Clay Bowls (Pot)

In the last few days I have had way to much time to think. Sometimes it is a good thing, then other times it isn't. I guess I have needed it, because I was thinking about all I have been writing about, not just o here, but to my wife as well.

I have written a little about our souls, more about our hearts and minds.have you ever planted plants I a clay pot? Have you ever noticed after time the clay starts to crack and to break away. If exposed to the weather it breaks down quicker, then a pot that is shelter. Now most clay pots have a hole in the middle to allow water to drain out and that is why I called this title clay bowl. A bowl is solid and allows no draining. Our souls are that clay bowl, the more weather we have exposed it to, the more warn it is. How worn is your clay bowl. How many cracks and chips are in it.

My clay bowl was so wor from the weather, it could hold no water, it couldn't and the more someone would pour in it, the more it would leak out and my bowl remained empty, unable to hold anything. My heart would search for feelings and would go for what felt good, it wanted to be happy. My mind well it didn't know only the worry and doubt, because the soul is what links it all together. I know hard to understand, try explaining it... Draw a circle on a piece of paper, now on the right and left side of that circle draw two circles inside. All the circles are touching but the biggest circle is your soul,the other two are your heart and mind. Does that help?

Imagine if your soul has holes, it has a hard time keeping you heart and mind together, it is so easy to leak out. My soul was broken and a mess. It took my world crashing down around me. My soul (clay bowl) was shattered into 100's of pieces. It was unable to hold my heart and mind in place anymore, yes my heart and mind were all over the place and each day a piece of my soul was taken and ground, through the process of rebuilding. You are right, it sounds painful and it was, it wasn't fun looking back and seeing all the lies I had told. It wasn't fun seeing the secret thoughts I had, non of it was fun, but today my clay bowl is being reformed, yes their are still scratches in it, but it is to remind me of the areas I struggle, but the process was slow and painful, but today my bowl can hold water.

How does your bowl look? Do you have a hard time feeling love? Do. You wonder if you are alone in that feeling? So many people ask these questions and they think they are alone, the don't want to be broken, but they don't want to continue living the way they have been either. Your choices will define you and today might be the day, don't be afraid and even after the soul breaks, it will be remade into something more incredible then you have thought possible. The past doesn't make sense and the future is scary, but today is the beginning of a new life and a new way. Take hold and know that even when you think you can't you can, when you are afraid of the bowl breaking, there is more life after. Today do you want to truly feel love, joy, peace and more, or do you want to live life like a movie without sound, without music? Today your life can change, time to take those steps, it is a new day.