"Self-Surrender"

In the End

there are no

big Crosses

or

little Crosses,

there is 

only little

love

or

Great Love.

 

                          ~Unknown

          

                                        ~Beannaichte'

                                                                                                    (11-16-11)

 

"An Eschatological Laundry List:Partial Registry of Eternal Truths" *

    * Continued; Part 2:

1. Evil can be displaced but not eradicated, as all solutions breed new problems.
2. Yet it is necessary to keep on struggling toward new solution.
3. Childhood is a nightmare.
4. But it is very hard to be an-on-your-own, take -care-of-yourself-cause-there-is no-one-else-to-do-it-for-you grown-up.
5. Each of us is ultimately alone.
6. The most important things, each person must do for oneself.
7. Love is not enough, but it sure helps.
8. How strange, that every so often, it all seems worth it.
9. We must live within the knowledge, of partial freedom, partial power, and partial knowledge.
10. All important decisions must be made on the basis of insufficient data.  
11. Yet we are responsible for everything we do.
12. No excuses will be excepted.
13. It is most important to run out of scapegoats.
14. We must learn the power of living with our helplessness.
15. All ot the significant battles are waged within the self.
16. You are free to do what you like. You need only to face the consequences.
17. What do you know...for sure...anyway?
18. Learn to forgive yourself, again and again and again and again...

                                                                              ~Unknown 
                                                                                                   
                                                                                                              ~Beannaichte'                                                                                                                                                                     (11-15-11)

                                                                                            
                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                         

 
   

"An Eschatological Laundry List:Partial Registry of Eternal Truths" *

1. This is it!
2. There are no hidden meanings.
3. Nothing lasts.
4. There is no way of getting all you want.
5. You can't have anything unless you let go of it.
6. You only get to keep what you give away.
7. There is no particular reason why you lost out on some things.
8. The world is not necessarily just. Being good often does not pay off and there is no compensation for misfortune.
9. It is a random universe to which we bring meaning.
10. You don't really control anything.
11. You can't make anyone love you.
12. Everyone is, in his/her own way, vulnerable.
13. If you have a hero, look again: you have diminished yourself in some way.
14. Everyone lies, cheats, pretends (yes, you too, and most certainly, I myself.)
15. All evil is potential vitality, in need of transformation.
16. All of you is worth something, if you will only own it.

                                                                                                                        ~Unknown
                                                                                                                                         (11-14-11)
    *To be continued... 

"The Axis"

~ The intersection

between our

material 

and

Spiritual

existence

is the 

mystical power

represented

visually

in both

the

Christian Cross

and the

Jewish Star

of

David.

It is  

the point

 where 

The

Axis of God

meets

The 

Axis of Humanity.

                                ~ Unknown

12 November, 2011


~ Beannaichte'

beannaichte@twitter.com

"Distinctive Grace"

~ Having experienced the pain
of a broken wing,
And having been healed
by the mysterious 
 Mercy of God,
 We then fly again,
with a Distinctive Grace.
 
~ Unknown



      ~ Beannaichte'
         11 November, 2011


 

  beannaichte@ twitter.com

"Everyday Grace"

Dear God,

I give You this morning.

Please take away

My despair of yesterday.

Help me to forgive the things

That caused me pain

And would keep me bound.

Help me to begin again. 

 Please bless my path

And illumine my mind.

I surrender to You

The day ahead.

Please bless every person

And situation

I will encounter.
Make me who You would have me be,
That I might do as You would have me do.
Please enter my Heart 
And remove all anger,
Fear and pain.  
Renew my Soul
And  free my Spirit.  

Thank You, God, 
                  For this Day.                        

     ~ Marianne Williamson 
U.S.A.


~ Beannaichte'
9 November, 2011

beannaichte@twitter.com                                                                                                                                                                             

"My Sister"

 

~ My sister's first name is Sharon. She is eleven months older, than myself.  We are of Irish Decent. We are Irish Twins.  We look very little alike, but are voices are similar.  So much so, when we were younger, people could not tell us apart, on the telephone.  That always amused me, because I could not find the similarity, until later in life.

My sister is ill with cancer.  This does not amuse me.  I only know that I want her to be well, again.

I am unsure as to the road this illness will take her, as it has been filled with  many twists and turns.  She has navigated the course, with courage, grace, and tremendous strength of Spirit.  I would like to say, I have done the same. Yet, this would be dishonest, as I have not.

Cancer is like many other chronic illnesses.  It can strip you bare.  It spins a wide web, and captures so much in its grasp.  Not unlike a web, it is often difficult to distinguish what it will take, until it has captured what it can snare; so secretly, and quietly.
~ I love my sister.  I hate the disease. Yet, the disease continues to live inside her body.  Each day it is  perhaps taking a little more of her...

~ I will always love my Sister; my Irish Twin!  

Alicia O'Hara

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9 November, 2011

                                                                     ~ Beannaichte'

beannaichte@twitter.com