When in Hell, Don't Do As the Hellians!

"When you are going through hell don't stop to take pictures." - Wally Amos, better known as Famous Amos.

I am one of those who tends to not only take pictures, but start a huge scrap book.  Something in me thinks that if I have a detailed account carefully preserved it will somehow protect me from future pain.  Tricky ego.  The truth is that is the ego's trick to keep me in the pain.  How do I know?  Because I fell for it - many times!

When in hell - don't do as the Hellians!  I think of the Movie "What Dreams May Come" where the people in hell are moaning and groaning and pulling everyone around them down into the mire, gloom and doom.  I'm not saying you should never vent, and by all means if a painful feeling presents itself feel it. Move through it.  The key word being "through".  So many times we start to feel the feeling and turn around to run from it as fast as we can.  In turning around to run we get disoriented and end up running around in circles - in hell.

When in hell, have no fear.  It's the fear that gets ya.  Don't focus on the outer conflict, turmoil, struggle or whatever.  You don't have to go all sugary and lace with it either.  Just get present to the feeling that is presenting itself.  Have faith that you are moving through - not stuck forever in it.  Don't look down into the mire, look within to your innate strength. Heaven is there.