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Crossroads of Failure and Success May Not Exist

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When coming to a crossroad, by its very nature, it has two ways. One cannot walk both but have to choose. If the choice does not fulfill our immediate needs, there is sensations of let down and feeling of discouragement.

What if you choose to think of “the wrong turn” as experience for growth instead of failure? What would happen if you choose to believe that every road you take is the right road and will lead somewhere you will gain. May not be riches or fame, but instead, insight and spiritual growth.

Here is my prayer for you today:
May the roads you take, follow through with joy.
May what you thought a dirt road increase your heart with the wonder of life.
May the times you think you took the wrong turn, turn out to be the best.
May your mishaps become your delight
May your misstep allow you to fall into good and comforting arms.
May you always feel.

Mushrooms Need the Dark And the Bull

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They say that mushrooms are kept in the dark and are fed bull. And that may be true but when you are in the dark sometimes you grow better.

We are not all the same. Some need sunshine and some moonlight. Some need constant touch while others prefer their space. Some are attention hogs while others strive for obscurity.

In any case, we flourish differently, under the worst and the best of circumstances. Some need the darkness without the sun’s burn, pushing through the earth and burst in color. We grow strong from adversity and soft hearted from loving.

Just because a mushroom is in the dark does not mean it does not have its own beauty. After all Knowledge puffs but mercy and charity overcome all evil.

So, if you need to be a mushroom, so be it. If you need to be a sunflower, so be it. Never become anything other than what you are. You are precious.

Push the Rock Where It Wants to Go

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A man went to learn enlightenment. The Master asked the students to move boulders, from one part of an open field to the other. This was no ordinary field. It was hilly, rocky and open to the sun.

Naturally, no one complained. Everyone started moving the boulders from everywhere to the appointed place. Our friend though was exhausted and tired by the end of the first hour. The boulders were large and hard to move.

Noticing the tired man, the Master came over to be helpful. So, he said, “Move the boulders where they want to go.” With those words he left the sweating man staring at his retreating back in astonishment.

“Of course. Why hadn’t I thought of that!” grumbled the initiate. “Move the boulder where it wants to go.”

Looking around him, he noticed that the other students were not struggling as much as he was. And it dawned on him. Before attempting to move the next boulder, he looked at its shape with great care. Then, he started to roll it towards the cuts on its surface. It took longer and the way was more winding to get to where he needed to deposit the rock. But he got there without such great efforts.

Roll with life! Don’t push against the rocks. Allow them to go where they want to go and you will eventually get there. It just might take you some time. The right time! We all have just enough time. No life is shorter or longer than it needed to be. Live the life you have, in the time that you have with grace.

Reasons For Writing

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If writing was about making money, then many starving authors over the years were failures. And, I do not believe they were.

If at the end of the day, I:
Put a smile on a face,
Ease a hurt,
Heal a broken heart,
Help calm an anxious soul,
Give hope to one without any,

then my writing has done what is should do, serve others.
Happy writing!

One Less Offense On Their Conscience

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From Oil Paintings in Black and White

Gracious Acquiescence

As a pedestrian, It is definitely my right to cross before cars.
Is that a true statement? Maybe.

But the truth is, over the years, I discovered that most people are in a hurry. Also, if you delay them, they get angry and their day is ruined.

Instead of using the “right” to cross in front of a car, I watched my husband choose to go behind the vehicle at a crosswalk. It gives the driver a chance to turn right if he needs to without someone in the way. After all, a pedestrian is slower than the driver.

I adopted my husband’s grace. More times than none, the driver knows what I have done when I go around them and not in front of them. I get smiles, waves, even at times, “have a good day or evening”. I defuse the anger by acquiescing my right.

One less thing to be angry about. One less reason to seethe.
One less offense on their conscience for the day.

Try it! It doesn’t even hurt.