THERE ARE THREE KINDS OF PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD

MY JOURNEY OF FAITH

One night a man had a dream. In it he was walking along a beach with the Lord. Across the sky flashed scenes from his life. For each scene he noticed two sets of foot prints in the sand, one belonging to him and the Lord. When the final scene of his life flashed before him, he looked back, at the footprints in the sand.

He noticed many times along the path of his life there was only one set of footprints, and realized that they came at the hardest and saddest times of his life. Bothered about this; he questioned the Lord, saying, ”Lord, you said that once I decided to follow you, you’d walk with me all the way.

But I have noticed that during the most difficult and burdensome times in life, there is only one set of footprints. I don’t understand why that when I needed you most you would leave me.

The Lord replied, ”My dear child, I would never leave you. During your times of trial and suffering, when you see only one set of footprints, it was then that I carried you.
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1. I walk, down the street
   There is a deep hole in the sidewalk
   I fall in.
   I am lost… I am hooeless.
   It isn’t my fault.
   It takes forever to find a way out.
2. I walk down the same street.
   There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
   I pretend I don’t see it.
   I fall in again.
   I can’t believe I am in the same place.
   But it isn’t my fault.
   It still takes a long time to get out.
3. I walk down the same street.
   There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
   I see it is there.
   I still fall in… it’s a habit.
   My eyes are open.
   I I know where I am.
   It is my fault.
   I get out immediately.
4. I walk down the the same street.
   There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
   I walk around it.
5. I walk down another street.

CHILD WITHIN, page 125
Copyright Portia Nelson, 1980

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We can send our thoughts in the form of a prayer, or we can simply think a blessing or possitive thought…
Journey to the Heart, Melody Beattie, p. 45

Send love letters

Making the time to take pen in hand and express our thoughts is valuable.

It requires concentrated thought.

Journey to the Heart, Melody Beattie, p. 45

Don’t let other people put thoughts in your head.

Respect the power of words and thoughts, both your own and others.

How easy is it to to be unaware of the process, to walk around with other people’s words in our head, taking them as truth, taking them as your own, letting their ideas about us control our lives and our beliefs.

“Words are powerful. Don’t let other people put them in your head. And choose carefully the words you speak to them.”

So much stress comes from not listening, not trusting our inner voice. So much confusion comes from trying to act before we have heard, before we are guided.

Journey to the Heart, Melody Beattie, p. 39

Take time to notice what’s right in ourselves, in others, and in the world around us.

Journey to the Heart, Melody Beattie, p. 38

Whatever your project is, or ”learning a lesson on your journey, learn to live comfortably with unfinished work.”

Whatever you’re working on, whatever you’re in the midst of doesn’t need to be finished, in perfect order, with all the loose ends in place” or tied together.

Enjoy all the stages of the process you’re in. The first moments when the germ of the idea finds you. The time before you begin, when the seed lies dormant in the ground, getting ready to grow.”

Journey to the Heart, Melody Beattie, p. 37