ARiaDneOne Rockin New Orleans Witch's blog: "FOR AMAWITCH"

I had a very close friend on here. From the moment we met we instantly bonded. She was a great writer, among other things. Since she has passed, I still often visit her site, as she always promised me she would never delete it. It is increasingly harder this year for some reason for me to go to her profile, but I still do and always will. She was such a dynamic force in my life. I just thought I'd share with you all since I do have many connotations to her on my profile in different places.

Her name here is Amawitch, her real name is Christa. I love her.

I miss the days when people here, her included, used to blog a lot, and she was one who used to ask me to critique her work and edit it grammatically for her. She wrote a book, which I was blessed enough to be involved with. She suffered horribly with afflictions physical while on this earth. From her spirit, you would NEVER know. She is my kind of people, and one of the reasons I hang on here at this site. I just want to publicly thank her for the love and light she brought into my life.

On Joy and Sorrow
 Kahlil Gibran

Your joy is your sorrow unmasked.
And the selfsame well from which your laughter rises was oftentimes filled with your tears.
And how else can it be?
The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain.
Is not the cup that holds your wine the very cup that was burned in the potter's oven?
And is not the lute that soothes your spirit, the very wood that was hollowed with knives?
When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is only that which has given you sorrow that is giving you joy.
When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.

Some of you say, "Joy is greater thar sorrow," and others say, "Nay, sorrow is the greater."
But I say unto you, they are inseparable.
Together they come, and when one sits, alone with you at your board, remember that the other is asleep upon your bed.

Verily you are suspended like scales between your sorrow and your joy.
Only when you are empty are you at standstill and balanced.
When the treasure-keeper lifts you to weigh his gold and his silver, needs must your joy or your sorrow rise or fall.

Discipline of yourself is absolutely necessary before the power of God (as you may know him/her) is given to you. When you see others manifesting the power of God, you probably have not seen the discipline that went before. They made themselves ready. All your life is a preparation for more good to be accomplished when God knows that you are ready for it. So keep disciplining yourself in the spiritual life every day. Learn so much of the spiritual laws that your life cannot again be a failure. Others will see the outward manifestation of the inward discipline in your daily living.