A true friend is someome who looks past my shortcomings and will still do anything they can for me in times of need, and more importantly, someone who helps me on my spiritual walk and isn't afriad to tell me when I am in error.
But most all a true friend is this: someone who listens.
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Fear. Without exeption.
When things don't happen for me in my way and in my time, I often become afraid that they're never going to happen at all. And when I allow that fear to grow strong enough, I begin to act in ways that I know to be wrong (of course, I always have my justifications).
As a result, I often end up not getting those things that I want (and think I need, even deserve), or I do get them but don't keep them very long. And then I'm right back at square one.
And it's always because of fear.
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I currently live in a Salvation Army ARC and receive a gratuity of $21 every week. I think Luxury is giving me some time to learn to live without her, so that when she doe's come back into my life I will appreciate her all the more.
I do admit that I miss her...a lot!
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I pray, which is really the only thing I can do.
I don't do uncertainty well; I like everything to go as planned and all my ducks in a row, and I often have the temptation to force a solution onto a problem so I can declare it "fixed" now and forever. Sometimes I give in and later find myself even worse off than before.
So I have to Let Go and Let God. It's easier said than done, but it is possible.
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Its easy for me to believe that the current economic climate is causing my financial/living situation, and looking at the figures (10-13% unemployment in Orlando) tends to reinforce that mentality, but that's only because I'd often rather blame something external (that I have no control over) for my woes instead of looking at my own attitudes and beliefs (which i can control), and adjusting my behavior accordingly so I can take effective action.
So yes, current events do affect me, but only in the manner that I allow them to.
God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change (external things),
the courage to change the things I can (internal things),
and the wisdom to know the difference (I can only change things within me).
Amen.
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I think that health and wellness describe different things, with health being concerned the physical body, even in the case of mental health, while wellness deals not only with the physical but the spiritual and how we think about ourselves (and even God).
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I would have been a poet, storyteller, philosopher, and scholar.
But I can't help but wonder...what would have been Pre-Christian Ireland's equivalent of a telemarketer?
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December 2009 
david1976
