Born Again
"The Purpose of our lives is to give birth to the best which is within us."
Marianne Williamson
The best that is within us is up to us to acknowledge. It is always there. It has always been there and it will always be there whether we tap into it or not. To be reborn is to have acknowledged the perfection within. The perfection that God sees. The perfection that God made. The perfection that Jesus died on the cross for.
How do we find it again? BE KIND. See the beauty in everyone you meet. Say hello to a stranger. Enjoy life. Take comfort in the ones you love. Have no fear. Don’t fear getting old. Don’t fear your faith and your spirituality. Don’t fear speaking up for yourself. FIND out what makes you YOU! Parachute out of a plane. Travel someplace you want to see. Take a day off with your children. Learn how to play the guitar. Learn to love what you cannot change and change whenever you can!
Life is taken so seriously. People live everyday walking in circles rather than taking a different path, a path that they would never take because they are afraid of what is around the corner or who might be watching. I truly believe that organized religion has done this to us. How can we find ourselves when we are taught that we aren’t good enough for God? WE ARE GOOD ENOUGH!
Find your inner child. Reconnect with that child and allow your heart to filter out the mess that organized religion plugged it up with. You will find that God has been in there all along and peace will fill your soul.
That’s some dangerous doctrine!
I love it!
Jason
I know!! it’s just so complicated isn’t it! LOL
Thanks Jason
I feel like this is God Himself speaking to me. My mom is having brain surgery tomorrow at 1:00 and before I came to this site today I just looked up and said just speak to me and WOW! That may sound weird to some but you have no idea the comfort, peace and serenity it gave me at this time. Love you all!
Lisa,
You and your mother will be in my thoughts. Just know that what ever the outcome is we are all children of God. What ever the plan is it is a perfect plan. Have no fear Lisa…I love you
Mindy, you are your father’s child!
For years I have struggled with organized religion. I could never find a church where I felt like I belonged, especially after I became a single parent. I felt like people were going through the motions and everything was so ritualistic. I was judged in places that I should have found love and kindness. I have never been able to understand why kindness and love are so hard for some. I see this even in little kids. Why do people have to be mean or say mean things? Why is it so hard to be kind even to strangers? Why is it so hard to love one another? (Please don’t take me wrong. I am no better than anyone else and there are many good people who attend church.)
This post was well written and I hope there are many that step out of that circle to find who they truly are and to find that God is here.
God is in the eyes of the stranger who has a frown on their face, but you take the time to stop and say hello making them smile.
God is there when you decide to do something nice and out of the ordinary for a co-worker or for someone who is in your life, but often do not notice or appreciate.
God is there when you take the time to step out of our fast paced world and truly listen to those around you and show that you care.
Let me tell you from experience, God is there when you parachute out of a plane. It’s the most beautiful, amazing sight and so amazingly peaceful!
God woud want us to see the beauty of our earth. He would want us to see the beauty in eachother.
Your father helped me through many struggles even though he probably didn’t know how much he helped me. He woud be proud of you. Keep your dangerous doctrine coming! Share your love and your kindness the way God would want you to and the way your father would want you to!
Blessings to you all!
Michelle,
Boy do I understand your experience. Church is almost evil to me. Don’t misunderstand. I shared some wonderful memories with some wonderful people in Church. Just because someone goes to Church in my eyes doesn’t mean I need to stay away from them. I simply stay away from the religion. Just the other night I went to dinner with my child hood best friend whom I only knew through Church. We laughed and cried and shared the most wonderful evening together. I told her my feelings about the Church and she shared hers…by the end of the night we were giving our email addresses out and exchanging phone numbers. It had been a long time. I know my Father had a hand in it just in case he is watching
You are an amazing woman Michelle. I admire you for your strength and courage. You amaze me. Keep sharing your love and Kindness. I can’t thank you enough for it!
Thanks Mindy!
I’m very grateful to you and appreciate so much your love and kindness. I do have such a peace about today. God is good all the time!!
