I ventured out to get my teeth cleaned today; only one cavity needs refilling, so that is good news. Rob picked up a Little Caesars pizza for us and it tasted so good.

I have been browsing through a lot of my old notes and I see that I go over the same issues time and time again. It is hard for me to trust that what I am doing is the right or the best thing for me to be doing. So I shall ponder this, “Is it the only thing I can be doing?” Because everything is destined. There is no real free will this side of the veil. (Arguers will be escorted outside 🙂

I have to make my peace with what is before there is a possibility of change. This morning, before my dental appointment, I picked up Vernon’s “Pathways to Perfect Living,” and I found so many things that jumped out at me. Here is one:

“There is no such thing as mass love or organized compassion. This virtue is always the individual expression of those few who have truly broken through themselves, to come out on the other side, where cosmic love exists. What foolish society calls an organized effort toward human love and brotherhood is nothing more than the herd -instinct of its members for self-promotion and self-protection. True love comes as we drop words and live from essence.”

It is no use joining an organization purporting to do good until you are goodness itself. Otherwise, stay home and work on yourself.

Few are called to go all the way on the journey back to God and the masses have no use for such an inward journey.

God’s promises are always kept, so keep working on yourself and resist the temptation to try and get your family to do the same. We escape one person at a time. Always remember that.

Vicki Woodyard