Reservations

Deep within is a part of us that's seldom let out. It is kept hidden from the sight of mere men who would not be able to comprehend the meaning of these dusty old parts. Dusty, because we leave them there untouched, locked behind the door that is our mind, inaccessible by any but us. Even at the probable sign of something being hidden, a brute force attempt at getting through would be futile because one wouldn't know where to look in the first place. The mind is a mystery - an endless puzzle all on its own. Finding your way through would take only patience and will... the will to push on through the misty creepy forest of thoughts riddled all through with pitfalls, traps, dead-ends and moonlight being the only light source to guide.

Taking the time to sit and watch man in an attempt to understand him would bring you the realisation that man is far more than what is seen on his visage. The outward appearance can be misleading but get through to what lies in the depths of the heart and mind and you will find a whole other person you have never known. I've seen the biggest smile hide the deepest hurt just because being left alone in silence was preferred to revealing what wriggled deep within. I have also seen the repression of pain somewhere in the back of the heart in order to put others before, and then there is the laying aside of one's thoughts so others can have theirs. You think you know a person? ...sit with the same and talk and you will be pleasantly surprised (or not) at what you'll find.

People are the way they are for various reasons, most of which are their own and personal. An occurrence, good or bad, may have caused a certain thing to be buried deep within the one's being in order to forget completely the memory. Keeping mute on something in question could be because of the fear caused by the flooding thoughts of the impending possible outcomes. On the other hand, it could be because the person cannot be bothered with the happenings that surround. Every soul is built different. To associate each as one would be a grave mistake. Some are built of wood while others of laid up bricks. There are some formed up with concrete and then there are those who are made of metal! A mix of bricks and wood, or metal and concrete, or wood and metal or even wood - metal - concrete - and - bricks is where sanity is thrown to wind! Such minds are just an endless crisscross of paths that lead anywhere but the point where everything is supposed to make sense. To sit and make sense of the 'senseless' would be simply futile.

The detail in any design can be used to understand the characteristics of the thing. That being said, don't bother trying that out with man; he is the only exception to this rule. The human mind is almost all grey with little or no black or white found anywhere within its form. Following some made up rules or theories by some professional' somewhere who doesn't even understand his own being will grant you unhindered access to variable pitfalls or worse. Learn from your own mistakes!

Reservations are reserved for a reason... leave them be. If willed, they will come forth, and if not, well... then they will stay buried. We all have stuff we hold within us for whatever reason(s). At time appropriate, it will be revealed, or will reveal itself or not; it will probably stay dusty and hidden in there forever. Just don't take man for granted with your assumptions... it would be regrettable!

~ yoyo

~ inspiredwordz

~ May 25, 2015 ; 13 : 13 pm

Anger

There are quite a number of feelings we experience as human beings; love, joy, peace, hatred and anger being a handful of them, and with "Love" being my favorite of them all I end up sharing a lot more on that than any of the rest. I'm diverting now to share on one that's been a bother to my heart because of the damage it reigns on countless - Anger.

Unforgiveness, hatred and malice being a few of its characteristics, Anger is resolved to be a destructive force. The weight laid on the shoulders of any who allows anger to overcome them is (in my opinion) an unbelievably irrationally heavy one. The thought alone of holding on to a grudge that causes a loss in one's composure and peace EVERY SINGLE TIME the cause of that anger shows up is completely unnerving to me! Yet, for some reason, we still let it happen to us... choosing war over peace.

Anger is a sign of weakness. It shows you have no control over your heart and mind; your self controls you. Having no control means you're equivalent to a landmine simply waiting for the slightest of touches to go off; any unfortunate and unsuspecting persons who dare step on your form will have the blow-up of their lives! This makes such persons such a destructive force that any around could be burned (hurt physically or emotionally). Unfortunately, patience is seen as the greatest sign of weakness while it's destructive counterpart, anger, is seen as a display of strength and fortitude. Patience is simply the ability to hold your own; to be able to keep it together no matter what tries to rock your boat. It is easier said than done, I know, but it is very possible to pull off. The will with which you turn up the heat and burn right through anything is the very same with which you can keep it together in order to build bridges. I believe it is simply a choice to be made. Speaking as one with a previous growing-up experience with anger and loss of one's wit, and the eventual gaining of control of one's emotions, believe me when I say it is very possible to hold your own no matter how heightened the urge to let it all loose. To not have control is to be unstable and broken; Proverbs 25:28, KJV - "He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls."

