What Am I Creating?

The Yoruban deity Obatalá, whose name means "King of the White Cloth", is also known as Oxalá in Brazil.

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This self-assessment thing is not easy at all.  I am finding my preconceived ideas about many things weren’t true.  Specifically, I mean relationships.  I have seen only my side for so long, I have much to learn.

We are all wounded souls in some shape, form or fashion.  It is why we seek a Higher Being, God, Allah, Olodumare and the countless ways humanity sees The Creator of All.  We are fragile in so many ways.  When we embrace and accept our fragileness, we can see how fragile others are with compassion. 

Compassion is missing from too many hearts.

The first step I have be compassionate with me.  I am only human, as the song goes, born to make mistakes.  We all are.  So why do we want to destroy each other so easily? 

Why do I allow fear to dictate my responses?  What harm do I create when fear is my guide?

Did I act based on fear? Or Did I act based on Faith or Knowing or Courage?

One of Today's Lessons

Artist-Kevin L. McIntosh

Learning how the Orisha work with me is a daily lesson.

Obatala is teaching me discernment is the way to maintain a calm cool head.  Today, Obatala showed me to stop, breathe and assess before reacting during a lesson from Oggun.

This is my continued prayer, “Orisha please be gentle and kind with us as we learn and falter”.  In this time in our evolution as human beings we must pray for each other.  It is no longer enough that I am “blessed and highly favored”; it is about my family, my community, my village, my country, humanity, my planet.

The Orisha come for community working through the individual.  Yet too often when things go wrong or we fear, the reaction is to attack someone or something.  Too often it is about revenge, control or manipulation. The Orisha are so much more.

I learned today about how they lovingly guide us, direct us and correct us.  Always keeping in mind there is no one true path.  

We each grow and learn differently journeying along different spiritual paths.  

Problems Increasing - Time to Check Yourself

When problems continue to increase then it is time to stop and look at yourself honestly.  It is time to ask yourself questions:

How am I contributing to these problems?

What are my thoughts?  Do I address people respectfully, and then curse them out in my head?  Do I say one thing when I really mean something else?  Is it always the fault of someone else? What are my illusions and delusions about me?

Is this my thought or what I have been told to think?  Is this my internal dialogue or am I repeating what I heard that sounds good?  Did I just yell at my children because I am frustrated or angry?  Did I argue with my partner because I feel scared or insecure about our relationship?  Do I judge people based on what I would do in the same situation?

One thing is for sure, we can’t create change with the same patterns of thinking, acting and living.  Did you check your intentions and internal dialogue today?  I did.  

I have so much work to do with me.

Sharing My Story

Moon Phases: New Moon | Tarot.com

Moon Phases: New Moon | Tarot.com

With the news focusing so much on lack of resources it is easy to fall into depression.  We are the Co-Creators of our lives.

It is time to reinvent yourself, be bold, be courageous.

I Give Thanks

It is time to focus on the other side of the story. Time to be thankful for the Blessings! I give Thanks for sustainable businesses being developed that build and sustain all communities. I give Thanks for families healing, for Divine Love to guide all families. I give Thanks for our children’s spirits, bodies and minds being engaged and nurtured through an educational process that builds and strengthens all communities. I give Thanks for the wisdom and guidance of our Elders as they strengthen us to wisely resolve issues. I give Thanks for food, medicine and water that heal all illness. I give Thanks for Divine Sight guiding us. I give Thanks that we receive and act on the Divine Guidance. I give Thanks for the gift of Free Will. I give Thanks for the responsibility of Free Will. Peace and Blessings

George C. Fraser (12-2-11)

He lays out what we must do this century for our own community. It's economics and the power is in our hands. It is how we live and how we spend our money. Time to build generational wealth. Important, interested in your feedback.