What I really really want....

I have been prompted to ponder this question 

by Rain here

then again by Monica here

my answer?

...

To be heard...

My husband gave me great perspective in this

when I spoke to him about it

he said,

"Even Martin Luther King wasn't heard all the time Cat.

Whether you are being heard or not

you should speak your Truth"

in walks:

"perspective shift"

he is very wise at times

i really really like him 

Rain writes a beautiful follow up to this prompt

found here

What is it that you really really want?

Love and Light

Monday Offerings...Your Secret Name

I have not read this book yet, though it is on my book shelf...

I do find this video very thought provoking

in the way of how we each see ourselves.

The story we tell ourselves

lives in everything

every thought 

every decision

every breathe we take

My Sister of the Wood writes about it here.


Our Story


what is the story you are telling yourself?
do you know you have the power to free yourself?


My youngest has been loving this song lately
and suggested that today I should post it as an offering
fitting... 
yes?
turn it loud sisters
dance
raise your hands
and grab your True story
it is yours for the taking!

I love each and everyone one of you...
Thank you for being you!
Love and Light


ps I will not be visiting much these next few days
with trip preparation  in front of me
know I carry each of you in my heart

Monday Offerings...Jesus

The other day someone ask me if I believed the immaculate conception of Jesus...

I replied that I did 

that was hard for her to understand

for her it was more of a case of

see in believing

I reminded her that miracles and unexplained things are happening everyday around us...

"Like what?" 

Like life

the miracle of life

that happens everyday and we take it for granted...

Our bodies

the miraculous science of our bodies

that happen everyday and we take it for granted.

not even going into all the

amazing

unexplainable things

that happen to people

the "coincidences"

the "chance" happenings

lives saved

sickness' healed.....

it was hard for her to understand such things
perspective is everything
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the conversation went on....

* 

It was a great conversation

 One that caused me to reflect

To go deep with in my own faith and belief

and look at Jesus...

again

 Jesus

 my teacher, my friend, my guide.

What he represented, when he walked this earth

The things he did,

for those who reached out.

The truths he spoke

How he provoked thought with his stories

and questions

challenging all those around him to reflect

within themselves

their lives

their beliefs

their actions.

Jesus was a simple man

born to simple means

when times where not that simple

Government and Church controlled the people 
and freedom of thought was not something that was embraced

Money held power

and poverty and ignorance allowed for control...

sound familiar?

I am reading this book right now.

It is fiction,

but an interesting view inside the very human mind

of a man with a higher origin and purpose.
(Ann Rice also has two books depicting the early life of Jesus)

For me, Jesus transcended human reality,

but yet he lived it in full.

Feeling sadness, pain, isolation, uncertainty, fear.

Jesus connects me to that which is bigger than myself..

he brings Divinity within grasp.

This time of year brings it all home for me.

The reality that the simplest of people can be the most important.

That we are not measured by the material, 

but by the spiritual.

That believing in something means 

walking it out

speaking it out

standing it out.

My Jesus lives beyond religious romantic views.

He lives in the place where real life happens.

He is a man of Grace

a Grace that lives and breathes

a Grace that stops a woman from getting stoned

a Grace that allows children to get excited and unruly

a Grace that gives Love and Acceptance to prostitutes 

a Grace that sits

without judgement

 with men whose business is corrupt....

a Grace that sees beyond the immediate outer layer of a person

a Grace that looks at the heart...

Recently a sister-friend sent me a gift
In it there was a quote from Jesus
~She is not dead; only sleeping~
That was me at one time in my life
not dead, as I thought,
just sleeping.

What does Jesus look like to you?

Love and Light