When There's Nothing to Do!

When there’s nothing to do, what do you do? When there’s nothing to say, what do you say? When there’s nothing to write, what do you write? When there’s nothing to hear, what do you hear? When there’s nothing to touch, what do you touch?

Sometimes, or rather all too often, many of us still get caught up in the rigors and hurriedness of life. We’ve been through this before, yet sometimes we act as though these emotions are foreign to us. We are trapped in the spin cycle of life, until it flings us off without warning. Once we’re all twisted, limp and weak, then we wonder how we got this way.

Life "happens" and as long as we live on this side of life, there are many things we have no control over. Yet, we do have self-control by relinquishing it to a power much greater than us. I cry out to God often, not just when I am going through some crazy situations beyond my control, but when things are serene and during times when I do nothing. That is when I cry out to Him with thanksgiving, praise and worship!

Quite often we have to remove ourselves from pleading insanity, because someone or some things are trying to drive us there. We have to remember that everything has a season, time and purpose under the heavens. Sometimes during our seasons of life, we can’t do anything, no matter how much we try to burst our brains to produce something, just because society says so. 

In our quiet moments, when there is nothing to do, or say, or write or to connect to, it is then that we must listen and respond accordingly…simply by doing nothing. This temporary idleness is not forever, eventhough as the clock ticks we think it does. Nah, I say stop looking at the clock for a while and allow your spirit to float momentarily, and absorb the peace and nothingness that is not a bad thing in this situation. It’s when you make that nothingness habitual, which creates even greater dangers and menacing behaviors.

So when there are moments when you can’t do nothing, heed the signals and wait. Because if you do something, when clearly the signs tell you to do nothing, you could disrupt the order of things that could have turned your nothing into something magnanimous! 

Have a beautiful day!

Finding a Piece of Paradise Where You Are

Sometimes we become entrapped by the haste that surrounds us daily, whether it involves our jobs, family, extracurricular activities, our human interactions or even while we are at school. We all too often become entrapped by distractions that puts a veil over our physical and spiritual senses, sending us into a state of overwhelm, anxiousness and frustration. This often leads to a myriad of personal health issues, unfortunate experiences and unexpected circumstances.

Regardless of whether you live in the city, suburbs or country it is imperative that in order to maintain some sense of stability and peace within your mind, body and spirit, you must find a designated time and space where you can escape to an environment of tranquility. There is no need in trying to wait until you take a vacation to find your piece of paradise. Whether it is a designated spot on your deck, in your yard, in a quiet nook in your house, a particular place at a nearby park, lake, beach or mountains, just rest assured that if you really want to, you could create a place and space to meditate, pray, relax and release every single day. Where is your favorite place of paradise?