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Because it's all the same thing, really.
Jun. 19th, 2015 06:11 pmToday was kind of rough. I'm advising a girl in the call center about doing a cheap wedding and I realized today that Wolf and I would have been married 12 years last month. Ouch.
I didn't trigger a Beautiful Breakdown, but I was sad and vulnerable and cold (my office thermostat may SAY 70 degrees, but there's no way it IS. 65, tops), so this afternoon I took a break and headed to the Chapel.
Now, I have an agreement with the White God. I only go to his buildings when I'm invited for a ceremony and I don't take communion because that would be wrong. However, I've been curious about the chapel at the hospital and didn't want to be rude by inviting one of the Other Gods, so I went in and leaned against the door, looked around and said "Hi, just curious. This is a nice place." I proceeded to have a very nice conversation with the White God; no, I'm not coming back, all Paths are valid, it's not YOUR fault your followers can be...over exuberant. Then an Asian woman came in, smiled at me and sat in the last pew.
"And now I'm leaving," I mouthed and saluted the chapel Buddhist style. Then I looked at the woman. She was leaning her head on her hand and her posture screamed "Sad and Stressed".
She needs comfort. I will offer it. I thought and walked over. I squeezed her right shoulder with my right hand. She looked up, eyes bright and whispered "Yes?" I squeezed her shoulder again, not speaking, only smiling gently. "Thank you," she whispered. I nodded and left. In the hallway, I leaned against a window and stated that while I can be a vessel for Grace, I'm not HIS vessel.
A few minutes later, the woman came out, walked past me, came back. I turned as she approached.
"Was it you who touched me?" She asked. I nodded. "Thank you so much! You made me feel good!" I put my palms together and bowed. She smiled, thanked me again and left. I didn't say a word to her.
I went back to work feeling much better myself. Call it God or call it Kwan Yin (Guanyin), we both needed a little Grace and Comfort and I gained it while giving it to her. And isn't that what we're supposed to be doing anyway?
I didn't trigger a Beautiful Breakdown, but I was sad and vulnerable and cold (my office thermostat may SAY 70 degrees, but there's no way it IS. 65, tops), so this afternoon I took a break and headed to the Chapel.
Now, I have an agreement with the White God. I only go to his buildings when I'm invited for a ceremony and I don't take communion because that would be wrong. However, I've been curious about the chapel at the hospital and didn't want to be rude by inviting one of the Other Gods, so I went in and leaned against the door, looked around and said "Hi, just curious. This is a nice place." I proceeded to have a very nice conversation with the White God; no, I'm not coming back, all Paths are valid, it's not YOUR fault your followers can be...over exuberant. Then an Asian woman came in, smiled at me and sat in the last pew.
"And now I'm leaving," I mouthed and saluted the chapel Buddhist style. Then I looked at the woman. She was leaning her head on her hand and her posture screamed "Sad and Stressed".
She needs comfort. I will offer it. I thought and walked over. I squeezed her right shoulder with my right hand. She looked up, eyes bright and whispered "Yes?" I squeezed her shoulder again, not speaking, only smiling gently. "Thank you," she whispered. I nodded and left. In the hallway, I leaned against a window and stated that while I can be a vessel for Grace, I'm not HIS vessel.
A few minutes later, the woman came out, walked past me, came back. I turned as she approached.
"Was it you who touched me?" She asked. I nodded. "Thank you so much! You made me feel good!" I put my palms together and bowed. She smiled, thanked me again and left. I didn't say a word to her.
I went back to work feeling much better myself. Call it God or call it Kwan Yin (Guanyin), we both needed a little Grace and Comfort and I gained it while giving it to her. And isn't that what we're supposed to be doing anyway?
