Trust Your Life

I heard over the weekend another helpful bit of advice for this "purpose" we all seek.  I wrote back in the Spring that my bucket runneth over enlightenment had been extremely helpful!

Well, doesn't mean I still don't struggle with purpose at times.  It doesn't help I'm ending a dream I have worked on for the last 6 years (I run a billiards tour that will end at the end of the year).

A month or so ago a coworker and I were talking about purpose, as he and his wife discuss that very feeling a lot as well.  He told me that in a Ted Talk, he heard someone say once that people who are poor and/or living in tough conditions never think about their purpose in life.  They are trying to find food and survive that day, so they don't have these life purpose worries and concerns that we struggle with.

I thought that was very interesting.

And over the weekend, Oprah was talking to Brother David Steindl-Rast, Benedictine monk, on her show, Super Soul Sunday, and among the many great things he shared was to trust your life.  Think about that.  If you sincerely trust your life, then you should have no worries about your purpose.  I trust God and his plans for me and my life, and therefore, I trust my life.  And should stop struggling and trying to figure out this purpose thing and realize it's all going to be okay.

Owl Creek Flood

This is a great tribute to the fallen soldiers in 2016 during a swollen creek.  I love this memorial, even though it's sad.

Here is the story about that unfortunate day.

History Discovery in my Closet

Normally clothes hangers are being used or in a spot where we don't observe their shape or style all that much.  And their main function in life is to hold up our clothes, which takes care of us, right?  While this is a daily activity for the hanger, I don't think we truly appreciate or understand how helpful a hanger is in our lives.

So, it was really cool to notice this historic discovery in my closet the other day. 

It was finally not covered by a shirt or sweater, and then I noticed, almost hardly noticed, this wooden hanger had words on it.

My clever investigation skills (you know, Google) shows this is from a hotel (Nikkatsu Hotel) in Japan in the 1960s!  My parents were in Japan around then.  I know because I was born in Okinawa, Japan in 1970.  So, it's literally been around as long as I have.

Guess my klepto tendencies were established WAY early in my life, lol.