Sunday, August 16, 2009

Be Real: The Simple Things

We've had an incredible vacation! Our family spent our vacation 'back home'. We had the privilege of being graced with the presence of so many relatives. Many who traveled all the way from Canada and Maine to see us! I am overflowing with the love they have bestowed on my family and on me.

But, during this time, I also slipped back into some old patterns... looking at what I don't have instead of what I do have. This mindset enveloped me. It felt comfortable, familiar, easy - but it did not serve me the way it used to. I caught a cold, started blaming others for feelings that did not match my expectations. After recognizing this block and searching for answers, I found some simple ones. Thank GOD! Once I removed my expectations of how I thought things should be and opened up to receiving what God was offering, everything changed!

Just like any rehab program, I had to admit the problem and ask for help. "God, show me the way out of this hole. Help me change my mind. Correct my thinking." I started repeated "I love you, I'm sorry, Please forgive me, Thank you" over and over again in my mind until I fell asleep. Upon awakening, my mind had started to shift. By the end of the day, the shift had completed and my heart opened to God's healing love once again. This is what I learned:

- People share what they have.
- We are offered and can choose to receive what is in our highest good.
- Suffering is not a requirement for love or abundance.

- Preconceived, required expectations limit our capacity to accept possibility.

- It is a conscious decision to allow the receiving of God's Love.

- Focus on your abundance now, 'lack of' is an illusion based in fear.


The prayer, "I love you, I'm sorry, Please forgive me, Thank you" is from a book called Zero Limits which describes this Hawaiian prayer of Ho' Oponopono. It literally transformed my existence and gave me freedom from the vortex of fear and unhealthy thinking. I wish the same for you.