Having just been through a horrible experience, where I lost
a friend and a business (both were connected), I am convinced more than ever
that the old adage “things happen for a reason” blows chunks. As we move through life, there is
signage. The universe speaks to us, and
we must be aware of these messages, respond to them. I didn’t read that in a book, it’s something
I have directly experienced. So why don’t
we see the bad things coming? Probably
we trust other people too much, we expect them to be better than they’re
capable of being.
But this notion that God has a plan for each of us, that God
controls everything which happens in our lives, is bull crock. God gives little kids cancer? God causes people to crash into each other on
I-595? God causes tsunamis and
earthquakes that kill tens of thousands of innocents? God must really be a bastard! No, to me God is the universe, and we are one
with God. There is no separation, so
everything we are, everything that happens, manifests itself from our own
thoughts and actions. We can’t control
other peoples’ actions, neither can God.
It’s our individual sparks, those constant, miniscule decisions, which
define our world. In other words, we are
God’s agents. But most of us float
through life oblivious, unaware, assuming that God’s got our backs, that God is
playing our lives like a puppet show. I
say no, God is us. Stop making excuses,
stop whining that you don’t know what you did to deserve this (if you look
inside yourself honestly, you’ll know precisely what you did), stop blaming Him
for your treachery, stop taking credit for His grace. You are, quite simply, blessed to be alive, so be humble and thankful, be kind. This realization is the source of love.
From the moment our cells gel together and we slide
screaming and slimy from that animal vagina, we possess the possibility of transformation. No better time to begin that
process than NOW.
