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can these dry bones live?





ARE you alive? I mean, yes I know you're breathing and hopefully in the best of health, but how alive do you feel? And even more so, what feeling do you feel more than any other? If I could narrow those feelings down for you to two, fear and love, which would be more dominant? Are you living the life of your dreams or are you stuck in a reality that feels, well, dead...

 I am not here to give you answers, I'm here just to ask the questions I am currently asking myself in order to experience a fuller life.

Every day we get a chance to breathe new life into our dreams. And just like a fire burning low, It is imperative to fan the flames to keep the fire ablaze. It's easy to become disillusioned by the magnitude of your dreams. The fear of failure doesn't help and keeps us at the starting line of the race.

But you see, beloved, I have come to believe that the only person we're ever really competing with is ourselves. Stop wanting your success to look like someone else's. Aim for the best of yourself and from yourself.

I'm still getting that lesson.

Aha moment — no, I cannot be Oprah or even duplicate the kind of success she has had in the world. No need to try to duplicate it either. All I have to do is stay authentically aware and truthful as to what I really, really want and who I really, really am. And yes, I still want to host my own spiritual talk show on Ms. Winfrey's OWN. If I was completely honest, I could have that talk show right now on this little channel called YouTube.

You have to start somewhere, right? But even more so, you have to start. The list of things I would like to accomplish is already written. It is long, detailed, and varied. However, what is more important is the surrendering of that list to GOD, praying that the things I want to accomplish are aligned with His highest hopes for my life.

Yes, GOD has high hopes for all of us —chief among them to help heal the world with loving thoughts and actions. Plug into the source of all sources and rest assured that when you surrender your will to His perfect will for your life, things will begin to make sense.

In her latest book, The Law of Divine Compensation, Marianne Williamson offers this prayer:

"Dear GOD,
I surrender to you who I am, what I have and what I do.
May my life and talents be used in whatever way serves You best.
I surrender to You my failures and any pain still in my heart.
I surrender to You my successes, and the hopes that they contain.
May the Light of Your Love shine deep within my heart, and extend through me to bless the world.
Amen."
This is my sincere prayer for you as well as myself as we move into doing exactly what we're suppose to be doing with our lives.

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