Tough
Times
“Tough
times don't last; tough people do.”
Gregory
Peck
I have to say, I'm going
through a rough patch right now. Many of my friends think I should be
a little on the hysterical side—lying awake nights, sweating it
out. For some reason, I am not. Call it denial, call it avoidance,
call it whatever you want; I am simply not there. I will have surgery
on Tuesday, and then we'll see what comes next. Who knows, I may fall
apart. I have seen much trouble and turmoil in my life, but, in the
words of Ram Dass, “I'm still here.” There is something in
me that chooses to survive or I would never have made it out of
baby-hood. Asthma tried hard to kill me then, but thanks to the sweet
ministrations of a young novice named Sister Patricia at Mission-St.
Joseph Hospital in Asheville, NC, I made it, and am more or less in
tact. The other possibility is that maybe these things I write about,
I truly believe. They are deep-down convictions.
I think we're born for a
reason. Whether or not I have achieved whatever I was born to do/be,
I do not know, but I trust it's in the “Book of Days,” and known
by the Spirit who brought me here. I will be here for as long as I am
here, and then, I will cross the veil as do all human beings, and all
other living things. It's part of the circle of life. I trust that.
I don't think being afraid would help me through this rough patch, do
you?
What I hope to convey to
you is this—live your life with passion; don't put it on-hold while
you live someone else's life, or the life that others have planned
for you. Find the things that express your very essence, and do them,
not just now and then, but everyday. Don't let others define for you
what is “right” and “wrong.” Decide that for yourself, and if
you are rejected by those others for your decision, don't look back.
Be you—be true to you. That's what your soul is here to be/do. Only
you can do it; it's the gift you have to give, not only to yourself,
but to the world's soul. Times are tough, but Spirit is tougher. Grab
hold, we may be in for a wild ride!
In the Spirit,
Jane
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