Being who you are, no matter where you are

Being yourself is all you can do and still be true to yourself. That sounds easy but in truth it will probably be the hardest thing you'll ever have to do. All the time you'll be tempted to shed, as if you can, yourself and be like another.

Why is being yourself hard to do? The world will be different and will take on various attitudes, or the world of people will do that, and they will look askance at your old habits, your differing thought patterns and will, in essence pass you by. How do you manage to hold on to your integrity among all the charades and play acting going on?

Be truthful and admit that you don't know something when you truly don't know,but also admit when you do know something, or at least believe until you've learned better, and you'll have no trouble internally by being yourself. Yet, if you fail to be happy with yourself and take on the facade of others, forsaking your own God given talents, you will find nothing but guilt and worry over trying to keep up pretenses.

Thus, it's far better to be yourself, for better or worse and learn how to live peacefully with yourself. Try it and see how happier you'll be.

Make time for yourself

Life is so busy and so programmed in these days where everything good being done for our health, our enjoyment of life,ls forever being flashed before our eyes. Not that that's particularly bad, but there's only 24 hours in a day and something must give. All too often that something is your time to sit quietly and reflect on how great life is.

Peace and quiet is not something we rush forward toward, it's something we must carry within ourselves if we ever hope to find it. Those are not necessarily words of wisdom because its assumed everyone knows that, but do they? Take that minute or two whenever its available whether its on the jog around the block, the ride on the bus, or plane, or if it is while alone in the bathroom. Just close your eyes, take a deep breath or two and thank your creator for having allowed you to be who you are.

In making Him your partner you'll never again have to carry the whole world on your shoulders, he's there to give you a break now and then. He's there to tell you not to take yourself too seriously, you're only here for a little while and it'll all be over. What's all the rush for anyway, you must stop and ask yourself when life seems too busy for you to keep up with. The simple knowledge that you're taking yourself far too seriously may be the first step in lightening your load.

Slow down and let the rush hour pass

Slow down when you're rushing about when you actually have no need to be so occupied. Take time think through your actions before you rush headlong into the next adventure. The rush hour just so happens to be Christmas shopping on this particular day.

Only five more days until Christmas is enough to cause a stamped of shoppers out to buy their gifts, to rush home get dressed for a party and on and on and on. There no harm in all this if it does not cause anxiety, stress, depression and anger.

You can tone down your frenzy to a comfortable level simply by taking five or ten minutes a day to meditate on the real purpose of Christmas. In other words, talk it over with Him and then listen carefully for the answers. They may not be immediate, but they will come. A smile, or a word of encouragement may do more than all that pushing and shoving to get everything wrapped and in place under the tree.

The tree? Oh you forgot about that. That's okay, then you'll have time to to sit quietly and think about the beautiful tree you'd like to have with gifts for all the world's children under it. In lieu of that say a prayer for them. Then quietly go out and calmly buy a few gifts for a few needy youngsters with the money you'd have spent on a tree and its decorations. Enjoy the good feeling. That's the Christmas spirit taking hold of you. It's real so appreciate the real thing, but do it quietly and respectfully.

Keeping busy

Doldrums don't stay around my place long. No sooner than I begin feeling let down and put upon, misunderstood and unloved, I think of all my blessings! And without even meaning too, I've forgotten what it was that was invading my thoughts in a few short minutes.

I've made a discovery about the blahs, this state of mind comes about only when we are thinking so much about ourselves we cannot think of others who may need something from us, it's called selfishness. It latches onto all of us from time to time.

The cure? Get beyond your own self importance and know that's its a fable. Leave those self-defeating thoughts where they belong in the trash can. If they haven't made you rich by now, they probably won't. If you're afraid of getting caught being the plain, ordinary, run of the mill person that you are, but the one you admire the most, think this way: You're most important in the eyes of the creator and He loves you as you are. Had He wanted you the way you think you ought to be, He would have created you that way. Be yourself and cut through all the heavy pretensions you've been carrying around.

Always be thankful and give God the credit

Being thankful doesn't have to wait until Thanksgiving. It starts the first thing in the morning. You're thankful you're alive, that you don't feel worse than you do, that you have food for breakfast, that yo have something useful to do and on and on the morning thankfulness goes. But you don't thank yourself but you thank your creator for having created you in the very special way He did.

The next thing you do is to believe what you say. In fact it would be perfectly meaningless to say thank
to the face that glares back at you from the mirror as you brush your teeth each morning.One reason is sometimes, and more often than not, that look isn't much to be thankful for. Be thankful that God sees something far more beautiful and if you listen carefully when you're least expecting it, He'll tell you.

Just forget about yourself and do the best job you can do each day. And thank God for the privilege. And give them the credit. Let him do with it what needs to be done. Life is that simple! Of course it isn't easy, but it's quite simple when we don't complicate it.

Halloween: What's it all about?

Halloween is that time of the year when the summer crops are over, when the new growth of spring has not lived up to its promise of life everlasting for those wishing it were so, and when the truth of it all can no longer be hidden, or wished away.

It means once again hopes and desires must be packed away and winter, that bleak time of year that one must prepare for, is soon approaching. That's the reality of Halloween in all its starkness. It's a stretch of the truth that that summer is over, school has started and and the work of preparing for winter has begun.

Why all the hullabaloo about ghosts and goblins and dressing up as freaks and monsters? Is it just to pacify the children are are there some real truths hidden in these shenanigans? I suppose it all depends on what you hold sacred, God or his opponents.

Spirits roam the earth, as I believe it, and they don't wait for one particular time of the year to stake out their claims. They live alongside us day by day either coaxing us to do good or trying to steer us in the other direction. Sometimes we give in and follow the bad ones, and sometimes we listen to the good one.

Church wise, Halloween is either outright ignored by some religions or is celebrated by some as all soul's day. They recognize that good and evil are at war over who is going to win over the other. In other words, they recognize that that all those who've died are not saintly and are probably still around trying to gain over the living.

The Catholic Church celebrates All Saints Day on November 1st to honor all those who managed to get out if he clutches of the evil doers. Yet what does all this have to do with the horrendous celebrations going on?

It's a game. People have put together bits and pieces of legends from out of the past to chase fear away and to while away time. The business community decided to make money from the events and there you have the horrendous outfits and the absurdity of the season. It's all earth bound garbage floating around.

But just in case, I.m keeping my door locked tight!

Have nothing to say, then keep quiet!

You don't have to be talking all the time, when you have nothing to say, just keep quiet. When the time comes and you've settled down a bit, words will present themselves. In place of words a smile is often better anyway. It says volumes about what you've forgotten to say.

And too, listening is far better than talking non-stop. If someone wants to know what you're thinking they can ask. But that does not mean you must begin a long winded dissertation on why you can't recall the fabulous things you dreamed of saying to whomever asked. No one cares about that and will wonder why you think it's important enough to tell them.

Mental health is as much about knowing when to keep quiet and when to shout from the housetops. Of course finding yourself on the housetop, unless you're Santa Claus and it's Christmas or patching a leaky roof or cleaning the gutters, is definitely an unhealthy thing to do and may cause your neighbors to talk. Just email them the news,its safer and when they delete it without reading it you'll never know it and your feelings won't be hurt.

Until you can remember those words you want to tell the world, keep smiling. : )

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