The Journey

Good morning one and all, it's journey day!

I won't be writing tomorrow so I will include Open Forum in my blog today.

I was mentioning the fact that Facebook found me yesterday and after checking it out some more my blog takes priority.

Facebook isn't really me. My profile looks rather wholesome and small compared to some people, but my eyes have been opened looking at some other people's profiles.

My cousin says she always looks up people on Facebook before hiring anyone and now I know why. One guy I know is a major player on Facebook. It didn't totally surprise me to see that, but I certainly wouldn't consider him for a 'serious' job based on his profile that's for sure. But he wasn't the only one like that I assure you. All my 'friends' on Facebook are normal people that use the site to keep in touch with people and to post their photos and videos and so on. But some people seem to make it into a competition to see who has the most 'friends.' I've never understood that clique-like behaviour. Just because you have more friends doesn't mean you're a better person. That's why I still see the site as being for teenagers. It's that mentality of more is better--you know that popularity thing that I guess some people never grow out of. I was never into that to begin with so...I look wholesome on Facebook. So be it.

I have had a wild week in other ways that don't include any web sites. I have made some serious promises to myself that I have kept and it has transformed my life. It is interesting how right Marcel Proust was when he said: The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. Of course to 'have new eyes' you must change from within the way you are perceiving the world. To change your perception you must change the way you see yourself. It all comes from within.

I have always been an avid reader of quality new age materials about spirituality and personal growth and I have read countless times the idea that change can only come from within. Since I was a child I have had sneak peeks into this idea but I really didn't completely get it until about 6 months ago.

My perception of the world is now totally different than it was even a month ago.

I do not look at myself the same way I used to at all. I have consciously focused my forgiveness, love and genuine friendship onto myself and in turn healed a lot of the issues I had been carrying around with me. Sometimes I wonder how I left the house with all the crap I had stowed away in all my pockets.

I now leave the house much lighter and the new eyes with which I see the world are real and unfettered.

I now see everyone and everything as being whole and real and important. The respect I have for my friends, my family, my animals, my work, nature, well, pretty much everything has skyrocketed.

I wish you all a wonderful day and a relaxing weekend!

A lundi!