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Hi there!!! I have decided to share with you, part of why I am, the way I am today. Part of why I feel and act the way I do towards others. This is NOT a challenge to your beliefs, just an affirmation of my own.
Much Love to you all, in all aspects of your lives.
Background:
I had studied religion(s) for many years. I had sought to find a connection that others seemed to find so easily. Or was it based on repetition? Was it based on a "learned belief"? Buddhism, Judaism, Catholicism, Mormon, Roman Catholic, Lutheran, Protestant, were any of these for me? Was anything for me? Did I need this? I never seemed to find a true answer to my questions.
Spiritual moment:
A few years ago I was in a grocery store near my house. It was a normal day, like any other. To much to do, not enough time to do it. I wasn't really in a hurry though. Just sort of going through the motions of the day. I was about halfway through with my shopping trying to remember that one thing I would yell at myself for forgetting once I got home.
I was going up and down each isle, looking for something, anything to spark my memory. I was about 80% finished, and figured if I didn't see anything by the last isle, I would just go home.
Suddenly, as I came around the corner into the next isle, a woman with her cart was coming the other way. The next few seconds could have taken an hour for all I knew. When I saw her face at first, I saw the look of pain and despair behind her eyes. I knew this was a very bad day, and that this was not even close to her first.
Then something stopped me, but not physically, it seemed to stop me in time. I knew, just knew what to do at that split second. I gave her the most honest sincere smile I could, and she smiled back. I also knew it was her first smile of the day, maybe the first in a while.
Also at that same moment, I knew why I am here. If I could bring just a little happiness, Just a little better than before for others, THAT is what God has me here for. I knew that I would be judged by how I treat my fellow man (or women) And that the specific things I was taught as a Catholic, such as whether it rained for forty days and nights, and my belief in those things would have nothing to do with how I will be judged as a person.
I finally knew what I was supposed to do. To make the world a better place, one interaction, one person at a time. No matter how small the improvement, I was to make the world better than I found it.
This is my spiritual awakening. For me religious practices were no longer necessary. I had found my connection to God.
-Kevin-
"Be excellent to each other, and, party on dudes"!
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My spiritual moment
By: kevin on Wed, 16 October 2002 14:39 |
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Re: My spiritual moment
By: ashley on Wed, 16 October 2002 19:48 |
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Thanks Ashley ...
By: kevin on Thu, 17 October 2002 02:39 |
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Amen, Kev
By: smith on Wed, 16 October 2002 22:28 |
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Thanks smith ...
By: kevin on Thu, 17 October 2002 02:33 |
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I've spent ages thinking about this
By: timmy on Sun, 20 October 2002 13:59 |
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You've taken the word right from my mouth!
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smith asked me to read your post .........
By: kevin on Sun, 20 October 2002 14:49 |
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Public expression of a private feeling
By: timmy on Sun, 20 October 2002 15:08 |
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A smile can change the world...... Truly.....
By: marc on Sun, 20 October 2002 14:18 |
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