You 'Tied' (tired) Yet???

Have you ever been in a place where you didn't know where you were and you certainly didn't remember how you got there? Have you ever felt alone even when you were in the company of others? Do you ever wonder why it seems like the harder you try, the longer it takes or the worser it gets? Do you ever feel like quitting, givin' up, or throwing in the towel???

I am almost 100% certain that your answer to all these questions is; "Yes!" And since I am so sure, I want to ask you just one more. It is one my mother has asked me in times past, and though I wished she'd just, "Shut-up!", her query made me think. She'd say to me, as I to you; "You tied (tired) yet?"

Yes I am! I am tired of all my insanities; where I continue to do the same things repeatedly; while expecting different results. I am tired of ending up in places when I know I started out in a different direction, on a journey headed towards an entirely different destination. I am tired of being alone with seemingly no one to talk to because I am surrounded by human frailties. I am tired of being so strong, yet enveloped in a body of weakness. It seems the harder I push on, the force of life's gravitational pull, yanks me back to a state of sheer defeat! Then; my hands go up in an act of surrender-like attitude and I yell at God but to Him; "I mean, FOR REAL JESUS? IS THIS HOW IT'SPOSE TO GO? CAN YOU GIVE ME A LIL' HELP!? I KEEP TRYING AND FAILING, RUNNING AND FALLING, REJOICING ONLY TO GET...sad again." My hands fall down and along with my knees I hit the ground. Tears are streaming violently down the mountainous cheeks of my pie-shaped face. I am now crying; not because I am so tired. But because I have somewhat insulted My Reason For Being. He didn't have to say one word to me because His silence spoke louder than any words could.

"So...? You tired of being "tied"? Well, your tiredness has nothing to do with ME! You are only tired because you are "tied" to it! If you would just slow down long enough to receive the instructions I have laid out for you, you would know that in order to get where you are going, you must first "untie" yourself! Untie yourself from everything and everybody that mean you no good! Untie your mind from believing and thinking the world's way! Untie your heartstrings from unhealthy connections! Untie your soul from the stinch of man's corrupt seductions! AND Untie your Spirit from the painful grips of yesterday!!! I HAVE CREATED YOU TO BE AS FREE AS A BIRD; FLYING HIGH AND SOARING TO PLACES YOU'VE ONLY DREAMED OF LIKE THAT OF AN EAGLE. AND AS YOU FLY, YOU WILL NOTICE THAT SOMETIMES IT GETS LONELY AT THE TOP. YOUR WINGS WILL GET TIRED AND YOU'LL WISH FOR A FLOCK, BUT NONE WILL COME. FRET NOT BECAUSE I HAVE DESIGNED IT THIS WAY! THERE AREN'T MANY PEOPLE WHO CAN AND WILL DO WHAT I'VE CALLED YOU TO DO; JUST AS THERE AREN'T MANY BIRDS LIKE THAT OF AN EAGLE WHO CAN AND WILL FLY AS HIGH AS NEEDED, TO GET WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO! DON'T STRESS OUT OVER THIS!!! JUST REMEMBER: EAGLES FLY HIGH BECAUSE THEY PREFER NOT TO DEAL WITH UNNECESSARY PROBLEMS BELOW!!!! DURING THE FLIGHT, YOU MAY GET LONELY, BUT YOU ARE NEVER ALONE BECAUSE I AM WITH YOU! YOU MAY EVEN GET TIRED IF THE WEIGHT OF THE WORLD RESTS ON YOUR WINGS BUT I PROMISE; IF YOU UNTIE YOURSELF, THE FLIGHT WILL BE MUCH EASIER!!!"

I'LL ASK YOU ONE LAST TIME..."You tired of being "tied?"

When I got up, I was free and my wingspan was much wider! I can now say that I am glad I got tired of being "tied!" I would have never known what true freedom meant had I not first "untied" myself! Now...if you ever see any "strings attached", it will only be because I helped remove yours!
~ A. Life