Wednesday Evening/ Half Way Home
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It’s midweek boys and girls. And here we are still pursuing our dreams! I hope. Some of us are just trying to survive and that’s not nearly as much fun. My heartfelt condolences to those of us who are doing that.
I used to do that back in the late 1970′2 and early 80’s. I was in my late 20’s and early 30’s back then. Can you remember a time in your life that was particularly difficult? Did you ever just look around at people passing and ENVY *ALL* of them?
You just knew that they all had a much better life than you did.
I used to do that in some of my weaker moments. And then I used to meditate during other times. I remember meditating one time for about three hours. And after about that length of time I suddenly realized I wasn’t breathing anymore. I was in some kind of pure energy state. It was a pretty amazing experience. I was engulfed in blissful happiness. And then, of course, I started breathing again. The realization brought me back to earth. But it was meditation that helped me make some good decisions and survive those times. I also managed to care for two small children who are now happy and fully functional adults. We will be going up to see my daughter in October.
She lives in Leesburg, Virginia. For those of you who don’t know Virginia Leesburg is a wealthy suburb of Washington DC. When my precious daughter was a little girl she had psoriasis that just took over her body. It got in her scalp. It was awful. I used to take her down to MCV to see this really cool doctor. He would make her laugh with his wide eyed stares. And then he would prescribe all these steroids and tar-based ointments.
And then we would go back to our humble little apartment and pray they would work.
But my daughter is a lovely grown woman now with three beautiful children and a wonderful husband who has an office overlooking the White House. And the coolest thing about him is that when he walks in the door after work around six pm he is laughing and ready to be with his wife and children.
Life is very funny sometimes. I hope I can learn to meditate again and maybe even stop breathing for awhile. I’m pretty sure that is the way to samadhi. Or heaven for those of us who are not familiar with that term.
I hope I can find the way back there before I die.
God really did take care of us during those times. And he still does even if I don’t try and visit with Him the way I used to do.
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Do you visit with Him? Does he take care of you?
