this might sound like an oxymoron but...

there is glory in marijuana...

this morning on cnn, i saw a report on what the legalization of marijuana would cost us.... and what it would cost us if we don't...

it could cost us a lot... it could cost us everything...

i am not sure what the effects on the amount of recreational use would be... that doesn't matter...

what matters is that it is one of God's creations... so we must glorify it...

how? you ask... simple... we use it to save the world!

simpler? ok... we use hemp to make paper... not just printing paper... paper towels, paper cups, even toilet paper... imagine all the trees we could save...

God does not make mistakes... people do... we misuse, abuse, and destroy His creations... look at the Ozone... we did that...

we have to open our eyes and see... look at what we have done... without vision, the people will perish... we shall not be blinded by fear... fear is False Evidence Appearing Real... it will make you see a different reality... it will lie to you... it will tell you what you want to hear... it will make you feel comfortable... so that you won't go to the truth... because the truth may hurt... yet it is nothing to fear...

the truth is that this world is a mess... we have made it so... and we need to fix it... before it's too late...

love never fails.

this is the first step... if we all loved each other as the children of God that we are... we would glorify God like we never have before... and imagine the glory that would come next... we would change the world undoubtedly...

just something to think about :)

peace.

change is constant

times they are a changin'!

i am so excited about all the new changes in my life! new career... pretty soon a new home... new places to visit in the near future... oh and of course... new shoes :)

everything is changing... people always say that nothing ever stays the same... that may be true... which in a way is a little sad to me... because even though i embrace change... at times i feel a sense of nostalgia for how things were before... at times i have wondered why nothing lasts forever...

but that's not exactly true... there is one thing that lasts forever... and that is God... and one thing that never changes... His love for me... and as long as that's true... nothing else really matters...

i know that i have a purpose... and as long as i always see the light... and stay focused... things around me will always change... even i myself may change.... but i will always get to where i'm going...

everything happens for a reason... God does not make mistakes... even misfortunes can be blessings in disguise... change does not have to hurt... it does not even have to be understood... i just have to know that God has a plan...

i didn't see my life being anything like what it is now a year ago... heck, not even six months ago... and even though i felt torn at times trying to make some decisions, i feel as everything has happened perfectly... and i thank God for that...

the thought behind the thought

do you ever think about what you're thinking about??

it's weird because most of the time... you are just thinking... and your thinking is subconscious... because you don't really think about what you think about... you just think...

but every now and then, your thinking becomes a little more conscious... and you stop to think about the thoughts you are having...

this has been a great tool for me to really figure out who i am... because when you can analyze your thoughts, you can know what emotion lies deep within you... you can know what your true intention is...

if your true intention is to love... if the emotion inside of you is love... then the actions that your thoughts will lead to will be acts of love... of kindness... of charity...

but if your thoughts are thoughts of anger... of resentment... of hatred... then your true intention of love has been overcome by fear... and the actions they will lead to will not be Godly acts...

pay attention to your thoughts... realize who you are... a child of God...

be still... and know...

how do you know?

you just do. it will be undeniable. all the signs will point to Him. and you will know... that God is in you.

and in the moment that you know... that God is in you... remember... that He has been there before... He has been there always... and He wants to stay forever... so keep that moment alive... and never forget...

if you do this... life becomes a dance... you become happy... and it will be a lot easier... to be who you really are... a loving, human being... with God in him...

being true to who you are would be your first nature... you would honor God and worship no other god... not money, not power, not fame... you would idolize nothing... you would never use His name in vain... and you will keep a day for Him... and then two days... until everyday becomes the Sabbath... you would honor your mother and father... for they have given you your life... you would not kill... for a loving human being would never take the life of another without justification... you would not want the spouse of another... or commit adultery, even in your mind... you would not steal... because everything already belongs to God... and God is in you... you would never bear false witness... truth is the essence of you... you would know that we are one in God... and therefore, would have no desire for the possessions of others... you would bless them.

so the next time you know... remember... and don't forget...

can't we all just get along?

sometimes i wish we were all on the same wavelength... we all could look each other in the eye... smile... and know that what we feel is a brotherly love... an unconditional love...

we would all know one absolute truth... and instead of fighting over who is right, we'd be loving each other and expanding... we would experience glory after glory... because that is God's will...

there would be little need for conversation... because we would all just understand...

imagine what we could do... we could end hunger... we would end war...

is it naive to DREAM BIG?