Walking My Labyrinth

As I walk along, I find that I am drawn to holding my musings and moments up to the Mirror to allow proper reflection. As I examine my life and thoughts and the teachings of Spirit contained therein, I invite any and all to partake or not of my ramblings. You may be walking a different path, or in a different place on the great wheel of spirit but allow the divine thread hidden within us all to activate the catalyst for your growth. Namaste'

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Wednesday, October 25

The Dysfunctional Spiritualist

I'm in the middle of writing at least two blogs and usually under a constant state of distraction of one kind or another when I tripped over this while taking a break.  I really felt like sharing this list that I found from this website {http://bertc.com/truth.htm}

 

There were several lists on the site that I managed to peruse and had to share a few tidbits with fellow workmates (like the moment of Zen list... check it out)

 

Anyways, this list helped me to further define some of my dysfunctions *grin*

 

The Dysfunctional Spiritualist

33 steps toward personal
growth and life fulfillment

 

 

 

  1. As I let go of my feelings of guilt, I am in touch with my inner sociopath.
  2. I have the power to channel my imagination into ever-soaring levels of suspicion and paranoia.
  3. I assume full responsibility for my actions, except the ones that are someone else's fault.
  4. I no longer need to punish, deceive, or compromise myself, unless I want to stay employed. (Isn't this the truth!)
  5. In some cultures what I do would be considered normal.
  6. Having control over myself is almost as good as having control over others.
  7. My intuition nearly makes up for my lack of self-judgment.
  8. I honor my personality flaws for without them I would have no personality at all.
  9. Joan of Arc heard voices too.
  10. I am grateful that I am not as judgmental as all those censorious, self-righteous people around me.
  11. I need not suffer in silence while I can still moan, whimper, and complain.
  12. As I learn the innermost secrets of people around me, they reward me in many ways to keep me quiet.
  13. When someone hurts me, I know that forgiveness is cheaper than a lawsuit, but not nearly as gratifying.
  14. The first step is to say nice things about myself. The second, to do nice things for myself. The third, to find someone to buy me nice things.
  15. As I learn to trust the universe, I no longer need to carry a gun.
  16. All of me is beautiful, even the ugly, stupid and disgusting parts.
  17. I am at one with my duality.
  18. Blessed are the flexible, for they can tie themselves into knots.
  19. Only a lack of imagination saves me from immobilizing myself with imaginary fears.
  20. I will strive to live each day as if it were my 50th birthday.
  21. I honor and express all facets of my being, regardless of state and local laws.
  22. Today I will gladly share my experience and advice, for there are no sweeter words than I told you so!
  23. False hope is better than no hope at all.
  24. A good scapegoat is almost as good as a solution.
  25. Just for today, I will not sit in my living room all day in my underwear. Instead, I will move my computer into the bedroom.
  26. Who can I blame for my problems? Just give me a minute.... I'll find someone.
  27. Why should I waste my time reliving the past when I can spend it worrying about the future?
  28. The complete lack of evidence is the surest sign that the conspiracy is working.
  29. I am learning that criticism is not nearly as effective as sabotage.
  30. Becoming aware of my character defects leads me naturally to the next step of blaming my parents.
  31. To have a successful relationship I must learn to make it look like I'm giving as much as I'm getting.
  32. I am willing to make the mistakes if someone else is willing to learn from them.
  33. Before I criticize a man, I walk a mile in his shoes. That way, if he gets angry, he's a mile away and barefoot.

 

 

Is it a bad thing that a couple of these lead me to philosophical thought? *wry grin*

Tuesday, October 17

Eight Things Nobody Knows

 

... or at least eight things that few people at work know about me.  They are having a fun and games contest that include a "get to know your team lead" puzzle game and I was asked to provide a list of eight pieces of data about myself that few if anyone up at work knows about.

 

It took me awhile to come up with a list of things that fit in my self imposed criteria.  Obviously it needs to be workplace appropriate *evilgrin* and it needs to be things that I can handle sharing with a large number of people (not all of whom do I necessarily consider friendly).  Considering there are already a good number of things I have babbled on about, it was a bit of a tough task coming up with things that I haven't already shared openly.

