2013 Week 53

Since the beginning of 2013 I have shared a photo and word that represents what I am grateful for and brief message.  I now have 53 weeks of being grateful.  I will share, in another post, all of those words.

GRATEFUL WORD:

HUSBAND

Not the last thing I am grateful for and I did save the best for last... I met Jonathan on line in a general chat room many years ago.  We chatted for a year or so before finding each other on another website chatrooom.

We began chatting, then texting, and then phone calls and letters.  A couple of years into this he finally comes to Omaha for a visit.  In the moment we first laid eyes on each other, I knew.  I knew he was "my one."

I met his family, his sister Meg first, and then his dad and step-mom, Peter and Linda.  And then the rest of the clan.  I fell in love with each of them, all great people.  And who does not love nieces and nephews.

I had been in two serious relationship prior to Jonathan.  I knew that what I wanted, needed, and was hungry for; a person who would love me has hard as I love them, someone who would hold me accountable to my own beliefs, actions, and standards, and someone who doesn't live on the sofa.  I won the lottery on Jonathan.

We were married a couple of years ago, a ceremony in Council Bluffs with our friends and one in Branford, CT (his home town) it was awesome.  

KWHL, 143247365, and I love you my Jonnard.

2013 Week photo:

Chaplain Royal

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We can be the change we seek in this world, and in ourselves. 

One day.  One journey.  One person, at a time.

May peace, love and compassion be with you…AND from you!

Royal D. Bush is a locally licensed and ordained minister at Inclusive Life.  He shares this message to all: “You are beautiful, you are loved and you are worthy, just the way you are.”  

HAPPY TUESDAY

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2013 is all but a few hours away for those of us here in the US.  Tomorrow and next year will be what we make of them.  What will yours be?

Travel safe, be well, and may peace, love and compassion be with you.  And always from you.

Chaplain Royal D. Bush

Coincidence

Coincidence?

 

I was given a wind-chime when mom passed in January.  I so cherish the music, noise, and “words” that come from it.  Sometimes I will acknowledge it and say “Hi Mom” or have a chat with mom while it “sings.”  And then it steps, as if to say, thank you for talking with me.

 

I was shopping at Bakers and found a young women staring at the coffee section a bit longer than one would normally.  I asked if she was ok.  When she turned to look at me her eyes had so much pain, discomfort and alone-ness.  I asked her if she wanted a hug, and she nodded her head.  I gave her a hug.  I asked her if I could prayer for her.  She began sobbing.  I offered a blessing and prayer.  When we parted our embrace she looked was glowing, smiling, full, and full of light.  She put an item in her basket and walked off.

 

When making a pastoral care call at a nursing home I stopped to talk to someone whom I don’t know.  He seemed a bit agitated, grumpy, and a little mean spirited.  I held his hand and listened.  He talked for a bit longer than I thought he would.  And I stood there every moment.  After he was done talking he walked away, took a few steps and then turned around and said, “Thank you for listening to this old man, I needed that.”

 

God moments?  Faith?  Spiritual Connection?  Karma?  Life?  Coincidence?  For me, I don’t care what, if any, label is used.  The truth is truth, without or without a man-made word, conception, or notion.  

 

We are all human beings.  We all have needs, wants, and desires.  We will get them one way or another, and they all will not be the same way.  To me, religion is much the same way.  My connection to what I know as Sacred is just that.  Sacred.  One part of my day I may be praying to God, talking with my mom, thinking of the Buddha, meditating, thinking, or just being.  All of which are ways that I deal with circumstances, people, and events in my life.  

 

2013 was a profound year of growing and learning for me.  I have been able to let go of many small pieces of baggage I have held for years.  I look forward to what 2014 will bring to me.  I think back on many events in my entire life.  I think what a journey.  Or coincidence?  

 

You are BEAUTIFUL

You are LOVED

You are WORTHY

You are NOT alone.

 

May Peace, Love, and Compassion be with you.  And always from you.

 

-Chaplain Royal

Holiday Chat from Chaplain Royal

Good morning everyone. I hope you are all well and if you are traveling, you are safe. A message I share year-round is you are beautiful, loved, and worthy. You are not alone. 

I would like to especially remind us all that these holiday times are much more difficult for some. We don't know what the person next to us has went through, is going through, or is about to go through. 

Be mindful, sensitive, and share compassion this season, and every day. 

Happy Holidays, Seasons Greetings, and Merry Christmas. May peace, love and compassion be with us all. And always from us.