Still there and here

Still alive and well. Just busy with other "stuff".

"Once a philosopher, always a philosopher"

Write on....

Christian Comfort ?

(Not to be confused with Southern Comfort!)

Last December, as Woman “A” lay in the hospital and it was apparent to all that she could no longer live alone in her condominium; her children looked for a retirement home for her. Woman A, being a devout Catholic, said that her wish was to stay at the local, and only, Catholic retirement center in the area….

As she spoke to the director of the Catholic Retirement Center, she explained her situation….

She was a devout Catholic who attended church every Sunday for the past 70 years. She had also volunteered, every Sunday, for 30 years at the local church and after that, for the last 10 years or so, she volunteered at the chapel in the local Catholic Hospital. Here, she would show up almost everyday to assist the priest in his duties for the day and then she would also assist those of the Catholic faith and others in the hospital by offering them comfort and/or helping them in prayer to Jesus and God. She was so good at this and so in tune with the fragile souls in the hospital that she developed the ability to know when “it was time” for the priest to offer the final, comforting prayers. Many in the hospital were aware of and in awe of her mysterious ability. Even the priest stated that she was ahead of the doctors with her diagnoses! Anyway, the point is that she had long ago devoted her life to Jesus, God and the Catholic Church. This was her life and in the later years, this was her calling. It meant the world to her. It was her world.

The director, a woman in her 50’s, smartly dressed in the latest fashionable and expensive business outfit, peered down, over her designer prescription glasses, at woman A and said, “I am sure God is very proud of you; however, we have absolutely no room at the “inn” for anyone. I am very sorry. May God be with you.”

Woman A, with a broken heart, was shocked to hear this but nevertheless, silently and meekly left the office accepting the decision and her fate.

Later in the day, came another woman, Woman “B”, into the director’s office and sat down on one side of the very large, hand made, cherry wood desk. She, too, was looking for a retirement place and since she was also Catholic and had attended church on a semi-regular basis, when she had the time since she was always so busy, had also decided that this retirement home was the best one for her. Again, the director told her that there was absolutely no room at the center for anyone.

Then the women stated that she could pay $10K cash, a month, for a room.

Upon hearing this, the director quickly took off her Christian Dior (get it- Christian! Dior) designer glasses, straitened her fancy cashmere jacket and while fumbling around, typed hastily onto the keyboard of her Apple Laptop to “surprisingly” find that, lo and behold, there was indeed a room available in the center for “a women with such outstanding Christian values!” “God is with you”, she said proudly as Woman B smugly left the office, with her assistant by her side.


Meanwhile, Woman A ... still stubbornly living at home for the past year (it was the Catholic Center or none at all!) ... after an emergency operation in the hospital …. Died last week - one week before Christmas ….


And God said, ” the meek shall inherent the earth….”

jbm :(

GROWTH

… and he said, “I am seeking personal growth”

“All the answers you seek are within”, replied the wise man.

Is it really “growth” if it’s been inside you all along?

jbm
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Inspiration

I am inspired by EVERYTHING!

jbm
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Good Bye Sophia

It is with sadness that I must say that Sophia will be stopping her blogs. For those of you who do not know Sophia, I reccommend that you visit her sites and read through her posts. See the links to her sites on the left side of my blog...
Sophia's Visions and Sophia's University

Sophia is one of a kind and her posts and insights will be greatly missed.....

Even though it fills my heart with sadness to say "goodbye" to her, I am filled with joy when recollecting my thoughts about her sites, posts, comments and her contributions to my journey. Sophia was a major factor in my decision to start my blog and share my thoughts with you all. She became family to me although I never told her that and this is an example of why we must tell those closest to us that we luv them for we never know where our journey will take us and who will be with us as we search for the "answers".

For that, I am most gratefull to Sophia. With that said, I am reminded of one of my favorite quotes, when thinking of Sophia:

SUCCESS is...

“To laugh often and love much; to win the respect of intelligent persons and the affection of children; to earn the approbation of honest citizens and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to give of ones self; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to have played and laughed with enthusiasm and sung with exultation. To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived --- this, is to have succeeded;"
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Sophia, YOU have Succeeded!

jbm

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