will be revealed when the time is right.  I trust God in that.  He has asked and I am doing it AND enjoying much more than I thought I would-despite no one following it.  Maybe God is preparing me for the next step....I believe He has His reasons-I trust Him and it is freeing to know and trust.  We are not islands but spirits setting sail within His love.  If confronted with someone struggling on their journey-we have only to reach out and help to send them on their journey with love and caring.  Our spirit occupies our body that God made the way He did for reasons relating to our purpose and our journey for lessons to be learned in order to help others and ultimately God.  Enjoy your own journey for it is unique and if you don't-who will?  Peace.

"It always seems impossible until it is done."- Nelson Mandela

You put one foot in front of the other.  You keep trudging along.  Stop-rest-keep on going.  Why do we spend so much time looking ahead or up and not taking that step forward?  It does not matter how long it takes but if we step forward we are ahead even by only one step.  It is fear that keeps us rooted.  Fear of what?  Trust that all will be well and it will and go forward because even one step is better than none!  Peace.

"In order to live fully, you have to be present for it.... You do that by paying attention on purpose, in the present moment, and being non-judgmental. This requires a great deal of kindness toward yourself, which you deserve."-Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD

Live in the now.  For the future holds worry and the past holds regret.  We have only today to enjoy.  Mark Twain said, "I have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened."  We waste so much time and energy wanting things for the future that we think will make our life better or we worry about what looks to us like it might happen and it would cause upset-or so we think.  It is all in our mind.  We just need to believe that life holds so much to look forward to and leave it in God's hands.  Then we spend so much time looking back with regrets or resentments when letting it go and welcoming the peace that goes with that is where we need to be.  We can't change anyone else-only ourselves.  Stop living in the past-those were lessons learned.  Stop living in the future-those are needless worries.  Live for today which is all we truly have anyways.  It is a gift-enjoy it.  Peace.

"Every day, in every way, I am getting better and better."-Emile Coue

Many times we try to rush the project.  Whether we are losing weight, finding a new job, trying a new skill, making friends....we can not hurry the process.  If we take the time we learn so much about ourselves along the way.  There are lessons to be learned.  We need to discover the mystery of who we are along the way.  Life is not a game where you win the faster you go.  Slow down-appreciate each and every single step on your journey.  Take time to discover YOU.  Maybe even give a hand to someone struggling along side your road.  There is a purpose and a reason to every step we take. There is power in knowing this.   Learn and enjoy.  Peace.

"There is an Indian proverb or axiom that says that everyone is a house with four rooms, a physical, a mental, an emotional and a spiritual. Most of us tend to live in one room most of the time, but unless we go into every room every day even if only to keep it aired, we are not a complete person."-Rumor Godden in "A House with Four Rooms."

Most of us tend to latch onto one part of ourselves to develop it alone and that is where our attention goes.  Even as babies develop, they tend to concentrate on one area of development and then move on from there.  With one skill level stronger until moving on.  But we need to keep ourselves whole.  We need to be complete and that means keeping physically healthy, as much as mentally capable, as much as emotionally complete, as much as spiritually centered. We can't neglect one part of who we are or we can not become what we were meant to be.  We have a choice to be whole.  Peace.