WHAT’S HAPPENING IN THE WORLD?

What’s happening in the world

Where body slamming of a journalist

Is accepted as a pun.

Our decency is gone.

It’s not like it was before

Now they speak of civil war.

Cause people can’t accept their trolls.

and bots and evil goals.

We need more than before

The rule of law.

Where truth and decency are what count.

We need “The Sermon On The Mount”.

Vibeke Lindhardt

21 October 2018

Sermon On The Mount= New Testament Matthew: 5

Painting by Karl Bloch. Denmark

Behold all ye that kindle fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks, walk in the light of your fire and in the sparks which ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand—ye shall lie down in sorrow.

Book Of Mormon.  2 Nephi, Chapter 7, vers 11

IF YOUR LIFE DEPENDS ON OTHERS

If your life depends on others

What they say and what they do.

Then it’s time to look inside yourself.

Trust yourself. Only you.

What other say and what they do,

will form their lives. Who they become.

But their lives are not  important

to your choices. Only to them.

To your own self be true.

You are the master of your life.

Don’t depend on other’s voices.

Be the master of your choices.

Vibeke Lindhardt

19 October 2018
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DON’T LISTEN TO THE VOICES

Don’t listen to the voices

That get you down

….and so depressed.

It’s only stupid noises

From the jerks

who has regressed.

It’s often stupid people

we give power

they don’t deserve.

Don’t listen to their voices

or they control

both you and your nerves.

Vibeke Lindhardt

19 October 2018

What other people say and do

Has really nothing to do with you.

IN HARMONY

Do you feel like a puzzle?

I used to be.

It felt like the half of my body

was not really me.

Then one day I was reading

In a book by Paul H. Dunn.

That your soul and body

can become like one.

I wanted more than anything

To feel in harmony

with my body and soul,

So, I started on my goal.

Many pieces of the puzzle were gone

so, I knew.

Only time and work on being me.

Would get me through

I was shocked to discover

how I tried to please

more than I should.

Not always at ease.

The first thing I learned.

Some will walk from you.

You will lose some friends

who does not like what you do.

But the real friends

will help you through

and as times go by

You’ll find the real you.

Vibeke 1976

WHY - translation the Danish poem HVORFOR

 1963

Why do these thoughts come in to our mind?

Is it waves from afar?

That try to get inside

my hurtful brain?

Why does it have to be like this

That we on this earth

Have to be tried so hard?

We only wish to give

To those who did not want to with you.

O Heavenly Father,

I feel strongly in this moment

That Joseph was true prophet

Who got from you everything

That is now given

Many have gone behind the veil

Who regret

That they did not live the commandments that you gave us

But they were defiant

But Heavenly Father, it IS difficult

And why do these thoughts come to us?

Is there a purpose with that we have to

be bend, tried -“woken up”

Until our pride is broken?

HVORFOR

Hvi kommer disse tanker i mit sind?

Er det mon bølger i det fjerne

Der prøver sig hos mig at trœnge ind

I min forpinte fjerne

Hvorfor skal det do vœre saa

At vi paa denne jord

Saa haardt skal lutres?

Vi ønsker jo kun her at give

Til dem som ej hos dig vil blive

O, Herre, jeg Føler stœrkt i dette øjeblik

At Joseph var en sand profet

Som fik fra dig alt det

Som nu til os er givet

Bag støvet er der nu mange gaaet

Som fortryder at de ej fik naaet

At leve budene du gav os,

Men de handlede i trods

Men Herre det er svœrt

Og derfor kommer disse tanker til os.

Er der mon nogen mening med

At Herren vil at vi skal bøjes,

prøves, vœkkes

Indtil vor stolthed knœkkes.

Vibeke 1963

DON’T PUT ME IN A BOX

 Don’t put me in a box

Where my eyes cannot see

Who I really am

Who is the real me.

Don’t put me in a box

And tell me how to think.

My spirit will die.

I will fall off the brink.

Don’t put me in a box

And tell me how to live.

I know who I am

I know when to give.

Don’t put me in a box

Where I don’t belong

Where my soul will die

And I can’t sing my song.

Vibeke Lindhardt April 2012

NO FEELINGS

 You say I have no feelings, because I do not cry.

But don’t get fooled by what only shows outside

a person’s face - when a tear is dry.

Some people keep the pain inside, like me.

So not all I feel so strongly - other people can see.

But I feel as strong as you. The same degree.

I hurts me when you say I have no feelings and you see.

It makes me wonder if you know the real me.

The one who wrote you songs and poems

To show my love and feelings that I had.

I wonder if you doubt my love

And your feelings - makes me sad.

You say I have no feelings and I don’t why?

Cause my love for you are feelings that I can’t untie.

Those feelings are so strong that not a day go by

without some gratitude for what we have and I

can only hope that you don’t mean the words you say.

That you know I feel both love and pain, I pray.

Vibeke Lindhardt

Dec 13^th 2013

FORGIVING

Forgiving people seems to be one of the hardest things for a lot of people.

We all get hurt in our lives no matter what. Yesterday one of our leaders – Pres.Jeffrey R Holland was telling us a hard-wrenching story at the semi-annual General Conference about a man that was told by his Bishop that he was lying.

The man got so hurt that he did not go to church for 15 years. It was not before when his - then grown up son came to him and said: “Dad, we need you to come back and be leader of the family” that he came back.

To not forgive “what was in the past”, no matter if it was 20 years ago or four years ago, causes a lot of pain in relationships for both parties.

As a matter of fact, in my opinion it is hypocritical to go to church and profess to be a good Christian and not be able to forgive others.  

Then there are some people who say: Well, I can forgive, but that does not mean I have to forget”.

Yes, you do.

Forgiving, without forgetting is “not to truly forgive”. You might still be able to “remember” the incident, but when something is forgiven the remembrance of "what happened"  is “without pain” and not something you keep bringing up - not only in your mind - but to the perpetrator.

When you have truly forgiven then it just becomes "a fact that happened in your life." It is not something you keep tell the person that hurt you "that he or she has to remember "what they did to you" and "they should not try to "make themselves look good" and "that they should really look in to themselves for what they did to you".

How do you you have any knowledge about if they looked at themselves and  repented already long time ago and has moved on while you keep destroying your own and other peoples life with "your lack of forgiveness"?

It is even worse if that person already came to you and apologized either in words or writing and you "still cannot let go of the past".  It might even look like "you are taking comfort in "your grudges".

 A person that has truly forgiven somebody will not only try to make up for the hurt he or she has caused the person by keeping a grudge towards them “sometimes” for years, but they will apologize and have a contrite heart towards the person they have kept a grudge towards, because in the end, it is the person who can't forgive, that becomes the perpetrator by causing the pain, not only for themselves, the person that hurt them, but other people who have to listen to their complaints, sometimes for years.

We all are given some gift in life and I am truly grateful that one of my gifts is “to be able to forgive and not keep a grudge” towards people who have hurt me in my life.

As a matter of fact, in my blog I have often brought up the subject because for me it is such an important thing in life.

Forgiveness has given me peace of mind and love and charity towards people who have hurt me in life over the years.  Some of them still not only carry a grudge towards me, but has passed on “their grudges’ to others to destroy my name and reputation.

Fortunately, it is not affecting me, because I have forgiven them "for keeping a grudge" towards me and I can even feel love for the person, in spite of their hate towards me.

In 2012 I compose a song about it. We had it recorded. My husband Bent’s daughter Nina is the vocalist.

Vibeke Lindhardt

8 October 2018

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see my previous blog FORGIVENESS