⏳ Erebus Growing | 0062 - Belief systems and change

Welcome to Erebus Growing, a weekly email where I share little snippets of life to help you change and grow into your highest life.

This week was long, especially after completely failing to send a letter last week!

Ah well, you live, learn, and adjust.

This coming week, there are a lot of busy meetings and I’m hoping to hear from a position to see if I will have a job offer. It could be tomorrow, or it could be three weeks from now.

What I do know is that we’re coming to the end of this job search. One way or another, I’m going to have it sorted out.

👨🏻‍💻 Meditation

Our belief systems are the core of our beings.

I spent a long time as a Christian and, as a large population in the United States, most people that I know are Christians.

But I’m not.

I don’t know what I identify as, but I do know that I don’t identify as Christian.

My mother, on the other hand, very much does.

This past week, she had to put down one of her dogs. His name was Bruiser and he was an absolute sweetheart.

He loved to walk in between my legs and just stand there while I pet him.

She sent me several pictures of him on Thursday morning. I knew something was up.

Then, about two hours later, came a voicemail. She was in tears and it wasn’t easily discernable, but I knew what had happened.

I called her back and we spoke. She reverted back to her beliefs.

“He’s with grandma and grandpa and Princess in heaven.” (Princess is another dog who died many years ago. And she named a couple of other people.

My personal growth has moved me quite a ways from this idea of heaven.

But I also reverted to it for my mother.

At that moment, it was what she needed.

My belief system is my own, but I will not remove anyone from theirs. In fact, if nothing else, I’ll adjust myself to their frame of reference.

Why?

Because that is where they find comfort. And in moments like this, in moments of loss, I want them (and myself) to have as much comfort as possible.

As for me, I had my moment. I cried in my office and felt the emotions in that moment. I’m sure that I’ll feel them the next time I travel home and Bruiser isn’t there.

But for now, he has returned to the universe and will come to be again in the other dogs that I will see.

📓 Journaling Prompt
Journaling is one of the most important things to do when exploring our own lives. A new prompt for you to use this week is below.

What do you believe?

Until next time, I wish you enough and send you off with love and a sense of urgency in your life.