04/27/2022
Since sobriety, I've been working a great deal on Surrender, and as a result studying Consciousness. I listen to and read David R. Hawkins quite a bit, and am fascinated by his 'Scale of Consciousness'. (See also my tabs on Gurus, and the tab on Books on my profile page.)
Surrender, in my humble opinion means that I need to ask myself, 'What can I let go of today?", and 'Where can I find the most peace in my day?"
I used to be so much more of a confrontational person, or a person who wanted to 'fix' things. We often interpret this as 'getting s**t done' and that was me, all over. Often, I'd take on new problems to solve. If something wasn't being done 'right', I'd make it so.
Take for instance that time I wanted to 'help my parents' with their kitchen cabinets which were in bad shape. The cabinets were on tiny little hinges from the 90's and therefore were all slanted and falling off the hinges. Some cabinet doors, you would have to close them against each other to keep them shut. This bothered me, and 2 Christmases ago I offered to fix them. This seemed like a great idea to me since they were in bad shape, and I felt like this would improve their environment and the functionality of their kitchen, AND also be such a great and big gift for my parents who I felt needed help to maintain their home.
My parents, and my brothers did not appreciate my help, to say the least and there was resistance right away at the suggestion. Not only that, to replace doors on the cabinets, would cost me quite a bit of time (I estimated a 2 weekend project at least.), and replacement of the doors would cost upwards of 2k- even if we did it DIY style, ordering from an online store….
Stay tuned for the continued BLOG post.
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