Seeds for the Harvest of A Lifetime

The process of becoming positive in our lives means stripping ourselves of the negative messages, especially those from the past.  It means dealing with past and current emotions associated with the negative messages and the impact of the messages on our past and current life in the here and now.  This process is a process of re-scripting.  It=s getting rid of the old eight track tapes on which our lives have been scripted on and re-scripting them on CDs or DVDs.  In other words, the re-scripting is a process of moving past the old, into the new.

Even though the process of rescripting by confronting and extracting the negative messages from our lives might be painful, the process is necessary and urgent to the positive and healthy development and growth of the individual.  What we don=t seem to understand about the negative messages of the past that we tend to hold on to in our present lives, is that the messages are merely glorified realities of others.  The positive can and will only come about when we decide to create our own realities, which entails ridding ourselves of the pain associated with the realities of our parents, our teachers, our mates, our relatives, our neighbors, our perpetrators, and any others we have allowed to inflict and infuse their ways of thinking and believing upon us.

We must realize that we, as individuals are the architects of our lives and our life directions, negative or positive.  The reality is that negative thinking cannot withstand the power of the positive word when spoken aloud.  One cannot think negative thoughts while speaking positive words.  Positive words allow for positive beliefs and positive actions.  Positive thinking and positive speaking serve to catapult and lift us out of the doldrums of negativity, by perpetuating and promoting an uplifting attitude.  The spoken word is one=s power.  What one sends out is permeated throughout the universe and comes back devoid of any negativity.  Hence, we cannot have negative people in our lives if we expect to have positive results.  There is no room for the two to exist in one=s positive state of being. 

My spirituality is the essence of who I am.  Life, including my breath, my still, quite, voice help to make up my spirituality.

When I am totally spiritually connected, I experience the free, uninhibited aspects of my being.  I am able to recognize, feel and accept the inner happiness that comes with inner peace.   The act of being spiritually connected is possessing an internal, silent flame.  This flame is a flame of peace, love, and acceptance, untamed and shapeless.  The spiritual connection takes me into a level of deepness, which is immortal, and never dying.  My spirit determines what is.  My spirit affirms, “I am.”  My spirituality determines my level of faith and my spiritual connection with a higher power.

Having faith is having a relationship with a higher power.  When there is a need to have energy and endurance in the midst of seeming odds and life’s storms, rains, and pains, calling on one’s faith should be like plugging an electrical cord into an outlet, getting the necessary current to recharge the depleted energy.   My faith is the connector to a higher power.  Having a connection is being grounded in the source, which is the higher power.  When I plug into the higher power, the wheels of life begin to turn again and I am able to move forward and continue my life journey.

When one’s faith is tested, the deepest level of one’s spirituality is tested.  It questions one’s belief and level of spiritual investment in a power greater than him/her.  As a matter of fact, the testing of our faith validates and verifies our connection with a higher power.

Having faith, which is immeasurable, ensures that no matter what happens in life, each of us will experience some rain and endure some measure of pain.  However, if we keep the faith and keep a positive belief, the sunshine will eventually follow the rain.