10-24-11 Help One Another

“There is no love which does not become help.”
Paul Tillich

10-24-11  Help One Another

Friday my back and hips were hurting so much I broke down and called the chiropractor in town, the one who's office I saw while walking last week. It turned out to be a good call because she got me in that afternoon and fixed me right up! I stayed home though and rested up for Zombie Walk in Asbury Park. I did set up a meeting for monday with the guys from the dating survey and the guy who runs the divorce support meetup, he and I are going to work together on this one because we both want to help these single people. Also I had gotten a text from Randy earlier in the day asking if I was better and I said no and he suggested looking for advice on you tube. Not funny that one.. but since he had shown some signs of caring I e-mailed him asking him if he knew how to winterize a house and was he still going to go up with his truck to get the rest of our stuff from the old house......

Saturday morning bright and early Kevin showed up to go with us to Asbury Park. His shoes were falling apart though so Jeremy gave him his old sneakers, 3 sizes too big though. On the way down we saw a yard sale and stopped, I got a $100 value hydroponic grower for $15 and Kevin looked for sneakers his size. I told him to vision himself finding a pair and by the time we got to Asbury Park, and 4 yard sales later he did find a pair, this one was a size too small but he got them for $1 and they are going to hold him for a bit. He's a good man, always stopping to help people he sees in need like an old lady we saw struggling to get a case of water bottles into her cart, I hope he can get his life straightened out.  Seeing the Zombies was loads of fun see pics here We made a vow to go again next year and dress up too. While I was there I couldn't resist getting a palm reading. She was good, told me stuff with out prying to get info out of me first. She said that I was going to get a lot of money November 18th, from an inheritance or a win or a sale, I assumed it was my house sale, we shall see.. She said that my job is OK but it does not inspire me and that she sees me earning money in a more creative way in the future and that it also involves helping a lot of people. Perhaps my blog will someday get published I thought. I asked her did she see romance for me and she said yes but not till in the new year, perhaps February because there is a bit of healing work I still need to do on myself before I will be ready but for sure there would be someone and to look for the letter J in his first or last name. I was pretty surprised with that one and told her that two months ago another reader had told me I was going to meet a man with the letter J! Then she was done but could tell something else was on my mind so I told her there was another guy......tell me his name she said. Randy. She focused in on him and said I can see that you are very very drawn to him and the reason for that is because you ARE soul mates she said, but not all soul mates are meant to spend each life together. She said that he does not want to grow up and make the commitment that I need at this time. She said someday he will but by then you will have moved on and met someone else. I felt a twinge of sadness but also acceptance. I've always know this is how he is and why I couldn't stay....I need a man I can count on when I need help not a boy I have to wait for to come home when he's done playing....

Sunday morning I woke to an answer to the e-mail I had sent Randy asking if he knew how to winterize a home and if he was ever going to drive up there to get my washer dryer and other things. He said yeah just been too busy he had replied. I replied Of course and not to worry about winterizing that Keith and Jeremy and I were going up to do it and that's exactly what we did. Jeremy had gotten a bad vibe and had wanted to stay home thinking I was going to get pulled over by a cop up there to which I told him he was being silly, still we went through a different town instead of where he had gotten picked up before that time he and his girlfriend took my car. But at one point the light was yellow and I could not decide if I should stop or go and I ended up going..........soon to find myself being followed by a policeman.....who eventually pulled me over. I was very apologetic and he asked me how my record was and I said oh bad I said two tickets at least. He went back to his car and I prayed and I prayed and Kevin and Jeremy were very very quiet. In the end he let me go with just a warning and asked was I related to, and named one of my ex-brother's-in law. Ugh yet another reason I am so glad I moved away from that area... He went his way and we made our way up to my old house.

When we got there, there was a note on the door about it being abandoned so I had to call and straighten that out. Also my For Sale by owner sign needed new ink and to be put back up. I hope the township sees that I thought to myself! And for good measure I prayed, brought down the Reiki energy and I put a SpiritStone on top of the For Sale sign. I felt very good about that one and wondered why I hadn't thought of it before! We drained the pipes, put in the anti freeze in the toilets and walked the property and told Kevin some stories and I felt so good to know I won't have to come back there.We stopped for burgers on the way home. I paid for Kevin's  lunch and he was nice enough to order the cheapest thing on the menu. I thanked him again for coming with us and told him it's hard being a single mom and he maybe could make some money that way, helping them. It just gives you a bit of piece of mind to have a man around to help with this sort of thing I said. He said he can understand that and he was glad to go with us but he also said Jeremy had known what to do I hadn't really needed him and I said yes he's a smart hard working kid I am proud of him. We drove back down here and dropped Kevin off in Laurence Harbor and headed to Keyport. Jeremy asked if he could borrow cigarette money so I said yes and pulled into the 7-11 for him........and I pulled in right next to a big black truck that just happened to be Randy's! And he was sitting in it, Eating soup, all alone. I felt kinda weird but decided to roll down the window and chat for a bit, seeing him pulled at my heart strings a little I can't deny...but I was also so weary from the day I didn't take much time to talk. Are you following me he asked? I said no not at all, this is my 7-11 too now.  I told him where we had come from and he said oooooohh that's what you meant I thought you were asking about winterizing the house down here. I said no but it's ok Kevin went with us to help and it's done now. Then I said I gotta go see ya and we came home. I told Jeremy how sad it is that not only is he all alone, he can't even keep food at his own house because they eat it all. There he is all alone in the cold eating 7-11 soup in his truck on Sunday evening. Why do you suppose he'd rather have them than us? Because of the stability he said, you always left him and was mad at him and was dumping him, they stay it's that simple. I nodded my head and knew that he was right and said well I just wanted him to grow up a little and be someone I could count on........but that's not who he wants to be.....

Monday driving in to work I gave all this some thought and re-iterated the point to myself once again that who I want most of all is someone who will take care of me and our home with the same level of love and devotion I give to the person that I love. Really that's all any of us crave is it not? So I am going to keep on my path, and stop and be a good Samaritan every chance that I get. My unemployed down on his luck friend showed me this weekend that you don't need anything more than yourself in order to be able to give, and that truly is what we are all called to do.........give and give and God will take care of your needs......

Today I want you to take a look around your world and pay close attention to those who may need your help, and then give it freely...........there is no better way to love..........



 With Love and in the Light, Cassie

Luke 10:25-37

New International Version (NIV)

The Parable of the Good Samaritan

 ²⁵ On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”    ²⁶ “What is written in the Law?” he replied. “How do you read it?”
 ²⁷ He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’^[a]; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’^[b]”
   ²⁸ “You have answered correctly,” Jesus replied. “Do this and you will live.”
 ²⁹ But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
 ³⁰ In reply Jesus said: “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he was attacked by robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead. ³¹ A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side. ³² So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. ³³ But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him. ³⁴ He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, brought him to an inn and took care of him. ³⁵ The next day he took out two denarii^[c] and gave them to the innkeeper. ‘Look after him,’ he said, ‘and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.’
   ³⁶ “Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?”
 ³⁷ The expert in the law replied, “The one who had mercy on him.”
   Jesus told him, “Go and do likewise.”