Sunday Sermon XVI - Smile, revenge is a dish best served with forgiveness....

Evening dear congregation,

This week draws to a close in a couple of hours. What have I learned over the past 7 days? Loads of stuff, most of which will be long forgotten soon enough, but I have kinda been living the consciousness that it's pointless letting marauding forces compromise ones inner peace.

It’s a fortunate disposition that I carry, of not having too many triggers that force me into hiding. On the whole, I can roll with most of the punches that get thrown at me without too much compromise to my emotional equilibrium. That said, although I’m feeling a lot more at peace with myself, it’s evident I’m not as robust at battering off unnecessary angst as I used to be. Certainly, my emotional centre of gravity is focussed on peace, love, oneness with the Universe, not aggro and conflict. No-one ever wins a war, no-one.

I’ve made peace with my past, I have no fear of the future other than my dark spectre and even that is finding it difficult to continue its soul breaking attack on my psyche, today is where I have control of my own happiness. No-one else is responsible for my sense of wellbeing, only me. The more smiles I create, the easier it is to smile. And so the cycle revolves, evolves, and finds itself attracting likeminded souls with a powerful magnetism.

So my message to the congregation is this; Smile, no-one owns all of the problems in the world, don’t take on burdens that you have no control over. There’s little point in luring trouble to your door, or provoking it when it arrives. Just be sure to do the right thing, disarm violation of your groove with kindness. What other people think of you is not your business, it’s theirs. Embrace every challenge with a grin on your grill, not a sneer on your snout. Plant your feet on the ground, steadfast, confident, full of assurance that your reality is your own making. Don’t buckle at the knees or turn on your heels, don’t strike out and seek out revenge. Revenge isn’t a dish best served cold, it’s a dish best served with forgiveness and the sense of peace that only forgiveness, love and hope can bring.

One Love

Jez

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