Saturday, May 30, 2009
THE LIMITLESS PATH
Searching in vain, over and over again
Day after day on every visual terrain
The sky opened and trenched my brain
With a secret plan that has no name
My fingers can touch the bottomless sky
And my hands embrace the fleeing rainbow
Suddenly I can climb the highest mountain
Without ever leaving the place I stand
Effortlessly I can reach across the land
And fetch the radiant sinking sunset
Before it trips upon the waiting horizon
Oh what a mighty mind I am!
I can build a community under the sea
And design another above the ground
These things I can keep for all eternity
Within my treasured sanctuary
Oh what a mighty mind I am!
I can be anything I choose to be
The task becomes a worthy challenge
To convert lovely thoughts to reality
The process must begin somewhere
With determination, discipline and care
Motivation, persistence and an idea
You can evolve into an aspiring entity
You possess the mind and the will
To shape the path you wish to make
It is not in some hidden, distant place
But right in you it can be traced
Excerpts from - The Limitless Path, from the book, "The Forgotten Heroes" by John T. Rodriguez
Day after day on every visual terrain
The sky opened and trenched my brain
With a secret plan that has no name
My fingers can touch the bottomless sky
And my hands embrace the fleeing rainbow
Suddenly I can climb the highest mountain
Without ever leaving the place I stand
Effortlessly I can reach across the land
And fetch the radiant sinking sunset
Before it trips upon the waiting horizon
Oh what a mighty mind I am!
I can build a community under the sea
And design another above the ground
These things I can keep for all eternity
Within my treasured sanctuary
Oh what a mighty mind I am!
I can be anything I choose to be
The task becomes a worthy challenge
To convert lovely thoughts to reality
The process must begin somewhere
With determination, discipline and care
Motivation, persistence and an idea
You can evolve into an aspiring entity
You possess the mind and the will
To shape the path you wish to make
It is not in some hidden, distant place
But right in you it can be traced
Excerpts from - The Limitless Path, from the book, "The Forgotten Heroes" by John T. Rodriguez
I and ME, the Two of us
There was always a void, an empty hole, a missing link between my body and my very own spirit. On several occasions the search took me to undefined crossroads and to confusing intersections that I couldn’t logically explain. So at times, I would put away the books for a while and return to them determined to start the process all over again.
During the past couple of years the focus was gradually changing. I was not reading as many religious books as I did before. I simply concentrated on reading the New Testament in the bible and one or two selected books I favored. But a new development was also taking root.
I began to meditate more, to pray more and spend more of my time in developing a one on one relationship with God. As time went on, I started saying less and listening more. I was getting information instead of putting out information; the prayer pattern reversed because my silence was sowing more spiritual seeds and I began reaping larger spiritual harvests.
The focus did not change accidentally. No, there was a larger force pushing me in this new direction. The logic was simple; if I can get closer to my inner being, a being that is always with me, and one that was given to me by God Himself then the chances of knowing and satisfying the one that created me was greater.
Already, there existed a very close relationship between God and my inner being; they are both spiritual beings. Therefore, it would be easier for me to isolate my search within my own being than to reach out hoping to touch the rainbow that I can’t reach. Is this the reason why He made us with two distinct identities, one spiritual and the other physical?
Once I realized that there is an in-built oneness between my spirit and God, and he has an unconditional love and a permanent relationship for His children, it did not take long for me to detour my urge and strive to become a better human being.
I often wondered if God didn’t purposely made us individually in His image and likeness, so it would become easier to know Him through the process of knowing ourselves than blindly making the mistake of finding Him elsewhere.
Excerpts from - I and ME, the Two of us, from the book, "The Forgotten Heroes" by John T. Rodriguez
During the past couple of years the focus was gradually changing. I was not reading as many religious books as I did before. I simply concentrated on reading the New Testament in the bible and one or two selected books I favored. But a new development was also taking root.
I began to meditate more, to pray more and spend more of my time in developing a one on one relationship with God. As time went on, I started saying less and listening more. I was getting information instead of putting out information; the prayer pattern reversed because my silence was sowing more spiritual seeds and I began reaping larger spiritual harvests.
