A Mind at Rest

Mother Ruth Davis was in her 80s and I in my 20s when she began to tell me, her new pastor, “First, it’ll be one thing, then another.” I don’t know if she was trying to tell me what I took time to learn, and that is, I don’t have to react to those forces. I did not understand that if I had a proper relationship with myself, I would remain a body at rest, a mind at rest, no matter the events around me. 

Newton’s First Law of Motion says that a body in motion at a constant velocity will remain in motion in a straight line unless acted upon by an outside force. So often, I was moving in a straight line, and external forces affected my direction. I did not understand that if I had a proper relationship with myself, I could have optimal relationships with the people near me.

I am still transforming into that person who relates beautifully with the Universe. I am accepting that I love myself more than I realize, that I love others more than I realize, and also that I am loved more than I realize.

This is an effect of  my mind being where my body is.