The kind of person who loses his temper in a moment or at a whim is he who as we say in contemporary speech, “Blows his stack”. Such a person can shout and is likely to get violent physically or in speech. Such weakness! Allowing the city of your heart-and-mind to be broken into, and so easily such that your peace and self-control is taking away from you is just sad. Oh, and... just in case you're wondering, yes... I, myself, have had my city broken into countless times, but with each break-in I am learning to stand up stronger in order to be able to hold down my fort. The patience to do this is true strength! Believing and trusting in God for His help to accomplish this is true spiritual strength. Man will both consciously and unconsciously provoke by words and/or actions and you certainly will get upset (because we're human), but losing control and holding on to that anger is where that failure is none else's but your own.

I have learnt that we need to learn a little bit of God’s patience; we need to learn to let things go wrong sometimes and do nothing about them. It is another sign of strength by wisdom. Jesus knew when to talk and when not to regardless of the situation. We need to learn this. Finally, I'd like to say to choose peace of anger - let go of anything that burdens your heart to sadness. Anything stealing your joy is a hindrance to your peace... let it go! It is unavoidable that we will get upset every now and then, but letting the anger control you is weakness! ...it is wrong by God's standards. Ephesians 4:26, KJV - "Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath..."

Meditate in these...

James 1 : 19, KJV - "Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath..."

Proverbs 16:32, KJV - "He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city."

Colossians 3:12, KJV - "Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering..."

~ yoyo

~ inspiredwordz

~ May 19, 2015 ; 7:04 am

Area Grey

Sometimes, you just wonder why there's so much dust in the wind; why your sights become so blurred that blinking away the mist feels anything but possible. You rub your eyes thoroughly to see if that will do the trick but realise it is not your eyes that need 'fixing', but the universe surrounding. Your mind becomes the worst puzzle game you've ever had to 'unpuzzle', looking for bits, chunks and pieces here and there to fit together in attempt to try make some sense of what's happening. In truth, a lot of the time, that attempt ends up forming an image in your mind in your desperate attempt to match the tiles just to figure out the puzzle. Unfortunately, that image is never really the right one, is it? It is just what your vastly confused mind wants to accept is the answer in order to make sense of it all.

The grey to your black and white is anything but a reason to smile... trust me, I would know. You make a decision thinking it is the right one but it goes off like a landmine right up in your face. The result being that very choice being the cause of your downfall, physically, spiritually and/or emotionally. Your shoulders get heavier as the weight of your burdens weigh you down; the force of the earth's gravity, seemingly a million times more than its usual drag on your slowly weakening frame, only gets worse. The struggle to keep head-above-water is far from easy, and sometimes you honestly just want to let go and fall to the bottom of the ocean because you do not see clearly the reason to stay afloat. Everything seems to end up at the crossroads of, "What's the point?!"

The void of complete unsurity is a deep one, and the space-and-time solutions to it are worlds apart! You return to your bed and close your eyes hoping that the next day will prove better, and for a while, it does. Life has a way of launching blind-sided curve balls at any unsuspecting passers-by. You know those grey areas you've never been able to figure out? ...those areas you just kind'a blaze through hoping you're not going to fall off a cliff end?? Yeah... we all have them. Life respects no person. Some manage to skip hurdle after hurdle, while others trip over many of theirs. The turnaround thing is, at some point, the tables turn and those happily skipping hurdles start to trip over them while those that were tripping over them gain some skill and will to overcome those hurdles.

Turning to man for a solution to any problem he is very well unable to resolve (mostly, all the time) is akin to walking through the mist on a mountain trail; you're lost! Those persons you consider dear to your heart, the very same you call 'friends' are the very same you turn to in hopes of finding help. Rather sadly, they are the very same that end up knocking the smile off of your face leaving you livid and alone in the cold. You start to wonder in creative confusion at everything. Creative because, you start creating in an attempt to think up any possible reasons why this would happen. The growing pain (hurt) in your chest confirms to your mind that you're not dreaming, and also reminds you that you're human and not some superman! The very same we turn to in trust break that trust and throw it in our faces, so why keep turning in that direction?

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So... my original idea was to write this in such a way that many would know that they're not alone in the difficulties they're facing in life, that all of man is going through similar events one way or the other and that there is a way out - a light at the end of the tunnel. That being said, let's turn all of this around now... if you will... 'cause, what's a problem without a solution, no?

