T(s)FTD

We have messages to give and messages to receive for the good of all.

Sometimes our egos keep us from hearing the very words that would unravel a problem in our lives.


How hard it is, how often, to be still and to fully listen to the words, rather than the person.


How much more familiar it is to filter the message with our own ongoing inner dialogue-our own ongoing continual assessment of another's personhood at the very time a message is trying to reach us through them.



There really are no wasted words.
Messages are everywhere.
We can learn to listen.

Followed by:

Don't panic!
If a swimmer was crossing a great lake, then suddenly focused too heavily on the distance remaining, he might start to flounder and go under - not because he couldn't swim, but because he became overwhelmed by panic.
Panic, not the task, is the enemy.

Many of us have moments when we feel crowded and overwhelmed.
We have times when we feel like we cannot possibly accomplish all that needs to be done.
For a moment, it is helpful to look forward and envision the project.

It is normal, when we look ahead at what needs to be done, to have moments of panic.
Feel the fear, then let it go.
Take our eyes off the future and the enormity of the task.
If we have envisioned the goal, it will be ours.
We do not have to do everything today, or at once.
Focus on today.
Focus on the belief that all is well.
All we need to do to reach our goal is to focus on what presents itself naturally, and in an orderly way, to us today.

We shall be empowered to accomplish, peacefully, what we need to get where we want to be tomorrow.
Panic will stop this process.
Trust and guided action will further it.
Breathe deeply.
Get peaceful.
Trust.

Act as guided, today.
We can get back on track by treading water until we regain our composure.
Once we feel peaceful, we can begin again, with confidence.
Keep the focus simple, on one stroke, one movement at a time.
If we can make one movement, we have progressed.
If we get tired, we can 'float' -- but only if we are relaxed.
Before we know it, we shall reach the shore.