Thursday, April 16, 2009

I Belong to You

“If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.”

Mother Theresa

We are not to own anything but responsibility. People do not belong to other people because we belong to God. Ownership places one being over another. When privilege is assigned to one and not the other, tension arises because of imbalance and because of tension, disunity results. Since unity and harmony are interchangeable, we must remember that we belong to each other to avoid the imbalance of ownership. I need you as much as you need me. We are one in the same.


Brilliance does not come from the mind but from the heart. Brilliance is knowledge with passion.

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

I Don't Want To

Doesn't life sometimes get in the way of living? I often struggle with this because I would rather be doing anything other than what I am supposed to be doing. There is nothing like that strong desire to organize your closet or clean the house when there is a research paper to write. And what a great time to catch up with friends and family! I think that I will makeover my exercise routine. I'm going to spend time with God all day today. My car really needs to be washed.

I still haven't figured this out yet, but I attribute much of the problem to the "I don't want to" mentality. It doesn't matter what it is I should do-- "I don't want to." My rational side more than not wins and my creativity is stifled once again. Thus explains my love/ hate relationship with writing. I love to do it, but I hate to do it when I have to. Haven't I grown out of this yet?

Today is one of those days. I am not working today so that I can work on my research paper that is due next week. And to make matters better, the paper is on Wordsworth or Coleridge--the Romantic Giants in Poetry. Nothing could be better....

Except shopping. Or maybe starting a great non-school book. I could make a scrapbook. Or I still have that blank canvas upstairs waiting to be painted. It sure is a nice day for a walk. Maybe I can run errands for my husband...