The story...
Habits, routines, honest personal reflection, relationship building, kindness, prayer, quiet meditation, showing respect, and a propensity for doing versus waiting have all worked well for me. This incomplete list helped me grow up. We'd probably agree that we've erected mental models to make sense of our lives and environments. We may not agree on just how much our models are incomplete, flawed, biased, or bent to justify what we do or believe. Upon reflection, we'd likely agree that our efforts are flawed attempts to reflect what we want to be true. Being more honest, maybe we'd walk toward our life's aim more honestly, humbly, thoughtfully, and peacefully than most ?
How do I react to those whose ways, manners, physical characteristics, age, actions, beliefs, experiences, education, or aims are significantly different from mine? In the future, I hope to seek to understand them more before I attempt to "help" them understand me - Steven Covey principle. This one focus seems to enable a whole lotta other good-life stuff.
The only church in town will be a great place to meet up with co-sojourners for your life journey. You can find friends with a common aim, who're on a similar path, that you can relate to, and are in a similar stage along the path. It's important to work out your reality with others - there're many opportunities to love, and be loved by, most of the everybody. Relationships and love seem to be the good stuff in life. Good stuff is available within the only church in town - God's presence within the Body of Christ - yes, it's mysterious and awesome too.
Just for today...
"Blow love; Ember glows - Guard lowered; Love shows." Am I a Poet?
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