A DAY ALONE

Finally have a day alone with nothing to do until later this afternoon. No great words of wisdom in this post, just my thoughts. I have spent most of the morning doing absolutely nothing. Several topics for some posts have passed my mind, but can not decide which to put forth the effort to research and meditate. Will do my best to post something before Monday (worth reading)

TO MUCH INFORMATION?

I have recently entered in to the wonderful arena of social networking via the internet (Myspace). Due to the family members and friends found that I had no contact with for some time I find myself completely overwhelmed with emotion. Some were receptive of my attempt to reconnect, others not so much. Finding myself wanting to use this space to try to repair the relationships, I had to stop and seek counsel. The following is what I have found.

While a web log is a great way to share life experience with the world, it seems it will not probably not resolve the issues at hand. According to those with experience in these type of problems only direct confrontation will work, and things may not turnout the way I want. Today I will use the spiritual principles I have learned and GOD's will to work on this.

Now let me go summon up courage, honesty and faith to face the day. I will call on God to give me the words and actions that I do no harm, not even to myself, showing respect for others while maintaining my own dignity.



Therefore do no worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. Matt 6:34

What Is Honesty?

A search of the web for definitions resulted in as many answers that are what honest is not as what it is or perceived to be. Frank, open, truthful and trustworthy, not a lie, cheat or deceitful seems to be the most common of current understanding. A Google search for "how often do people lie" returned many varied results. Seems we lie a lot according to studies, as much as ten times an hour, if we count how many times we lie to ourselves. One study was so bold to state we are lied to 200 times a day. WHY?

HONESTY IS REALITY!*. By deceiving others we are also deceiving ourselves. Rigorous honesty is a formidable task for most of us. We do not want to hurt others feelings, our "stories" are better with a little exaggeration, but most of all I believe we lie to protect ourselves from others.
Thou not exempt from lying, I am finding that honesty, living in reality and truth, eliminates fear (of being found out). No double life that I once lived. The "reality" is I am satisfied with my life today, learning how to trust and be trusted takes honesty.

ARE YOU HAPPY? ARE YOU HAPPY?.......BUT ARE YOU SATISFIED?, Can not remember the name of the speaker.

*Quote from Barry M

A lot to do today

So I have decided to move into this thing called the blogisphere. My first thought was I would have no problem filling a blog with things of great importance. Seems now, my only thought are mind numbing junk no one would care about.

Stared at the monitor for two minutes trying to think of what to post. Trying my best not not start a sentence with "I". Need to get dressed and do yard work, I have a very important meeting this afternoon that is one of those life changing things. An awareness of ones self and how to interact with others. Today I begin the process of correcting the errors of my past by honestly sharing the errors with someone. A person that has done this and knows the correct way to go about making these corrections. Hope my future post are more interesting.

Humility: Imitate Jesus and Socrates, Benjamin Franklin