There Playbook

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There Playbook

Having worked with the mentally and physically challenged for fifteen years now, I still stay strong to the idea that they are the best teachers in the world regarding what those who are not mentally and or physically challenged may take for granted every day. With that said, one thing those I serve have fought for over the years is the right to be their own self advocates.

Wikipedia defines “Self Advocacy” as: “The self-advocacy movement seeks to reduce the isolation of people with disabilities and give them the tools and experience to take greater control over their own lives.”

Being the awesome teachers that they are, I believe the time has come for us to take a page from there playbook and become self-advocates on a spiritual level. That is what TBR, “The Bible Reincarnate” is all about. For some people this might not be the avenue they would wish to take, yet for others such as myself who feel comfortable enough to walk in the wilderness of spirituality alone, confident in my connection with my creator/s, it is exactly what should be done.

Leaving the warmth of an organized religion can be frightening for some people and I do honestly respect that for there is nothing wrong with that facet. I for one am ready to take a leap of faith forward (actually, I have done so for years), into the hands of my god/s, goddess/s and find out what I can that applies to just me.

Do you remember the fourth grade? For me, I would sit in class the whole day, attempting to learn all the subjects being taught, learning the way my teachers would expect me to learn, sometimes getting the information they were delivering and sometimes not. I believe one reason I would excel in some subjects while not excel in others was simply because there were some classes that connected with me and some that did not. To me organized religion acts in the same way. Not everything being preached applies to me no matter what faith I may investigate. The beauty of such investigating is that there are pieces of many organized religions that do apply to me, often similar in nature. Any other information that is delivered via the faith I may be investigating at the time, I can then chose to pursue or not.

As I have stated before, we are all teachers as well as students and by working together, respecting while sharing, we can find our own path as well as our own life lessons on an individual level, holding true to ourselves that the choices we make, regardless of the face value outcome, were worth experiencing and the good that we bring to others, our mother earth, as well as ourselves, we can own and feel proud of.

Blessed Be-