Category: Learning To Fly
Discernment and Freedom
Merriam-Webster definition for discernment = 1 : the quality of being able to grasp and comprehend what is obscure : skill in discerning 2 : an act of perceiving or discerning something Discernment is not about judging really, especially not judging a person. It is about deciding if you choose to incorporate or assimilate what is being given to you and choosing the framework … Read More Discernment and Freedom
A Big Tangled Ball of Yarn
Sometimes freedom can seem like you found your way into gramma’s yarn basket after the cat has been playing with the yarn. It is just so tangled and jumbled and you know there is a beginning and an end but you do not know where that really is. Society has painted freedom as a clear cut, cookie cutter, metaphor that has no flaws and … Read More A Big Tangled Ball of Yarn
Addictions and Suicidal Tendencies Just May be a Sign You Are Very Near Nirvana
Disclaimer: I am not a doctor or licensed therapist of any sort. I am a mother, a woman, a Christian, with some experience working with the challenges that life can present us and turning to Heavenly Father for assistance. Anything I say is said with great respect for your ability to recognize and own your present moment and if anything I say appears to … Read More Addictions and Suicidal Tendencies Just May be a Sign You Are Very Near Nirvana
Reflections On Enough
I have to share this story that was posted on facebook. It is truly beautiful and I believe it holds a lot of what I believe that freedom entails: I WISH YOU ENOUGH Recently, I overheard a mother and daughter in their last moments together at the airport as the daughter’s departure had been announced. Standing near the security gate, they hugged and the … Read More Reflections On Enough
Reality Versus Illusion
Along with the ability to say “I Believe” is the ability to desire to see ourselves as we truly are, not only as we hope to be or even “think” that we are. We might desire to be all knowing and wise, we might repeat negative statements about ourselves like “I am worthless” or “I am lazy” or the classic female mantra “I am … Read More Reality Versus Illusion
The Ability To Be Begins With An Ability To Believe
I believe that we need to return to a place that says “I believe”. That ability to speak a faith or a belief has been taken away from our society. It is unpopular or prejudiced to say “I believe”. What we do not realize is that “I believe” is not a puffed up or prejudiced place as it is labeled. Instead, it is a … Read More The Ability To Be Begins With An Ability To Believe
Thoughts on Social Media Pitfalls and Making Wise Choices
I am beginning to see facebook as a mass psychological warehouse that has the ability to guide our consciousness into the light as well as into the dark. With its ads and suggestions it can direct us and test us. We need to use wisdom and caution in its usage, I believe.Facebook and other social media has the ability to tell the “powers that … Read More Thoughts on Social Media Pitfalls and Making Wise Choices
The Master
Take a look at the world around us. Nature shows us so many things about the reality that we live in as humans. Today I thought of the diversity of life upon the earth from huge to ultra-microscopic. Even the number of species upon the planet is not yet known to man. I believe humans may be as diverse and singular as this and … Read More The Master
From a Non-Mormon: “The Founding Fathers of this Country said Essentially the Same Things…”
I like this article by a non-Mormon about some basic beliefs about freedom that Mormons teach. “I’m inspired by this Mormon theological idea: God intended for humans to be free to make our own choices and live with the consequences of those choices. The Founding Fathers of this country said essentially the same thing in the Declaration of Independence: We hold these truths to … Read More From a Non-Mormon: “The Founding Fathers of this Country said Essentially the Same Things…”
The Beginning of What We May Be
The Lord comes in his greatness for you and me. It is in repentance that we begin to accept the reality of being children of God. While we are and nothing stops that reality we still must accept it and choose to be his and we do this by our obedience to the laws and choosing to follow Christ. Freedom is found in obedience … Read More The Beginning of What We May Be
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