Epiphany (personal)

[labelleizzy]

If I don't take the time and energy to meet my own needs and take care of my self, why would I believe I could meet the needs of others?

If I don't weed out the cankerblossoms from my own soul, won't they set root and even seed out new cankers, new miseries, new heartaches? New misunderstandings?

If I don't show respect, how can I expect respect?

If I don't live the love, why would I expect love to be given to me?


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I failed to plan. I failed to set my priorities and my plans in order to meet those priorities.
I have been failing to plan.

It is time to use the Big Brain and work out the Most Important Things and how to achieve, become, or work toward them.

I start again today.

Comments

[yangming.livejournal.com]

The abbott at santa cruz zen center (and she probably got this from dogen) said once that "there's a yes and a no in every moment". I like to keep that in mind.

[labelleizzy.livejournal.com]

thank you, I like this.

[trekster.livejournal.com]

Yay for the using of the Big Brain. It will help you lots.

Who was it who said "Failing to plan = planning to fail"? I know I've seen it somewhere.

See ya friday!

[serendipity17.livejournal.com]

I left you a message on your phone: TJs now carries cheese curd. The package includes directions for making it squeeky.

[cyan-blue.livejournal.com]

Cankerblossoms - interesting word!

[labelleizzy.livejournal.com]

thank you. At a guess, I believe it's Shakespearean. I have all sorts of odd words in my brain via that study.