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We were meant to live in a STORY! |
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I took the kids yesterday to see "Narnia Prince Caspian". It was more for me than it was for them. I love stories. Good stories. In the beginning of the movie I found myself feeling that I didn't want the movie to continue on. Why? I didn't want the story to end. I get sucked in to good movies and totally feel apart of what is going on: the adventure, the suspense, the danger ,the hope for a saving moment that destroys evil, the help that comes at the perfect moment and the virtue that is displayed in the characters and their faults too.
I find that I want my life to be filled with all of it. I want to live on the edge. I want to live in a story filled with adventure, danger, hope, friendship, courage, and chivalry.
Then I think, "MAN!", I do live in a story. His-story! If you are a believer then we should be able to see that we are living a great story. He wants us our lives to be adventurous: just like the adventures that Peter,Susan, Edmund, and Lucy face in Narnia. We might not have to face a gigantic army but we do have bills to pay, kids to feed, people to serve, and a LIFE to live. We can't be fully alive by watching life go by.
We were not meant to be BORED or comfortable. We as humans need excitement. We need adventure. We need passion. We need drive. We need to live on the edge. We need to take risk. It is in our nature to. Otherwise, our existence hurts. We find no meaning or purpose. We become nihilistic.
Find something that moves you and good grief, go do it!
-Elias |
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First tooth Distrupts life just like a job we hate. |
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Our little one's first tooth has finally come in. Life for the last three days has been he&*. No sleep. Stress overload. No energy. Other kids become extremely annoying. Makes us parents just want to run. As I recall this is how I actually felt when I was at a job that wasn't the right fit. I would always come home stressed out, anxious, annoyed, didn't want to talk or play, let alone listen to what my wife had to say. I was out. Gone. I was lost. I was no where to be found. I was covered by years of mud that was created because I was NOT doing what I was created to do. Finally, when I lost my job I started to shed that mud and a whole new person began to emerge. People say that I smile now.
A New Monday has been on the horizon for me!
Peace Out,
Eli |
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I Lost My Job, But I am Excited! |
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What!!!! How can you be excited after losing your job? Gee, I don't know, maybe because I couldn't stand being there. I would literally have a panic attack every morning when heading towards the office. I would dread every morning. I don't know how many cups of coffee I would drink just to give myself a little bit of pleasure at work. I had to use many distractions just to get me through the day.
No More of These Mondays!
So, now I will have the time to work on my New Monday. I know a few months down the road I will be saying that losing my job was one the best things that ever happened to me. I am at peace because I have a plan and all I need to do is work that plan.
Now that I am not at a job that I hate, I can do what I love. |
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What if nothing existed? |
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I remember when I was young between the ages of 5 and 10; I would wonder what it would be like if nothing existed. What if people didn't exist? What if the planets didn't exist? What if God did not exist? It really boggled my mind considering I was only 5. As I think back I am trying to figure out why I would even wonder that. Ultimately it is a question of why DO I exist. Yes. I Know, we are destined to be with God. But I still needed more than that if I am going to spend 80 to 90 years on this earth. I needed meaning now. I needed to know that I exist on this earth for a reason. I need to know that I can make a difference. Depression is so prevalent and I truly believe it is because of a lack of meaning in people's lives. I want to change this. And this is why I want to enter the field of Coaching and one of the reasons why I exist:) |
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Monastic Silence |
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 I spent a little over a year in a monastery and spent most of my time as a novice. As novices, we were to live a hidden life away from the world so that we could grow in our relationship with Christ; therefore preparing us to be able to go out in to the world to minister. The most life impacting thing I took with me when I left was the appreciation of silence. At first it was very difficult. Why? Well, not being able to just chitchat or talk whenever, forces us to look into ourself. The inside self. Your heart! It is very scary, as a novice, to take your hear seriously. You begin by opening the door to your heart and then start sorting things out. One by one you come face to face with desires, wounds, memories, and deeper things. And then you sort them out one by one. The mysterious thing is that you get a sense that you are not alone. Someone is there with you; wanting to also sift through it all. Once the process of digging deep is completed then it is just you and Him. And then the gaze turns outward towards the world......
Today, I thirst for silence (I have 4 kids under the age of 5). This is one of the main reasons I want time freedom. So that instead of heading to a cubicle, I can head towards the mountains to find some peace and silence. |
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