Step Forward With Love

My past lives (most connected to this lifetime and have very clear memories) – I was Jewish and tormented to death in a German concentration camp.

I was a Native American who watched her child die on the death march.

In this lifetime:

My mitochondrial DNA says my bloodline originated in Africa and traveled extensively.

My parents, born in the USA, have an ethnic heritage of Irish and Dutch.

I was born in the USA. My parents, and theirs, were born in the US.

I am a true blooded American. I do not hold anger to the Germans for the history; I do not hold anger for the “whites” on the death march; I do not pick sides with the religious wars in Ireland – I have never been to Ireland or Holland in this lifetime.

I am an American – born here – this is my homeland – and am responsible for my actions, thoughts and deeds. What good comes from anger and hatred for others and what was done to our ancient ancestors? I believe we should never forget – but that doesn’t mean we should hate or drag the suffering forward…we just need to, in love, make sure those types of incidents don’t happen again.

How can we heal, as a people, as a country, as humans, if we keep seeing differences as being a bad thing – of dragging unhealthy hatreds forward. Our ancestors want us to learn from their experiences…not keep perpetuating the hate and anguish.

Let it go, and step forward with love in the heart and soul.

by Jan Toomer