Back to the Blog

I'm returning to my blog after several years. You can see the date of the previous blog entry, so it's been awhile. It's not that I'm that great a writer, because I'm not; but I do believe I've got something to say. Whether anyone reads it or not is out of my control, but I'm going to “put it out there” anyway. The title of the blog will continue to be More Than I Thought, referring to who we really are, as opposed to who I once thought we were.

I've kind of been on a Spiritual path for about 15 or 16 years. I remember sitting with my whole extended family in a restaurant celebrating my sister's 40^th birthday. Somehow the conversation got to the book, The Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield. I read the book, the next week, and something just clicked inside of me. It was as though a light came on, and ever since, I've been very interested in Spiritual/New Age/Consciousness types of books, audios, and videos. I've meditated off and on since learning in college, (currently on) and strongly believe that my purpose in this lifetime is to be a light for others. I try not to proselytize, or talk about my beliefs, but I do try to set an example. I believe that everyone is valuable, has a spark (or more) of the Divine in them, and should be treated as such. Often I fall off the wagon, but I try to be as nonjudgmental as possible, and as loving to everyone as I can. I'm not a saint, and have a long way to go, but I'm a little better each day. I think we're all taking small steps toward the beings we have the potential to be. That doesn't mean that every person is in the same place. People like the Dalai Lama, Mother Theresa, and some incredible gurus in India are a lot closer than I am. People who volunteer in soup kitchens and work hard for those less fortunate may be ahead of me too. But I'm probably closer than a criminal, or a person who hurts others. Maybe that's just being judgmental. Anyway, I've learned that we can follow our ego (which is never satisfied) or we can follow our higher (and I believe real) selves. It continues to be my intention to take the latter course. More often than not, I think I succeed.