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Scrambled cities: If you're not gonna do the work(on your soul), then you might as well work til you die

 There are two tiers in normal life. Those who are survive and those who thrive.  But nothing is a mistake in life: Nothing comes by chance. You have to prepare for it.  If you thought life was about making money and beating out the Jones's, you've lost already.  Life is: Desire for connection. All unhealthy competition is isolating. We live in an isolated-enough world already. This connection comes from a surprising place: Self-acceptance. A lot of us need to go back to the classroom. A lot of us need to take a silent breather and check in with what we need. This takes serious work. It's the real work. It relies on respect for others and self-respect.  A lot of people in the self-help community try to push the self aside: Manning up is the only side of it they see. But there are certain non-negotiables in this life. Certain things we can't cheat ourselves out of. We are not a piece of meat being acted on.    However, this is where God comes in. Some o...
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Thoroughly burnt

 Imagine you woke up only to realize that your toast is burnt, and only to realize that instead of toast, it's actually your life that's burnt. Wouldn't that be a sad and crazy thing? That your life is in a whirlwind of change and you haven't started to change it despite working to make it better? That is the predicament I'm starting my morning off with. That is the level of discomfort I'm feeling. It's surreal that I'm here. I don't even know how this came about. Am I dreaming? No apparently not. The parasite in my heart is very real and it wants to overcome me. So I'm not sure what the next step is. I'm feeling like a mess. Not saying I am one but I feel like it. 

Anyway, that paranoia is largely gone now. Now I'm waking up. The feeling that things might come together slowly is beaming on me. I just need to avoid my addictions, which blind me to the reality of my life. It's not easy to find peace for me because I'm often working too hard to find it. Sometimes you only need to step back and realize what is real and what isn't; 

For instance, when you feel so terrible, grab onto what is real. I will start:

Today I am listening to the fear that men will have before the Lord's return. The fainting of men will be a feature. I feel as if I'm fainting all the time, and does this mean I'm not a true believer? Let me sanctify myself before the Lord. Let me clean things up and get things moving. It's not my faint to be burnt out. No, I believe there are greater plans for me if I only repent. Praise the Lord even when times are precarious!



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