A Stress Tip Flip from Rwanda
When Priorities are Clear Decisions are Easy
Picture from The Women of Global Change
When you conclude, expect and assume life
should show up for you a certain way or you should
receive certain privileges you build into the fabric
of your life experience open doors where the serpents
of frustration, stress and anxiety slither in and trash
your internal castle. Stress is your body’s invitation to
identify and adjust your perspectives and conclusions
about life. Stress is the result of farming out your identity
to people, things and circumstances.
Two other dispositions
which leave the back door open for stress are self-glorification
and self-gratification. These two slippery reptiles sound like:
“You deserve better, you need to be seen more, acknowledged more,
advanced more in life.” The literally steam roll your core
priorities in life which I can assure you from my near death experiences,
you will resurrect your core values very quickly when death
is knocking at your door…don’t wait until that moment to
step away from a self-gratification life style which twists your
your decision making process rendering what truly refreshes your
soul and brings you lasting happiness obsolete.
My daughter just got back from a 3 week mission
in Rwanda. She met with a one of the
women who experienced visions of
Mother Mary appearing 10 years prior to the
genocide of 1994 that took the lives of close to
1 million people in approximately 100 days.
In these visitations she was warned of what
would occur.
My daughter’s group ask this women what
message they could bring back to Americans, to which
she replied, “Remind them that they are very
distracted from what is truly important in life.
Wake up to the essential.”
So my invitation to you this week is simple:
Go within, close your door, sit before God
and identify what is essential for you in life…
What do you value most or what would you have wanted
to value most in life should God call you home today?
Write down 3-5 areas and put it in a place that will
capture your attention daily, this will become a
…a touchstone for your soul
What if you could live life backwards?
From deathbed wisdom back into the present moment.
The brush of death is the kiss of life in that it
resurrects instantly to the front lines what
is truly essential, what you value most in your
heart of hearts.
Dear God,
Reveal to me this day what is truly essential from
your perspective. Move me to linger in the
moments that I value most and simply forget in the
midst of self-glorification and gratification. Those conversations
that wake me up to what is authentically important. I
want to be able to look back on my life with
a sense of satisfaction and knowing that I
aligned my time, talent and energy with
what you see as being important; beautiful; of
high value and integrity. Too often I get
distracted by the shiny objects in life whether that be
people’s opinions, status opportunities or
material gain all which hold “O” value from a
heavenly perspective. Have YOUR way with
my Spirit, Mind, Emotions & Body
in spite of myself. Push out the stress response
in my body with a deep understanding of this
simple truth: you have already overcome all that
I feel has overcome me and the solution exists, I simply
need to tune into it. I lack nothing with you in and
through me.
“But seek ye first the Kingdom of God, and his
righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto
you.” Matthew 6:33
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