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I was sitting in church one Sunday morning and my pastor said that we were all "works of art" in God's eyes. A little voice in my head corrected, "no, we are all works of His heart." That is how I came up with the name for my business, Works of Heart.
It's funny how things like that just pop up out of the blue for you sometimes, but at other times inspiration just can't be found. Alot of people are just too busy in their everyday grind, that they can't hear their inner voice, or they block it out entirely, letting good old logic and the daily schedule be in charge of their lives.
Maybe it's time to slow down. I got that message loud and clear in 2002. I had been trapping myself in the role of "supermom!". Working at a physically demanding and stressful job, raising my three sons, and trying to keep the house and garden so that none of them would have to lift a finger. My house looked so clean and smelled so nice! I had been having pains in my hip and knee and knew that arthiritis ran in my family, so I figured that I was heading that way. When the pain in my hip got unbearable, I went to the doctor. As it turned out, I had a cyst in my ovary that had grown and then ruptured my ovary! I was x-rayed and cleaned out and then the doctor called my husband-at-the-time over and showed him my x-rays. They then came over and informed me of the bad news. I had osteoarthirits. Almost everywhere. That's why all of the little nagging aches and pains. I had never listened to them. I couldn't slow down and rest! I had too much to do! So, obviously the time came for a serious re-think of my life situation. I would have to SLOW DOWN.
So, for a month or closer to two, I had my own private little pity party about being only thirty-five years old and having a skeleton that looked like it was sixty-five! I gained some weight and tried to listen harder to what my body was telling me. It was hard for me, (still is) to slow down when I needed to. I just wasn't "that" kind of person. I felt like I was being lazy if I wasn't up and doing all that I felt needed to be done! My doctor had prescribed that I put my feet up for four times a day for twenty minutes at a time! Who had time for that!? I didn't feel like I did.
So, I didn't do as my doctor had advised me. They had told me to come back every two years to get x-rays to see how the arthiritis was spreading. At my 2004 doctor's visit, my favorite little Hindu doctor came in, almost in tears, with my x-rays. She then informed me as calmly as she could, with her voice breaking, that I now had osteosclerosis with incidences of myelofibrosis. She proceeded to explain to me what that meant. I actually zoned out after the part about this being a possibly terminal condition and all of the other bad things about possible "marble brains" and the time line she gave me. It was "depending on how this spreads, and how much you keep damaging your bones, it could be three years or thirty years." I, of course, got a second opinion and got the same answers.
So, I had to listen then. The Universe was giving me a clear notification that I HAD TO SLOW DOWN, or reap what I was sowing upon myself. It was hard of course. We overachievers are proud of that! Now, there are so many ways people have found Peace and their purpose. I'll impart some more of my own discoveries in up coming blogs.
Thanks for your time!
Angelia
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What defines truth? Is truth an external quality, completely independent of the observer?
If reality is completely independent of you, external and objective, then you can say that truth is entirely outside yourself. Truth would then be independently measurable and verifiable. This means that your beliefs will have no effect on reality itself. Whether you believe the world is peaceful or violent, your thoughts will have no impact on the level of peace in the world.
But if reality is at least partially subjective, then you cannot separate external truth from your own thoughts. Your thoughts would be affecting external reality. This means that you cannot merely look to external reality for truth because your thoughts are creating it. If you believe the world is peaceful or violent, your own thoughts contribute to shaping the world in accordance with your beliefs.
So if reality is 100% independent of our thoughts, then it makes sense to study external reality to figure out what to believe. Seeing is believing. The best we can do is to perceive external reality as accurately as possible, so we can make the best possible decisions.
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