This is A Tribute To Life Without End, Amen.

The earth is losing many great spirits in her own transition to new life. Both human and animal souls are assisting.

One in particular, my dad, is stepping gently to the other side. Although it is anything but gentle for his physical body, his soul is beginning to see the face of God.

All those he loves so deeply, most especially my mom, the woman he has loved for so long. There is quite a welcoming home party being prepared for him.

Since I started to write this blog, my dad has died. I feel joy and great sorrow. Yes they can both exist in the same space.

My dad is now more illusive in his resonance because it has become a part of ALL.  He and my mom are an integral part of my world, my emotions, my capacity to love freely. There is great joy in his now being part of a vast universe of unknown filled with faith.

He was a very special human who has now returned to the purity of his soul. He is now aware of many things he could only perceive when he released his physical body. He is letting go of all the experiences that shaped his belief in limitation, lack, pain, sorrow, and separation.

My sisters and I knew we had a very special man as our dad. His devotion to God, Country, family and friends was the real deal. It  appeared at times as if he was stubborn  until I realized his unwavering belief  was what carried him through tough times that many of us can not conceive of.

Snow storms, illness, operations and more could not keep him from keeping a promise he had made to God to never miss Mass if he came home alive from a war he lost so much too. He kept that promise, as he did many others. He knew what was sacred , life, love and commitment to all he was blessed with in this world. He never quit when things got tough. He was born during tough times and knew how to get through without much. And be happy in the process. Material things were not important to him. But love, God, and family were at the top of his list.

May I have the courage to live what he taught without speaking a word.

Yes my dad is now the sun,  moon, stars, mountains and more .

I recently found this picture  from when we use to have to print all our photos to see them.  Love without end, Amen came to me as I looked at it again today.

Love fills me beyond words when I  gaze one more time at the look that was captured in my sweet mares eyes. Chris is in spirit now. It will be ten years next December. She is still a love that fills me. I feel her love in all ways.

Tears are filling my eyes because of course some moments still touch me deeply at how much we shared and still do. The love and lessons she brought to my life did not end with her departure from a body that no longer served her, nor could contain her.

I was a vastly different human back then. The sun rose and set on my girl. She taught me, after her death, that  was a heavy load to carry. Lovingly she guided me to the sun rising and setting blended with her love. Chris conveyed to my heart a letter shortly after she died.  Goodbye, Dear Friend set me on a heartfelt path to becoming whole.

Do I miss the days of flying around on the wings of my Angel, you bet I do. I had no fear in her loving embrace, either on her back or in her heart. Change is inevitable on this planet we live on. Change came abruptly the morning of her death. Pain beyond anything I had ever experienced before was what I lived that day and many days to come, until I could let her message, and God’s, in. Love does not end. Amen.

I now am blessed with two other mares. Brandy a 23 yr old Morgan, and Butternut an 11 yr old Haflinger. Brandy grew up with Chris, and suffered a broken heart when she died. Butternut never knew her but felt the legacy and turmoil within us both.

The love Chris shared so freely with Brandy and I, and us with her,  lead to expanding that love. It took awhile.  Being stubborn I kept trying to hold on to memories as they were.  Until I began to explore the many pathways of unconditional love.

Chris, my Appaloosa mare, awakened LOVE in the depths of my being, . The big kind, the all encompassing kind.  If I did not let it grow and change, I was killing the  life force within me. Love within, love for self, change, expansion, growth and feeling my emotions are all part of my life force. Chris will forever be intertwined in my breath of life. She is and always (all ways) will be a part of my exploring, love without end, Amen.

 

You Can’t Do It Alone, But You Are The Only One Who Can Do It. The illusive meaning of IT is many things.

Don’t suppose that gave you much more to go on as to where this is going, but wait I’ll get there.

In the English language the word “IT” is used to substitute for the name of a certain object or in this case an abstract idea. Now we are getting there. In this case  I am following the thread of an abstract idea that pertains to living your life. That narrows it down, some.

“We live in a world that has led us to believe we are dependent on others in how we live our life”. We give away to others the power of our choice when we are dependent on another to live and tell us who what are and how we are to live.

