Liturgie: 13_maart_2016

In die maand waar ons gesels oor OPPORTUNITIES is daar ʼn paar datums om ʼn sirkel om te trek --
🌷 Eerskomende Saterdag 12 Maart 09h00-12h30 — Inleiding tot ACIM en tweede helfte gaan ons gesels oor agtergrond en verstaan van die Kabbalah [R150 pp] 👣 Donderdag 17 Maart 10h30 — besoek aan Attie van Wyk Laerskool waarby Neo-Spektrum aktief betrokke is. Skakel Lizanne Joubert lizannejoubert@yahoo.co.uk vir meer info.
💐 Saterdag 2 April 09h00-12h30 — Spiritualiteit vir Kinders: die wie, wat, waar, hoe om die betekenis en inhoud van Christelike Geloof oor te dra aan kinders [R150 pp] 🌸 Saterdag 16 April 20h00 — beplan ons weer ʼn lekker Barnyard aand in Durbanville vir hul Vegas Show ... meer inligting later hieroor. Teken solank die datum aan.
Daar is verskeie ander geleenthede waarby jy betrokke kan raak met hande, voete, kennis en wysheid by ons projekte en/of aspekte van ons struktuur as NGO/PBO ... al is dit ook net in jou gebede! Al wat ons vra, is om iets van jouself te gee want die skoenlapper wat sy vlerke klap in Kaapstad veroorsaak ʼn reënbui in Mpumalanga.
Ten spyte van ʼn president wat nie weet of dit Dingaansdag, My Fair Lady, of Two Thousand Hundred and Six Ten is nie, het ek nog altyd in dié land opgekyk na die blou-blou lug en die woord OPPORTUNITY helder en groot in die hemel geskryf gesien staan. Dit is wel so dat ons Afrikaners baie lief is om onsself in die verdrietigheid in te moun en altyd ʼn rede of verskoning te vind waarom almal, altyd, alles verkeerd doen. Ek het eenkeer êrens ʼn gedig gelees wat iemand geskryf het oor vier karakters met die name Nobody, Somebody, Everybody, and Anybody en dit gaan min of meer so — “When Nobody did it, Somebody was angry because it was Everybody's job. But Everybody thought that Somebody would do it instead. So consequently Everybody blamed Somebody. When Nobody did what Anybody could have done in the first place.”
In Lukas 14 vertel Jesus ʼn gelykenis — “A man once gave a great banquet and invited many. And at the time for the banquet he sent his servant to say to those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’ But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said to him, ‘I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it. Please have me excused.’ And another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to examine them. Please have me excused.’ And another said, ‘I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.’”
Daar is altyd ʼn verskoning as ons nie ons sin kry nie waarvan die beste swakste rede is, ons is TE besig. Stephen Covey som dit goed op as hy skryf, “People expect us to be busy, overworked. It’s become a status symbol in our society – if we’re busy, we’re important; if we’re not busy, we’re embarrassed to admit it. Busyness is where we get our security — it’s validating, popular and pleasing — it’s also a good excuse for not dealing with the first things in our lives.”
Ons het laas Sondag gesels oor die SPYT en SELFVERWYTE wat ons het oor geleenthede wat ons deur ons vingers laat glip het, of nie gedoen het wat ons moes nie, of dinge totaal anders kon gedoen het. Ons het gesels oor al die skuldgevoelens wat ons saamdra omdat geleenthede by ons verbygegaan het en ons ʼn verskoning gehad het dat die tyd nie geleë was nie.
Eerskomende Sondag gaan ons dié roerende gedig wat Charlie Chaplin geskryf het, behandel en daaruit ʼn spens vol geleenthede pak vir ons reis vorentoe. Kom gesels saam en deel jou ervaring oor die TIEN broodjies wat hy gee en wat dit beteken om die moontlikhede van geleenthede te ontgin --
As I began to love myself I found that anguish and emotional suffering
are only warning signs that I was living against my own truth.
Today, I know, this is “AUTHENTICITY”.
As I began to love myself I understood how much it can offend somebody
As I try to force my desires on this person, even though I knew the time
was not right and the person was not ready for it, and even though this
person was me. Today I call it “RESPECT”.
As I began to love myself I stopped craving for a different life,
and I could see that everything that surrounded me was inviting me to grow.
Today I call it “MATURITY”.
As I began to love myself I understood that at any circumstance,
I am in the right place at the right time, and everything happens
at the exactly right moment. So I could be calm.
Today I call it “SELF-CONFIDENCE”.
As I began to love myself I quit steeling my own time,
and I stopped designing huge projects for the future.
Today, I only do what brings me joy and happiness, things I love to do
and that make my heart cheer, and I do them in my own way and in
my own rhythm. Today I call it “SIMPLICITY”.
As I began to love myself I freed myself of anything that is no good for
my health – food, people, things, situations, and everything that drew
me down and away from myself. At first I called this attitude
a healthy egoism. Today I know it is “LOVE OF ONESELF”.
As I began to love myself I quit trying to always be right, and ever since
I was wrong less of the time. Today I discovered that is “MODESTY”.
As I began to love myself I refused to go on living in the past and worry
about the future. Now, I only live for the moment, where EVERYTHING
is happening. Today I live each day, day by day, and I call it “FULFILMENT”.
As I began to love myself I recognized that my mind can disturb me
and it can make me sick. But As I connected it to my heart, my
mind became a valuable ally. Today I call this
connection “WISDOM OF THE HEART”.
We no longer need to fear arguments, confrontations or any kind of problems
with ourselves or others. Even stars collide, and out of their crashing
new worlds are born. Today I know THAT IS “LIFE”!
Hoop om almal Sondag daar te sien en bring iemand nuut saam 😉

ACIM — 10 Maart by KOLPING en 14 Maart STAD 19h30 — Chapter 11: GOD OR THE EGO

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Gedagte vir die Week:
“Who you are tomorrow begins with what you do today.” ― Tim Fargo