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Finding Worth

I've been thinking some pretty deep thoughts lately.  Well, I take that back, I think deep thoughts a lot.  Today's deep thought is do people's opinions, thoughts, experiences have worth if they are apposed to the opinions, thoughts, experience of my own?  Do I see people as unworthy of their thoughts?  Do I see opinions that are not based on fact as unworthy of being heard?  What exactly are opinions?  Do my opinions have worth?  Do the opinions of others that do not fit the facts of my own experience have worth?

Someone said something very interesting today and it went something like this.  Everyone is entitled to their own opinion but if it is not based on fact it has no worth.  This really made me think.  How do I feel about the opinions of others that I don't agree with?  My husband loves snow, I don't.  I give his opinion of snow worth despite the fact that I really don't care for the stuff.  This opinion really isn't based on any facts other than the fact that snow makes him happy.  So, I suppose it is based on fact, just not my fact.  My facts don't match his facts, but both opinions have worth. 

The same could be said of God.  My experience are my facts.  My experience of God is a loving one, a universal one.  I pray to God and in my experience, God is everywhere, in every religion.  He does not discriminate.  He is not an elitest and does not belong to one religion over another.  This is my opinion and is based on the facts of my own experience of who He/She is.  My facts do not match the facts of others who have a different experience of who God is.  So, does my opinion have worth?  Does my vision of God have less worth because it is not based on the "facts" of what the Bible says?  Does my relationship with God have less worth?  Am I not entitled to the blessings of God because I have a different view?

I find this interesting.  I can't answer this question on my own.  In my opinion I am very much entitled to relationship with God based on the "facts" of my own experience.  My opinion has worth wether based on your facts or not.  Fortunate for me I have a very strong understanding and relationship with God and unfortunate for others who can't see what I see, it is not based on what the Bible says.  This is not to say that I don't find worth in the Bible.  I keep a Bible next to me always.  I also keep The Dhamamdpada next me and I also keep the Tao Te Ching next to me.  I find worth in everyone's opinion.

Opinion is just what it is.  It is based always on fact.  Those facts may not match the facts of your life and even so, it is still of value.  The facts of my experience with ice cream has lead me to believe that it is delicious!  I know some who find ice cream to be undesirable, as strange as this may seem to me, I value her opinion.  Her opinion is valid and has worth because this is a fact in her life.  She just doesn't like ice cream.  This fact is not a fact for me.  My fact is not a fact for her.  We are both right.

Signs of Spring

Willow

Daffodil

Spring Beauty

Phlox

Rosemary

Oregano

Chives



What My Husband Thinks

My husband thinks I'm weird.  Oh my, what to do, what to do.!? 
He's read my posts and is amused I suppose.

My husband thinks I'm strange!  Oh my, where has he been, I know I
certainly didn't just drop this fact on him.

My husband thinks I'm wonderful.  I know because he informed me as
I bent into a half pretzel while singing out my favorite song.

My husband thinks I'm beautiful!  He tells me in the morning, before the blood
reaches my brain and tells the rest of me to act accordingly.

What a man, what a man!

Boy, I Know You

Don't think I don't know you, I know who you are
I left you three lives behind
Stop creeping around in my mind
Our love ended in a time long ago and far

Boy, I know you
I've known you longer than the stars
You keep knocking on the door to my heart
but can't you see the man that sets you apart.

This man now resides in my heart
and the boy has left nothing but a scar
Stop thinking you have a piece of me
My love for him has set you free.

Boy, stop coming to me in my dreams
grow up and let me sew the seam
You've torn a whole that I must now repair
Stop this nonsense and give me some air.

My past life with you was grand
you settled in quite well and love me you did
In this life it's just not the plan
I am forever his now and you lost your right to bid.

I will say this only once and then forever be gone
The spot beside me is filled and it is he whom I hold
The back door to my mind is now closed
Go back to that time of old. . .

March is an Awesome Month

March is for shaking off the winter,
for being witness to spring peeping through the fallen leaves of Autumn,
for singing in the rain,
for cleaning up after the storm,
for greeting the brand new day,
for soaking up the rays of the approaching sun,
for playing in the breeze.

March is for celebrating,
love,
friendship,
opening the door.

March is for holding the hand of my love,
brushing off the coldness of indifference
and finding the seed of faith and hope
in a world of greed and broken promises.

March is for learning to see,
to finally hear and feel. 
Seeing that everything passes and is made new again.
Hearing life return to a barren landscape. 
Feeling that we are part of everything.

March is for looking around,
just look around, the sky is blue.
Everything is being made new.
It's beautiful.

March is for growing.
knowing.
trusting.
skipping.
forgiving.

March is for making mud pies,
picking daffodils,
warmer days and cold nights,
snuggling tight,
jumping in puddles.

March, I love you.
You are so Awesome.