A Clue Or A Task!?

First thing first, so please allow and read forward with the knowledge that religion does not set a boundary in the life, mind, spirit or friendships on the path that thy two feet walk. I respect every and all believes of others and continue to keep an open mind and heart because " all are teachers, student thy am". I choose to be a 'bridge', to bring other's together and create a bigger space for us to live and roam in harmony.

Thrift store shopping is definitely on my favorite things to do. I literally believe its a form of treasure hunting, because you never know what your gonna run across. I've lived a pretty wild life, and not much rock's my sox anymore, but finding a great find at the thrift store still does it. I'm that person at the thrift store who has to do one of his many thrift store signature dance moves every time i find something that i just cant walk away from. Many years of practice have really taught me to stare at the item for a few minutes, even walk away from it. If i'm able to leave the store without it then it wasn't ever my'ne. If there's no way i'm putting it down once it's in my hand or i just cant leave without it, well, you know... the rest is history.

How ever, this item was found in a one time thrift shop. A man had collected many many random things over his life and he had a barn full of things, literally! in the far far back roads of NY. I happened to be in town visiting a friend and he took me there, I had absolutely no idea that once that journey was over i would have this item in my life, especially in my possession. He just randomly said "Hey my buddy is selling thing's that he has collected for many years and I want to see if there's anything I can use for my skoolie". A skoolie for those who don't already know is what some of us Hippie's call a school bus being converted into a bus rv, if that makes sense.

We where the first wave of people and had first dibs, there was so much stuff that i didn't know where to start, so much that i felt like i shouldn't even go threw it because i was gonna find way to much than i can fit on my plate. after digging around for about five minutes there it was, now in my hand. first thing i asked was "how did you get this?" and i asked for two principal reason's. First reason was because of the fact that not only was this obviously a religious item and had to be respected, but the last thing i would want on my plate of karma was a religious item that is STOLEN, i'm not sure if you believe in karma, i do, and not only does a stolen item bring bad vibes and curses attached, imagine what a stolen holy possession would bring. nooooo thanks!

The was a long first reason, second reason was yes it was a rare find, but religious or not, small or big, especially an item like this is going to fully encourage me to ask the question of "how did you get this" because right is right and wrong is wrong, and stealing is wrong, no matter how convenient or how cool something might be. Sticking to principles is not always easy, but i've learned they come with a much smoother joyous path. So please carve that lesson on the picnic table of your heart.

This gentlemen was definitely in a senior bracket of his time here on this beautiful earth, and he knew very well exactly what i was asking him. He told me he got it from a church that had shut down many years ago, and the church sold everything inside the church and he assured me it had been brought into his possession righteously without any wrong doing. I asked and i received the answer, so far all checked out. If your a true thrift shopper i have high confidence you can guess what my next question was!?

I left there with it being in my possession righteously. At first I thought "this is going to be my coffee cup and it's is going to be such a flex" I admit that was ego whispering the childish idea into my head, and in about 5 minutes of such a delusion i was able to allow humility back to it's rightful place and lecture myself for even allowing this sign or duty given from the universe be turned into such a selfish self centered moment. Obviously i'm still working on myself and must continue to every single day, but hey just remember, progress not perfection!

That was in early 2018, this picture you see of it now is the picture tooken of it specifically for your eye's and your eye's only. I still don't know why the universe put this possession into my care, but it must have known i was gonna honor it and respect it because that's exactly what i have done since. i don't show it, only maybe a hand of people have seen it. I have been threw some challenging time's in life where a back pack and what's inside of it has been all I have and own. space being very limited and of importance, time's where i have had zero money in my pocket's and never once have i ever excepted or even considered for any reason this item leaving my possession.

Till this day I still wonder, Why? and Why Me? although i just kinda ,answered one believe in the last paragraph. Sometimes I think (with humbleness and humility) that maybe it's a sign of Royalty. Although I don't have much because multiple times in life i have given up many many material possession for the trade of knowledge and wisdom that come to light from the teaching's of being a student in life on this journey, for the sacrifice or setting root's, for the sacrifice of full time comfort (although that's pretty impossible no matter what lifestyle we live, considering the fact that we're human's) because in all honesty i have my day's where i'm just not in full appreciation of my life and all the pro's that come with this blessed gift of a life that happen's to be my'ne, because at the end of the day life is beautiful and everyone has a life and everyone has they're up's and down and they're challenges but the words we each say and should happily acceptingly say are "but this life is my'ne, this is the one that was given to me and i am thankful for just being, for the opportunity to experience being alive in a dimension where time will never stop, what is now will at one point in the future not be anymore, but i was, i will, and i am, and for that one reason i'm thankful, and i choose to see the cup half full and be thankful no matter what. Even if at times i fail to see it that way, i will get back to a stage of gratitude because that's my true stage and it's the place where i belong".

sorry, i get carried away when speaking about life, the universe and all that is in it. as you can see. Hopefully you get where i'm getting to. so let me get back to the place i left off..

I have my moments where i think of a life the opposite of the one i'm living now, and i feel like i don't have enough, or like i'm not good enough. Everyone around me seem's to collect lot's of cool material things, and buy new one's every year and store them away in they're cozy cool home's and I have had lot's of the same things and have even had lots at a time as well, but i keep choosing to follow the shooting star's, and all that weight slow's me down so i must let go. So at time's its hard to remember that i am of Royalty, that no one can ever truly take that from me.

That is one thing that holding on to this item reminds me every single time i think of it or hold it. For now that's enough to get me threw the rainy day's. Other time's i accept the fact that it's only in my possession but it doesn't mean it belong's to me. One day, if and when that day come's the sign or situation will be so powerful and clear that there will be no doubt about it moving forward into the next chapter without me as it's possessor. That's definitely going to have to be a very very clear sign or a very very strong feeling though i'll tell you that.

Worst come to worst i ran across a video of an elderly man building a huge holy temple all by himself and has dedicated the past years, much more than a few actually, building this place. If he get's it done is a very valid question because of his age and considering the fact that he's doing it all alone. If he does, i know one place for sure it will be needed. with a much higher place than as a coffee cup that's for sure.

Only time will tell. peace and love be with you all. Thank you for your time, I truly value it.