Things are really starting to pick up.
Since my move back to Toronto proper I've used the opportunity to refresh my life (see earlier posts). The results are starting to show.
To begin with I have a new love in my life. However, I cannot image a more perfect partner in crime for me and the potential for us excites me tremendously.
For a year now we've shared a lot of common interests, activities and advice. Helping each other out when possible and supporting one another through our romantic ups and downs. Really it's a wonder we hadn't gotten together before now. I have lots of thoughts on that but it's irrelevant. With such a like-minded partner I have someone to really bounce off of, encourage and compete with. Never have I been more excited about the possibilities of a relationship.
One example of this is our trip to New York. She has a friend who's been hospitalized that she wanted to visit and I jumped on the opportunity to join her. After all I've never been to New York. This obviously was not a long planned trip so there was no budget for it. Instead of trying to go ultra-budget as we originally planned, she challenged me or rather us to put what we preach into practise and declare, seek and find $600 each for the trip.
The timeline for that is short so we've got to really be creative and move on this. It's daunting in a way but it's eustress, not distress I'm feeling. I like the challenge and I love her for issuing it. I of course immediately started my brain to the task and have tentatively found $400+ already. When she heard I'd gone from nothing to $400 it spurred her on even more. She doesn't want to be outdone by me, nor I her.
In other news, I'm working on my e-book, Power P's of Enduring Success (tentative title). Blogging again, have monetized my site and getting myself into more productive states every day. She and I have put our joint product (tentatively titled) Blessful Endevours to the side until we master all it's principals ourselves so we can truly preach what we practise.
Got a couple other things on the burner as well but I'll leave that for another time.
Friday, October 29, 2010
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Getting into the Word
Had a great discussion with my girlfriend yesterday. Really love that woman. She's one of my dear friends who will prompt, push and challenge me.
In our discussion she gently inquired into my relationship with the Word of God. Now I love the Word. I quote it all the time in my writing and certainly have had a lot revealed to me through the Word. But I've resisted studying the Word for a couple reasons.
One: Just reading the bible, as anyone can attest, can be dang boring. I'm more interested in studying it.
Two: I have a study bible, and it's a great one from Chuck Swindell but I want the Word from God, not as translated by man, even such a recognized one. To extrapolate - my concern was getting caught up in some religious doctrain and dogma instead of just building a personal relationship with God.
Three: At one point, for a while, when the Holy Spirit was particularly strong on me, I was able to read and receive so deeply from the Word. Layer after layer after layer in each word of scripture. In comparison, reading it now makes me feel like an idiot as I don't have that same intuitive depth. I wish I could always recieve like that but that's not intended in this life I don't think. I also wish I had written every revelation down, as now so much of it is lost to memory. Regardless, 'it's never done', I will never stop learning, not in this life or what lies beyond. So this is a somewhat silly, if prevelant feeling. I only need to receive for where I am today, and accept more will be revealed tomorrow. Also, I've realized, the more I pour out, the more I'll recieve so it's important to not try to just edify myself but to utilize whatever I've learned to benefit others as well.
As well, I don't need to read the bible front to back, as such, to receive the Word. God/life has always had a way getting the Word to me in some form, as if to reenforce whatever God is teaching me at the moment. So it's merely a matter of making that a more direct channel by keeping the Bible close by and referring to it often for additional inspiration, or as the spirit guides me to do so.
Now, you may be asking yourself why this is even news to me. In hindsight, I don't even know. It seems obvious now but that simply truth was hidden from me.
In our discussion she gently inquired into my relationship with the Word of God. Now I love the Word. I quote it all the time in my writing and certainly have had a lot revealed to me through the Word. But I've resisted studying the Word for a couple reasons.
One: Just reading the bible, as anyone can attest, can be dang boring. I'm more interested in studying it.
Two: I have a study bible, and it's a great one from Chuck Swindell but I want the Word from God, not as translated by man, even such a recognized one. To extrapolate - my concern was getting caught up in some religious doctrain and dogma instead of just building a personal relationship with God.
Three: At one point, for a while, when the Holy Spirit was particularly strong on me, I was able to read and receive so deeply from the Word. Layer after layer after layer in each word of scripture. In comparison, reading it now makes me feel like an idiot as I don't have that same intuitive depth. I wish I could always recieve like that but that's not intended in this life I don't think. I also wish I had written every revelation down, as now so much of it is lost to memory. Regardless, 'it's never done', I will never stop learning, not in this life or what lies beyond. So this is a somewhat silly, if prevelant feeling. I only need to receive for where I am today, and accept more will be revealed tomorrow. Also, I've realized, the more I pour out, the more I'll recieve so it's important to not try to just edify myself but to utilize whatever I've learned to benefit others as well.
As well, I don't need to read the bible front to back, as such, to receive the Word. God/life has always had a way getting the Word to me in some form, as if to reenforce whatever God is teaching me at the moment. So it's merely a matter of making that a more direct channel by keeping the Bible close by and referring to it often for additional inspiration, or as the spirit guides me to do so.
Now, you may be asking yourself why this is even news to me. In hindsight, I don't even know. It seems obvious now but that simply truth was hidden from me.
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Work in Progress
Just a quick update.
Things are starting to move along at a nice pace now. Working away at both my project with my partner - tentatively entitles Blissful Endeavours as well as (finally) working on my long awaited e-book on the Power P's of Enduring Success.
Seeing some progress on the relationship front as well.
My apartment is slowly transforming into my vision for it which is really exciting to see and everything is really going great so far. My son is doing very well, and I'm seeing both my children regularly.
As far this is site is concerned, the most relavent thing is the fact that I'm working on Blissful Endeavors which is forcing me to work a lot of the principals I already know and get my life reinvigourated.
It's an exciting time for me, and I'm really looking forward to what life will bring.
Things are starting to move along at a nice pace now. Working away at both my project with my partner - tentatively entitles Blissful Endeavours as well as (finally) working on my long awaited e-book on the Power P's of Enduring Success.
Seeing some progress on the relationship front as well.
My apartment is slowly transforming into my vision for it which is really exciting to see and everything is really going great so far. My son is doing very well, and I'm seeing both my children regularly.
As far this is site is concerned, the most relavent thing is the fact that I'm working on Blissful Endeavors which is forcing me to work a lot of the principals I already know and get my life reinvigourated.
It's an exciting time for me, and I'm really looking forward to what life will bring.
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