Take a Dive

First posted summer 2015

Today's Meditation:
"Take a deep breath and dive into the depths of absolute trust in Me. Underneath are the everlasting arms"* I've always loved swimming. As a kid I would get so excited about knowing I was going swimming my stomach would get butterflies. Pool, creek, river, pond, lake or ocean? yes yes yes yes yes and yes Diving down to reach the bottom is challenging and thrilling, I'm not a competitive swimmer and have no formal training other than lessons during summer breaks from elementary school. I need to trust, take a deep breath and dive deep. Yikes!
Jesus Calling -Sarah Young

Today's Thankfulness:

Nora Ephron: Nora Ephron's insightful words, thankfully, live on in the form of interviews, movies, books and recipes. Her movie You've Got Mail got me through graduate school. "You are daring to believe that you could have a different life" is a quote I clung to as I worked towards becoming a teacher. Now that I find myself jobless I wonder if I'm letting that woman (me) down. I recently read her book, I Feel Bad About My Neck in which she shares about how her mother said "Everything is copy" I'm so glad she listened to her mom and used this saying to guide her writing.

Jerry Seinfeld: There are few shows that the Haddock family agree on and Seinfeld is one of them. This past March my appreciation of Jerry Seinfeld went to another level. I began watching his internet show Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee followed by a fairly thorough YouTube search of him.  He has shared his reasons for walking away from the sitcom when NBC would have given him anything. In short he didn't want to experience the point when the popularity of the show went down in popularity. He stated that in order to know when it was 'the highest' it would have to go down. These thoughts led me to have the courage to leave my job with similar timing. Jerry jokes about himself saying how he is an uncaring person. I see kindness and wisdom in a not a people person package. It's almost eerie, and completely hilarious, how he often shares analogies and makes broad statements about things that my family has already observed and discussed. I long to know more about his parenting views and his seeming disdain for coddling kids. Jerry Seinfeld has led me to many self actualizing moments of which I am extremely thankful.

Oprah: I once had a goal of being on The Oprah Show. Oprah loves celebrating those who have made a difference. She breathes deeply the inspiring and profound. I am thankful that Oprah has shared her positive approach to life led by her "Aha! moments".