I have made a wrong turn once or twice, maybe more…probably much more. It happens though…no apologies for making mistakes and poor choices – never, none of us are immune from such things. Apologies only for the consequences that hurt others…not for the act of choice…not for learning and growing…not for the bravery or even the stupidity. My take on wrong turns, those detours and delays in life of our own making, is simply to get to work and find your way through it…sometimes with sweat and hard work, sometimes with blood and tears, sometimes with your brain and heart…and sometimes with help from the ghosts in your life. I have three that I trust will watch over me…that I invited to interfere in my life and save me from myself…and from those other forces that would do me harm, whatever they me be…I would rather not know. It’s not so much that I ask them to produce winning 6/49 numbers on occasion…and I do for the record, because really who wouldn’t? It’s the more important charge of shielding my soul from life’s mortal wounds…guardians which look out for me on the flip side…voices and presence that guide me both away from harm and distraction, and toward lessons to be learned and opportunity earned. Honestly though, I never ask for my choices to be undone or mistakes to be corrected or gifts to be showered…in fact, I only asked once for their service and from that point rested peacefully on faith. With their passing I prayed to each of them, “Please watch over me and protect me from those things I can not defend against, show me light in the darkness and when I falter show me your kindness and wisdom. Ancestor watch over me and guide me as best you can…and when you can speak to me, so that I might hear you.” Thank you…and I hear you.
Who's Your Ghost...?
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Lawrence Lewis
“An idea, like a ghost, must be spoken to a little before it will explain itself.” – Charles Dickens
About Lawrence Lewis
I do a number of things professionally...but most of all and the true purpose of what I do through "my work" is to provide for my family, be a good husband and great father, and try to make a difference as a world citizen...I guess it's not much more complicated than that 🙂