When I look back at my life and the deep challenges that started from birth, I have to honestly say that as much as there were periods of profound difficulty, I don’t think I would change them. There was a time that I felt deeply damaged, but I learned to go inward (after looking everywhere else). I learned to get quiet and look within and my life was never the same.
The way I do this has changed and evolved but the first time I decided to try this I simply closed my eyes and imagined I was walking on gently sloping mountain path lined with flowers. I imagined I was going to see a much older and wiser me; a me that had lived my life, had learned the lessons therein and who could guide me on my way.
At some point this meditation of sorts, took on a life of it’s own and I was no longer directing it. It was profound and life-changing. I went on to have many “visits” with her over the months following and began calling her The Wise One. She taught me things that, to this day, I still learn from (although I have come to much deeper understanding). She was the start of a journey I could have never imagined could emerge from such a broken and damaged life.
I’m sharing this with you because I KNOW that we all have wisdom and breathtaking beauty within us and that sometimes it’s the things that have left us feeling damaged that help us to find it. xo
Just a side note: The journey started here but changed rather rapidly leading to ever deepening experiences. It was after a particularly profound experience that, among many other things, I discovered I could suddenly paint just about anything.
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Sometimes all we need are a giggle and a grin to keep our hearts and spirits lifted! You have a propensity to do just that! I recently ordered your book…because I love reading your stuff..and because I can look whenever I want! God gives people like you to people like me who need a tiny boost once in a while!! 74 years and thank God every day for my life…good times and bad all teach us something!!💘
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THAK YOU SO MUCH!!!
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Beautiful post. Thank you for sharing your journey with us!!!
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Very touching story. I am glad you were able to find a journey that healed you. I believe the older self you found was God. He comes to us in many different ways. Thank you for sharing with us. God Bless.
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Such helpful words….thank you
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What a fabulous journey….when I began meditating with Goddess, I found she was deep within me guiding as well. I am still on the journey of discovery and learning just what my creative self is capable of if I turn to it and not to fear.
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