Live In An Unbound World
This is the Althea Jones' Sandbox.
Sometimes you may think I built a sandcastle to be envied. Sometimes you may think it is pile of dirt. Feel free to visit my sandbox, regularly, and see what I made.
Let's just say that my parents never worried about what I was doing. I would tell them everything, whether they wanted to know or not.
Are You Living In An Unbound World?
Earlier this week, I changed my MySpace display name to AJ Unbound. That day, a comment was left on my Comments Column asking what that meant. Their impression was clearly from an uncomfortable position. Defining ‘An Unbound World’ is one of those totally subjective definitions. It is only what you feel it is. My Unbound World may never work for someone else. It took me a long time to come to a secure feeling about living in an Unbound World. I went from one extreme to the other and back again, before I found a balance.
Twelve years ago, I said control had no place in fun. Then I got married, had kids, went through a change in priorities like many new moms wanting to be the perfect example, then my husband divorced me, and then it was ON! Twelve months ago, I would have said it involved living a rampant life. Many may liken my definition, at the time, to a stereotypical, eternally 21 year old. I quickly found that this casual lifestyle was leading me to do dangerous, irrational things including driving under the influence and not praying for days at a time. Basically, it left me feeling empty. The same person that questioned my name change, had been privy to these behaviors. While she had a terrible week, any thought of me changing and/or going back to these vices may have been more than she wanted to deal with.
After a few more recent, careless mistakes in a more secure, overall state; I see the ability to be unbound in a more mature light. My painting of this open canvas is more complementary to the person I want to be. I am not as bound to the quick pleasures of this ‘world’, as I have been in the past. I am in a career where I am challenged and able to excel each day. As a parent, I am in a position to guide my children while letting them choose. The future holds so much and I am not afraid, as I used to be. I chose to ask for forgiveness and I have had the chance to make the choice to forgive. I have taken time to realize a few of the beauties of this earth, over my lifetime, that have blessed my eyes. (I could write a series of blogs on these and I will)
Now, I stopped living a double life.
Take time to define what An Unbound World means to you. Be sensible, but don’t be constrained. Life takes Strength, Courage, and Endurance. I choose to build it on a Foundation of Faith. The keyword is choose. You have to choose that Foundation of Faith. You cannot fake it or force it. True Joy is so obvious. True Pain is too.
Live In An Unbound World, but don’t live in someone else’s. (I will write more about that later, also)