Lisa,
I was looking at a picture I have of my Dad on my sun visor in the car. I talk to him every morning sometimes just to say good morning. I was telling him this morning to be with your Mom and be with my Abigail today. BUT, then it dawned on me that I don’t have to ask him to do that. He is already with them and us. The beauty behind his death is that he is with us all the time now. I love knowing that. Others may not believe that way, but I sure do. I know I can’t ask him to change the outcome of things, but the miracle is asking him to give us the things we can change within ourselves such as courage and faith that we can get through anything.
Michelle,
It is so hard sometimes to understand the “mean people”…even the little ones, but I have somehow been given through the death of my Father a sight for seeing only the good even when they only portray the bad. I don’t see it all the time. I have my days, but they seem to be few and far between. I think when we start realizing that this world is an illusion and we can see the realness, the love, the good whether that person is in touch with it or not…then we have found peace and it is easy to walk around smiling at those who are mean. It won’t matter if they smile back. You won’t be doing it to get a smile back…you will just be smiling
Mindy
Is the whole post by Marianne Williamson or just the title?
Peace
Geo
The Quote is the only thing from Marianne Williamson.
A dear friend of mine came up to me at work when I was speaking of dad and somehow it developed into an amazing conversation. It was as if dad just started talking through me. The words flowed and the tears along with them. I often sit and wish I could speak like my father and share what he did with others, at that moment I realized I just did. She shared her wish to have a celebration of life upon her death and she visits the site to read the posts and has been touched by it all. She came to me today and thanked me for that conversation and I felt my father looking upon me and saying, that’s my baby! I am so proud to be Cliff and Nancy Hazelbaker’s daughter. I am so proud to be Mindy,Cliff and Amy’s sister. To express the love in my heart is something I want to share everyday!!!
I want to thank my husband for his love,support and for being my rock through it all!!
Geo,
I guess I should say that I only wish I could write like Marianne Williamson. I admire her outlook on life. I wish I had more time to read her books.
Tammy,
I wish you would write more often here at Bold Grace! You have soo many wonderful things to write and I know we all would love to read your words. You are your Father’s child!!
Wow Mindy! Don’t sell yourself short, you are “that” good! Love you!
Mandy
Mindy
The reason I asked is that YOU CAN write as well as her! I thought she had wrote it! You my sister are as good or better in your writings here on Bold Grace. Your daddy is smiling!
Peace
Geo
Let me also add Mindy that Marianne Williamson would do well to read your writings!
Peace
Geo
George and Mandy, thank you
I am enjoying life right now and I feel so inspired by my Father. Audrey said it best that when it comes from the heart it is sincere and right now I can feel my Dad in there and like he said, “You just want to shout it from the roof top!”
This is funny, but I had to delete one of my comments because after I read it I thought, “Wow Mindy…how insecure are you?” It is easy to sell yourself short, but sometimes you gotta take a step back and pause…BREATH… and let your confidence shine. NO FEAR
Mindy
CONFIDENCE looks good on you!
Peace
Geo
GEO,
CONFIDENCE MIGHT LOOK THAT GOOD, BUT POLKA DOTS SURE DON’T! GEESH…I ONLY WISH ;0
Lisa, If you are out there I just wanted you to know that I am thinking of you. How did everything go with your Mom?
Love you,
Mindy
Hey Mindy! Thanks! I’m just taking a short break from the hospital. Fixing to head back. I stayed with her last night. Dr. Thompson said he got all the tumor and he was very optimistic. We immediatly saw some very good changes in her thought patterns but certainly not out of the woods yet and also pretty certain there is demintia but hopefully just not as bad as we had thought. She’s just a little trooper–doing so well no matter what the circumstances, very grateful and co-operative. I am very blessed to have such a sweet mom and mindy be so very glad there are 4 of you kids. There are 4 of us and as you well know that is so very helpful in difficult times especially. Us Hazelbakers are so very blessed to have one another. I called aunt barb immediatley after surgery but if you could give her an update for me that mom is doing so well and more alert than before surgery I would be very grateful. Give her my love and gratitude as well.
Love you all
Lisa P
Lisa,
Thank you for the update and glad to hear things are going well. I will definately call Grandma and let her know how things are going!
Love you lots