Appreciation
Day Sixty-Three – April 20, 2010
I started my day with the following astrology forecast, which began around the same time I quit my job.
Astrology Forecast: Don’t Cave In | Valid from November 2009 thru April 23, 2010: During this time most people have to deal with feelings of doubt, discouragement and inadequacy. Also you may find yourself unpleasantly confronted by the consequences of past actions that you hoped would simply go away. The challenge is to confront them without caving in and feeling hopeless. Now you will question whether you are doing what you should with your life. The temptation is to decide that you are not, and to give up. Others may try to convince you that you are on the wrong course and give you very demoralizing advice. Of course, you may in fact be wrong in some area, and there you should change course. But you must avoid the tendency to cave in. Evaluate what you are doing in your own terms, not someone else’s, and decide whether you are acting properly in various matters. The great thing about this particular forecast was that it expired in three more days, but it pretty much summed up the last five months of my life. -Copyright www.astro.com
After doing my morning meditation, I began thinking of things I was grateful for. The list went on and on. I was thankful for my journey and everything, even the salt in my bread. I was even grateful that I didn’t have a job and was running out of money because I knew this was an incredible opportunity to face my spirituality and confront my God face-to-face. Everything I did and thought about focused on my spirituality, and the further I traveled down the road, the more I let go of every material thing in my life.
I departed the KOA campground around 10:00 AM and headed straight for Washington, DC. Instead of taking the interstate, I decided to take the back roads to drive through the Virginia countryside. I lived in Washington, DC, for nine years, between July 1995 and September 2004. My main reason for returning this particular visit was to visit friends and return to my favorite church, the Arlington Metaphysical Chapel. (AMC)
Click on the image below to read about Divine Metaphysics and why I fit in with AMC.
I became a member of AMC in early 2004 while dating someone I loved. We broke up shortly afterward, which made it very difficult for me to return, mainly because it was too painful to be around this person. Six years had now passed, and I was ready to return.
My first stop was the Lady Bird Johnson Memorial Park, one of my favorite places to sit and watch wildlife. I always visited this park when I lived in Washington, mainly to escape the crowded streets of DC and be around Mother Nature.
I parked my truck and sat on one of the picnic tables. I compared my current self to myself from those days and noted a considerable difference. Living out west for the last five years changed me. I wasn’t the same person at all.
I spent about an hour at the park before heading to Laurel, Maryland, to visit a friend who had recently purchased a new condo. I arrived at Victor’s house right around 7:00 PM, and he pulled into his parking spot five minutes later. It was really good to see Victor. He and I had been friends for about thirteen years.
Victor invited me to stay at his house, but since he had two cats I was allergic to, I could not stay with him. After a brief visit, I asked Victor to drive me to Greenbelt Park, only ten miles from his house.
We drove down to Greenbelt Park, where I obtained a campsite for $16.00 for the night. I couldn’t believe it was so inexpensive. The government and the US National Park Service operated the park, so I felt pretty safe. When we pulled into the park, two Park Rangers stopped us to inquire about our visit.
After I obtained my campsite, Victor and I went to one of his favorite restaurants for dinner. He brought me back to his house, where I said goodnight. I got in my truck and headed back to Greenbelt Park.
Sitting in my truck working on my journal, I could hear trains in the distance. It was pretty impressive to think I was in the middle of the woods, on the edge of a vast city.
Before going to bed, I scanned my daily meditation again and expressed my appreciation for the moment. I went to bed around 11:30.