Enkounters

Publish Post Today is my birthday!! As I approached my birthday I have been going through a series of reflections and I am very thankful for all the many experiences and memories, good and bad that I have had in the past year and the years before. Somehow in my reflection I was led to reflect on my time spent in the West in solitude. I never realized just how many videos I made. This clip is one example of how much I enjoyed my own company in my 'minimalist' home. Lol. As I thankfully and happily embrace this new chapter of my life I want to dedicate this clip to this past chapter of my life... Good night sweetheart! ~Live Life, Love God, One Encounter at a Time~

The challenge was never offered to me to quit facebook  but I did it and for three weeks at that...that's right...three whole weeks! I feel now is a good time to share some of the thought processes that went into that decision, some of the reactions and how I spent my time being facebook free. The Decision When I decided to take a 'longer than 24hrs' break from facebook it wasn't a decision I considered and deliberated on. As a matter of fact like nike...I just pretty much did it. I know many people in my network were left feeling puzzled, curious or just down right worried about the decision especially with how I made that step. Like I said before...I just did it. These days when people say they are not on facebook they are normally met with the 'which planet are you from look', so you can imagine the reactions I got.  This statement I recently heard aptly summarizes the overall reactions.   'Whoever is not on facebook is sick and needs help.' The R...

After posting the last post I made about time , I went to sleep and once again had a strange dream. I have since been contemplating what to make of this dream. I mean how and when can we really ever tell when a dream is just a dream or a vision or even worse a warning? Last night I must have had a lengthy dream but what I can remember is being at this place, I am not sure where it was, but in my mind it seemed to be at this specific house. The house where my grandmother used to live in Frankfield. It somehow seemed different though as there were scores of strange people mulling about and as the stretch of land to get down from the road to the house...the 'driveway', had steps instead of stones and seemed much longer and steeper. What is even more strange was that people drove down the steps and there were three (3) vehicles down in the yard (bear in my mind that in reality the front and side yard of that house has no space for vehicles and vehicles have never been down there as...

I don't think it's any coincidence that God's time  seems to be the theme for this month. There just always seems to be a time line involved in everything we want to get done. Anyway, as my birthday is fast approaching I've been spending time reflecting, going through pictures, reading my journals just really reflecting to get some perspective. What was interesting was that while going through the journal I just happened to buck up this to-do list...yea...one of those goal to-do lists  where I need to do x by y time . Funnily, the list was written back in 2006 and it had check boxes placed next to the goals. I noticed that at least 3 boxes were still not ticked at the time, while others were ticked and dated...and now for the surprise the unchecked were: 1. Become a lacto-ovo vegetarian  2. Go Natural and 3. Something else that I can't quite remember now.. . It was very funny to me, as reading it marked the 8th day since I had gone vegan with no desire for mea...

There is so much in my life that I thought (I don’t even know what to think anymore) was wrong and then yesterday I got the most devastating news I’ve gotten this year. It was the icing on top of everything else that was not going right in my life. Then, just when I was beginning to think it was too much and began professing my hatred for this life, out of nowhere came unexpected peace and a strange blessing. I’ve never been more humbled by a blessing. Sometimes I get it and other times I don’t. It is easier to say it, (chant it even) than to live it…God is in control, God is in control, God is in control! This has always been such a hard concept for me to grasp as I have always been very curious, controlling and demanding ever since I was a little girl. I’ve never liked surprises because of this very trait…especially unpleasant ones. Yet God has been so patient in delivering them and through each of them teaching and shaping dependence and trust ...