Posted by oona on June 30, 2002, at 14:30:14
In reply to the tapestry of life... » oona, posted by IsoM on June 30, 2002, at 0:21:09
> Oona, I rarely post to this board but reading your post made me think of how I see life. We hear about the 'web of life' & how ecologically, everything is connected. But I see life more as a rich tapestry - threads interwoven through one another into a beautiful rich picture, not just a pleasing design. If you remove or break some of the threads, the picture still remains but looks a little thread worn. Take away too many threads & the tapestry starts deteriorating.
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> The design & pattern to make a beautiful picture like life is meant to be took a Designer. It's far, far too complicated to just have happened by chance. I think we're still at the stage of being partially colourblind. Sort of like those tests they use for people who are partially colour blind - they can see part of the pattern but not all of it. We see a lot of the pictures in the tapestry but as we learn more & especially as we open our hearts, more of the picture shows in greater beauty than we thought possible. The flaws are not in the tapestry but in us, ouselves, who often can't see clearly.IsoM,
You are right about not always seeing clearly. Though we can not see clearly, we feel deeply. As we open our hearts, we take the chance of being wounded deeply. Because we do not see clearly yet, we do not hear clearly yet. We do not hear the true words that are being spoken, but we hear the words that are not being spoken. We hear the words that our mind expects to hear. We hear the criticism of our actions, we hear the doubts, the fears and the.... We do not hear the kind words, the words of support and love. Why would someone love us? They just think they do or they got stuck with us.We know all this.
We understand where the words are coming from.
We can separate the true from the false.
We have the understanding but to have the understanding and to apply it to our daily lives are two different realities.So, we do not pray anymore.
We just DO from day to day.
We try to DO no harm.
We are thankful for little happinesses that come our way, the puppy kiss, the hummingbird, a beautiful sunset (maybe for some it is winning a lottery or enjoying a movie).We hope for the day that we will not have to take our meds in a regular fashion.
We hope for the day we wake up refreshed after a full nights sleep and spend the day working or playing at a job or activity that gives us satisfaction and joy.
We hope for the day that we can have a conversation with our mate that does not end up in an argument or unpleasantness.
We hope for the day that our needs do not control us but that we are in control of our bodies, mind and soul.
We hope for that day.
oona
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