Daisy

My friend Daisy passed away on Sunday night. She was 89 years old and has been slipping away for weeks. Although I had been praying for her peaceful transition it was still a shock when I heard the news that she was gone. Immediately my mind went to was anyone with her? - I did not say goodbye - I wish I had been there - she never said goodbye. I though of all the years I had been visiting her and I knew I would miss her sweet energy.

Needless to say I was in a funky mood all day, out of sorts, not feeling like I could give 100% to anything. I had a meeting at 2 and I went and was distracted for a couple of hours but as soon as I got in my car, Daisy was there with me again or rather her loss.

I thought of what my friend Bob, a medium had said to me, "we can each communicate with our loved ones on the other side, we don't need a medium, it is our own openness that allows them to come through."
(You can read the complete story in my book Spirit is Talking to You, called "Bob's Gift")

Feeling all the unsaid goodbyes, I began to speak out loud in my car as I drove, saying how she was missed and I hoped she was Ok. I let out all the thoughts I was keeping in, as if they had no place to go.
They had a place and they went out to Daisy. As I began to run out of things to express I found I had to speak for her now and say "Thank you" to myself for being there for her. It was really Daisy saying her goodbye and that was so typical of her to be expressing gratitude.
One of the last things at the nursing home that she had said to me was "Thank you" - her blue eyes opening and then closing to drift into sleep.

Instantly I felt the weight of grieving lift from me and I was back to myself again.
That night I randomly opened a book that had been sitting unread on my table and the verse I read was a message from Spirit. It was a quote from John O'Donohue in a book by Wayne Dyer.

"I believe that our friends among the dead really mind us and look out for us...we might be able to link up in a very creative way with our friends in the invisible world. We do not need to grieve for the dead. Why should we grieve for them? They are now in a place where there is no more shadow, darkness, loneliness, isolation or pain. They are home. They are with God from whom they came."

Thank You Spirit!

Return to Love

We are all innocent, Marianne Williamson says in her book, A Return to Love. When a person acts unlovingly, if they lie or hurt us with criticism or judgement, that it is a call for love. If we can step out of the way of the insult or negative behaviour and remain nonreactive we can find our power. Our power lies in seeing the illusion or dream the other person is in and seeing with the eyes of Spirit. We are instruments of love not of defense of the ego.

The choice to act this way is not easy but it is within the realm of our choosing. We can ask for help in this shift of perception. Outside circumstances don't bring us peace, it comes from within. Are you willing to stop withholding love as forgiveness? Do you choose love or fear? Let us not let the closing of another's heart tempt us to close our own. 
Let's choose love today!
Namaste.

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I have a dream

As I continue to read the "Art of Possibility" we come to the idea of drawing conclusions. How often have we drawn a negative conclusion after something does not work out?
Myself I have to confess, too many times to recall. It's a bit about pessimism but also a self judgment. With thoughts like "Well, I wasn't good enough anyway," "Wouldn't you know, just my luck!" or "I knew it wouldn't work," I conclude it had to be about me and that somehow I, more than the next person, is less deserving.
A downward spiral ensues making me less open to possibilities. Now if I can instead just state the facts without attaching some kind of conclusion about myself or what it all means then I can more easily move on to what might come next.
"I have a dream..." could be the next statement as I picture how I would like things to become.

So, no blaming, no wishing things had happened differently, no resisting the world as it is, brings me into the present moment. Being in the moment allows me to discover the road from here.

Are you looking at your glass as half empty instead of focusing on the contents? Do you have a dream? Then it's time to look at the bare facts, to stop the downward spiral and ask what next? Ideas have a place to present themselves in this way of thinking.
Past disappointment or failures really have no bearing on anything I create today, and have no part in my future. Or yours, unless you let them. What do you want to do?