Despite the arrogance in that statement, it’s true.  There is only one me.  But there aren’t too many unique things about me in contrast to what I have in common with all man.  So today I want progress in being who I am as a fellow human and the one and only me.
I have to work through resentments daily and persuade myself that negative feelings and thoughts toward someone only keep me from that progress.  After all, I only have an account of myself, so I must be in check to it.  There’s nothing I can do about the person or persons who are (seemingly) so simple that these thoughts they never find in their capacity to ponder.  Ah, yes I complicate things often with all the thinking.  Yet when I step out of the way I see progress is what I seek, not perfection.
Finding God.  That’s a big one.  Admitting the powerlessness of the mere human compared to the universe.  Speaking of, lets break for a video 🙂

I get so bound up by my worries and fears, my wants and desires. All these earthly things. The expression “let go and let God” means something right? My will is so strong and leads me to strike my foot against a stone when in truth God’s spirit wants to teach me to move mountains. The human condition; what a sickness we are born into.

I get caught up on little things. People will believe what they want despite there being evidence to contradict such. Myself included. It blows my mind how we can live our whole lives thinking on one track. Like your whole disposition toward what you know and have experienced is on repeat. I like to think I’ve been on shuffle this whole time. Those on repeat who undoubtedly fail to question if the other tracks made the album will rarely even listen to them let alone acknowledge them.  That mindset gets stuck in my head, right there where the fuzzy burn happens, right there where I fail to tolerate wholly that their ignorance is as much theirs as is my own. It’s not my problem and it’s not my responsibility (their  knowledge and understanding)  just as mine isn’t theirs. In fact, by accepting them where they are, it is easier for them to accept where I am, perhaps.  I suppose if the latter is not true of any person, they are better off by themselves and the likes of others with that personality.

Progress has it’s stumbling block. As you move forward from this place to that place, seeing the worlds tilt and how all humans are falling, quite literally reeling over themselves, it’s easier to see your own faults. It’s always easy to see the fault of another but most of the time there is little we can do about that. So once you pick up momentum it becomes the task to look forward to. I don’t have to feel this way or that way about a person or anything which is not in my control. It is foolish to think one can change something outside of his own power. Acceptance. Progress. The very momentum we move forward with comes from somewhere beyond comprehension – even if you’re a PHD and know a lot of big words to explain – there is little to know and everything to understand about this unseen force. A force that can and will take a willing body and mind and provide the inertia to move. One day at a time.
I still think most people are stupid but I say that in the nicest way possible (I know we all agree with that, even those of us of whom are themselves stupid). I can’t change that and I might as well accept it and not let stupid people get in the way of my spiritual progress. lol I knew at some point I would include a rant. This may all very well be incoherent babble anyway. My own self seeking hubris. At least I know there’s only one me to work on and it’s one day at a time. 🙂
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