Changing Family Curses Into Blessings

02/07/2010

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I have been fortunate enough to be present with my family during the passing of both of our grandparents.  On Wednesday, February 3, 2010 my Grandma (Punkin) passed away.  Only 48 hours later on Friday, February 5, 2010  my Grandpa, her husband of nearly 73 years, also passed away.  The night before Punkin’s death my Grandpa sat by her bedside and said his goodbye’s.  When she said she was worried he reassured her by saying, “Don’t worry I’ll be right behind you”.  This agreement and their final days together are an amazing testament to the power of the human spirit.  They were instantly connected in High School and now will be together always.

As everyone shared their stories and memories of the grandparents and parents they knew I had the privilege of  watching as tears were transmuted into laughter.  The healing was deepened as we shared Punkin’s journal.  I realized that each of us holds our own view of the past and with it our own light on the relationships we have with one another.  It reminded me that it is fruitless to hold on to the regrets of childhood as none of us can see the picture from all sides.  There is always something larger happening; there is a gift or lesson to be received in every human connection.  My grandparents didn’t have a perfect life or marriage but I get the feeling now that they knew their love was special and their connection precious.
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All Healing is Self-Healing

06/09/2009

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When we begin to see the truth of who we are, outside the parameters, beliefs, and constraints of other peoples opinions, then we are free to live authentically.  We can take ourselves seriously or keep things light on a whim.  Once our mind is our own we can wield it's tremendous power to transform our lives from one moment to the next.  The key is to let go, to release any idea of the should have's or would have's of life that were imposed on us from the outside and instead do what feels right and genuine and good from within. 

Some call it the still small voice, others the soul, the inner guide, the Christ mind.  It doesn't matter what name we use most of us know it when we hear it... or better yet feel it.  That little tug to turn right instead of left, a nagging feeling that we forgot something or should call someone out of the blue.  I call it our divine center - our true north.  Like a compass it will always point you home.

The eternal Home - a place where you are at peace, in perfect alignment with your natural sense of well being and purpose, a place where everything just feels right.  Home gives us the power we need to continue growing, the safety to follow our inspirations, the burning desire to share our own gifts with the world. 

If all of us spent more time connected to our Home within then perhaps we would not feel like lost children - scared, angry, frightened and alone.  Maybe then there would be less need to find fault or trample over others in an unconscious desire to gain a sense of power and mistaken safety.

Finding Home comes from finding our true selves.  Doing this requires us to be self-aware, to know what it is that we believe.  It requires us to listen to our own divine center - to say yes, when we mean it and no when we mean it - without regret or disdain.  As we begin to live from this true north we can heal ourselves and become whole again.  Day by day, we can return Home.

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