The focus did not change accidentally. No, there was a larger force pushing me in this new direction. The logic was simple; if I can get closer to my inner being, a being that is always with me, and one that was given to me by God Himself then the chances of knowing and satisfying the one that created me was greater.
Already, there existed a very close relationship between God and my inner being; they are both spiritual beings. Therefore, it would be easier for me to isolate my search within my own being than to reach out hoping to touch the rainbow that I can’t reach. Is this the reason why He made us with two distinct identities, one spiritual and the other physical?
Once I realized that there is an in-built oneness between my spirit and God, and he has an unconditional love and a permanent relationship for His children, it did not take long for me to detour my urge and strive to become a better human being.
I often wondered if God didn’t purposely made us individually in His image and likeness, so it would become easier to know Him through the process of knowing ourselves than blindly making the mistake of finding Him elsewhere.
Excerpts from - I and ME, the Two of us, from the book, "The Forgotten Heroes" by John T. Rodriguez
Do you make a Difference, Why not?
Cover of my soon to release second book
"Do you make a Difference, Why not?"
"Do you make a Difference, Why not?"
Thursday, May 28, 2009
A CHILD
A CHILD I am a child of the immaculate, divine Lord
I am a child of the sublime supplier of all
I am a child of the Great Almighty
I am a child of His Royal Family
I am unique, a distinguished and illustrious child I am intelligent,
I am brilliant, and I am wise
I am blessed and thankful to be a child of the Most High
I am always present before His watchful, loving eyes
I am connected and receptive to the truthful voice of Infinity
I am forever embraced by the affectionate heart of Eternity
I am a special child of this blessed universe
His sanctified and Holy hands created me
I am strength; I am health; I am prosperity
I am delighted to be part of Thee To day
I confess my weaknesses of yesterday
And reassert my new identity with undeniable authority
I am not a hopeless soul in search of what I already have
Or pursuing the unending course for which I already am
I am a child of the mighty, powerful
I AM I am free, fearless, an element of His loving charm
I throw away the old, unhappy me
The once angry, greedy and jealous me
I clothe myself in His finest and indestructible armor
A gift personally handed me by my Heavenly Father
Now, I walk like a child in the shadows of my Creator
I talk like a child in the presence of my Maker
I see through the eyes of my compassionate Father
I hear through the ears of my forgiving Savior
I am a child of the living, loving Redeemer
I am a child of the great Jehovah
From Him I was sent; To Him I shall return and in Him I do exist.
I am a genuine, indisputable child of the wonderful, loving God that made everything in the heavens above and the earth below.
Excerpts from - A Child, from the book, "Do you make a difference, Do you?" by John T. Rodriguez
I am a child of the sublime supplier of all
I am a child of the Great Almighty
I am a child of His Royal Family
I am unique, a distinguished and illustrious child I am intelligent,
I am brilliant, and I am wise
I am blessed and thankful to be a child of the Most High
I am always present before His watchful, loving eyes
I am connected and receptive to the truthful voice of Infinity
I am forever embraced by the affectionate heart of Eternity
I am a special child of this blessed universe
His sanctified and Holy hands created me
I am strength; I am health; I am prosperity
I am delighted to be part of Thee To day
I confess my weaknesses of yesterday
And reassert my new identity with undeniable authority
I am not a hopeless soul in search of what I already have
Or pursuing the unending course for which I already am
I am a child of the mighty, powerful
I AM I am free, fearless, an element of His loving charm
I throw away the old, unhappy me
The once angry, greedy and jealous me
I clothe myself in His finest and indestructible armor
A gift personally handed me by my Heavenly Father
Now, I walk like a child in the shadows of my Creator
I talk like a child in the presence of my Maker
I see through the eyes of my compassionate Father
I hear through the ears of my forgiving Savior
I am a child of the living, loving Redeemer
I am a child of the great Jehovah
From Him I was sent; To Him I shall return and in Him I do exist.
I am a genuine, indisputable child of the wonderful, loving God that made everything in the heavens above and the earth below.
Excerpts from - A Child, from the book, "Do you make a difference, Do you?" by John T. Rodriguez
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