What’s up y’all? Been a solid minute since I’ve posted anything on here. So let me catch y’all up and try giving you the condensed version of what’s up. So yesterday I had my mom come in from out of town with her truck to go get the last boxes and take them with her. I’m gonna be sending cash to my brother and mom probably to ship my belongings back home to Indiana.
To be completely honest? I feel like a huge weight has lifted off of me with getting out of the apartment I was in. For the time I’m crashing on my brother’s couch, I’ll be catching a flight back home early this coming month.
There’s a few realizations I’ve had about this whole deal. First off, there’s a reason boundaries are a thing. Boundaries apply to much in life, whether roommates, family or friends. For example, the boundaries I had with these former roommates were set as a measure of respect. You want some of my frozen dinners? Ask. Odds are I’d be more than happy to give you one.
Don’t just take from people. It’s incredibly disrespectful and honestly? It’s theft. Pure and simple, it’s like black and white photos y’all. Elegant. Boundaries are huge in life for me. They should be a big deal to everyone. I honestly feel if more people just showed each other some basic respect the world would be a much better place. Thing about respect? It’s essentially a reflection of yourself and your character.
More than that though is that it’s never too late to start changing those aspects about yourself. I certainly wish these most recent former roommates had chosen to do that. I think like me though, life and painful experiences will be their teacher.
My question for y’all is this; do y’all like your reflection when you look in the mirror? If not then I suggest changing that for yourselves. As it is we’re all works in progress, I’m certainly working on changing some things about myself.
Since I’ve mentioned boundaries a good bit on this post. That in mind I’d like to share two books I’ve been going through on my kindle. Boundaries by Dr. Henry Cloud & Dr. John Townsend, then the second one if you’re thinking about dating or already doing so is called Boundaries in Dating by the same authors. To attempt to save y’all some money these books are both available on kindle and I already linked things on the book names.
This’ll take y’all directly to the amazon page for each respective book. I’d like to think that I’ve grown quite a bit since I first moved out to Idaho. It’s been a loooong thirteen years out here. But hey, lucky number 13 right? Right now I’m just relishing in the fact that I’m out of the apartment and away from the roommates I had.
I had my dad take this photo of me when I was visiting for Christmas break last year. My dad, brother and I had been touring a museum that apparently was around during the world’s fair. Afterwards we made our way to this Japanese meditation garden in Chicago of all places. I saw this spot, paused then just sat for a spell.
I just needed to sit, think of nothing and simply be. You’ve been tracking my blog then you’ve likely seen two words Rapha Yada. Hebrew for be still and know, but it’s deeper than that. It’s in essence a philosophy to choose letting go in order to free yourself. To deepen your connection to God through simply letting go.
I feel like there’s aspects of all religions and Christianity that overlap. Some of the most wise/radical people had at the very least leanings towards certain ideas or ideologies. Prayer vs Meditation for example. I can’t tell you how at peace I was in this photo. Only that there was a sort of clarity. Lack of distractions… I feel like perhaps this is what certain monks and so forth have been describing when talking about inner peace. When we are still, mind, body, and spirit.
That, that’s when peace comes. There’s a reason Yoda cautioned Anakin to let go of all he feared to lose. Because when we let go, that’s when we can see other paths forward. I hope y’all are doing well with everything going on now in the world. Hopefully this might stimulate some growth for y’all, I certainly know it is for me.
Rapha Yada my friends,
Richard
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