Dear Reader:

Have you ever had a sneaking suspicion that there is more than one of you inside yourself?

I was reading an article about the different “me’s” that exist throughout the days of our lives and I thought….”Maybe that explains why some days I think to myself “I just don’t quite feel like myself” today.” 

It is a pretty ambiguous comment to make (even to yourself) because that statement assumes that somewhere deep inside you ….you must know who the real “me” is. But other days we might feel like saying “Will the real me please step forward so I can recognize me when I see myself.”

As part of God’s Divine Plan…we are always changing (whether we like it or not) so it only makes sense that our inner “me” is changing too. Even from moment to moment…depending on life’s circumstances.

Since I have been keeping Eva Cate this week (or perhaps it is the other way around…still not sure) I have seen the different “me” swings of a five year old upfront and personal. The “me” of Eva Cate can change quite rapidly from excitement to disappointment from joy to sadness ….it is all part of growing up.

The excerpt from the following article definitely makes us stop and reflect…

Source: Man’s Most Important Mistake  ( G. I. Gurdjieff) Awakin Weekly

… Man’s most important mistake is thinking of himself as one (as in singular)…not part of a whole.

Man has no individual I. But there are, instead, hundreds and thousands of separate small I’s, very often entirely unknown to one another, never coming into contact, or, on the contrary, hostile to each other, mutually exclusive and incompatible.

Each minute, each moment, man is saying or thinking, ‘I.’ And each time his I is different. Just now it was a thought, now it is a desire, now a sensation, now another thought, and so on, endlessly. Man is a plurality. 

Try to understand that what you usually call “I” is not I; there are many “I’s” and each “I” has a different wish. Try to verify this. You wish to change, but which part of you has this wish? Many parts of you want many things, but only one part is real.

It will be very useful for you to try to be sincere with yourself. Sincerity is the key which will open the door through which you will see your separate parts, and you will see something quite new. You must go on trying to be sincere. Each day you put on a mask, and you must learn to peel it off little by little.

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Pretty interesting thoughts…yet most of us (must admit) that at one time or another we have stared in the mirror and said “Who are You“? Then we spend the rest of our  lifetime discovering the answer to that question

But for people of faith…we have a head start when we can say….”We are children of God.” The starting line (to knowing our real selves) begins with that statement.

So until tomorrow…Help us Father chip away at the mask we present to others and start showing our real “me” behind it…the “me” you want people to see.

“Today is my favorite day” Winnie the Pooh

* The many “Me’s” of Eva Cate at Vacation Bible School (from morning nervousness and a little sadness that Boo is leaving, to smiles and a glint in the eyes that a little mischief is going down)

Vacation Bible School ends today with a program for the parents at 6:00 this evening. Mandy, John, and Jake are coming to see the finale and take little Eva Cate home.

So yesterday we had girls’ day….we worked on curling our hair, (with the old sponge rollers) painting our fingers and toenails….and getting a fun little ring/braclet set for a memento to remember Eva Cate’s first extended stay with Boo Boo.

The last thing we did was plant our daisy seeds late yesterday afternoon…….If the flowers all magically pop up over night…it means the fairies selected Eva Cate as the “2015 Princess of the Garden.” We will just have to wait and see. Stay tuned.

* Sis Kinney sent me a picture….which made me sigh…she finally got to St. Jude’s Chapel of Hope. I can hardly wait for her reaction.

* Poor little Rutledge …. he went back yesterday to check to see if there was an actual fracture in his leg…we were all pretty optimistic that he would get the cast off….instead he ended up with another cast…orange this time. Please keep Walsh and Mollie in your prayers and thoughts…some summer blues to ponder over…lots of outdoors activities will have to be put off for a few weeks.