We're off to see the Wizard . . .
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Schoolmarm | Sunday, September 08, 2002 - 10:39 am     Well, phooey diddle....of course I want world peace, and peaceful neighbors (LOL). On a selfish note (and you can tell how overworked and tired I am for me to post a selfish wish in this thread). 1. I wish that my dissertation were finished. 2. I wish that I could have a happy marriage (with great kids) with a terrific, loving guy. Oh....1 and 2 are impossible? Then 3. I wish that my collegue's cancer would be cured so he could come back to work OR that he would just decide to retire....I've only had two weeks of this semester's overload, but a year and a half ago, doing his overload nearly sent me over the edge. <marm is thankful good health and for tvch as stress relief!> Lord, just give me the strength to get through the next week....and the next and the next. |
Squaredsc | Sunday, September 08, 2002 - 11:35 am     i want my 40 acres and a mule <grin>. seriously, i want to go back to my pre-pregnancy size. i am 5-1 3/4 and i used to weigh btw 100lbs and 110lbs, not going to say what i weigh now but its plus size. oh and 1 million dollars and world peace. |
Pagal | Sunday, September 08, 2002 - 11:56 am     My wish would be to have a mother/daughter relationship with my mom. We've never saw eye-to-eye and it seems like I've been angry at her all my life. I don't want to bore you all with details but, after my first husband died 8 years ago, I didn't think I would ever be able to move on. There was so much that he & I didn't get to do before he died and it made me rethink my relationship with my mom. Fast forward: I reconnected with my mom and tried to balance having a relationship with her but respecting my siblings wishes to not have anything to do with her. It turns out that my mom had been diagnosed as manic depressive but wasn't able to work through it to make changes in her life - she wanted everyone else to change instead. I ended up stressed and in ill health and, once again, chose to push her out of my life. I wish we could just sit down at my kitchen table and have a cup of coffee and pour over pictures of our grandchild (her great-grandchild)and put everything else behind us. Crimminy! I got carried away and I'm sure none of this makes any sense. Thanks for reading this if you got this far! |
Buttercup | Sunday, September 08, 2002 - 11:59 am     I’ve been sitting here pondering how world peace could come about. Though, I suppose my thoughts also could apply to other “peace” situations in our lives. The first step would be to put down all weapons. Then there would have to be forgiveness. Though, forgiving isn’t the same as forgetting. Forgiving also doesn’t mean that everybody becomes friends—or those who once were friends become friends yet again. Sometimes the trust that once was broken can never be repaired. However, I do believe that it is still possible to live in peace and tolerate one another without there being any animosity. Life goes on, but people choose to take different paths. We sometimes do foolish things that we can never take back regardless of how much we want to. Sometimes the hurt and pain we have caused has made it impossible for others to take the hand that is reaching out. It goes back to trust. Perhaps it would be a good thing to use the energy that we want to make things right with, towards other positive goals instead. In the meantime we should accept what we’ve done wrong and the fact that we have wronged people and broken their trust, whether it be through war or other means. Time is precious, which is why we need to make the best of the time that we all have. Time is one of the few things in our lives that cannot be altered. What we do with our time is something that can be changed. This brings me to some of the words in the Serenity prayer: Grant me the serenity To accept the things I cannot change, The courage to change the things I can, And the wisdom to know the difference. Perhaps if we all kept those words fresh in our minds every day, this world might become a better and more peaceful place to live. Sorry if my thoughts were a little OT in this thread, but I figured if the Wizard can’t help us, then perhaps we can help ourselves
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Resortgirl | Sunday, September 08, 2002 - 01:37 pm     You're awesome buttercup!! |
Karuuna | Sunday, September 08, 2002 - 03:18 pm     Well, just cause Grant thinks we're not thinking deeply enough... As I recall, the Wizard didn't grant Dorothy's wish. Anyone here not see the movie? The wizard flies off without her and Dorothy has to get herself home. As the Good Witch says "Dorothy always had the power to go home, she just had to learn that for herself." World peace comes thru inner peace, on an individual level. As Gandhi said, "We must be the change we want to see in the world." But inner peace can never be achieved until we stop trying to get other people to be what we want them to be - that's not under our control, and trying to control what we can't is a sure way to cultivate inner and outer turmoil. Maybe world peace, or personal peace isn't about forgiveness at all. Maybe it's about seeing that there is a lot to less to forgive than we think there is. When we find ourselves disappointed in someone, maybe it's because we had our own expectations of them to begin with. When we relax our control over people, our desire to get them to do what *we* want them to do, it's hard to be disappointed in them. They are just being who they are. We only need to forgive someone, when we sit in judgment of them. Once we give up judging others, there's nothing to forgive. Maybe the trick to finding our way home, to inner peace, to world peace, is to realize that it's not about asking a Wizard to get those other people to forgive us, or to do what we want them to do. Maybe it's about realizing that the way to peace was always inside ourselves somewhere, not out there. Maybe it's about changing our own behavior instead of everyone else's; and we each have to learn that for ourselves. |
Babyruth | Sunday, September 08, 2002 - 03:44 pm     Wow Karuuna-! I couldn't agree with you more. Once again, you've articulated my very thoughts much better than I could ever hope to. Thanks for your beautifully expressed, well-reasoned, compassionate post! |
Whit4you | Sunday, September 08, 2002 - 03:46 pm     Aww Karuuna your post reminds me of the best thread-eva the syncronicty thread. Well said  |
Gail | Wednesday, September 11, 2002 - 05:06 am     I originally started this thread to see what my friends here felt was that one little thing that keeps them from living the life they should be living. For me, it is still confidence - not being afraid of falling in order to see if I can jump the curb on rollerblades. Basically trusting in my own judgement to to the right thing. On this day of reflections, rememberance and deep thoughts, my wish is that all my enemies would be friends and all of my friends could be friends with each other. I wish not just for world peace but peace in my heart.
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Vanillarose | Wednesday, September 11, 2002 - 10:47 pm     Karuuna, That was an awesome post!!! It's given me a lot to think about. I'll be mulling that one over for quite a while. |
Gail | Thursday, September 12, 2002 - 04:00 am     Yes Karuuna, it does give a person food for thought. Thanks for keeping me on track. |
Alegria | Thursday, September 12, 2002 - 04:50 am     I recently attended a series of seminars led by a very wise teacher. His subject was human spiritual psychology. One session he talked about how as individuals people can easily feel overwhelmed by their burdensome problems and their usual response is to make a resolution. Well, resolutions are heavy package to put on top of a laden back and he made the point that the first thing to fall off when we try to move forward is that very resolution (making us feel guilty and even worse). So, instead of making resolutions make declarations. We should BE what we want instead of hoping we will become it someday. The place to start is by affirming to ourself in the form of a declaration. We were invited to think about this and later in the week everyone had the opportunity to each make a private (or public) declaration and receive a blessing as we went on our way. The first person to go up said how she had always felt crippled by her lack of self confidence. Insecurity held her back from connecting with others and she was always criticizing and analysing herself to the point of depression. Her declaration was "I am a confident woman who has a lot to offer and loves people". That was some months ago and she has kept repeating that declaration and it has had a very beneficial effect on her life since then. I made my own declaration and sitting here thinking about it - I have definitely lived it since. Thanks for reminding me |
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