Recovery Through Faith (and prayer): Today, Tomorrow and Always

Ever feel exhausted for no reason? Well, maybe you know the reason, but when it's emotional it's hard to admit or swallow the truth.  When my heart is wounded I "Pop!" like a balloon.  It's that simple. Someone can instantly bring me down to a level that I despise and little do they know that they bring my belief, love and respect for them down, too.  It's like carbonation without the fizz or a parade without a band.

It's so hard to get the momentum back.  The bright and shiny train I was riding on fell off the track and off a cliff!  I fight to stay strong knowing I can conquer the day since I've been through so much worse, or have I?  Emotional healing is physically debilitating and even an optimist needs to soul search for strength.  It's a silent and private journey this time, therefore, no comforting words from the cheer squad.  Some things we have to endure alone, right?

The savior for me is just that, my Savior! Who else could possibly comfort me or hold me in grace like I was a newborn child?  Comfort comes from the Word:

Philippians 4:13 "...in any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of being filled and going hungry, both of having abundance and suffering need. 13I can do all things through Him who strengthens me."

And prayer, of course.  Always a given, tride-and-true! I often find myself in thanksgiving for prayers answered.  I am humble in my petitions and am so blessed to have found peace in our Creator.  This was not always the case, but I have weathered many storms (a lot of my own accord) and risen like a phoenix out of the ashes. (see Flight of the Phoenix)

The pain has passed and I am on the mend, but the damage is done. Gestures of kindness replace words of solace.  The daylight fades and darkness follows. I believe the sun will rise tomorrow and a new day will dawn.  Love and peace are my earthly quests, thus, let nothing sabotage my journey!

Om asatoma...from darkness to light.

Blessings/Namaste ~ MJ

Inspiring Quotes and Poems...

"The idea of marriage is to multiply joy. If you multiply your miseries, it’s a crime." ~ Sadhguru

"I wish I could show you, when you are lonely or in darkness, the astonishing light of your own being."
~ Hafiz

 "Meditation leads me into the unknown, and as I trust stepping into the void, I am no longer contracted within my own reality, but expand in the limitlessness of being." ~ Fragrant Heart

 One of my own favorite pieces (Please no reproduction without consent of author)...

Flight of the Phoenix by MJ Borbi (LaDuke )

My heart once soared with joy

and I touched the realm of peace,

And now I dwell in the perils of evil

Reeking with temptations, turmoil and havoc.

Broken, shattered, distressed.

Dreams laden with desolation haunt my nights

As they turn into endless days.

They are one in the same.

With no return to love in sight

I sit, wait, fade and erode

Into someone or something I do not know.

Fear consumes me.

Fear of loss and love.

Fear of fallen hope, desires, and dreams.

Fears that veil my existence.

Is this suffering a choice?

Look to the sky.

It is clearing now.

The strength is building,

Rising like the intrepid phoenix.

Out of the ashes morphing into

Ethereal beauty……the quest reveals the beginning

Which was once the end.

I am not who I am.

Who am I?

What do I desire?

Freedom from pain and affliction?

Flight above all.

Soaring. Drifting. Never falling.

Achievement is attained…

Through love.

Through the Holy Spirit.

Through life.

Through death.

Through Divinity.

Om nivah shivaya.

Not life as we know it.

In eternity peace comforts us.

Holds us in His grace.