Helen Plus Three

I recognize that we all have different problems to deal with and inconveniences, whether it be our selves or just demands on our time. Somehow it is balanced based on how much we can give and not how much we are willing to give. We are called to perform our duty or called to just heed our conscience. Many of us have aging parents and we have been enabled in different ways to look after them. For some there is no wheelchair, just your time which you have and for some there is a wheelchair yet you have a car and siblings when time is stretched on each's part. And then there are the family squabbles to put obstacles in our way. God bless those who give with their heart. As I finished the chapter about Edna's hospital I had this thought that God comes out of hiding where there is no one to help. Then again why do these atrocities happen? What's wrong with man... being what he is not -infallible... weak. Give to KIVA. It's a good way to help the poor even if you d...

'God botherer', I came across this phrase in of my recent fiction reads and had a lot thought come from it. How many of us actually do this, when we talk to God ?  I think I do. But God does want us to turn to him does he not for anything and everything ? Then I am reminded that I need to thank him constantly too and praise him, both of which I do little of. Being comfortable with God, reflects the strength of my faith. So there is a happy message in thereafter all.

Need inspiration for living, please visit Sandra at Healthier and Wealthier -.   a blog on all subjects that improve health and wealth and wisdom (and that includes chocolate).  You'll come away refreshed.  I found these few simple rules to follow everyday, displayed very succinctly on her blog. They point us towards a more peaceful life. Sandra has graciously allowed me to reproduce them here. I am practicing what I read in the -Triangle of Truth-.  So many books. methods expounded and so much written on the subject of better living, how much do we recall. If you're busy and harried all the time, try these 6 simple tenets(printed it out), not too difficult to remember and put into practice... Of course I'm speaking for me too.   Just Do It Everyday * Appreciate What Is Working In Your Life * Find The Gift In Every Situation * Focus On What You Want, Not What You Don't Want * Make Time To Be Quiet * Trust Your Faith * Walk Away From Negativity...

I've been reading the Screwtape letters, slowly but surely I get a clearer(more reassuring) picture of God through the eyes of Screwtape, the demon. It's dark I'll admit but there's an upside and really it's hilarious, because humans are so accurately portrayed. The psychological meanderings of our minds and physical weaknesses are depicted chapter after chapter. Would you get drawn in the wrong way?  I doubt it, because our wonderful God the Father is painted with quite lovely descriptions really of love and mercy, and we are forever hopeful in his eyes rather than hopeless; created for the purpose to be one with him. It paints a need for our purpose to be deserving of that oneness with him. On the reverse it also shows us the workings of the evil mind. The blatant self-serving is juxtaposed against the selfless which becomes clearer as you read. Says Screwtape.."He really does want to fill the universe with a lot of loathsome little replicas of Himself ...

Lord, if what I seek be according to our will, then let it come to pass and let success attend the outcome. But if not, my God, let it not come to pass. Do not leave me to my own devices, for you know how unwise I can be. Keep me safe under your protection Lord my God, and in your own gentle way guide me and rule me as you know best. Amen. Call me a 'tired old' Catholic, but I am trying,  the sentiment would apply as to a very elderly person It's been a long two weeks, now and another long week to go... .

If I could do just that for a whole week. What I would give to have been in Elizabeth Gilbert's shoes. I fell in love with Rome and the Italian language just by her story telling. There are many feelings that roamed her mind that I can relate to, the doubts, the uncertainties and the vulnerability. Yet I admire the way she was able to do exactly what she did. Of course one must have the resources, but one must also have that inner push which she had to help the outer push (her 'divine' experience) propel her forward. There's a lot of truth about the subject of religion as relayed by Lizz without putting a label on it,  it's almost identifiable in all the religions that are out there (most of them). I could feel her tumult at the beginning and I could sense the gradual diminishing of it during her stay in Bali. It isn't about romance or companionship or performing duty or charity or morality, it is about finding an inner peace in the mind that means cont...

Today's gospel reading reached out differently.  Usually it's like I just hear the reading and it's like 'yes I know it, I have heard it before'. But today I heard it like it was for me. 'you worry and fret about so many things, and yet few are needed, indeed only one. It is Mary who has chosen the better part; '. Luke 10: 38-42