Stripped of a Poet’s Gloss
About twenty years ago, I had bought a new car with a
hatchback. I treated the new car like a baby, just wanting to keep it clean all
the time. One day, I had gotten gas, and noticed that, if I filled my tank, I
could get a free car wash. So, I
got excited. I stopped at the vacuum machine just before the wash, which also
happened to be free. I cleaned the carpets in the back and under the hatchback.
When I got back into my car, I drove up to the kiosk and
entered my receipt number into the computer. I saw the large red illuminated
sign that read ominously: PROCEED!
So, I drove forward, as I rolled up the electric window.
But I didn’t realize how slowly the new window closed, until
I was already in the carwash and the first spray of water, aimed directly at my
face, shot at me like a pistol whipping.
Of course, I couldn’t make the electric window roll up any
faster, so I just sat there and got drenched. As stunned as I was, though, I
suddenly became self-conscious and wondered if anyone had been watching this
happen. I glanced up into the rearview mirror and noticed that I had left the
hatchback open.
Now freaking out, I dove in the backseat trying to beat the
flush of water ready to fire into the rear, but not without my ass landing
directly on the gear shift—the hard gear shift. Rearing up in pain, I launched
over the back seat, only to find the back washer firing hot red blue and green
soapy foam all over the inside of my new car and me.
Finally, I got the hatchback closed and I just lay in the
back of the car frustrated and crying… then, in my estimation, a miracle
happened. I let go. With that, I started to laugh and kept laughing until I
became conscious of the four cars behind me beeping their horns and laughing…
with me.
This wasn’t ever supposed to be a carwash. It was supposed
to be a water ride!
Do you ever take the time to live in the present, fully in
the now? Can you accept that the best you can be is ready for you right now?
What I know most about human life is that it doesn’t mirror
a poet’s pretty words. We spend each day enduring the process of life—sometimes
happy, sometimes not. Whether you must go to your job, feed the kids, find a new
job, or simply feed yourself, life takes a great deal of energy. If you don’t
have that energy, you are likely to slip into depression and complacency.
I want to make a deal with you. I want you to recall that problem
or fault you want to fix in your life. It doesn’t matter how you got to this
place, I just need for you to make a decision that whatever you want to let go
of no longer serves you or whatever you need to change is possible. I want you
to close your eyes and commit to being ready and open for change and prosperity.
I sometimes search outward for things that qualify me as a
person. But, I always go inward for that which quantifies me for good. Everyday,
I pray a prayer that spirit will fill me with openness, love, compassion, and
prosperity. I don’t pray this prayer for God. I pray it to align my mind and
heart with spirit’s unlimited good, always willing to help and serve me.
No one knows what you, personally, are going through today
in your life. I don’t expect to understand your grief or pain. But I can offer
a bit of advice. To live in this hard, human life you must wake up ready to
step forward into life. If you stand still or walk backward into your past, you
will never make it through.
Today, take the bold move forward. Ask spirit with a simple
prayer to give you faith, truth, and the power to understand the chaos likely
to be around you. I believe with you that this is done and magnificent change
is on its way to you now.
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month, as not every person on my list reads the blog every day. If you have
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The masses search outward for things that qualify them as a
person, but I always go inward for that which quantifies me for greatness. At
twenty-five I preached on street corners in NYC as an in-the-closet Pentecostal
minister. One day I heard a still small voice say, ‘God cannot be contained in a
book or a law or even in a religion. Dig deeper, reach further to find me, and
you will find your authentic Self.’”
A Year to CLEAR Challenge!
The acronym CLEAR
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promote self-growth, and give them wings to fly freely into daily life. Each
week, by going to BoSebastian.com and choosing the Year to CLEAR Challenge tab,
a new challenge or thought to provoke conversation, growth, and group
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