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Humans are rather very good at being disappointing, further proving God's council to "...put not your trust in man for the arm of flesh WILL fail you." The "Will" in that declaration is an assurance rather than the improbability it would be if a "May" was used in its place. Recently, I learnt that it is prideful to worry. Why? Well, because it indicates dependance on one's own efforts to overcome the problems encountered rather than on God's ability to solve any problem. (I realised that that explanation should be expanded to include relying on man as well who is human like you.) The focus that should be giving to God (whom many claim to hope in) is giving to man or the problems themselves instead. It declares that you can depend on yourself which is funny because you cannot even smile at a raging storm much less solve every single problem life throws at you. You call on God but do not even trust Him to handle your problems... which is insulting if not downright disregarding, so... why bother then??

I am not, by this, turning away from my original theme of the grey areas in life, I am simply pointing out that all of man have their difficult and frustrating moments but floating in the ocean that is depression does not solve that situation - it subtly prevents you from finding the way to the shore of peace. To have control over one's heart and mind (your emotions) is quite a fit to pull off but when attained will be an asset to overcoming the "greys" of life. Getting confused and not knowing what to do happens to the best of us despite all the wisdom at our disposal, but learning to gain control of yourself affords you the advantage of finding your composure and figuring a way out of that confusing situation. A person in shock and confused cannot think straight (trust me, I've been there) in order to figure out a way out... the mind just blanks, but gaining commanding the power to stay sane is the first step to finding a clear or partially clear solution to that unnerving situation.

Prayer is the key. Talk to God. Switch burdens... "Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light." - Matthew 11 : 29 - 30 (KJV). Call on Him... "Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." - Matthew 11 : 28 (KJV). You see, the thing is, there is a solution to all those grey areas lurking around haunting you and that one solution is... God! He alone can clear the confusion, wipe away the tears and give you peace in the heart and mind... His peace, and not the world's peace that's fleeting and comes with strings attached but complete peace!

Call on God now and find that peace you so desire...

~ yoyo

~ inspiredwordz

~ May 18, 2015 ; 6:34 am

Words of Power

"Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof." (Proverbs 18:21, KJV)

"It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life." (John 6:63, KJV)

There are quite a number of scriptures on 'Words' and their 'Power-carrying' capacity which humans, though having been told about this power, still do not realise. Why do I say this? Well, when a person knows the use of a thing, he or she comfortably and confidently executes its usage with not so much as a drop of sweat. There is no unsurity on how, when or where to use it, neither is there ignorance at any one point on its usage. Unfortunately, in the case of many (including Christians who've extensively been taught about this power), ignorance sits atop the throne of the hearts and minds of many, and thus regardless of impact, words are spoken anyhow!

Many wonder why they pray so much but nothing seems to work out for them though they may have the faith-and-all required. When it comes to words, faith alone is never enough... wisdom of speech is keen. It is so sadly true that we singlehandedly destroy the beautiful things God is creating through us, in us, by others around us in the lives of as many jus' by the negativity of our words. Then, we have the nerve to wonder why things are not working as we would them. We speak life and then turn around and with the same tongue, cancel that life by speaking negative. The worst being that not jus' ourselves but others are affected too. This is rather very sad and well... pathetic! It saddens God as well because we prevent Him from bringing to fruition His real good plans for us (Jeremiah 29:11, KJV - "For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.").

We being made in the Image and Likeness of God Almighty can do as He did at the beginning of time - Create! ...or do the exact direct opposite - Destroy! At the commencement of all things God spoke and things came to be, so we too can speak and cause change. Which kind of change though are we willing to create? ...a positive or negative one?? Again, we being made in the express image and likeness of God means we are natured like God and thus things occur for us similarly to the way they would if they originated from Him. That result being our words going out to accomplish what they've been sent to... either consciously or unconsciously spoken; "So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it." (Isaiah 55:11, KJV)

Unfortunately unconsciously, we transfer negative forces from ourselves to other people who come into contact with us. "My life is a mess", "Nothing works for me", "I can do nothing", "I am weak", "I cannot accomplish anything" are some of the declarations we make, sadly enough, with such comfort rather than we should with these here life 'instillers': "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me", "I shall live and not die", "I am the head and not the tail", "I know that all things will work together for my good (Romans 8:28, KJV)".

Be careful with your words... they are powerful enough to cause life or death!

 ~ yoyo

~ inspiredwordz

~ May 8, 2015 ; 7:21 am