6sational Strands of Creative Consciousness

Forgiveness: The Hardest Easy Test

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:50:56 -0400

Forgiveness is one of the hardest things to do for alot of people, unfortunately. We, as people, like to have short memories when it serves us. Holding on to grudges and continuing to wish bad on people is not a healthy way to live life. Why be so determined hinder your own development?

To forgive is so easy and yet so difficult. It requires you to let things go.

“Let go and let God!”

For example, Michael Vick is back in the NFL and, on CNN, people wrote in their comments about his signing with the Philadelphia Eagles. One person wrote that he should never be allowed to play football again because of what he did to the dogs during the whole dog fighting fiasco. Elsewhere, people have call him scum and not worthy of a second chance.

However, everyone on the face of this Earth has been give at LEAST a second chance. Many folks third, fourth, fifth, and so on.

How quickly we forget that none of us are perfect people. You had to be forgiven of something to be able to still be here. At some point in life, somebody decided to forgive you. Don’t get on your high horse and start judging others when you yourself don’t want to be judged.

If mercy, grace, and forgiveness never existed, we would all be in the realm of fire and brimestone.

Alot of times, people have a hard time forgiving because it seems like they are setting themselves up to be hurt again.

Forgiveness is not that same as trust. And it is not the same as forgetting. What happened to you happened so that you remember. Forgiveness is a necessary test to pass to recieve the blessings that are coming to you. Trust must be earned back after someone takes a misstep with you. But you have to forgive because you don’t want to be on the other end of the stick.

Whenever you are about to claim someone or something is unforgiveable, step back and remember when you needed someone to forgive you.

Grudges take time and effort that could be used in much more fruitful ways.

All is well.

Sat, 01 Aug 2009 16:41:00 -0400

As some of you know I am a huge Green Lantern fan. So, of course, I have been keep up with the comic book storyline in the GL universe known as Blackest Night. The storyline features members of different corps, each wielding a different color of light corresponding to the emotional spectrum. Green - willpower, Red - anger, Yellow - Fear, Black - death, etc. In the comic Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps #1, author Geoff Johns explores the motivations of members of each corps, starting with a member of the Blue Lantern Corps, Saint Walker. Blue represents hope.

In this heartbreaking yet inspiring story, Walker tries to teach his family to have faith in a time of crisis. On the journey to climb Mount Helious to find help for his people, he loses his father, wife, and both of his children. He is heartbroken and weak from hunger yet refuses to give up and presses on. When he gets to the top, he finds nothing and yells at God. Then, lightning strikes.

“God yelled back.”

He sees his own reflection and realizes that he himself is what his people need. After he continues to speak to his people and begins to stop them from rioting, a blue ring comes to him and tells him he has “the ability to instill great hope”.

How many of us could say we would press on after being stung so sharply by life? How many of us have yelled at God and heard him yell back?

Many of us waste our time with things that have no importance so, when a substantial test is thrown our way, we fold. You have to keep still even in times of trouble and sorrow. Press on no matter what. You were not created to fail. You were created to succeed. Strive to be unwavering and…

“Live every day as if it were the first and the last for they are both a celebration.”

“All will be well.”

The Ugly Truth

Sat, 01 Aug 2009 01:05:00 -0400

I just saw The Ugly Truth and it had alot of truth in there. The movie was the latest in movies that depict the differences between men and women and the pursuit for “The One”.

Abby, the main woman in the film, has a list of 10 things she wants in a man. They range from general to very specific. The problem is that she thought the “perfect man” existed or that, if he did exist, he would be the RIGHT man.

The alpha male in the movie, that she can’t stand, teaches her how to get her seemingly “perfect man” neighbor. But, in the process, she becomes someone she’s not to get him.

The problem with having a checklist (which alot of women have lol) with a long list of requirements is three-fold:

(1) Ladies, how can you require perfection when you ARE NOT PERFECT?

(2) While searching for the perfect person, you can easily miss out on the RIGHT person.

(3) How do you know you fulfill THEIR requirements?

Men, we have a problem with not allowing our true emotions to be expressed because we are afraid of being hurt. We are never suppose to be hurt or emotional because in doing so we would less of a man. (or at least that is what the world teaches us) So, many of us spend our time being “players”, which too many women believe all men are. No one should classify all men as anything or all women as anything. Keeping your mind closed will keep your opportunities at a minimum.

Look past the glamour of a person and get to know who people are. It shouldn’t matter where the person lives, what kind of job they have, what kind of car they drive, or how much money they have.

Who are they as a person? If that clicks with you, you need to persue that opportunity.

Flirting With Disaster

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:00:00 -0400

I was watching the Real World: Cancun last night. The Real World has long since lost its luster but it’s still entertaining from time to time.

Anyway, this chick in the house, Jonna has a boyfriend at home, Matt, who comes to see her. She tells him about how CJ, another guy in the house, almost kissed her but nothing happened. She says Matt is always scared she is going to “find someone better and leave him”. But she spends her time flirting with all these other guys. AND THEN says “I don’t want anyone to get the wrong idea”.

After her and her boyfriend deal with the near-kiss situation and he leaves Cancun, she flirts with some random guy she meets. She invites him to the house and allowing him to SPEND THE NIGHT IN HER BED WITH HER. And again says “I hope people don’t get the wrong idea”.

This is the problem with alot of people. (Especially women who crave attention.)

I don’t care how much you need to cuddle with somebody. If you are in a committed relationship, you need to respect that and act accordingly. In life, you will deal with temptation but you don’t go directly into it. You can’t have a boyfriend and flirt with other guys (especially in the manner Jonna did). She even admitted that she would be upset if he were do the same thing.

So, why do we do that? Why treat other people like they are expendable but expect everybody else to treat us like we are royalty?

People need to grow up and act like they appreciative of what they have been blessed with.

If you want to be single, be single.

If you want to be in a relationship, commit to that path.

I don’t know why people go on reality shows in a relationship, anyway.