Now read this sentence ” We live in a world where we interact with others.” A bit more liberating I would say. Take time to feel the difference in the meaning. Feel how in the statement on dependence it keeps you at the mercy of others. In this sentence you are equal to all things.

The mere shift in perspective as to how we view our lives can move us to the beginnings of a peaceful coexistence on the planet. In the statement If You live your life on equal footing with others you are the one making choices about your life because you know that all of life is free to do as it chooses. When we exercise  choice, in regard to resonance of all things being equal, we make decisions that are freeing for us and that treat others with respect not dominance.

So, you have the choice to shift your perspective in how you view your interactions in your life. You can’t live life alone without interaction with your surrounding world, whether it be man, animal, or the earth.  But you are the only one who can make the change in your awareness in how you view  your life and interaction with humans, animals, and the earth.

 

 

You can’t live life alone, but you are the only one who can live your life.

How do you want to live it? Dependent or equal and liberated?

You can take this concept and run with it in many areas of your life.  All boils down to how you want to be in relation to your world, your life. Do you want to be swept along with the current of life that is no longer working, or do you want to take a new path that will connect you with all things?

The not so simple answer to “You can’t do it alone, but you are the only one who can do it” is., LIVE YOUR LIFE

 

 

Awareness changed my experience last Wednesday when I had the pleasure of being a guest on Angel Heart Radio with Kerry Chuttur of Queensland, Australia.

I was a bit nervous going into the show knowing I had an hour and a half to talk and answer questions. Going into the call I was concerned that I would not have enough to talk about. Coming out of the call I wondered if I had talked too much. Praying, trusting, awareness and knowing I was supported went a long way when  facing something that challenged me.

Many fears came up to attempt to distract me. Each one I invited God to enter, assist and guide me. Each fear never came to fruition because the invitation broke the cycle and left a space for a new outcome.  Whatever way you choose to invite into a feeling or situation the possibility for a brand spanking new outcome you bring awareness that the automatic response is not to be fulfilled this time. Only when we begin to bring awareness to knew possibilities does the new appear.

If you are saying “But I don’t know any other way of doing or feeling or I would be doing or feeling it!” good, that is a beginning of an awareness that you have a closed circuit that will simply repeat and repeat what is in it. We do not need to know the details, but need merely to make the request for a divinely choreographed next step.

In my nervous state if I had not made the request a conscious awareness, I would have had a very different outcome. One based on old criteria I believed about myself. Was I a genius on the call? Was I my old idea of perfect? No. And isn’t it wonderful. I set my intention before the call to be as me as I could be. That statement freed the reins up on my need to control.It also made me realize that I often behave in ways I think others expect me to be.  Being aware that when I try and control, I leave no room for NEW, has led me to many wonderful exciting people and experiences.

 

Oh where oh where has my little blog gone, oh where oh where can it be…

This little ditty came to mind this morning when I thought about writing my blog and I just had to go with it. I had thoughts of this or that to write about but they all became complicated and lost in the maze of my mind.

Sooooo… I went with whimsical. Yes times can get challenging. Yes they can seem to go on forever. Yet a smile and laugh can change it all in an instant.

I asked myself WHY are you straining about getting something written? Then I chose to look for the joy, and dare I say, the levity in my frustration. Yup there it was smack dab in the middle of my wandering through thoughts. Smile, laugh and feel. I impose my schedule on myself about writing and manage to not fulfill my own creation. Or have I? Yes I diddddddddddd. How clever of me.

How often do we set up schedules and expectations that are better left to the freedom of being present in the moment? When I chuckled and fretted over “Oh I am not being creative. Be CREATIVE d#$% it. Oh that worked oh so well. I chuckled, went about my business, had some great things happen in my life like a brand new great niece born on Valentines day.

In singing your own version of “Oh where oh where has my little blog gone” how much stress do you place on yourself that is unnecessary?

When I laughed about what I was feeling and realized the world did not revolve around my every word, nor my blog, only then did I realize that I had created a self imposed prison that I had walked into, locked the door (from the inside. Brilliant.) and hid the key from myself.

Then I found the key. Love my self. And of course laugh, feel joy and be present.

And VOILA, the blog appeared.