Going Deeper and Easter

OK, so my decision is to go deeper.  In my last post I said I was at a crossroads in my journey to say nothing negative about anyone.  My options were to abandon the project or continue the project by digging deeper into myself to find root causes for my desire to say negative things about others.  It is easy to simply believe that we say negative things about others because of their actions and they deserve it.  But if I simply accept that proposition I am overlooking a deeper truth, the truth that started me on this journey in the first place.  I believe when I say something negative about another, even if in my mind they have earned it, I create negativity.  It creates negativity in me and in whomever I say it to.  In short it is the belief that if I want to live in a more positive world, it MUST start with me.  Today is Good Friday and I am a Christian.  Sunday I will celebrate Easter.  Now don't stop reading yet, I promise not to preach a sermon!  Here is my thought.  The best way I can see Jesus, or any manifestation of faith is in the results in people's lives, mine and others.  I awoke this morning with a thought.  I always awake with a thought, but it is usually a thought about how much I have to do and how far behind I am, but today was different.  I awoke on Good Friday with a thought about the people in my life and how each of them represents some greater good if I look for it.  In fact I don't have to look very hard for it.  Each person carries within their life a message for me, a deeper truth, that I can learn from if I choose.  This is my Easter, I intend to think about the deeper truth I see in the people in my life.  I believe it is there that I will see a true manifestation of the good that God wants me to have.  I will close this rather long entry with the first two people I thought of when I awoke, in fact the thought of those two was already there completely formed when I awoke.  First is Sean Anderson, a man I work with everyday.  He has lost over 280 pounds and is now making a life for himself sharing his enthusiasm for the health he has found.  In him I see a truth that he is following his dreams.  The second is my boss Bill Coleman.  Now Bill does a lot and works hard and accomplishes many things, but the deeper truth I see in Bill is that he takes time to enjoy himself.  He gives himself a break now and then to do what he wants.  So the deeper truth I see in Bill is that rest and recreation are important.  Wow, only two people and I have already learned to work hard to follow my dreams, but to give myself some down time too.  I will continue to think of the people I know and learn from their "inner truth" as I celebrate Easter weekend.  That is my assignment for me, well that AND relax and enjoy myself.  God bless you, and I hope you also see him this weekend in the people you know.