 

I finally came up with eight items that I haven't shared like that.  A couple of them I may have mentioned to one or two people but in general these haven't been conversation topics that I've really gone into while at work.  And more than a few not appropriate threads popped up in my mind as I was thinking about it of course *grin* but those may wait for a different time.

 

The list with comments follows:

 

 

1) My father received his orders to go to Vietnam on the same day I was born

 

- This is something I haven't ever brought up in the workplace because it can open the door into discussions of some of my primary life issues *evilgrin*.  I think saying that I have a challenge dealing with my memories of my father is a subtle understatement.

 

2) I ran track in high school for two years

 

- My favorite comment about this particular thread of experiences is remembering practice for Indoor Track... which we prepare for by running outside in the winter (I always felt that a polish person had to have come up with that).  Very quickly a number of the girls on the team realized how much heat and energy I radiated and I spent much of my downtime with other peoples hands between mine to defrost them.

 

3) My favorite taste sensations is a close race between Thai Peanut sauce and sour candy

 

- *wipes saliva off his chin*

 

4) My mother taught me to drive one handed so that I would have better control over the vehicle

 

- It actually makes sense if you have any experience driving vehicles from the pre-power steering era.  Not only do you get greater range of motion and friction using the ball of the hand as you apply pressure that way rather then holding onto the wheel primarily with your fingers.

  Though admittedly since most vehicles nowadays have power steering this particular skill mostly gets used to facilitate eating while driving and various other one handed moments *grin*

 

 

5) I have watched Fourth of July fireworks in a snowstorm

 

- I have yet to see another firework display that was as interesting as seeing the lights from the fireworks being reflected from all the snow particles in the sky...  in the month of July *grin* in the upper peninsula of Michigan.

 

6) I have had no broken bones or serious physical illnesses

 

- My mom once claimed that she thinks I had mumps "on one side" *shrug*... But no Chicken Pox, Measles, Tonsillitis, Appendicitis, or any other of a slew of "common ailments"  The most serious things I can think of other than maybe a bout with the flu once or twice has been a round robin of strep throat that I kept getting in high school.  I would love to blame that on kissing too many girls but I wasn't exactly that prolific in high school.  *sigh* oh well.

  I've also had inordinate amounts of grace when it comes to skeletal injuries...  I have been hit in the head with a flying baseball bat, stepped on by horses, struck by a car as a pedestrian, and other potentially hazardous situations and the worst I have ever received has been a sprained wrist from one time that I slipped while running on wet grass, or maybe the road rash from my car surfing adventure.

 

7) I have never watched Schindler's List, Titanic, or Saving Private Ryan

 

- *shrug* peer pressure doesn't always work *grin* at a certain point it can become a matter of pride.  though on a similar vein I finally broke down and read the DaVinci Code... For the longest time it was sitting in the same category, it was the lemming rush thing to do.  I'm glad I read it, it was a well crafted novel but it didn't have any of the profound effects upon me that it would have had on other people...  *grin* there were no new and novel concepts included, but then I am rather eclectic in my views and studies.

 

8) I have a fondness for nineteenth century poetry

 

- Oh come on, who wouldn't?  We have William Blake, Coleridge, Dickinson, Emerson, Keats, Kipling. D. H. Frickin' Lawrence (who has to have some of the naughtiest poetry a young boy can read *evilgrin*), Poe, Shelley, Tennyson (oh I'm having a literature orgasm from all the quotes running through my mind right now), Whitman, and Wordsworth!

  If you want to look at the early years of the twentieth century then I can add Alfred Noyes (I still can't believe that I had to explain how "The Highwayman" was romantic to a young lady I was seeing) and TS Eliot.

  Oh yes... I do miss some aspects of those honors English classes.  "Gettin' High!  On Lit-tah-chuh!"

 

And that's my random babble of the day.  *grin*