The story...
Males in my mother's and father's families were all balding except for one. My receding hairline and "spot" were visible in my wedding pictures. I knew it was happening yet it crept up slowly. Then, there was the day that my friend who cut my hair, Penny, reached for the electric cutter rather than the scissors. She admitted that trimmers would do just as good as scissors yet she appreciated both my business and our friendship. The day that I finally accepted that I was bald and began cutting my own hair was a good one. I let loose of the old and accepted the reality of the new. Actually, there're advantages living in the reality of being a bald guy. I could list a few, that you might not be aware of, but that's not what this story's about.
Living within the reality of our actual environment, mental, physical, and spiritual state is the best place to be - peace, well being, and joy can be found there. Living in an imaginary place, within any of these dimensions, is like living in a house of cards. Maybe hyped-up emotions are an indicator or sign that you might be living outside reality. Might those over reactions and need to do exciting stuff, with amped-up emotions, indicate a life lived in the uncomfortable state of an imagined reality? Are our emotions like gauges that might give us clues as to "What's going on?"
The only church in town would be a place where you can find out what's going on. People who reach out in love may ask you. And, most importantly, you can hear and better understand what God has revealed about what's really going on.
Just for today...
"By clutching at what we most want to keep, we lose it all the more rapidly . . . By letting go of our efforts to influence the future, we become freer to experience the present, to feel all of our feelings while they are happening, and to more full enjoy those precious moments of joy with which we are blessed." Courage to Change (p. 202)
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