FACING OUR FEARS AND DISCOMFORTS

I don't like to think about my fears or discomfort. I would rather think about my joys and think positive, etc. The latter is not a bad thing to do but done to the exclusion of facing what it is I am thinking or feeling at some given moment that may be judged by me to be negative or fearful is to not be honest with myself.

We like to think that we can find some spiritual path that will forever eliminate those things that we do not wish to think about or experience but I wonder if we can ever reach that point.

Discomfort and fear can be a good thing. When we feel uncomfortable or fearful it could be a message to use caution or to back away from some danger. It could be a wake-up call to face, to accept, and then work through something that we have suppressed.

We like to find a spiritual path that would eliminate fears altogether. We want to have a means to avoid fear and pain but we can't avoid feeling these at times. At this stage of my journey I think we can have spiritual tools to help us deal with pain or fear but to think that we will never experience things we would rather skip over is probably not realistic.

Just when I think I may have "slain” the last dragon", I start hearing another snorting off in the distance coming my way. It sure keeps me humble. ;)

The Bible says that perfect love casts out fear. To learn what that really means may be a task worth pursuing.

Meanwhile, on a lighter note, the Bradford Pear trees that the gas line people were going to chop down in October 2006 are still here and blooming like crazy. What a beautiful sight outside my window! Eventually they will chop those trees down but I have "now" and I can enjoy them right now this moment. That's all we have anyway - this moment, this now.