...you can experience peace in the midst of chaos...

Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.

Albert Einstein 

      As I was sitting outside the other morning, drinking my coffee, I had an incredible sense of peace come over me. It was a tangible presence I felt through my entire being. I embraced the moment, then found myself looking around at the beauty that surrounded me. God's awesomeness...the birds, the trees, the garden, the freshness in the air...took control of my every thought. I had not felt such peace in years. 
      My thoughts and words have not been peaceful lately. I have been in a struggle..mentally, physically and financially. You know that place you find yourself in, where all the things you know to do, you are not doing! Prayer, meditation, exercise has been interrupted by confusion. Time has stolen the best and replaced it with the good and not so good! There are times and cycles in our lives when we find ourselves in places, where we don't want to be. And even when we know the steps to take to leave those places, our mind gets comfortable there and refuses to leave.
      Give yourself time, start by refusing to beat yourself up. If that is all you can do for awhile do that. Quit beating yourself up and start building yourself up. You have the tools...your Bible, your book of affirmations, your meditations, your journal...keep them in front of you during these times. Even if you refuse to look at them, they are there waiting. You also have your friends, your family, your pastor, those you trust and those who love you. My therapy is reading and writing and of course those are the two things I have been avoiding, until now. 
      Allow God's nature, His creation and beauty help you come out of your unhealthy place. 
      I thank God, as I was sitting outside the other morning, drinking my coffee I realized, that you can experience peace in the midst of chaos. Amen, and so be it!

Flow : something you are really good at and love to do...

We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; and among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

Thomas Jefferson

     I learned a new term today watching a documentary. (I love documentaries, they can be life changing or at the very least thought provoking.) So the name of the documentary is "happy" and the term is  "FLOW". It is described as the mental state of a person who is performing an activity and is completely immersed in the energy, focus, and joy of the activity.  A single-minded immersion or focused motivation. The identifying mark of "flow" is a feeling of spontaneous joy while performing the task. Flow is characterized by the complete absorption in what one does.

     They described this as something in your life that you are really good at and you love to do. In the study of being happy, people who are fortunate enough to do this for a living or occupation, they are extremely happy. I also read that to be depressed or anxious is to be blocked from flow. Oh my!

  This information has made me challenge my choices, my thoughts and my ideas of what true happiness is. What really makes us happy? Family, money, food, working, dancing? 

   True happiness for me comes when I am in tune to God, my Source, everyday! When I am not, it affects my entire life...relationships, work, rest! Amen and so be it!