Thursday, April 18, 2013

Ponderings #43


Dear fellow travelers,
What a beautiful day!!  For me,worth waiting for, after the gray winter.
And again thank you for your responses.

Yes, Virginia, there is a heaven.
I am writing this to my daughter who just had her favorite dog put to rest, and to me who had her Zoie put to rest last year, same time.

Our animals are as loved as our children, or almost,  or are our children.
and when we feel it is time for them to rest, thru sickness or accidents, it is a difficult decision.  Sometimes we may hold them on too long, our animals are loyal and don't give up too easily.  They all are different in some ways,  they have their own personalities, but they are forgiving, loyal, and loving--sometimes our best companions.

To me, I know all religions don't have the same idea but, I believe heaven is right here,  all around us.  Everything is energy at its very  core.  And energy never disappears,  we, as all animals, even plants, just change.  We and animals shed our animal forms when it is time, but our spirit, energy,  just keeps moving on.
Here and yes, out in the Universe, wherever it chooses to travel and be.

Heaven is,  and  our loved ones are here in spirit.

If  you have a dream or dreams of these resting loved ones,  maybe their energy is not too far away.  just listen.

Where is heaven to you?


Just pondering on heaven,

Rev Linda Patton,  ENTC



Ponderings #42


Dear fellow travelers,
I thank you again for your comments, responses, and concerns. 
I received one that said to "pass it on" and it is  so good, I decided to do just that.
I usually write the Ponderings but this is written by someone else and I don't have the writers name. 
The Layman's Ten Commandments

1.  Prayer is not a spare tire that you pull out when in trouble, but it is a  "steering wheel" that directs you on your right path throughout your journey

2.  So why is a car's Windshield so large and the Rear View Mirror smaller?
Because our past is not as important as our Now and our future. Keep looking and moving ahead.

3. Friendship is like a book.    It may only take a minute or so to destroy, but takes much longer to create.  Treat it with care

4.  All things in life are temporary,  If going well, enjoy it,  and if going in a different direction, you may have the choice and can decide to change the direction,  but all things and situations don't last.  Everything at some time changes.

5.  Long term  friends are  Gold!  New friends are Diamonds, but never forget the Gold,  Because to hold a Diamond you may need the Gold support.

6.  Often when we lose hope and think this is the end.  You can relax, because it may be just a valley,  never give up.

7.  When you think that the creator has solved your problem,  you have faith in its ability, when you think you have solved your problem,  you have faith in yourself.
Both are important. 

8.  A blind person asked St Anthony.  "Can there be anything worst than losing your eye sight?"   He relied "Yes, losing your vision".

9,  When you pray for others, you bless and honor them. and when you are in need or support and then feel good,  someone has prayed for you.  Its a reciprocal universe.

10. Worrying does not take away tomorrows challenges, it take away today's peace. 

Just Pondering on concepts

Rev Linda Patton  ENTC 

Ponderings #41


Dear fellow travelers,
Thank you again for being you. What a gift you are.
I have been reflecting on a class in which I am involved.
Its focus is on being real, this translates into being your real self, feeling safe to express your real feelings, allowing yourself to say, with love, what you really think and feel. To express your real emotions with appropriate.
Just think how great that would be in all situations, to be able to say:
I don't like this or that, or I don't really want to do this or that.
How freeing!!! It would be for me anyway.
Even thru I think I do that,
When I really think about it, I find myself still avoiding being totally honest in some situations, and what's that from?? Feeling I wouldn't be accepted or liked or causing people to talk. or thinking that its not that important anyway.
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Thinking more into it. People are going to talk anyway if they choose.
Wow, this isn't that easy for me. A lot to digest.
We as women were trained to be giving, and accepting and .
ignoring our own wants for others: and maybe not even knowing what our wants are.
Wow again.
I know sometimes when I say what I think, guilt creeps in that I may have upset someone.
even thru I intellectually know I cant make anyone feel a certain way.
I really have some stuff to work on.
Freedom is what I want.
How is this for you, how often do you say or do what you truly want to say or do?
Just pondering on being real
Rev Linda Patton ENTC