Tag: silence

Pray all is well with each and everyone of my suscribers.

Life has been great even with the ups and downs that come across our paths. I still manage to push on and move forward. Life is just too short for foolishness, drama and pettiness. Like the saying tells us: Choose your Battles and let go of the rest. Some things are just not worth the fight.

As I get older, different health situations arise but I don’t let it get me down. I do what I must to keep my health under control and my body healthy. Still, I don’t let it get me down, I push forward as always. I have too much to do in my one lifetime.  All is Well.

I am learning meditation and meeting some goals I have set for myself.

This past weekend I did a two day Christian Catholic silent/mediatation retreat at the Ignatius House Jesuit Retreat Center, event titled “Come Follow Me!” Exploring the Way of Discipleship

I had my own private room and bath which was cozy.

I didn’t have a problem being silent, at home I can be silent but always preoccupied doing something, projects, multi-tasking, just never sitting still. This was a different type of silence where you can practice stillness, you can clear your mind, empty your thoughts, Be Silent and Listen. To be in a room full of others and just Listen to the Silence and hear what is beyond that. I had an amazing experience. I met people from all denominations and variuos states and I ate well too.  I partaked in the Catholic Mass, prayer and Liturgy tradition and noticed how different it was from my Baptist tradition but one thing we shared was that We All Served The Same GOD. When I say I enjoyed myself believe me I did and will do it again. There was this one scuplture of Jesus in the main chapel that caught my attnetion every time I looked at it. Whomever scuplted this figure put some real time and percision into it. Every body detail was captured. Just awesome.  Everyone should explore the Silence.

I didn’t get a chance to walk down all the trails as I had planned but I did get to walk two.  The grounds were beautiful, it was many trees and wooded areas. I went to see the tall Tower first, it had a shrine of all the Catholic wording and signs, then I went to walk my first trail. After getting deep into the trail I was frightened somewhat but that came from watching too many scary movies. Every step I took I heard a noise and I would stop and look around. Saw nothing so contiuned, heard the sound again and again went on for a while and I stopped each time. I asked myself should I turn and go back the way I came, but not realizing how far I had walked I decided best to keep going forward. I wasn’t prepard for my walk as I had on open toe sandals with kitten heels (yes kitten heels). I thought the trail would be pretty much laid out and flat.

Nope, had to find a stick to balance myself. As I walked, my feet kept sliding forward in my sandals hurting in between my toes. The path was steep going downhill with red mud. Okay so all of a sudden I heard noises coming from above, I stopped like a deer in a headlight and looked up. Leaves starting falling from the trees all around me. I was thinking when i’m watching a movie and this happens, I talk to the screen telling that person “not to stop stupid, run keep going.” Here I was doing the exact same thing. Never know what you would do under the same circumstances, until you are actually in that situation.  Mind you it was Friday the 13th.

So,  I moved quickly down the hill trying to get back to the retreat center before dark. I didin’t find out until the next day what the sounds may have been. Tell ya in a sec.

Next morning I went on another trail and this time I had my camera. I will show you a few pictures of this trail. Couldn’t take too many, had to focus on where I was walking. It was better but after getting so far, there were some tress down that had blocked the trail but I could see the other side of the trail across the way. I found another stick and quickly went through some shubbery to get to the other side of the trail and a big spider web crossed my face, Eww. I kept going. Here are the pictures:

This is a short video on my last trail.

https://www.amazon.com/photos/shared/DN1g89cUSUCkC7c9ATpliw.it0553qddLU0e1uG-DHtW5

After this trail, later that night one of my eyes were swollen (something got me) but all good now. That’s the risk of adventures.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oh, before I forget.  While sitting in the main Chapel Invitation to prayer and silence where there is very large window without covering that faces the trees and the wooded area behind the chapel. As I sat there staring out, I saw leaves falling and I didn’t know why, but it seemed all too familiar. So I continued to watch and stare. What I saw were Squirrels high above in the trees jumping from branch to branch, which shook the leaves. I want to beleive it was just Squirrels that had me in a daze while on my trail.

Authors Update:

Now, as far as the last two book updates. I was really hoping to have them each published no later then this month. They each have exhauted me to no end, but I’ve come too far to quit. I have invetesde much. Kallisata is in her final proofing. The journal is being formatted and waiting on the cover. I will alert you now for both books it has been over 2 years now in hte making. I wanted each to be my best books. Again I ran inot editors who didn’t do well and I tired to do my best to make my own corrections and rewrites. As you know I am not a profeesinaol editor, so there again money was lost and wasted. I say this to inform you that when you read each book, please just look over any inconsistencies, erros whatever and just continue reading and hopefully the story itself will make it a good read for you on it’s own. These two were my goingout with a bang stories! And don’t forget those reviews, reviews, reviews as reviews mean much to us authors. I will notify you upon publishing.

Until next time, take care of yourselves, love one another and Godspeed.

just Deirdre.