Cabin Mood

Does it increase LOVE?

One simple question can often answer a few things for me when someone gives me their concerns for family issues and how to deal with them...
my advice to someone last week was...
Well, all you have to ask yourself is...

"Does it increase LOVE?

If something increases love it is likely a good thing to do... if not... think twice.

What is helpful?

Just to be clear...
I write for men and not for babes...
The reason I listen to motivational speaking is to find a good quote that I find helpful... to keep going, keep trying,...
This was the best one I heard this week...

'I believe that everything in your life happens for you not to you.'

That quote ties in with another one I used to find encouraging as I drove by it... 

'God is for you.'

Lesson in Trust

Questioning

"My journey from here to there was lonely."

I've been traveling through an indescribably lonely phase of life trying to answer some life questions.

What is my passion?

What have I achieved?

What have I done uncommonly well?

How am I wired?

Where do I belong?

It is like lighting a candle in a dark room. The illumination is amazing... the darker the room. Maybe this is why the journey is so lonely. The deep questions that I seek to answer are supposed to guide the way to what I am to do and where.

I was told, recently, that I am good at giving. When I tried to find an article on how that particular gift fits with a job or paid position... I could not find any articles on that specific topic. I feel giftings and tasks need to come together for personal fulfillment, usefulness, and life satisfaction.

Sometimes I just do something creative and see how I can use it later. I'll take a picture of something that evokes warm feelings for me... a weathered wood and woodland berries wreath gives me a Christmas kind of feeling. I think it's the simplicity of the soul tugging barrenness of living through many Canadian winters that bears up the authenticity of endurance. I'm hoping to find solid answers to the questions above this next little while. 

Canadian Landscape

There is nothing quite like a lonely Friday night that feels like a great Canadian wilderness... vast and solitary.

Communication

I find the world a little conflicting right now especially in the area of communication. I applied for a job and will go to the interview this week. What really appealed to me about this particular job was this... the job requires meeting people face to face. Isn't that refreshing? In a world that tries to imitate 'real' in the medium of a little too much emphasis on social media... this 'face to face' requirement was the part of the job that I thought was so appealing. Apparently, the particular demographic that the position deals with does not enjoy or engage in social media. Yes. There are these kind of people. They work. They produce projects that need to be done and finished in order to be useful for others. Social media can have a place of helpfulness but here is the real test... how many people do you or I spend time with that we would be clicking connection with on social media?

It takes Strength

Quote from a book I'm re- reading...
"In man, fallen creatures that we are, the pillars (of headship) are often unbalanced, unstable, and unready to bear the weight of headship.
But... 
To the degree the pillars are balanced, 
to provide,
to protect,
to teach,
to connect,
God's image is clear, and the man and those around him flourish.
To the degree they are abased and abused, the image is distorted, the man withers, and those around him experience imbalance, insecurity and pain."
It takes a lot of strength to continually be aiming for living the balanced life, and yet,
is that not what a life worth living is all about?