When we know, who walks beside us, on this path we have chosen, our fears fall from us.

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

I AM THAT I AM

No, this isn’t about Popeye, he said “I yam what I yam and that’s all that I yam.” Living on the Spiritual Basis is about unlimited potential and growth, our connection to the infinite. Popeye chose limitation, that what he is is all he is and that’s it. Living on the new basis the question must be asked why Popeye chose fear over freedom. Was he locked into a cycle of failure because of his overbearing father, Poopdeck Pappy, always trying to impress him but invariably falling short? Was it because he feared losing Olive Oyl if he flew his colors as a man of God? The condescending personal attacks from Bluto/Brutus if he announced his faith? His inability to say no to Wimpy’s endless requests for support of his burger habit a demonstration of his weakness, not trusting in God to provide? Or was it the fear that to truly live on the spiritual basis he would have to surrender his spinach addiction? Sadly we may never know. But we can learn from Popeye’s suffering and choose to live an unlimited life. Trust in God and carry the good news of His love and light into all your affairs, your life a demonstration of the new basis, the basis of trusting and relying on Him who has all knowledge and power. Let us hope Popeye in his final days, out of the limelight, his days of beating Bluto/Brutus senseless behind him, having released Poopdeck Pappy with love, finally free of the co-dependent relationship with Olive Oyl, no longer enabling Wimpy, that he found peace and serenity. Toot Toot.

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