Taking control of my own life

Well, I am not doing so well in mastering my own life. Don't misunderstand me. I have a wonderful life. The only thing is that it has gotten out of hand. It has run away from me. I just seem to tag along behind my life.  So, as I posted earlier in I Work at Home, I am trying hard to knuckle down and make my priorities my priorities. This is harder than you'd think.

It was clear that I have to get down to business and apply myself fully to Heavenletters™ instead of being pulled away. I am bound and determined to get the authority for my own life back.

What could life have up its sleeve to take me away from my determination? The only things I could possibly think of were a stray dog or an orphan child.

What life did have up its sleeve, however, was a dear little lady in her seventies who used to be a drummer in a band, and who was just moving into this building all by herself. She had moved to this town from California in order to go to college here. Due to severe bronchitis, she had to temporarily drop out.

Here was this darling lady, and she was moving from campus to this apartment building all by herself, no one to help her, no one to even keep her company.  Even from a dorm room, it takes many trips to move. It's not a cinch to move yourself, and, besides, no one in the world should ever have to.

You remember that in my moves, so many people generously helped me. At those times, I was perfectly happy to give my life over to other people. I didn't mind then. You remember that Heaven Admin led the crew, and there were the people from the Sufi House, and the people from the volunteer center etc. You tell me, please, how I could stick to my resolve and let this lady move entirely by herself. I couldn't. Why would life have brought this lady to my attention unless I was supposed to help her?

So, help I did, and, instead of staying on the straight and narrow, I made a lovely new friend. She is all moved out of the dorm room now into into an apartment that is identical to mine. And today I'm going to help her get her bathroom and kitchen spotless.

And then I am not going to let anything deter me from my Heaven priorities, not ever again.