The Illuminated Life can happen now
in the moments left,
Die to your ego,
and become a true Human Being.
~Rumi
I found that quote after naming my page, and making my Logo, Rumi is my favorite! Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop away from you like the leaves of Autumn."
~ John Muir
Posted on Scott Wright Photography my other page on 12-21-11
3 years later! Winter Solstice, 21st of December, the darkest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. 3 years ago today, in fact 3 years ago at this moment, my life changed forever!!! In a moment of clarity I became acutely aware of the state of my life, I was given a gift of Light. I received a precious blessing to my Spirit, and it was a blessing of Love. Suddenly a Life full of bondage, and addiction for 35 years was changed. I don’t want to make it sound like my Life from that point to now has been without trials, because that would not be Life. However I knew something then that I had never known before, and that was, that I was loved, by something greater than myself. I didn’t know what that was, but I knew it to be true beyond any description words and language can express. I know that I am not the only person this has happened to, I just didn’t believe it would or could happen to me. I was in a very, very dark place, held there by the bonds of addiction to different degrees most of my adolescent and adult life. I was like a dandelion seed in the wind, moving in any direction it would carry me. For whatever reason I didn’t end up dead, though many times thought that death was a real possibility. I was crippled in knowing what Love was…Lust I knew very well, but Love was beyond my capacity to comprehend, until now! I remember like yesterday dropping to my knees, and pouring my Soul out to this Love, that if He would help me to recover from these bonds of addiction, I would do whatever He wanted me to do to help others know of this Light. It hasn’t been easy, and hasn’t been without setbacks, but for 18 months, I worked and strived to do better, to learn about this Love, I never wanted to feel what that dark place was like again. I began to realize that all that dark place was, was an absence of Light, and knowing that, has made all the difference. I’m not a perfect person, in fact far from that, but I know that Love has changed me, and that Love can change anyone! It truly can make you Whole Again, the way you were meant to be. After 18 months, I felt ready to put this Love into practice, that is when God place someone in my life to teach me the true meaning of Love, and what Love, Respect, and Companionship between a Man and Woman truly are. The carnal, animalistic side of Man/Woman relationships has its place, because without desire for each other, it just wouldn’t be the same. But in mutual respect, and Love, I began to learn what Love really was. I’m still learning. This type of handicapped perception of Love is rampant in our world today, and is at the root of many of the problems we see in society. Every day we see in the news incidents of infidelity, carnal lusts, fighting, divorce, and all manner of ills which destroy not only relationships between men and women, but the families they create. I am here, and my page is here to Reflect the Light that has been given me in my life…it is growing slowly, but there is work for me to do, this I know, and I leave it in God’s hands. I ask my fans, and other pages who come here, to please help spread this message. Share it with your friends, share it with your co-workers, share it with anyone who will listen. We can change the world together, one person at a time. “You may say I’m a dreamer…but I’m not the only one.” This has nothing to do with any religious belief…only the belief in a Creator, who loves us….if we find that Creator in religion, who am I to discourage that. We all find God in our own way, different things speak to each of us specifically. I talk to God in Nature, and Light of the Natural World, the Creations of beauty we see each day around us. I will continue to share what I see, as long as people want to see it, for that is how I am able to tell my story. I want to thank those who read this to the end. Several months after I started my journey of Light, I wrote the following poem…I’m not a writer, and I have never written a poem before, but this flowed from me like a river, straight from my heart, so I leave it here to hopefully help someone else along the way. Remember God and Love are the same thing…it emanates from Him and makes our world a better place, the more we share, the more we receive!!! As I lift,
The quivering in my legs tells me
My strength is inadequate. As I pull,
Pain in my back tells me,
The weight of the burden is too much. As I toil
Blisters on my hands tell me
The hole I am digging may be too deep. As I sweat
Stinging eyes tell me
My efforts are falling short
Then humbly
As I kneel
I know
I was never doing this alone
As I reach out
The light of a new beginning
Fills my Heart
With a Joy I never knew existed
As I rise
Confidence touches my soul
As I endure
A new nature tells me
That now I can do anything…
It’s not easy, it wasn’t meant to be…we have the freedom to choose, we do it every day, every moment…Choose Light, and you will find Happiness and Love begin to grow within you little by little for the rest of your days!
