Epiphanies

Epiphany in two ways. First of all, the religious aspect of the days. C and I went to church this morning. A little while after we arrived the 1st chapter of Genesis was being read. A blessing of the water followed. Tomorrow takes place the blessing of the sea, rivers and lakes which is quite picturesque. I remember the ceremony my grandfather officiated in England. There were Scottish pipes, the Mayor, the Archbishop, little girls dressed in white, the chorus and the people and we all went to the sea near Dover to throw the cross into the sea. Then young men would jump into the sea to catch it. What a blessing.
The thing is, we don't know a good time when we have it, especially when we are young.

On another epiphany. Last night I found a copy of The Secret, in Greek. I am not into reading in Greek, apart from newspapers and magazine. English reads, blogging and the occasional speaking with the girls' English teacher is what keeps my English quite flexible after all these years. But yesterday J was playing with wii, and I was siting next to him, watching, when I grabbed The Secret and began reading quite mindlessly.

I have done my fair share of new age reading, and since Christ showed me the way to Him, I avoid reading the stuff. There was some sense into the idea, though. I have had a lot of negative thoughts recently. C is in his own world for the past few weeks. I am bored with all the paperwork at work and resent the burden. The arrival of the moody in laws didn't do much to cheer me up. You know that kind of unease you feel when you want to do better but you feel like hybernating.

Since last night I have been practicing. Whenever a dull/negative/bad thought comes into my mind I chase it away. When I can speak about the in laws, I don't . I just did, but that was to give you the idea. I pretend, I make do. I believe it works.

Happy Epiphany, then. In many parta of the world, today it's Christmas, as of the old calendar. So the festive time continues.