Opening to the Beauty of Who You Already Are...

Deep within us lies a beautiful soul that awaits the moments of release and full expression.
Just as the butterfly waits patiently in the cocoon anticipating flight, so our souls quietly await the moment of opening to who we truly are.
Much of 'who' we are is learned from others.
Much of 'who' we are, isn't.
Much of 'who' we are is yet to become.

Giving ourselves permission and freedom to experience life more fully and deeply can create a platform to learn 'who' we truly are.
It's amazing what a little space to spread our wings will do.
Maybe we have been shy all our lives...maybe we have seen limitations everywhere...
Sometimes, by simply giving ourselves this space to wonder about a different way of being, we can create the room to shift into
more courage, more wisdom, more love, more peace.
The first step often is just to wonder about it...

When was the last time you wondered about what it would be like to spread your wings?
This is a personal invitation...

Open your heart and all of who you are to Spirit (God) and allow yourself to be
supported by the hands that Created you...

Good News!: Humpty Dumpty Is Back Together Again

Most people remember the story of Humpty Dumpty's 'great fall'...
Few people realize that it wasn't the end of the story...

Even though 'all the kings horses and all the kings men couldn't put Humpty together again', the Good News was, his Creator could...
Then there was more good news: Humpty Dumpty decided to get back up on the wall and begin again.
And more good news...He is stronger than ever before!

I remember when I first heard this story.
My impression was that the story ended too early.
There was so much more for ole' Humpty to contribute.
How could that be all there was?

This is so true for us as well.
We may have a 'great fall' and may even break into a few million pieces.
But the good news is that we have a Creator that is right there ready to put the pieces back together in a more powerful way than before.
The lessons we learn from these experiences are invaluable.
And then we get back up on the wall and realize the view is more remarkable than ever.
We appreciate life more because of where we have been.
We understand better the struggles of others because of shared experience.
We are less likely to 'judge' because we have 'been there' ourselves.

As Humpty Dumpty teaches us,
Falling isn't the end of the world.
It is the beginning of a new chapter.
It is an opportunity to rewrite the script and this time make it more in line
with our soul covenant.
It is a blank piece of paper and an invitation to 'write in' a more full and
service-oriented life.

Sometimes a 'great fall' is just what we need to 'wake up' to who we are and what we are here to do and be.
Sometimes a 'great fall' is just that...it's great.

The Beauty of Justice


The concept of Justice speaks to me of equality, fairness, sameness and enough for all...
Justice ensures that each individual is supported...each is loved, appreciated, guided, nurtured as they so need...
Justice ensures that all are held close to the heart ... and not some closer than others.
We all have different gifts and challenges...some greater than others...
Justice ensures that we will always have exactly what we need when we need it...
Justice protects us from discrimination, judgment, and all forms of unequal treatment...

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Our Creator (Spirit) guides us to view all with the same heart...to open to clearly see the heart of the other and not be clouded or distracted by anything...
The Beauty of the Justice that we experience from our Maker holds nothing back...
It is fully available to us and accessible by us...

The Justice we receive, we must offer to others...
Justice is what we must 'be' in the world...

Holding the Heart of Another

One of the wonders of the universe is the way we are each held by the Creator so tenderly and completely.
This love is so great it knows no limits.
For us, 'holding' the heart of another isn't always so easy.
Our love at times seems to have limits and boundaries...
We trouble ourselves with judgments that get in the way of our connection and our support.
Judgments towards others are simply reflections of our judgments towards ourselves.
By surrendering every aspect of who we are to our Creator,
We allow ourselves to be more fully who we were originally intended to be.

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As we open to be supported fully,
we can more fully support others.
As we open our heart to be held and embraced,
So we can also hold and embrace another.

Allow yourself to 'see' and 'feel' and 'experience' this love totally.
Then offer what is in your heart in service to the world.

The Egg


God has blessed me with a remarkable Spiritual Teacher named Lee Kaiser.
He is 'out of this world'.
He came back into my life when I was right in the middle of a major life transition.
Chaos filled my life, which made me more eager to 'listen' than I might have been otherwise...
His love and compassion filled me.
He spoke to me as if he knew me at a deeper level than I knew myself.
He helped me to reconnect with my Creator in a way that was deeper than I had ever felt or experienced before...
His love for his God was so selfless and his commitment to service so strong.

I spoke to him about an egg...an egg that kept appearing in my mind.
And he said, 'Sit on it'...
So I have........been sitting on it...

And what I have been learning is:

Within me is an 'egg' of possibility.
This 'egg' holds all of the potentials of what I may become.
I can choose to realize these potentials or just let them 'sit'...

I wish to be of service to my Creator.
I wish to commit my 'egg' to be used as an instrument of peace, love, light
and wisdom in the world.

Take Time to Smell the Flowers

As I wonder about the beauty of the butterfly in the picture,
I am reminded that the butterfly doesn't have to be reminded to take time
to smell the flowers...
By being true to who it is, it automatically knows that the flowers
are a source of sustinance, power and life...
How different our lives would be if we were truly 'being' and 'doing' who we are...
Our Source (God) calls to us, but the noise of our lives is deaffening at times...

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As we quiet our minds and our hearts, the call of who we are as soul returns to us.

Like the butterfly, we move toward the flower (Source) with anticipation, and with respect.

We recall why we are here, and that it is in our stillness that we find the God within...

The Wisdom of knowing how to find God is within us, but we must become quiet in order to remember...

The Surrendered Heart

By surrendering our hearts to our Creator, we free ourselves for love...
We create space where pain lived...
We create openness where fear resided...
We create a bold sense of adventure and willingness to fully experience life and love...
By surrendering our hearts, they return again to us, whole and healed and complete...

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The surrendered heart is one that knows that it need not hold on to its wounds...

The surrendered heart is one that knows that it is not necessary to retreat into its own pain...

The surrendered heart is free...

The surrendered heart is fearless...

The surrendered heart is ready to be of service to the world...

The surrendered heart