Commitment

“The first thing you must understand about Spiritual things is that there is in every culture, society, religion, and person the battle between light and dark, good and evil, right and wrong.  To embark on a Spiritual journey you must be aware of a dark side: black magic, witches, the devil, etc, but mostly the darkness inside yourself. 

The secret to life’s questions, doubts, and fears is to be consistently committed.  It is that simple.  You decide what matters—what you care about, then commit yourself absolutely and unconditionally, while consistently reminding yourself of that commitment.  Never question its worth.  Never doubt its importance.  Never give up on it. 

The greatest attribute this generation has forgotten is commitment. It’s lost has left all promises broken, all obligations unfulfilled, all bounds breached, all loyalty neglected, all faith empty, all responsibility eliminated.  Without commitment there is no purpose. 

Commitment is the basis of all relationships, all causes, all principles, all ambitions, all faiths.  If you are not willing to commit yourself entirely you will never have or be anything of lasting value.  Let go of your desire to run through the dark void, aimless and alone. 

Find a path with a destination you aspire to, commit to that path with everything you possess until you obtain it.  No matter the obstacles in your way remain committed to your course, and you will reach your destination. 

The way you overcome obstacles is not by some grand effort—one colossal triumph; it is by being constant, simply pressing forward whether you thrive or diminish along the way.  Consistency is an eternal uplifting law which divides the average from the exalted

A Platform of Philosophy

Every writer needs a platform--a direction--a purpose.  My platform is Philosophy. 

In the dictionary it states that Philosophy is:
     the branch of knowledge or academic study devoted to the systematic examination of basic concepts such as truth, existence, reality, causality, and freedom
Or:
     a precept, or set of precepts, beliefs, principles, or aims, underlying somebodys practice or conduct.

I am fascinated by truth, reality, freedom and both individual as well as societies belief system.  I am not an engineer, nor do I think like one.  Building and creating things with my hands, or taking things apart and putting them back together to figure out how they work--well let's just say it doesn't come naturally for me. 

However, I love dissecting how society works, how people choose to live their lives, and what lies at the center of everything--Truth.  I work hard at being open-minded and knowledgeable in order to discover the roots of ideas and emotions.  Philosophy embraces all my passions: knowledge, religion, politics, family, and normal everyday life.

The next few post will be excerpts of my book which contain some of my Philosophy.

Forgiveness

            I am learning more everyday that one of the most important things in life and especially in being a Mother is forgiveness.  I'm not perfect and I’m never going to be in this life.  I have to be okay with that.

I have to forgive myself for having a bad moment when I yelled at my kids.

I have to forgive myself for having a bad hour when I put on another movie for my kids and went back to bed…or when I locked them out of my room so I could take a bath in peace.

I have to forgive myself for having a bad day when we didn’t leave the house, or even get dressed, or accomplish anything at all.

I have to forgive myself for having a bad week when my bad day turned into seven in a row.

Instead I have to focus on my good moment when I didn’t yell at my son, but calmly asked him for the umpteenth time to put his shoes away or brush his teeth.

I have to focus on my good hour when I began teaching my daughter to read.

I have to focus on my good day when I got all of us dressed, the house clean, errands ran, went to the gym, and played with my kids—I ignore the fact that we weren’t wearing matching clothes, the laundry is still in the washer, I forgot the main thing I went to the store for, my husband made dinner-Again!  And playing with the kids and making dinner messed up the house I spent hours cleaning…that’s just life!

I have to forget and forgive myself practically every moment of every day because I’m just a mom.  But I’m a mom that gets out of bed everyday—even if it’s at 9 or 10 am sometimes.  I’m a mom that adores her children even when they ignore me.  I’m a mom that teaches her children they can and should be better than their mother.  I’m a mom that tries and tried and tries again because that’s how much I fail, but I will NEVER give up—that’s just NOT what mom’s do.

I forgive myself all day until late at night when everyone else is sound asleep I beg my Heavenly Father to forgive me and ‘Please, PLEASE help me to be a better mother.  Help me to stop yelling—I can’t do it on my own.  Help me prioritize and do the essential first.  Please help my children know I love them especially when I’m not showing it as I should.  And Father, please help my children not remember all my bad, but remember the good.  But if they must remember some of my bad, please, PLEASE help them to forgive me too!

Inspiration is the currency of life

Inspiration is a gift--the highest and greatest which must be received, acknowledged, and shared or it will be lost.

I write because I'm inspired.  I'm inspired because I seek truth.  Truth is the currency of life--the more one possesses the more inspired they will be.  Inspiration is the key to every development, every technology, idea, conquest, victory and accomplishment.  Inspiration weaves truth into our lives.

It is not answers I seek, but understanding.  I seek to understand as well as to be understood.  I wish to share myself openly and honestly without shame or ridicule.  I desire to know and understand without fear of rejection.

Writing is never easy for it requires reveling a part of yourself that can not be seen any other way.  If its not vulnerable it's not real.

We all fear the mundane, the average, being forgotten.  We want to matter--we NEED to matter--somewhere, sometime, to someone.  The degree to which we matter is the quest--the endeavor we pursue recklessly throughout our lives.  The path we take in this pursuit is the one which determines the outcome.  The course evolves step by step.  No path, no destination is the same.

What shall win the battle for my soul--my mind or my heart, the light or the dark, fear or faith, ME or me?

Being a writer requires writing...

     As an aspiring writer I am told (by my accomplished friend Jessie Humphrey's) I must write to the world and for the world.  I have pages and pages of journal entries filled with writing: inspired thoughts, random ideas, rants, one-liners and everything in between.  This blog is where I will share them with the world.

     Last nights randomness is a mixed bag, but I will share it anyways.

Who am I?  I am a history major, with a family development minor and a six year certificate in religion...if you marry history & human development with religion you get philosophy.  I am a philosopher who dreams up the impossible and possesses the idealism to believe it is possible!

That is what writing is--my impossible dreams becoming possible.

A philosopher seeks deeper meaning and hidden truths in the lives of common man--him/herself.  There is a higher purpose to life and all its mundanities (yes I know that's not a real word, but it should be).

Writing inspires deeper quests into the imprisoned spirit which refuses to abide by the rules and conformity of society.  Characters escape the caverns of the mind and heart, refusing to be silenced without destroying that portion of the soul from which they escaped.

There are 3 purposes in writing:
      1-To share information
      2-To persuade
      3-To entertain
A great writer will succeed in all 3.

The difficulties in writing is that investing one's soul and philosophy into a character or story requires the release of your most hidden and personal thoughts and feelings--if rejected or over-criticised, deeper and more immense portions may never surface.

But to be unheard, unseen, and unaccomplished is death eternal.

The names remembered--the ones in the annuals of history--are those who accomplished AND wrote.