Do you remember the days back when you married, bought a house… the men went to work and the women were housewives? You had a few kids, you joined the PTA and changed your name to Ward and June Cleaver?
Sounds like a fairy tale doesn’t it?
Today, the average person is doing everything humanly possible just to hang on and not end up homeless. Parents or parent, are working so hard that they are too tired to notice that the world has gone mad. It’s as if everything is spinning out of control in a downward motion. How can these people feel anything but intense stress and hopelessness?
I can remember my mother and my grandmother telling me stories about life during the depression. I heard about the soup lines, and my grandfather working all day for a chicken. My grandmother told me how grateful they were for that chicken, and my mother remembered how happy she was during that time.
Could it be, that reality really is how you perceive things?
Imagine for a moment:
You and your husband are one of the many trying as hard as you can to survive. No matter how hard you push, you are still just barely hanging by a thread, and it’s ready to snap. Suddenly, your gifted a travel trailer that is completely stocked with everything that you need to have a great time, and enough money to cover your bills. However, if you accept it, you have to leave right away.
After you stop crying from the overwhelming feeling of gratitude, you begin to get excited and you feel joy for the first time in months. You gather clothes, books you have been to tired to read, music, and your plan is to leave first thing in the morning.
The morning arrives and the only decision you need to make is which direction you will go. It really doesn’t matter, you are just along for the ride, to experience all that this journey has to offer.
As you pull away from your house, you are in awe. You wonder why me? You begin to feel the impact of this special gift that was given to you from unconditional love, and you feel truly blessed.
Soon, you feel the joy and excitement of a child going to Disney World for the first time. There is no fear, no preconceived illusions that block you from having your hearts desires. Everything is provided, and if there is anything thing along the way that you want, all you have to do is ask, and it will be given to you. You don’t have a care in the world. You know all is well.
You notice the beauty that surrounds you. It’s like you are seeing it for the very first time. You pull into a secluded spot and the only sound is from nature. All of creation is alive and calling you. The whisper of the wind through the trees, a gentle stream, and some mouthy birds. You find yourself caught up in a spirit of oneness. Suddenly, you see all that is, all that was and all that will ever be, and it is good. You feel nothing but unconditional love. You know that you are home, and you know that you don’t ever want to be away again.
Life as we think we know it is nothing but an illusion that we create out of fear or out of joy. The contrast nudges us to come back to who we really are. There is no good or bad, we don’t loose anything. We came to this earth as creators. We are perfect in all things. Nothing can take that away.
Liz
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