Changing No Circumstance
Greetings from Nazareth on this dreary yet beautiful Monday morning; as you head to/arrive at school or work (where you are checking this message while glancing over your shoulder to make sure your boss isn�t looking LOL) I want you to deposit the following thoughts into yourself for the day, week, or however long it can be useful.
This morning I was scheduled to be on a train to Norfolk, VA (my hometown); a train which I missed due to the fact that I was close to having a seizure. I, determined to make this train, wrestled with myself and started to get dressed. While doing so I convulsed periodically and this of course frustrated my wife, who for my own safety wanted me to be still, lay back down, and just catch the later train. Though I understood her concern I refuse to be beaten by this neurological circumstance.
So after getting half dressed, spilling a glass of water on myself and the kitchen floor, and knocking over the garbage can as I cleaned it up, returned to the bed; but I did not lay down. I just sat on the edge of the bed and relaxed; concentrating the entirety of my being on being at peace, on living out the final lines of my poem �Stability in Motion� which will be on my upcoming double CD Stained Glass
...the outside
is difficult still
the inside however
is just still
for stability within
the motions of life
is God�s will
stability within
the motions of life
is God�s will
stability within the motions of
peace be still
peace be still
but even if it�s not
I will still be
peace
The only reason this worked is because I emphatically believe that our lives are the product of our thoughts and if we want to change our lives we need to change our minds. Often people complain of the circumstances like if such and such was different life would be better�happier. This is one of the greatest lies h.you.manity continues to tell itself for we are not our circumstances but our circumstances are us or at least products of us. In my case I am not seizures but seizures are a product of me and to suppose that my life would be easier or happier if I did not have seizure is ludicrous. I do what I love for a living; create. As the image of God in the form of Marquis Mix aka 13 of Nazareth creativity is literally and lyrically encoded into my DNA and I did not discover this until several years after I began having seizures.
Sometimes we are cursed with the keys to our blessings but we focus so much on the curse we ignore the keys.
After arriving at my place of internal peace I finished getting dressed and if I left immediately I still could have caught the train. The only reason I didn�t is because my wife was still uncomfortable with the idea and catching the later train is not going to throw off anything that I have to accomplish on this trip, even though it is costing me 20 extra dollars LOL. I, being wide awake at this point, needed something worthwhile to do to begin my day and decided I would share this experience with you. So whatever you are facing today be not afraid for your goals are not something you achieve they are a place that you arrive to; which means they are already there waiting for you to show up and claim them.
This morning I claimed internal peace in the face of internal war not because the circumstances changed but because I did and though Hallelujah is not a part of my daily vernacular right now it just seems appropriate so�
Hallelujah
Here's to Dreaming Different
This morning I was scheduled to be on a train to Norfolk, VA (my hometown); a train which I missed due to the fact that I was close to having a seizure. I, determined to make this train, wrestled with myself and started to get dressed. While doing so I convulsed periodically and this of course frustrated my wife, who for my own safety wanted me to be still, lay back down, and just catch the later train. Though I understood her concern I refuse to be beaten by this neurological circumstance.
So after getting half dressed, spilling a glass of water on myself and the kitchen floor, and knocking over the garbage can as I cleaned it up, returned to the bed; but I did not lay down. I just sat on the edge of the bed and relaxed; concentrating the entirety of my being on being at peace, on living out the final lines of my poem �Stability in Motion� which will be on my upcoming double CD Stained Glass
...the outside
is difficult still
the inside however
is just still
for stability within
the motions of life
is God�s will
stability within
the motions of life
is God�s will
stability within the motions of
peace be still
peace be still
but even if it�s not
I will still be
peace
The only reason this worked is because I emphatically believe that our lives are the product of our thoughts and if we want to change our lives we need to change our minds. Often people complain of the circumstances like if such and such was different life would be better�happier. This is one of the greatest lies h.you.manity continues to tell itself for we are not our circumstances but our circumstances are us or at least products of us. In my case I am not seizures but seizures are a product of me and to suppose that my life would be easier or happier if I did not have seizure is ludicrous. I do what I love for a living; create. As the image of God in the form of Marquis Mix aka 13 of Nazareth creativity is literally and lyrically encoded into my DNA and I did not discover this until several years after I began having seizures.
Sometimes we are cursed with the keys to our blessings but we focus so much on the curse we ignore the keys.
After arriving at my place of internal peace I finished getting dressed and if I left immediately I still could have caught the train. The only reason I didn�t is because my wife was still uncomfortable with the idea and catching the later train is not going to throw off anything that I have to accomplish on this trip, even though it is costing me 20 extra dollars LOL. I, being wide awake at this point, needed something worthwhile to do to begin my day and decided I would share this experience with you. So whatever you are facing today be not afraid for your goals are not something you achieve they are a place that you arrive to; which means they are already there waiting for you to show up and claim them.
This morning I claimed internal peace in the face of internal war not because the circumstances changed but because I did and though Hallelujah is not a part of my daily vernacular right now it just seems appropriate so�
Hallelujah
Here's to Dreaming Different
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