Choose to be the "RIGHT PERSON" - Pt 1

This sort of follows yesterday's blog entry too.  I had written something on Acceptance earlier, but my computer decided to do an auto-shut down for me and updated God knows what updates it deemed necessary.  And strangely, when it shut everything down - this time there were no "auto save" on two documents I was working on.  So instead of being mad with the computer or with myself or with who/whatever - I take it as .. Oh well. Suppose what I was writing isn't "ready" to be shared yet.  So - here is something else that came up this morning that I had thought of writing but had not reached it yet.  Perhaps the message to me was to do this and abandon the other two (at least for now).

This morning, I came across this passage on FB. You guys already know how "addicted" I am to FB and how so much can jump at you from FB that it is an endless source of material to write about (to think about etc).  SO, here is it the passage that jumped out at me: "Everyone is trying to find the right person, but nobody is trying to be the right person." (author unknown).  First impression, ya so true - and catchy phrase too. Second impression, well ok - not "everybody" and not "nobody."  Can't make that sweeping statement that EVERYone on earth is searching for that "right person," can I? No, not me.  I also can't make the statement that "NObody" is trying to be that right person.  I am sure some people are "trying" to. But still - good starting point for me.  Makes me think of the so called "right person."  And this is connected to yesterday's topic, right?  In fact, some notes I had written following the previous entries will be shared here ...

Be that "right person."  You are perfect as you are.  We are perfect in our imperfections. In fact, all creation is perfect.  We cannot be anything other than perfect for this is the way we are created.  We are as was the intent of the Almighty.

Trying to deny ourselves - to refuse to accept ourselves - hating our bodies or any aspect of our own being is to reject the beauty of the creation. Trying to become something we are not - just to please another, or to fit in to society or an image we think society has set for us - this consumes a tremendous amount of energy. In expanding that energy, we create a continuous "friction" against nature. We fight against the Intent of the Divine. And that leads to stress, to anxiety, to resentment.

On the other hand, being who you are - who you truly are - requires no effort. We just need to let go and let God take control. Trusting that we will be led in the direction that is most appropriate for us. Like the unfolding of a flower as it blooms. We can blossom into the person that we can be and will be.  For in truth, we cannot be anything other than who we are.  But we resist this. We all struggle so hard to be something else. We want to please our parents, our teachers, our partners, our friends, society - whoever. We want to impress them - we want to be famous, powerful, rich, right, admired and on and on. You know the story.  And because we cannot be anything or anyone else other than ourselves - we suffer.  This is neither saying we should sit around and do nothing and God will just make everything happen.  Nor is this saying that we cannot be any of the above if we are to be ourselves - i.e., we cannot be famous, or rich, or powerful etc.  It is saying - we will continue to suffer and happiness will continue to elude us as long as we are struggling to be something that is not in our "nature."  I've touched on this before.  As long as we are not pursuing our passion - peace and happiness will elude us.

Life isn't about suffering. It is about joy; it is about happiness; it is about peace. Jesus says in the New Testament, "I have come that you may life and have it more abundantly." When you stop chasing the illusion and stop pretending to be someone you are not.  When you stop chasing the ideal outside of yourself and realize that all you need is within you. That you are made in the image of the creator - that in you is Love - pure love .. you will radiate that love outward to others.  You will not be "seeking" love but rather be "giving" love .. For love is who you are.  And you will have become the "right person" in stead of chasing for the "right person" in some one or somewhere else.

Ok .. will resume again tomorrow.  Will need to end here for now.  Thanks for being with me today.


Shalom,
I Am Syl