something to believe in.

Published Tuesday, December 11, 2012 by jodi renee.

 

I never use to like the word God. Much less believe in one.
Any book with the Word written in it more than say 3 times, didn't stand a chance.
Oh yes. Ye of little faith I was.
And strangely enough...that's all that's required.
Faith.
In something...anyone. Not even necessarily some ONE.
God can be your Furby for all I care...IF, you believe that IT has the powers that make this life so mystical, so magical.
In Furby we trust.
Whatever floats your bloat.
Reactive God faze was then...

Opening my eyes I stare down at the the 108 Mala beads laced through my fingers.
9 minutes have passed.
A somewhat lotus beside the bed, on the carpet, mid-day...Blackberry Torch as my witness...and timer.
Nothing's wrong.
In the grand scheme of the world there is so much to be thankful for.
So I pray. My version anyways...
For less of the stuff that keeps me small and more of the stuff that connects me to what's really important.
I ask for more patience...(like an overstock please.)
Compassion.
Humility.
Kindness.
More space in my head to think clearly...
More importantly, more space in my heart to love freely.
My biggest request though?
Love.
Always love.
To see more, feel more, experience more...give more.
A whole slew of other requests. A tall order, sure.
Remember it was a total of 9 minutes.
That's a long ass time when you're talking to...no one, hoping that some one is listening!!!
My intentions, rooted in something so much greater than I (possibly the Great Furbmister), reminding me that the only thing standing in my way to anything, is...well...me.
So perhaps before we fall to our knees. Or get pushed there.
We invite ourselves there daily instead.
It's in the asking that we receive...
NOT waiting...and begging, crying, bargaining and pleading.

I believe in God, only I spell it Nature. - Frank Lloyd Wright

Walking in a winter wonderland.
Fingers frozen.
I take a deep breath.
Nature's all I need.
To reconnect.
And the almighty Fur duo avec their red-coated walker (who I'm convinced believes in me more than I believe in myself sometimes...)
Okay, and maybe a glass of wine and a foot rub on my arrival home.

I remember the quote by Elizabeth Gilbert in Eat Pray Love:
"God dwells within you, as You."
That, which most of us are seeking, and most want to believe in?
Is...ourselves.
And it's as easy as, looking around, taking a deep breath...
and,
remembering.

love,
jodi renée

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cottage bliss | East Coast adventure part two

Published Tuesday, August 14, 2012 by jodi renee.

About an hour and half drive from Halifax and we were on the North shore of Nova Scotia.
Cottage bliss.
We did nothing and everything.
Playing dice.
(for the record, me winning dice)
Adventuring along the shore collecting rocks, investigating...imagining.
Lots O food...lots O wine.
These images pretty much sum up our whole vacation.
Maybe that's what moves me. In their simplicity, they hold so much...for me.
Everything that I love.

Walking along the shore, with a stick in hand.
The tide has pulled back.
What will we find?
We become seeker's of the stuff underneath, and curious for the life that reveals itself when we start to see more.
Something new, something different, something we barely see...might never see again.
Rocks become gems, semi-precious stones. Big pieces of wood and metal, wreckage.
Everything coming from somewhere.
A story to be told. 
What was...
Is.
Could be...
An infinite dance, 
the tide returns.

 jodi renée



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a short trip. a must trip. {the rocky mountains}

Published Wednesday, January 25, 2012 by jodi renee.

Impromptu.
A short trip. A must trip.
The mountains.
...because feeling this small reminds me of how big it all really is.
love.
jodi renée

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