Boomerang Inspiration


How to walk and talk in spirit speak but continue to bow to the world. You might think that is an oxymoron but you would be surprised how many people are doing that right now, including myself.  I am a highly evolved spiritual person or I would like to believe that I am. I have standards and beliefs that I try to pave my journey by, elevating myself while encouraging and helping others. This is where most color themselves up to be saints and martyrs but I am going to be straight truthful. Sometimes I am a lay down listener or swaying bridge to others not so much for their benefit or enlightenment but for mine. I know, that sounds so self- serving and selfish.

   Besides the feel good feeling of helping someone out in their time of need which by the way we all experience, most of us don’t mind lending a hand or an ear or time because deep down we don’t like to see suffering and deep down we would like to think if we were in that position someone would help us. Perhaps some of us were in a similar situation and there were not any outreaching hands or bridges so now you are in a circumstance to help out and you do it just because you can. It also lays down good karma.

    Now, let’s get back to self-serving enlightenment. I have over the years been a vexing sounding board for friends, associates even family. Even though I was pretty much needing council myself I would listen and offer out advice and encouragement  when inside my mind I was thinking I’m the one that needs a friend like me. I am sure there are many more people like me that can say the same. Like most people I was so much better at dishing out advice than taking it, even if I asked for direction I rarely took it. I would take on everybody else’s issues and get wound up in their business that it drew attention away from my pressing issues. I got way too comfortable in being miserable not to mention knowing the right thing to do since I always had an advice bullet in my smoking gun. I mean after all the words of strength and peace were for others to follow and live by, not me. I gave the proper illusion of having my shit together. I was doing all the spiritual walking and talking for others but when it came to my life I was still jumping through hoops to attain something or someone.

    There is something so profound that takes place without us knowing it when we sit and listen or offer out a solutions, an easement for those in distress. All the things I would say to people to lift them up. Encourage them on their journey I thought was meant for just them. Those words, those hugs the emotional pushes echo back during some of my hard to let go people who I should let go and at times of uncertainty.   I can hear those kind words I spoke to others in my ears now when I need them. I don’t always get the offering ear or spoken words from others but I do have a large selection of kind words and inspiration I have offered out to others to fall back on. What you cast out you do get back. There’s a song by The Moody Blues “The Question”  There’s a line in the song that reflects my thoughts  as to what I’ve been try to say here  

“And if you stop and think about it you won’t believe it’s true that all the love you’ve been giving has all been meant for you”

    I’m not so sure anymore if I’m being selfish when I listen and offer encouragement to those in need. In a way I am helping someone else but in the reflection whether it be in God’s eyes or some worm hole in the universe I am helping myself.

 

 

                                                                                   .

Popular posts from this blog

Swallowing an Elephant

You know that joke/riddle How do you eat an elephant? A-One bite at a time. For most that seems to be the most logical. The elephant is quite large and nobody can just pop one in their mouth but oddly enough there are people out there that want you to over tax your system trying to get one down in one bite. Apparently, there are some lucky individuals out there who can unhinge their jaw and eat an elephant in one or two tries so that sets the bar for everyone else. I am not so blessed to be able to unhinge my jaw and swallow large objects.    My capacity to learn and adapt to familiar things that need to be dusted off and new ways takes more than a day or two. I know the elephant swallowers are in high demand and get cut higher respect but I feel the nibblers are just as worthy. Patience is a skill that has been slacking both in the people who want to try to make a nibbler into a swallower and those who are observing and comparing; even the nibbler wanting to be perfect...
Read more

Breathing

When someone asks me how I am I usually respond with okay which means nothing bad or good is going on. When things aren’t so okay I reply with “I’m barely breathing” which means I’m highly stressed out over something. When I listen to meditation videos they always start out with deep breathing, at first, I thought it was kind of silly to concentrate so much on breathing. I also started to notice my breathing when I was stressed out or intensely involved in something. I have two destructive breathing patterns that take place, I either over breath or shallow breathe; sometimes I even subconsciously hold my breath. None of the three poor breathing methods make a happy functioning body. It’s funny to have to learn how to breath properly because it’s something we do automatically.    With some unknown allergies or on and off sinus issues I already face upper repertory struggles at times. When I over breath due to some hidden or not so hidden stress I notice changes in my bod...
Read more