We are, each of us, blessed with the power of reason and its natural concomitant, will power. Through reason we make choices for good or ill as they affect our life. And, in accordance with our will, we act on them.
The choices we make as they relate to our day-to-day activities and our physical well-being are apparent to all, a manifestation of outward appearances all to often belying the truth. Be that as it may, attendance to worldly matters pales beside the need to acknowledge and to come to terms with our own oft-neglected spirituality.
If ever we are to know peace within, to be certain of the path we walk, we must consciously quiet the turmoil of the mind to allow the soul to emerge and play its proper role in our life. This involves no less than a choice to be made in accordance with rational thought, while at once exercising our will to act on it. Thus may we come into the presence of God such that our spiritual awareness manifests His goodness; hence, our overall well-being.
G.D. Kilbourn
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From Meg's email: I hope to be able to do this very thing. We are trying to rid our lives of the constant chaos that we are creating ourselves... It's harder than you would think! I love receiving your reflections - please keep sending them!
From Carol's email: after a rather abundant Easter blessed with many visitors, I walked to the center of a labrynth today and sat there for 30 minutes or more...a concrete choice to return to my centre, to reflect on the blessings of the last week or so and to restore much needed energy. Life is indeed filled with choices - gift is being aware God is present in each choice we make, eager to celebrate the good ones and there to comfort and encourage us onward when our choices are less than stellar.
From Delores' email: The gift in this is that I am choosing to delve deeply into my art and photography.
From Kathy's email: very thought provoking! I do try to quiet my mind - usually in yoga class but trying to find time to meditate each day.
From Karen's email: I always enjoy reading these. As for the topic, it was timely as usual. It was another example of all the time and energy it takes to dread and agonize over something because of over-attachment to it; but when you don't stand in the way of something that obviously benefits everyone even though it means some kind of separation, peace can't help but take over.
From Jenn's email: Gary's reflection about Choices is timely for me. I have been thinking about choices I need to make in m life right now. Do I want to explore the possibility of getting back together? Do I want to move? Do I stay here and hope that work continues to flow my way? All of these questions are making me dig deep and speak to the creator, asking for guidance.
From LW's email: Thank you so much for your reflection. Garry's reflection about choices comes at the perfect time for me as I ponder the choices I have made recently that are affecting my day-to-day life. Did I make the right choice? Did I do the right thing? Are my choices making me unhappy or does my perspective need to change? I struggle so much with my choices, regretting the ones I made, wishing I made different ones, questioning what I chose...wondering what I should be thinking about next to make the right choices to come. I know that when my mind is running like this and I feel turmoil inside, I'm disconnected from my self (my own self awareness). Thank you for reminding me to stop and listen to my own heart. Love your reflections --always so insightful.
From Maja's email: Garry's reflection was very lovely! There are many choices that we have to make each and every day, and they definitely do shape our lives. I would have to say that I am happy with all the choices that I have made so far, whether or not they were good or even bad. I learn and grow from them everyday and they have brought me to where I am today. :)
From Marlene's email: Just now I was feeling melancholy...thinking ahead to visiting Arlene this afternoon...but after reading your comforting words in these emails I know that a divine hand will help bring comfort.
From M.H's email: A friend of mine was getting married in Italy, and I went to the wedding as his best man. I went there expecting not much change on myself, but things turned out to be a different. On the wedding day, I went for a morning run around my friend's house as I usually do a couple of times a week. I actually enjoy running in different cities. Just before I came back to my friend's house, a couple of dogs started chasing me. I was not worried too much about them, but I started to speed up and looked back a few times. That caused me to fall and land on my chest. It was really painful! So, that was how the wedding day started.
The wedding and banquet went fine and I had a wonderful time sitting next to an old couple, who were the witness for the bride (I was the witness for the groom). Late that night, my friend's wife tried to call the old couple and thank them for coming to the wedding, but she could not get hold of them. It turned out that they had a car accident on their way back. The accident itself was very minor, with no serious injury. However, it triggered a heart attack on the old lady, and she died that night. The wedding was Saturday, and they had the funeral on Monday.
I left thinking that we often believe that we are "in charge", making choices every day and every hour. But are we really in charge?? I could not foresee the outcome of this trip at all when I left home the day before the wedding. Perhaps, we are not in charge after all. So, that is my reflection!
From Jenn's email: How beautiful to hear from you and to be inspired, again, by Garry's words.
From MJ's email: I like what Garry wrote about choices in our lives. I have a choice to make right now: to wait to see a specialist, or to go and see a chiropractitioner that was recommended to my by a friend???
From Sherri's email: "Be still and know that I am God."
From Nancy's email: thank you for another thought-provoking reflection. It is incredible when one thinks about life and how it is really a constant decision process. Isn't it wonderful that we have the power to make choices, but even better, the power to change our choices when we have taken a wrong path?
From Karen's email: Thank you for sharing these truths.
From Pat's email: ...making choices about my time...too, too many things on my plate these days. Yes choices...decisions I feel called to but am resisting.
From Leslie's email: I enjoyed reading today's reflection. It got me to thinking that some of my worst possible choices have led to to the greatest growth. I do seem to like to do things the hard way...
From LW's email: Thank you so much for your reflection. Garry's reflection about choices comes at the perfect time for me as I ponder the choices I have made recently that are affecting my day-to-day life. Did I make the right choice? Did I do the right thing? Are my choices making me unhappy or does my perspective need to change? I struggle so much with my choices, regretting the ones I made, wishing I made different ones, questioning what I chose...wondering what I should be thinking about next to make the right choices to come. I know that when my mind is running like this and I feel turmoil inside, I'm disconnected from my self (my own self awareness). Thank you for reminding me to stop and listen to my own heart.
Love your reflections --always so insightful.
From YW's email: I like what you said about Choices. It's true that everything we do or what happens to us is by what we decide to do. However if you have a mental illness or something, the choices you get to make may not be from you.
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